"என்ன அடிக்கிறதுக்கு you who?" 😋

‘We Learn by Making Mistakes’

Life Lessons in the Classroom 

#memoriesfromdiaries 

28 June 2001  

Prof. P. Natarajan, our beloved HoD was famous for his short, witty anecdotes that always carried a moral on them.

Whenever he entered our class, [with a cheerful smile on his face, as always], the first thing he usually did was to give us a cute, inspiring anecdote, and then turning to the blackboard, he would write down at least five difficult words for us, along with their accompanying pronunciation, as part of his Vocabulary series with us.

An impeccable gentleman of the highest order, he was [and is] always known for his love, his integrity and his passion for literature.

On this particular day in our class, in our final year PG, he narrated one such witty anecdote to us, on how we learn from our mistakes.

Said Prof. Natarajan,

In our boyhood, we studied English only after our sixth standard. So we were just quite eager to learn it and my friend especially was very enthusiastic about learning English.

One day my brother gave a beating to my little friend for some reason, and pat shouted my friend,

"என்ன அடிக்கிறதுக்கு you who?" 😋

would translate to mean, ‘to beat me, you who?’ 😋

This incident still remains fresh in my mind. So we learn only from our mistakes,

quipped Prof. P. Natarajan!

Prof. Natarajan giving away a memento to Dr. Appadurai,
flanked by our Principal Prof. Jayakar Chellaraj

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