TVS

Dear All

In the Seminar that I participated yesterday, I was blessed to see a gentleman in action who is a Teacher Wizard - if I can take the liberty of coining.

Mr.T.V.Subramanian, a frail old man enthralled us for close to 3 1/2 hours post lunch. Of course, the forenoon session too was good but this session was just great.

This man spoke an English which was consciously accentuated slightly differently from the general English Speaking Tamils..... was full of wisdom more than knowledge and training skills. I am sure he is quite a popular face in the industry - as he has been quite long at the helm of the industry.

I could see the entire 2 dozen participants were enjoying themselves but in my case, I was rolling all over and did not have enough hands to wipe out my tears out of my intense bliss...(yeah believe me, I cry in an unstoppable manner when I am too happy). It was a delightful experience which I can never forget in my life. Apart from adding humour touch liberally he was hooked to the subject that he covered and gave lot of practical examples and real life incidents, much more than we were able to jot down / memorize.

This man must be at least seventy, had a poor eye sight (I helped him during a particular slide by reading out as he was really struggling to read the presentation on his own), wore chappals and most simple clothes (I am getting reminded of my earlier posting - where I had bragged about my fresh looks when I went for this program), had the ability to have a rock like face when he was introduced and facilitated..a real seasoned teacher / trainer.

During the session, he fondly shared with us about the nick name he got in a particular MBA institute as "O Square B Square" which expands to OLD, Obsolete, Bald and Blind !!
Actually the tag "obsolete" was added by himself to the original name given by the students as OB Square !!

During the break, I shared my genuine feeling to one of the participant (who was equally over awed by Mr.TV Subramaniam) that a Good Teacher carries lot more potent energy than all other good professionals - be it Doctor, Lawyer or Engineer by virtue of his "live" sharing and transmitting ability. The co participant smiled at my remark and nodded his head vigorously accepting what I told....!!

Mr.TVS, people like you can never get obsolete...!! Even if you go away from this world, teachers like you become manure in this already fertile planet for the next generation teachers (like me ??) to get inspired, remembered and emulated....!! Hats off

Suren