Left to Right: Er. Temsu Wathi, Bidya Bora (HS Teacher), Alice Ao, Purander Bhuyan (LP Teacher) and N. Amos Ao at the back ground of Hunwal TE L.P. School, Mariani.
DIMAPUR, SEPTEMBER 5 (MExN): Purander Bhuyan a retired school headmaster who taught four Naga children at Hunwal Tea Estate Assamese medium L.P. school at Mariani (Assam) during mid sixties was honoured by his pupil today at his Mariani residence commemorating the 50th teachers’ day. Bhuyan is now 72 years old. This was informed in a press note issued by Er. Temsu Wathi Ao District Informatics Officer(NIC), Deputy Commissioner's Office, Mokokchung & Coordinator, Border Peace Coordination Committee (Assam-Nagaland).
On this auspicious occasion Bhuyan was bestowed with some precious gifts and a very unique plaque which read – “In teaching you cannot see the fruit of a day’s work. It is invisible and remains so, maybe for twenty years” and “The best teachers teach from the heart, not from the book”.
It is pertinent to mention that his pupils Mr N. Amos Ao, Deputy Director, Department of Horticulture and currently posted at Kohima, Mrs N. Alice Ao, Steno, Department of Power, posted at Dimapur and Er Temsu Wathi Ao, District Informatics Officer under Ministry of Communication & Information Technology, Govt of India and currently posted at Mokokchung were all born at Mariani. They were born to Mr L. Nukshi Jamir a contractor and Mrs M. Kirentemla, a staff nurse at Hunwal Tea Estate Hospital at Mariani.
During the interaction, the teacher expressed happiness and thanked the almighty for giving him this privilege of meeting all his pupil as a responsible citizens. He still remembers the turning point of his school during 1966 when Dilip Borah and N. Amos Ao who secured the first merit scholarship exam from his L.P.School in class two which brought laurel not only to the school but also to the entire Jorhat division as the students topped the list. He is happy to note that the brothers have been doing great social works in and around Mariani in particular and the state of Assam in general. He praised the brothers for donating the entire CGI sheets required for a “Namghar” (a typical Assamese worship place) recently at Mariani area which speaks volumes about their affinity with the Assamese society- Bhuyan said in a small gathering at his residence today. He mentioned about Er Temsu’s hard work in integrating and putting a hard work for uniting the people living in the Assam-Nagaland border areas for having a common platform for peace where he is tirelessly assisting the Border Peace Coordination Committee (Assam-Nagaland) since couples of years back.
Bidya Bora, another retired teacher who taught these pupils at Mahadev Agarwalla High scholl at Mariani till class ten was also honoured in today’s function. He rekindled the activities of these brothers at High school where both of them served as General Secretaries of the students’ union of the high school in their times. In an emotional interaction with his pupils after a long break, Shri Bora was very enthusiastic about this occasion of sharing moments together and hoped and wished his pupils a bright and successful career in days to come.
In today’s nostalgic function, the President of Mariani Press Club Shri Jibon Dutta has attributed the whole event saying it is comparable only with that of “Durnacharjya (the great teacher in Mahabharata epic) and that of his loyal student “Arjuna”. He thanked the great Naga-Assamese students of Mariani who are a domestic names not only in Mariani but also in Assam as they have been associating in all spheres of Assamese culture in their lives and thus proving their affinity to Assamese society. He recalled the association of Mr Temsu with ASSU’s agitation during 1979-83 where he along with his student colleagues were jailed several times which was a part of the student activity at that time. He wished that this “Guru Dakshina” (Honouring Teachers) makes a right sense in inculcating a strong humane bond between the Assamese-Naga communities in the days to come and wished all the best for all the concerned.
On this auspicious occasion Bhuyan was bestowed with some precious gifts and a very unique plaque which read – “In teaching you cannot see the fruit of a day’s work. It is invisible and remains so, maybe for twenty years” and “The best teachers teach from the heart, not from the book”.
It is pertinent to mention that his pupils Mr N. Amos Ao, Deputy Director, Department of Horticulture and currently posted at Kohima, Mrs N. Alice Ao, Steno, Department of Power, posted at Dimapur and Er Temsu Wathi Ao, District Informatics Officer under Ministry of Communication & Information Technology, Govt of India and currently posted at Mokokchung were all born at Mariani. They were born to Mr L. Nukshi Jamir a contractor and Mrs M. Kirentemla, a staff nurse at Hunwal Tea Estate Hospital at Mariani.
During the interaction, the teacher expressed happiness and thanked the almighty for giving him this privilege of meeting all his pupil as a responsible citizens. He still remembers the turning point of his school during 1966 when Dilip Borah and N. Amos Ao who secured the first merit scholarship exam from his L.P.School in class two which brought laurel not only to the school but also to the entire Jorhat division as the students topped the list. He is happy to note that the brothers have been doing great social works in and around Mariani in particular and the state of Assam in general. He praised the brothers for donating the entire CGI sheets required for a “Namghar” (a typical Assamese worship place) recently at Mariani area which speaks volumes about their affinity with the Assamese society- Bhuyan said in a small gathering at his residence today. He mentioned about Er Temsu’s hard work in integrating and putting a hard work for uniting the people living in the Assam-Nagaland border areas for having a common platform for peace where he is tirelessly assisting the Border Peace Coordination Committee (Assam-Nagaland) since couples of years back.
Bidya Bora, another retired teacher who taught these pupils at Mahadev Agarwalla High scholl at Mariani till class ten was also honoured in today’s function. He rekindled the activities of these brothers at High school where both of them served as General Secretaries of the students’ union of the high school in their times. In an emotional interaction with his pupils after a long break, Shri Bora was very enthusiastic about this occasion of sharing moments together and hoped and wished his pupils a bright and successful career in days to come.
In today’s nostalgic function, the President of Mariani Press Club Shri Jibon Dutta has attributed the whole event saying it is comparable only with that of “Durnacharjya (the great teacher in Mahabharata epic) and that of his loyal student “Arjuna”. He thanked the great Naga-Assamese students of Mariani who are a domestic names not only in Mariani but also in Assam as they have been associating in all spheres of Assamese culture in their lives and thus proving their affinity to Assamese society. He recalled the association of Mr Temsu with ASSU’s agitation during 1979-83 where he along with his student colleagues were jailed several times which was a part of the student activity at that time. He wished that this “Guru Dakshina” (Honouring Teachers) makes a right sense in inculcating a strong humane bond between the Assamese-Naga communities in the days to come and wished all the best for all the concerned.
