Memoirs Of a Special Child: Back To School......!

On my last trip to Dharamshala 2 years back. I went to my old school i.e. Dayanand Model Sr. sec. School. It was one of the best schools I have ever had. The teachers, the staff and my classmates, all were so cooperative that I didn’t feel for a second that I have some limitations of my own. They helped me in every possible way, and for the first (and probably for the last…) time in my life, I felt like going to school can also be fun… It gave me an all new definition of Bonding & Friendship J

I am very much choosy when it comes to making friends, but here, the whole class was my friend. I remember, some girls of the class writing “East or West Chaitanya is the Best” on the Blackboard. Though the word ‘Specially-abled’ was not much prevalent at that time in India, but still my classmates made every effort to make me feel special by doing such sweet little gestures J

I studied there for only a year or so, but that year was one of the BESTEST years of my life till date…!

I would like to thank Mark Zuckerberg who made it possible for me to connect with two of my best friends from this school: Diksha Ahuja and Tarun Dhiman through Facebook J

I would also like to thank Brian Acton and Jan Koum, makers of Whatsapp, who connected me with two of the my most favorite teachers of all time from this school: Minakshi Mam and Nirala Mam who are as sweet and charming today as they were 15-16 years back J

I have many wonderful memories with this school, out of which some are ‘sweet’ while others are just ‘too funny’.

One such funny instance goes like the; A girl in my class wanted to make me her brother ( you see, guys like me are hardly good enough at making girlfriends J) so she offered me a Rakhi ( an auspicious piece of thread, symbolizing the sacred bond of brother and sister in India).

But me ‘Chaitanya The Great’ rejected her request, because like any other responsible parents in India and abroad, my parents also taught me “NEVER TAKE anything FROM ANYONE OUTSIDE HOME” .So unfortunately for me , this Rakhi was also one those ‘Unidentified Objects’, out of home , which constitutes ‘anything’

Later on when my mom & dad came to know about my ‘anything saga’, they were like; “YOU FOOL!!!! A Rakhi does not come under the category of ANYTHING!!!!!!”

And I was like; “Huh! Have I done something wrong??? But I was just being obedient"

Soon I realized my ‘Greatness’ and how I acted like an absolute jerk!

I don’t remember if I said sorry afterwards or not…..but if I get a chance today, I will definitely apologize to her for my ‘act of Greatness’…..

So to ask; How much ‘Great’ can a Kid act at this age?????
The Answer is; Well it depends………. ;)

Here are some picture of my memorable visit :)