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Hari's new school - contd

The first post was threatening to be too long Hey! I forgot the most important part of 'My School life - Second Phase' and that is the training finds its extension at home. Did I tell you that I keep an alarm and wake up nowadays? Let me give a brief on why this alarm thing is such an important factor in my life. I have always and still wonder why the concept of alarm was ever invented. I think the guy who invented it must be a pervert of some sort who does not understand the joy of sleeping. Pure bliss, completely untainted by any pressure to arise from this state. The joy of just waking up when your eyes no longer have the need to remain closed. This joy is KILLED when the ALARM RINGS, SINGS, BUZZES and in some weird cases CROWS. As far as I can remember I have woken up with an alarm only during extreme cases like catching a train or flight or to attend some function at home or elsewhere. Till I got married, my mother would wake up with an alarm and then wake me up. After my...

Hari's new school

Is it an institution for my son or me? I think both. When I came out after writing my last exam at 12th boards, I was actually feeling relieved, unlike others who were more worried about what the results would be... how difficult would IIT entrance exam be.... would they get into a good engineering college... etc.. etc.. I had none of these apprehensions. I was absolutely sure I was going sit for IIT and not get into it. I knew I was getting into BA Sanskrit. Nobody could say no to me 'cos there were not many takers for Sanskrit. I was sure I would get a seat for Sanskrit and I did. So when my BA course started, it was full stop for exam tensions. It was smooth sailing from then on 'cos sanskrit was something like my 'forte'. Ok now you might be wondering whether this is about myself or my son. Its actually a bit of both. Now the point I am trying to make is - As soon as I took up Sanskrit major I was mentally done with school, exams, uniform, books, bag, timetable, cha...