Dehradun, July 6 -- St.George's College. Pic Courtesy internet

By: Ganesh Saili

'Better means! (sic) Saili. You will fail!' said Mr. Gupta, our mathematics teacher, glumly.

Henceforth, we started calling him 'Better means', behind his back, of course! Luckily for me, he was no soothsayer, for I still squeaked through, as if to prove him wrong. However, in my heart, I knew that the fun and games of calculus and slide rules were not meant for me!

In the school, a story of doubtful authenticity is widely believed to be true, which involves three service Chiefs, all Manorites: General Shankar Rai Chaudhuri, Air Chief Marshal Dennis Anthony La Fontaine, and the Chief of Naval Staff, Ronald Lyndale Pereira. They were guests at the school's ...