I was very happy to go through what natarajan sir had written about his life in MEA. Although I was not directly taught by him in the classroom, I remember an afternoon of March 1972 ( I was in class VIII then), when he entered the class on seeing all of us shouting at the top of our voices ( we used to do that whenever the teacher did not come) and on being told that our mathematics teacher ( Mrs. Dharmambal) was on leave that day, offered to take the class himself. In the next one hour, we saw mathematics being taught in a new way. We were so impressed by the way he taught, that one of the students had the cheek to tell him to ask Dharmambal teacher to take long leave, so that we can continue to learn direct from Natarajan sir!
I personally felt that on his life at RKPuram, he should have written more about Mrs. Devadass ( Shri S.N.’s immediate predecessor in office), Rangarajan sir, Venkatakrishnan sir, meena teacher, visalakshi teacher, chandrasekaran sir, geeta (tamil) teacher.
But as he says, it is impossible to cover every one.
I am very proud of all my teachers who had taught me in the school and what ever i have achieved in life ( very little) is all due to their support and blessings

I want to thank you for this blog and for reminding my family and friends of the value DTEA schools have added to our life, community and nation.

If I could be of any help, plesae reach out to me at the email address ravindran dot gg at gmail dot com

Sincerely,

Ravindran

What a Wonderful site, I was able to connect with some of my classmates after 37 years.

C.S.Ramesh

i suddenly chanced upon your blog which brought so many delectable memories of my school days in janakpuri brnach.i specifically remmeber the “this is my school…” pledge that we would recite each day at the end of the prayer assembly. i passed out in 1984 and i remember that soon after you had taken over we had shifted to the pucca building in the year 1981.i could of curse continue upto 1984,that is,till the time i finished my 10th board.i must be the only one, i am sure, to have been under the tutelage of you and your duagther-you were my principal at dtea ,janakpuri,while ms meena natarajan taught me chemistry at svc briefly in the year 1986.

My respects and pranams to you.

I applaud you on the beautiful writing and bringing back memories of the glorious past.

We owe our due to the adminsitrative and teaching faculty. Though we did not realize at the time, only as we venture into the real world and juxtapose our learnings to our peers, do we realize how awesome all of you were.

Through 7th grade I was at RKP and then moved to LE to graduate in 1977. I have been a silent admirer of the likes of Saraswathi teacher (in RKP), Ramachandran sir (fondly referred to as Kudumi sir) in RKP, and Mrs. Susan Thomas (Chem), Mr. Dakshin Kumar (Physics), Mrs. Ramani K. Raman (Bio) and Mr. Hari Om (Maths). Special kudos to Ms. Krishnambal who encouraged me to focus and realize my potential when I was going through an awkward and youthful stage in my life.

I had the good fortune of meeting Krishnambal teacher two years back when I was in Delhi. Though she is having her share of physical challenges, her mind is as sharp as ever. Though I was meeting her after 30 years, it took her less than 10 seconds to recognize me by name.

My sisters and their hsubands are all products of this wonderful institution.

Look forward to your continued blogs.

It was wonderful visiting you at your home after so many years. I had sent a mail to my brother also who I see has posted a line before this. Once again I extend you an invitation to visit Kathmandu and see the glory of the last Hindu Kingdom.

N K Chari