someone like roger for me

blue half sleeve shirt with a navy blue tie.. some extra weight than others around .. in the assembly with all smiles even though a bit nervous.. we all were very much anxious about our new teacher more specifically our new quizzing teacher... my first impression was not such a great one... was in fact not happy with the change... but one thing about him was that he was very different and charming than all the others who shared space with him that day at the assembly... based on my first impression i never thought that having acquaintance with him would have such a profound impact on me... but it happened...

he introduced himself as ANIRBAN SEN( pronounced it as ONIRBAN in bengali accent) and we headed straight to work that day at the library.. i remember the very first thing he told me... it was about how the garment bikini was named... and the second thing he shared was about the port mombassa... i mean we were really shocked at his knowledge on varied subjects... he took us by surprise by answering each and every question we shot at him... and it started at that moment that day... i have finally met somebody who was full of surprises ....

raja and i were selected for bharat ke aat a quiz show and we were trained under sir... we had some really great times together... i still remember those days when we ate just outside the school in a small hut.. the days when we had work till 8 in the nite... the things that sir told me wen we were riding on his splendour.. things that happened during our sports day and especially when we visited calcutta n shillong along with sir for the quiz...

for me sir is like a walking book... one can learn so many things from a book by just looking at the cover page and i tried to do just that... he was so very different from the rest i have met.. so real, so friendly , so simple, so patient and more than anything he is so charming.. he thought me how to go about different things .. he had simple answers even for the most difficult problems at that time..

i asked him one day while travelling to school late in the night (to take some printouts )about why he was at Hyderabad leaving everything behind at his hometown where he could get an even better job, have a better everything than here, and i still dint forget his answer(il save it for myself)... superb asalu... all of us used to have great fun with him .. he was more of a mentor to us than anything...

finally dis is the first time am not getting enough words to share what i feel ... he is jst such an amazing man .... the only non hypocrite in those days and i have learnt to be a non hypocrite from him... learnt to be frank .. learnt how to talk to people.. learnt how to be nice.. learnt how to broaden my horizon of thought...learnt how to face tough challenges... infact learnt how to live happily all time... derz only one name that strikes me when some asks me about my inspiraton os the one who had a lot of impact and the only name that comes to my mind after my parents is sir.. i call him my godfather near my friends and the reason i am happy all time nowadays is because of him .... therez only 1 person who i want to be like in ths world and thats sir... its been six yrs since i spoke to him ( the last time being august 3rd 2004) but still i remember everything.... MACHO MAN... he always wanted to be an mba and am glad he is one today... and finally he is someone with a big heart and one of the best products from DA MARTINIA... the one from prince anwar shah , choton , arindham and i fogot the other names are his best pals but i am proud to say that i am his best FAN n he is my best mentor... ( ive skipped office today jst after anirban sir accepted my frnds request on fb and felt like writing about someone who had been like a driving force even without him knowing and am sure he dint forget me... bye guys .. back to work)