Dear Miss Thelma/ or Thelma Miss,
Words fail to describe how wonderful the feeling is a being able to relocate you. Its like u had vanished in oblivion. You were one teacher/ person whom we all admired and adored to the hilt. Whatever u taut were like pearls of wisdom. After u left we missed ur teachings, and i can nevr forget how beautifully yur sermons made us ride to the magic al land of fairies and elfs in the MID SUMMER"S NIGHT DREAM classes. Well am Rajalaxmi( Nalini Madam's datr.)and Bibhu's wife. Bibhu passed away in Nov 2005. We lost him to cerebral Malaria. It was a big blow to me coz, Bibhu being the way he is i thought he was beyond any illnes. In fact Life was a roller coaster ride all along till this tsunami struck us. He was working with NABARD when we lost him. Am working with BANK OF INDIA posted in Bhubaneswar. We have 2 kids. Son in clas 9th and datr in class 6th. In fact once while taking our Eng class in class 9, yu had commented about bibhu ( he was very naughty and mischievous) that Wait Bibhu, till u have a son who will be a 1000 times naughtier tha u. Wel my son looks exactly like Bibhu, and is quiet and sober. But my datr is a brat and has the same mischievous look in her eyes the way Bibhu had. When evr she is upto her pranks, which is most of the time, i always remember You. Teachers like u are rare and blessed are the students of that college in Muscat where u teach. Yur freinds in BAM ( BIJINA APA ) Sarmistha Patnaik all remember u a lot. I feel we were also lucky to have urMother as our Music/ Needle work Teacher. I was so bad at the latter and would often get chided for the same. Now of couse i hav improved andcan dabble a bit in embroidery work too. Her piano classes have left us with memories for a lifetime. Do keep on posting. My mail idis rajipadhi @gmail.com
15 comments:
You write so well Rajlaxmi - We've never met, I guess - I was Devdutt's And Aditya's Classmate and Nargis was Ratna's!
I know we've nevr met, but of course i know u al along. In fact, the other day, i Nargis Apa had called me & Enarkay ovr and it was lovely feeling drooling ovr the bygone days. Thanx for appreciating my writing skills. Devduttis my brother-in law and so is Aditya Padhi. The former is posted in Gawahati, IOB and aditya bhai is the present Home Secretary of Orissa.
Rajalaxmi............
WOW! So one more blogger who can also can string magic with words....:-}
But looks like your Thelma Miss is absconding....she still hasn't replied to my lovely letter to her :-{
I do remember Ranjana and Bibhu, as two small kids and nothing beyond.
I spoke to Bablu (Aditya) when I visited Orissa last year.
Hope you continue to blog...
What a coincidence!! I was a classmate of Babloo and Devdutt too.. I am joking a bit; if x=y, and y=z, then, x should generally be equal to z, right?
I met Babloo by coincidence in 1986, when I went to apply for a plot in Cuttack Development Authy, where he was the boss. We recognised each other instantly. Pl convey my regards. He must be having his hands full, with the Naxalites breathing down the CM's neck.
Debnath, Just send me your cell number once again. I suppose the one Tasneem gave me was a wrong one.
I don't WANT to talk to you, but NEED to talk to you.
You literally disappeared like Rancho!!!
Behti hawa sa tha woh,
Udti patang sa tha woh,
Kahan gaya usse dhoondo??
Hi Fai,
My cell no is 9313380010.
I have posted the number in the previous posts too. I thought you didn't WANT to talk to me!!hehe...
But this shair which u have written was thoda sa overhead transmission. Patang jaisa.
Can't place you Rajlaxmi. And your late husband? Which batch?
Me? Vimal, Bhabani, Reena, Sarita, Nigar, Sushil, ...
Lovely to have met you Rajalaxmi! Spoke to Devdutt the other day
Well, Omkar, I was in the same batch as Ashoo. madhumita, Bibhu. Louis, Both Bibhu and me were batchmates rite from Std 2. same school. Was 4 yrs junior to ranjana Padi's batch.
Will covey ur regards to Both of them. Roydebnath. Whats ur name actualy.
Rajlaxmi,
My name is Debnath Roy. Am in the Indian Navy, posted at Delhi. And was Tasneem's classmate in Class 6 in 1969.
Which batch are u?
Regards
roydebnath!!!
Tasneem's class mate. Then you were probably 8- 9 years my senior. I passed out ICSE in 1982 Feb, 4 years jr to Ranjana and Vimal. I was in SVC from 1973 to 1982.
Raji,Raji,Raji,
Thanq for such a heartfelt soul-stirring letter.
OOOOOH I love you sweetheart!
However thrilled am to hear from u, am soooooo saddened about Bibhu.My heart goes out to you.I know that you are brave but missing is what you must be doing after all of us hug you.
Thanq so much for all those beautiful things you said.I need assurance and reassurance .......
A-G-E catches up with us and the past is a dim memory that is stirred by lovely young ones like you.
Those were such carefree days...days when you believe,trust and love to the hilt!
I know for a fact that you my kids of SVC proved to be so loyal and mature and oh so lovable.
Am right now lecturing to 9 working men and women working in a private company.Actually it's a kinda workshop for only 13 days.(This is the main reason that i didn't see the blog...and hence t delay in seeing ur write-up/letter.
My dad n ma are with my Doc sis Oli.She's in Kuppam.Ma is very frail and weak and bravely suffers from awful arthritis!She can't sew,but she's still a divine cook.
Am back to the teenager that I was when i get to India!!!! Dad is still busy....He says that after retirement he works more!For him Light-house work/life was a hobby!!!!
Rayla is in Bangalore with Hubby,Vihan(just finish'd class10),Kirtan( class 3) and Yohaan in class 2.
I have my better-half Sam,Anudh 25,Akash 20!
Keep in touch sweetheart.
Love u loads.
Raji,
Hope u read my reply.
I 4got to ask about Bigina.Please give her my love
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