Subramanian Subramanian < subbu1906@gmail.com > Sat, Jan 16, 12:21 PM to Sarojini I was a reluctant school goer in primary school. Reluctance largely due to my close friends in neighbourhood were at Rama Menon primary school with holidays on Saturdays and Sundays while I was in Govt Primary school with weekly holidays on Fridays and Sundays. I used to accompany Janaki teacher to school in the first couple of years and we were around eight students by the time we reached school. When in third standard, Janaki teacher retired. How to send away a beloved teacher empty handed ? We all carried "gifts". After all ceremonial gestures of retirement which we watched seated on the ground, we made a bee line to pile up the "gifts" on a couple of tables arranged for this purpose. Pray, what were these "gifts" ? Mostly bathing soap ! I carried four cakes of Rexona, Some gifted "Lifebuoy" and "Chandrika". There were some tins of talcum p...