TRUE SATISFACTION!

“Sir, Hemang told your name to Air India Authorities.” said Miss Rekha Joshi, my colleague who taught Mathematics and escorted the boy to Ahmadabad for felicitation programme for his meritorious performance in class X CBSE exams. This, I mean to say an incident that had happened in 2005.Hemang Joshi happened to be my student of class X whom I taught English .Air India had organized the students’ felicitation programme in the “Cotton Manchester of India.”Later I came to know that the hosts of the event questioned the boy, “which language would you prefer to interact with us?” The authorities amazed when the class X boy of Saurashtra (Porbandar) said in English. (Then I worked as a teacher of English in Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya Porbandar.)Then I learnt the value of being (effective) teacher. The boy had told them “I shall prefer to interact in English, neither in Hindi nor In Gujarati.” “My teacher encourages me to speak in English even though we commit numerous blunders “The boy added further. This is one the incidents of my eleven years of teaching career that didn’t lapse out of my memory. Is it not job satisfaction?

    Amazement of Air India staff was justifiable because, Normally Kathiawadis (people of Saurashtra region in Gujarat) were not well known for conversation in English. But, once I met a ‘Dr Nanavati’ who was reasonably eloquent in the use of English. Now the boy is handsomely grown up, and now also in constant touch .Very appealing thing of this area is these ‘kathiawadis’ are known for their hospitality. Now I am in my home state (Karnataka) but, at times I feel the tender touch of the abode of Somanath and Shri Krishna. How a person who, spent six and half years in this wonderful land, ever forget to salute them?

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Here are a variety of proverbs almost all English speakers are familiar with. We regard these words of wisdom with reverence, but some of these sayings look specious when weighed against each other.

Conflicting Proverbs

Actions speak louder than words.		The pen is mightier than the sword.
Knowledge is power.		Ignorance is bliss.
Look before you leap.		He who hesitates is lost.
A silent man is a wise one.		A man without words is a man without thoughts.
Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.		Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
Clothes make the man.		Don't judge a book by its cover.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained.		Better safe than sorry.
Money talks.		Talk is cheap.
The only thing constant is change.		The more things change, the more they stay the same.
Two heads are better than one.		If you want something done right, do it yourself.
Many hands make light work.		Too many cooks spoil the broth.
Great minds think alike.		Fools seldom differ.
Birds of a feather flock together.		Opposites attract.
The bigger, the better.		The best things come in small packages.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.		Out of sight, out of mind.
What will be, will be.		Life is what you make it.
Cross your bridges when you come to them.		Forewarned is forearmed.
What's good for the goose is good for the gander.		One man's meat is another man's poison.
With age comes wisdom.		Out of the mouths of babes and suckling come all wise sayings.
The more, the merrier		Two's company; three's a crowd.