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From: "V.S. Ananthanarayanan"
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Dear Rangarajan: Thanks very much for such a vivid portrayal of the
past days. if I may add a bit of my own to it:
ThOdhAthri Iyengar was an extraordinary man. He was a giant in
mathematics which he taught and was extremely knowledgeable in
literature as well. The mention of his name brings the word "surds" to my
mind as he taught that in our B.Sc. algebra class with a lot of fervour!
T.I always wore a spotless white dhoti in pancakaccam in and outside the
college. Unlike you, my sitting near him was in upanyAsAs (particularly on =
thiruppAvai and bhAgavatham). Sri. Narasimhachariar who was then one of the=
thamiz pundits, used to do the upanyAsams on the side in perumAL temples.
There was also Sr. Sankara Iyer who taught thamiz (all the teachers except =
the younger English teachers) came dressed in panchakaccam! I used to
participate in the extracurricular competitions on thiruppAvai,
thiruvempAvai,Bhagavath Geethai and music and have received prizes for them=
and for my science subjects from TI's hands at the annual day functions.
All in all, he was a rare gem, the like of whom we don't see these days (--=
a typical oldtimer's statement!:)
I had Sundharesa Iyer for Chemistry (my major subject) who was a
great teacher but was rumoured to have activities such as the one you
described (and more!). For English, no one seemed to ever
equal 'Shakespeare' V.Subramanian who used the class as his stage. I also
had two young Profs for English, Narayanan and G.S. Balakrishnan. The
latter was always sought after for his enormous sense of humour in the
class. he subsequently became a thamizh story writer "GSB' and often wrote =
using his wife's name, Vijaya ( I have one of his books that he gave me
when I met him in the 90s!). I'll stop here since one can keep on
reminiscing such nice memories for ever!!
ananth
--- In agathiyar@yahoogroups.com, "M.R.Rangarajan"
wrote:
> ---
> Totadri Iyengar was my friend,philosopher and guide and even more.
> My father knew him personally and I was a pet student as the
> Secretary of Madhuralochani Samskrit Association of the college. I
> used to cleverly choose a seat near TT during refreshments. He
> would pick up only the banana and pass on the rest to me! Once when
> we invited Sir Varadachariyar,Former Federal Court Judge to address
> us,I got refreshments sans banana from both of them! TT and I
entered
> Madura College in the same year,in 1953 June- he as Principal after
> serving in St. Joseph college gloriously in the Maths dept for many
> decades,one of his distinguished students being our nation's
present
> President Sri Kalam and I as a student of the Intermediate classes.
> I have dedicated my little booklet on Vedic Arithmetic, just being
> printed ,to the sacred memory of Prof TT who was not only a great
> mathematician but a deeply religious scholar and a pious soul.
>
> Prof T.R.Purushothaman (TRP) of Botany dept and his twin-colleague
> Prof K.Sundaresan of Chemistry department were popular for their bon
> homie. The joke on them was that they used to go to Madurai Railway
> Station daily,spot old (and young)ladies poking their heads from
> their compartment to call for tea,coffee or drinking water and
bring
> them the needed help as a matter of old world chivalry!
>
> Prof B.Satagopan of History dept, the eldest son of Sri Bashyam
> otherwise known as the one and only 'Chandilyan'came toD.G.Vaishnava
> college,Chennai later to head its History dept and also to become
> its Principal ( His brother Prof Krishnan also donning the mantle
of
> the Principal of the same college). They are both dear friends of
> mine. Satagopan is amazingly versatile and Krishnan is warmly
> humane. Even at the height of his fame,Chandilyan was lovingly
> simple enough to stay in my bachelor room at Sivaganga,where I
worked
> in R.D.M.College ( Poet Inquilab was my student) for a
> night,sleeping on the floor and mind you,it was really a godown of
> Sivaganga Co-operative Stores on the first floor improvised
specially
> to house the bachelor lecturers. The acrid smell of chillies would
> fill the nostrils. The only redeeming feature was the peep into the
> Rajarajeswari temple yard in the back,a herditary property of
> Sivaganga Rajah saheb,where peacocks would dance spreading their
> colourful feathers and cawing rather unmusically.
>
> Reverting to Madura College: Prof Devanarayanan had left already to
> join Parama Kalyani College run by Simpson Anantharamakrishnan at
> Alwarkurichi.
>
> I had no personal contact with 'Sholavandan Sandiyar'.
> Prof 'Shakespeare' V.S 'Mama' was a beloved figure for his dramatic
> presentation. Prof Devanarayanan was also noted for the same.
>
>
> MRR
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