I am elated...flying on Cloud 10 if it existed! Why? Cause the utterly chaotic TEACHER'S DAY CELEBRATIONS were a huge success....

5th of Spetmember started for me with getting up early, reaching school and then running around for an hour giving orders, getting htings done, doing things, arranging for seating, eating, sound systems and everything possible!Amidst all the confusion were Class 12th girls and boys looking strikingly different (well...the boys not that much...) in Sarees and Suits, Ties, Coats ....all READY TO BECOME TEACHERS for the day.

Since it hadn't rained since morning, I asked everyone to start arranging for the programme in the BASKETBALL COURT.Don't ask me why, but somewhere deep inside my heart I knew that it was going to be a SUNNY day.Maybe because I'd prayed truly and my true prayers are always answered.....But Princi wasn't happy with my assurance based on my divine interpretation.She asked me to shift base to the GreenShed.I couldnt disagree.

Within minutes, Food, Sound system, chaiirs, participants were all rushed across the length of the school to the Green Shed.Phew! It turned out that the MONGINIS delivery van had actually come upto Sumitra Gate and then turned back because there was no one to escort them to school.....But in the end all went well, and we were left with excess food!


Then there was the problem of TIME-LIMIT.The Green Shed was also to play venue to another PTA-Meeting for Teachers in an HOUR!!!! Somehow within that time we squeezed in as many times as possible.There were disappointed and tearful juniors in abundance....and I felt bad, but I couldn't help it...THIS IS NCS.

Eventually we handed over our GIFTS to all the teachers and working staff : Keychains with all their FIRST NAMES inscribed, and trust me....IT WAS A HITTTT! Some teachers were so touched by our gesture and efforts that they couldn'yt put it in words....All this was Chitvan Bedi's (Class XI) idea....and I felt that he needed to be given his due credit....so I introduced him amidst thundering applause.


I wrapped up the programme with a totally instantaneously-prepared VOTE OF THANKS which ended with....."and lastly thank you all....JUST FOR BEING .....Our Teachers".


And then we had awesome fun clicking photos in class, in central quadrangle, in Princi's office- EVERYONE and EVERYWHERE possible.I guess Sanchit will post them on the blog.

Only disturbance was somebody having stolen Radha ma'am's purse.....and then surreptitiously keeping it back in her room....But obviously, Money was gone.It wasn't a large amount.....but COme on....On Teacher's Day who has the low-mentality and pathetic-ideology of stealing from a Teacher???????Disappointing....

And before I left school grounds, I went to all the Staff Rooms to thank all our teachers for coming and being there for us.And I was so happy when Teachers told me that this was the Best Teachers Day they'd seen in all these years, that we'd touched all their hearts, that they loved it and yes, That "God Bless You/All of You".And I left home feeling, next year we'll all be somewhere else....who gets this chance again and again.....and that I think I'd managed a decent job and all "our" mehnat was well worth it....a Teacher's Smile eased all my fatigue and tension.

Principal's tubelight-powered brain suggested that since the children couldn't see it...We should have the programme again, with only particpants performing.I couldn't restrain from saying "Ma'am, that we'll see later.Let us just have a break now.And ...I told you it wouldn' rain." She asked "How did you know....?"

I didn't get a chance to answer....but I smiled to myself. I knew why it didn't rain.I knew how I was so sure it wouldn't rain.You wanna know....well because everything in this world's machinery works on the oiling of hope....I never gave up hope yesterday that it would stop raining.I never gave up my faith in the Ultimate clock-maker who winds all our lives.....He knew the amount of pains we'd all taken and that we were doing with the utmost sincerity and purity of heart for our Teachers.

Life Doesn't Give You the OPpprtunity of doing something good very frequently....grab it when you can...and He'll make sure you reach your end.Trust me.