I write this in memory of our ex principal Mr. Ashok patra. I choose to blog to pay my sincere respect to him.

If my memory serves me right he was a tall, dark slender man always smartly dressed and he used to teach us Julius ceasar in class10. My understanding of english literature used to somewhat poor in those days and i had to struggle to get through Julius Ceasar.

Everytime after his lectures he used to enquire for doubts and i being a timid girl in those days used to keep quiet. One day he somehow understood my plight and asked me to meet him in his office after school hours.

I was very very nervous literally shaking when i went to meet him the very first time but what i found was a very warm person, very kind and great simplicity in character.

He continued to personally teach me for few weeks after school in his office and each time after the session my respect for him only grew.

It is all because of him i still remember everything of Julius Ceasar and its conversations. Today even after so many years i still feel priviledged of having learnt from him and his kind gesture will always remain in my memory.

DEAR SIR YOU WILL ALWAYS CONTINUE TO INSPIRE ME.

Lipika.