T W E L V E Y E A R S A T V A N I T H A S A D A N A

 I joined nursery when I was three year old in 1973.  Nursery classes were in a big hall with one stage.  My sister had taken me to the school on the first day. I remember the very first day I had fallen while getting down the steps from the stage. Tulsi Bai miss and Katyayini miss were my teachers.  Tulsi Bai miss was also in-charge of CBC where I used to take books when I was in primary and middle schools.

All the teachers in Vanitha Sadana were dedicated. I remember the names of all my teachers from class I to class X who have taught me. In my primary school, Sharadamma miss, Parimala Bai miss, Vasundhara miss and Vishalakshi miss were my teachers.  In the Middle School, Prabha miss, Sheela miss, Krishnamma miss, Jayalakshmma miss and shanthamma miss were my teachers.  Lalithamma miss was our Head Mistress. 

In high school, we had a science club.  Lectures on various science topics were arranged regularly.  I used to participate in inter-high school competitions on Kannada debate and Sanskrit recitation for which I had very good encouragement and guidance from all my teachers.  Girijamba miss used to personally take interest and prepare me thoroughly to participate in Kannada debate.  I still remember when I was in IX standard our school had won rolling shield in Kannada debate held in Demonstration School.  In this context, we had demanded to declare holiday and wrote on the black board that ‘We want holiday’ and finally, the school authorities declared half-a-day’s holiday.

All my teachers including HM in the High School were very kind and supportive.  They were very good in teaching. I remember Paapu miss who was very emotional had cried after completing the lesson ‘Kaabuliwalla’ written by Ravindranath Tagore. Leela miss who was taking history in IX standard had narrated Vijayanagar Kingdom story so well. 

Radha miss who was teaching Sanskrit had taught Sanskrit grammar to me and my classmate Roopashri even after we had completed X standard and left Vanitha Sadana.

I remember all teachers of my High School days and classmates whom I have not seen for many years and they may not be able to recognise me also. I have lost touch with my classmates (except Aryamba) and teachers as I am staying in Bangalore for the past 23 years .  Hope I would see them on July 3^rd during the programme on Vanitha Sadana for which I am eagerly waiting for. 

From.

RAMA.B.N. , Bengaluru.