If success means more than climbing the hierarchical steps on the corporate and social ladder, inspiring all around us by the way we go about our work, playing down own achievements and highlighting others’, nonchalantly overcoming seemingly insurmountable odds and if success is to be measured by the amount of Sunshine we bring in the lives of those who have been less fortunate than we have been, our children have grown up to be probably the best that we can find anywhere. Their strength is their hard work, strength, never-say-die attitude, their simplicity and humility. The reason for our children to grow up in such fashion was the conducive atmosphere that prevailed on campus, something that was consciously, methodically set up by Mr. Tankha and his team which carried on in the same vein ever after he left. I have been witness to many sacrifices that have been made by my colleagues to ensure children were happy and secure. The children in turn cared for the elders on campus like only they could and continue to do so till this day. There have been many incidents where I felt we, the elders, learnt from our children and that’s a matter of such pride for us!

I know of many teachers who’ve done very well in their professional lives because of what they’ve learnt at ARPS. I feel absolutely privileged to have been allowed to continue there for more than 2 decades. The root of almost all good things that have happened to me professionally lies in those times. And now I draw inspiration from the excellent young men that our children have grown up to be. Nothing could be more fulfilling than this!

For the ARPS I knew, excellence meant continuous improvement. Anything otherwise smacked of mediocrity and of course one cannot possibly meander in the alleyways of mediocrity and hope to achieve anything worthwhile. That’s what drives the world, too, a world that’s so much the richer for the young men that constitute the Old Laitkorian Association!