TODAY IS TEACHERS' DAY HEARTY GREETINGS TO ALL TEACHERS, ERSTWHILE TEACHERS (NOW PENSIONERS) WHO SERVED IN ALL OUR LEARNING SCHOOLS OF EXCELLENCE. IN ONE OF THOSE SHINY DAYS, AS WE SAT TO LISTEN TO OUR CHIEF GUEST OF THE DAY (IF I REMEMBER RIGHT, IT WAS KUMAR DE ) THE TEACHERS' DAY DE STARTED WITH A THUNDER "WHAT DO YOU DO HERE ?" TUMBLED, JETTISONED, AND FLOORED A FEW OF US MUMBLED: "WE TEACH ......." ED LOOKED UNCONVINCED. WAITED A FEW SECONDS MORE. I SAID: " WE LEARN " I CANNOT BUT RECOLLECT THE DEVOTED SERVICES OF ONE GREAT TEACHER. IT WAS INDEED A PRIVILEGE FOR ME TO BE A CONTEMPORARY . MY SPECIAL HEARTY GREETINGS TO MADAM THANKOM MATHEW