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“Pranat sir”
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At that time I lived in a residential school , 200 km away from home . That wasn't a co - ed school . There were huge maidans , hostels , mess , a small power house , a doctor's clinic and much more.Students from class IV to XIIth , teachers , security personnel , electricians all lived there . There was a very good arrangement for living , eating , drinking , reading and playing . Inside the big boundary was a different world . I had enrolled there in seventh grade.That was my first hostel and there were unknown people from . different districts so , I used to be lonely and sad . My love for literature has been there since that time.Yes , but it was difficult to understand English . We had three English teachers in class VIIth -Vishnu sir , Mainak sir , and Pranat sir.All three were scholars and explained the most difficult text simply.I didn't have much interest in any other subject except literature.I loved it . Whenever there was a literature class , I would listen to the teacher with great concentration , understand and study diligently . Vishnu sir was a bit tough - tempered teacher . He taught grammer . Whenever it was his class , All the children would sit upright and erect on their benches and a strange stillness used to prevail.Every student used to pray that Sir should not ask him questions , because , if he is not able to answer , he would be slapped hard on his face . Mainak sir was kind and friendly , if a child is failing with some marks , he would pass him by giving marks but only when the boy had tried to solve not blank sheets , Whenever a child was missing home , sir used to gave him his phone and made him talk to parents . But he used to get angry when a child deliberately made a mistake .


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Pranat sir was a 40 year old jovial and funny person . He was virtuous . He used to teach any chapter in such a way that no child could forget it . He used to give real life examples to explain a difficult paragraph , used to make fun of an angry teacher , told his childhood stories , taught students friendly and used to laugh and joke a lot.Rarely I have seen him shout at a student . In our school mess , the food was prepared like every normal mess . Watery - thin lentils , oil accumulated on the vegetables , better not to mention others . The breakfast and lunch of the teachers were free in the mess but some teachers used to go back just after...