This is my sweet and 60 years old experience at my favorite, prestigious and one of the oldest schools of the Palace city of Mysore – The GREAT VANITHA SADAN.
This school was started probably in the late 40’s or early 50’s. This is an affectionate outcome and loving baby of Smt. Suseela Bai and Sri Nagesha Rao ,who were addressed to as Amma and Anna by the staff and students of the school. I am Dr. P.K. Vedanthan’s (Vedu) older sister. We both studied in this school, of course in different classes. It was an uphill task for me to drag him to the school every morning. The school was a 15 minutes walk from our house that used to take 30 minutes or longer to reach but just 10 minutes for the return trip as he couldn’t wait to get home!
I was a shy natured girl, quite and well behaved, liked by teachers. I still remember the love given to us by the teachers. I remember Tulasi teacher who used to be very strict.
In those days UNICEF used to supply milk powder to all the schools for children. We were forced to drink at 11 am during our 1st break which I used to hate. Since we were supposed to show our empty glasses to the teacher as proof of drinking it, I used to stealthily feed the plants with milk and show the empty glass to the teacher. Once I was caught red handed and pulled up badly.
During those days teachers were given full liberty to pull up the children to put them straight and at the same time we were given a lot of affection and attention. We used to give more importance to our teachers than to our parents.
Right now that is all I remember about the school. Since I am ageing, I might get some more things to my mind slowly. I will get back to you ,till then bye.
KUDOS TO OUR GREAT VANITHA SADAN
Yours,
Dr. P.K. Ambujakshi, Bangalore
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