A Journey Made Easy by Uncommon People
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My Teachers
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begin by reproducing a letter, which I wrote to an office bearer of Himachal Pradesh University Alumni Association (HPUAA): Dear Prof Thakur Thank you for inviting me to the first meeting of HPUAA. I am happy that a team of professors has taken an initiative of bringing together so many alumni of the University. The first step is always difficult because it needs a lot of effort, determination and positive energy. I have always felt proud of my University, the vision of its founder Vice Chancellor Prof RK Singh to invite the teachers who were the best in their subjects. I have been a student of History (I continue to be one today). I wish to acknowledge with gratitude that it makes me feel proud that I was an ordinary student of Prof SR Mehrotra and his wife Dr Eva Mehrotra. Many of us might have forgotten that Dr Eva Mehrotra taught with dedication accepting an honorarium of rupee one till her retirement. The department owes so much to both of them. Prof Mehrotra used to carry a number of books for us from the Indian Institute of Advanced Study to ensure that we prepared for the exams from standard books. HPU was the first university to introduce semester system.
