Remembering Mr Khatri<\/p>\n
Your mail \u00a0remind me of an regretful \u00a0incident\u00a0 and I wish we were \u00a0as sensitive in eighties and nineties!<\/p>\n
It so happened that I had to go and collect my Degree Certificate from admin office \u00a0after two decades \u00a0from graduation.\u00a0 I showed myself , told my roll number \u00a0and a new employee in her twenties \u00a0produced my certificate in a jiffy. But she would not part with it till I showed her some \u00a0identity .<\/p>\n
I was an out of towner and had nothing on me . But the lady \u00a0was bright \u00a0and \u00a0asked me if I could find someone on the campus\u00a0 who would know me personally! I imagine , with all your batch mates \u00a0out of school , who would know you personally and remember after 20 years ? But I used all my memories and started taking names of a few people whom I thought would know me personally .<\/p>\n
A lady from administration who used to give me my scholar ship , my two HODs , a PG student who helped me with my project , a Professor whose experimental IC Engine was burned by me \u00a0[ surely by mistake !]\u00a0 – –\u00a0 I went on rattling names and she went on checking with her own memories and that of her seniors around . No clue\u00a0 – – most were retired or unknown.<\/p>\n
Then I suddenly remembered Mr Khatri \u00a0, \u00a0my Gymnastics Coach whose team I had captained for three years . \u00a0I almost shouted his name and the lady quietly took my signature , \u00a0handed over the Certificate\u00a0 and with some faint comment [which I did not hear] , \u00a0turned around and walked away.<\/p>\n
I went straight to the \u00a0Gym to find that our Dear Khatri \u00a0Sabu had passed away a few years ago !<\/p>\n
And although in my forties , I almost cried!<\/p>\n
Chandrashekhar Dasnurkar<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Remembering Mr Khatri Your mail \u00a0remind me of an regretful \u00a0incident\u00a0 and I wish we were \u00a0as sensitive in eighties and nineties! It so happened that I had to go and collect my Degree Certificate from admin office \u00a0after two decades \u00a0from graduation.\u00a0 I showed myself , told my roll number \u00a0and a new employee… <\/p>\n