SOME LEARN AND TEACH WITHOUT GOING TO SCHOOL
Pic.: Nishtha Narryani “In oneself lies the whole world and if you know how to look and learn, the door is there and the key is in your hand. Nobody on earth can give you either the key or the door to open, except yourself.” - Jiddu Krishnamurti M y maid servant is quite an elderly lady. She has been working at my office and classes for the last twenty years. A few things about her have, always, impressed me. Here are those things: 1. She would not remain absent without informing me before hand. But, if she has to, she would make it a point to call me and tell. I haven’t ever asked her to do so! 2. If she takes my permission for a break of, say, two days, it will be only two days. She wouldn’t take the third-day break without asking me. I haven’t ever asked her to do so! 3. In all these twenty years, she has never, ever asked me to raise her pay, leave alone cribbing for a Diwali bonus. I, on my own,...