PiQUANT CHESTNUT - II

This episode dates back to the time when I was doing my intermediate back in my hometown. We used to have a troop of teachers in Physics each of whom used to take a particular chapter. One of them, Mr. Raj used to be the most liked. Though I must mention that it was not because of his teaching abilities but sorely because of the fact that his classes were a public theater were we had the full freedom to pass comments, laugh, crack jokes on the jester waving his hands around and writing illegible stuff on the blackboard. He probably hailed from a sylvan background as was evident from his slurred English. I remember one incident in particular. It was Teacher's Day. We wished him exclaiming "Happy Teacher's Day" in chorus. He stared at us aimlessly as if he didn't get what the fuss was all about. Out of the blue, as we were heading towards our tables, came the reply -- "Same to you".