Re-Union 2015

From the dawn of the new year, we the batchmates of 2001 were just heading for a grand plan.. a grand plan to meet all our batch mates, teachers... The thought was just elating. Everyone was super excited. Partially because we were going to meet each other after 14 long years (Sounds like vanvaas.. read furtther to understand why I am stating so.) and Partially because it was happening in the same building same premise where we met friendship and meant it tooo...

Slowly as the days were passing by it was creating a different environment amongst all of us. Whats app really proved to be a boon in this. Or I will say it was the modern age 'Dove'.. who for the first time carried messages across boundaries of loved friends... Everyday before the Grand Reunion Day, the smart phone used to mortgage its smartness in front of KES school group. 5 minutes 500 messages on an average, Some complained of mobile draining out of battery, system hang but neither the senders stopped sending nor the receivers left group. I think the reason may be everyone wanted to just be a part of It. Part of it. Finally the Day Arrived.

The Time was set, 6pm, few extra excited friends arrived at the venue since 2pm. That day nothing could stop us in our houses. Saturday it was, 21st February and slowly by 5pm eveyone started gathering... Every face that reached the school gate was having smile in their eyes. We were happy corner to corner. After few friends gathered, My heart started beating fast, as I had just seen my Social Studies teacher "Rukmini Mam". I couldnot believe my eyes. She was still the same. I wanted to just keep looking at her and be there for eternity but the time and event were calling me for other requirements. The evening proceeded further and all the teachers gathered in the school ground. I was feeling as if the stars have gathered in our horizon. One shining more brightly than the other. After some time, I got a call from one of my friend, those words still ring in my ears "Somebody is waiting for you at the gate of our school.. Come fast".  That very moment I knew my living inspiration has arrived "Bhase Teacher". The moment cannot be compared with anything else. I was just feeling heavenly to see her after so many years. I was just watching her forgetting everything. Everything. Suddenly the music in the ground brought me back to senses. Event started and  I was just lost in my own thoughts, I was doing all that was needed to be done, but on the other hand was thinking about my last day in school... the day we all parted. Who had thought we would be meeting again in the same place in this way. While singing Vande Mataram and Pledge, Tears actually rolled my eyes. While we gave mementos to the teachers they were beaming but inside our hearts we all were shivering. Shivering with pride for we could give some reason to smile to our teachers. The greatest surprise lied ahead when all the teachers who taught us actually knew us by our name and all the characteristics we possessed. It was just going through a time capsule.

And then suddenly it all came to end.. teachers were slowly leaving to have dinner. My friends too wanted to just dance over and I wanted to stand their catching my feet as tight as possible to the ground. I wanted to go again upstairs and sit their lectures. I wanted to hear Rukmini mam scold. I wanted to hear Bhase teacher explain marathi poem. I wanted to hear Renuka teacher explain in detail. I wanted all this in that one day. Suddenly I felt as if I am standing at the beach and as hard I am trying to fix my feet on the sand as fast it is rolling beneath my feet. I could only gather memories.

Memories of happy faces of my friends, tired faces of few, elated and happy faces of teachers to see their kids grow in such amplitude. In true sense I now feel it was Reunion... Remembering our selves about our Union with School and School friends. Last to conclude the evening came the dance, the song never mattered. What mattered was just staying close to friends.

To sign off I just remember few lines,

You taught me life, you taught me friendship

You were a part of all my hardship

Sometimes bitter, Many a times Sweet

The day spent with you no one can beat

You are friend and will always be

In your eyes true friendship I see

To all the Kiddies you stay in the heart

14 years is just a small part.......

Love you all my school friends.................... Batch 2001.

It is not a class But it has a CLASS of its own.

We often get attached to school because we spend 10 years there. But have you ever heard of attaching to a place by just spending barely 6 months there. Yes, I am talking about Medha Tutions, a class for all your commerce complications. I got officially acquainted with the class in 2005 when I was in TYBMS. I along with my two friends, Sayali and Priyanka had come to enquire about Financial Management. At the very first instance, I was a little unsure, as every place was turning us down. We were prepared to hear a No here as well. And here awaited a climax for us.

The moment Shailesh Sir, Proprietor of Medha Tuitions, heard our college timings and our request that we would require a separate batch, he instantly agreed. That was the first time, I realized, this the learning here is going to be different. Every lecture was dealt with different technique. The best quality about teaching that I learnt from Sir, and that was "Never get irritated with Students Doubts and Queries". This further helped me in my career as well. In the process of learning, every student is not only learning his subjects but also gets an overall professional enrichment. Here, I got the  confidence to deliver lecture to students. Its all about the quality time spent in the class. Sir has an unique style of explaining things to students. He deals with students of different age groups in different style. When he is teaching the novice i.e. XI standard students he is explaining with building analogies. Whereas, when he comes to teach the learners i.e. Masters program, he is building different set of analogies. Once we come here, we stay there till the day ends. We study, have fun. Its all having Edutainment - Education + Entertainment. Planning for Annual Function is something about 3 months long process where our homes forget us for 3 months. As said earlier, I was officially only there for 6 months, but after 2005, till my marriage day, I don't remember a day that is spent going without to this blissful place. It was in the class, I learnt to professionally compeer.  The start to my teaching career was from here only. This place explained me the joy of giving. Joy of sharing knowledge. A place where I learnt Accounts, the most tedious subject for me. I was a student first then started teaching in my class. I could not only be a teacher, so came back in the student fraternity. In the year 2013, I planned to complete my Second Masters - Master Of Commerce (Accountancy and Finance). I did complete it with glorifying first class. Yes, it is glorifying for me as apart from Shailesh Sir and Medha Tutions, for a Science Student getting a Master in Commerce with First Class was a rare dream. A place where I learnt how to teach. My organization skills, leadership skills were sharpened here.  A place where friendship was defined and had its own meaning. I learnt a lot here, few concepts from text book, few others that were not found in any book. Now when I look back, I got an undying bond from Class - A bond of Friendship from Akshada, Vihang, Bhavesh, Vinod, Mandar, Madhavi (Tagged as Haushi Kalakaar by Vihang). I also tried to acronym brand our bond, "AViBhaViManMaKsha". It is in the same order as written before with addition of my name in the last. 

AViBhaViManMaKsha (In the order from left, Mandar, Akshada, Madhavi, Bhavesh, Down seated Vinod and on top of all our heads Vihang :)... the youngest amongst us.)

Now when I sit to write All this, letters fall short to explain what all I got from Medha Tutions.

Today I am Head of Department - Mass Media in Birla College, whatever I teach, say or do is all a priceless gift from Medha Tutions. My growth plan can be explained in a very sweet way, Student - Teacher and then back as Student. Our Punchline rightly suits us, It is not a class, yes it is not a class but definitely has a class of its own.