Twist and turns

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One free day at Hogwarts and here I write. I lost my grandmother three days back. She passed away in the hospital on Monday morning at around 11.30 in the morning. She had been in the hospital for around a month and had a massive cerebral attack that resulted to her death. She was 78 and the grief can be compensated. But nothing can ever compensate the death of my father. Nothing ever will. I lost him when i was not supposed to and he passed away when his hard work was about to give fruitful results. But this is life i guess. We hope, we lose and we learn to accept. My mother went back to West Bengal on Tuesday and she boarded the flight all alone for the first time and did everything all okay despite the fact that we reached late at the airport due to the high traffic on Delhi-Gurugram highway. I am all alone in a new state, living in a duplex with no one except for my books. My mother hence on will be staying in our house in Durgapur and I shall continue living the way I am. I am living my dreams at a cost but i accept the challenges and hope for better things to come on my way.  Now about my new set of students. Well, they are all from different countries and are disciplined and well mannered. Something that was a problem in my previous school. However i also accept that DPS was my foundation. Students in my present school have an urge to know more. They do not run after marks or closed eyes book reading. They are a curious bunch of students who ask for more anecdotes. I am teaching classes 7, 9 and 10 English and classes 4, 5 and 6 Life skills. My colleagues are professional and are prefect to a fault. And i am trying hard to keep a pace with them. I am the youngest teacher here too and it has both pros and cons. The campus is a beautiful place and is peaceful. Work keeps me busy almost all the time and that is what keeps me going. Life has taken a huge turn at 24 and i like my progress as an individual. I am still kind, humble and honest. I still find Literature in places where I am not supposed to. But my eyes, ears and mind are all open to everything and for the first time in my life I feel responsible towards myself more than anyone. Shall try to write soon again. 

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