INTELLIGENT, CONFIDENT AND SENSITIVE TO THEIR SURROUNDINGS
“Give a man a fish, you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, you feed him for life.” An old saying I am believer in education… A great believer. But, to me, ‘education’ should be neither confined to the boundaries of schools and colleges, nor it should end when we come out of them. Just as the thirst and hunger of our bodies last a lifetime, so do the thirst and hunger of our hearts and minds… I said ‘hearts and minds’! I was the first graduate in our household. My parents barely been there; and grandparents, never! So, when I had a fortune of joining the first standard, at the age of six, it was a local church-school. The school had classes up to standard five. So, this school, always, had that badge - ‘Primary’. When I look back, I really smile… the medium was Kannada and the language we spoke inside was either, Kannada, Tulu or Konkani. English was foreign; only the rich kids spoke it! The school building was a humble building block… There were no de...