THE DONKEY WHO CARRIED THE GOD
Pic.: Mehul Bhuva “All you need is ignorance and confidence ...and the success is sure.” Mark Twain I have been teaching, in small and big batches – and even for single students – over three decades now. It feels nice, very fulfilling, when my students remember me, thank me, talk about me with pride and gratitude, and, sometimes, hero-worship me. As a human being, I silently crave for such attention, such adulation... I would be bluffing, if I say, “No, I don’t.” When you have taught a particular batch of students for an entire year, when you have deeply believed that you have given your best shot putting all the passion and love in your work... when you have thought, so strongly, that you have inculcated some fine values and infused some great confidence in your students... yes, when this is your belief and hope... you, obviously, expect your students to show some ‘visible’ gratitude when they leave you o...