I LOVE MY FATHER. NOT A NEW STATEMENT AS MOST OF US SAY THIS. BUT MINE IS A DIFFERENT CASE. I LOVE AND ADMIRE MY FATHER. HE IS MY IDOL...MY ICON...MY INSPIRATION...
EVERY GR8 PERSON HAS A HUMBLE BEGINNING AND MY FATHER TOO HAD A VERY SIMPLE BEGINNING. ONE OF NINE CHILDREN OF A BUS DRIVER , HIS LIFE STARTED IN AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE THERE WERE LIMITED MEANS....STUDIES AND EDUCATION WAS PRIVILEGE OF THE RICH BUT BEING A BRIGHT STUDENT HE CUD STUDY UPTO CLASS FIVE ON TEACHERS' INSISTENCE. THEN GRANPA GOT HIM TO WORK AS A HELP AT TAILOR SHOP WITH A VIEW TO MAKE MY FATHER A TAILOR BUT DESTINY HAD OTHER PLANS...
ONE DAY WHEN MY DAD WAS WORKING IN THE SHOP, GRANPAS' FREND NOTICED HIM AND ASK MY GRANPA TO ALLOW MY FATHER TO STUDY FURTHER.
-yours is a bright child..why get him into tailoring business?
-but where will the money come from?
SO MY FATHER STARTED HIS STUDIES AGAIN . HE EARNED MONEY BY TEACHING COLONY KIDS IN EVENING...THAT WAY HE COMPLETED HIS DIPLOMA IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING...FOURTH TOPPER OF HIS BATCH...LANDED JOB WHEN IN COLLEGE ONLY...
WORKED HARD ALL HIS LIFE FOR HIS SIX CHILDREN .. HE MADE SURE THAT WE HAD EVERYTHING WE ASKED FOR. HIS 5 CHILDREN ARE ENGINEERS AND ONE IS DOCTOR.
ELDEST-CIVIL ENGINEER, NEXT-DOCTOR, NEXT-MECHANICAL ENGINEER, THEN I AM AN ELECTRICAL ENGINEER, NEXT-MCA and the youngest of all is pursuing DEGREE IN ARCHITECTURE.
MY FATHJER USED TO SAY WE WILL COMPROMISE ON FOOD AND CLOTHES BUT NOT ON EDUCATION. HIS SPIRIT GOT US GOING. HE HAS BEEN A GR8 MOTIVATOR AND HAS MADE US EXCEL ....
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