Vocabulary Test...

I start with my greatest guru- my mother. I was born in a very poor family and my father died when I was six. We moved to Mumbai and my mother did menial work to bring me up. Two meals a day was a tough challenge. I studied under street lights and I walked bare foot until, I think, I was twelve. I remember when I passed the seventh standard and I wanted to go into the eighth standard, our poverty was such that even to secure $$21$$ rupees for secondary school admission became a big challenge. We had to borrow from a lady, who was a housemaid in Chaupati in Mumbai. That was the tough life I had.
 In fact, I remember, my passing the SSC Examination-i.e., $$11$$th standard. Those days it used to be not $$10$$th standard or $$12$$th standard but $$11$$th standard. I stood $$11$$th among $$1,35,000$$ but I was about to leave higher education and find a job. What helped me was the scholarship by Sir Dorab Tata Trust. It was just $$60$$ rupees per month and would you believe that $$60$$ rupees per month from Tatas added so much value to my life that I have been able to stand here today before you to speak to you.
I am on the Board of Tatas now and it is very interesting that the same Bombay House where I used to go to collect that $$60$$ rupees per month now one goes and sits there as a Director on the Board of Tata Motors. The turn that these $$40$$ years has taken is very interesting. It has all been possible because of the chance I got to do higher studies at the insistence of my mother. She gave me values of my life. She was one of the noblest parents I have met in my life.
So, my greatest guru was my mother. My second guru was Principal Bhave, about whom I made a mention earlier. He taught us Physics. Because it was a poor school, I remember, it had to innovate to convey to the young students the message of Science.

I start with my greatest guru- my mother. I was born in a very poor family and my father died when I was six. We moved to Mumbai and my mother did menial work to bring me up. Two meals a day was a tough challenge. I studied under street lights and I walked bare foot until, I think, I was twelve. I remember when I passed the seventh standard and I wanted to go into the eighth standard, our poverty was such that even to secure $$21$$ rupees for secondary school admission became a big challenge. We had to borrow from a lady, who was a housemaid in Chaupati in Mumbai. That was the tough life I had.
 In fact, I remember, my passing the SSC Examination-i.e., $$11$$th standard. Those days it used to be not $$10$$th standard or $$12$$th standard but $$11$$th standard. I stood $$11$$th among $$1,35,000$$ but I was about to leave higher education and find a job. What helped me was the scholarship by Sir Dorab Tata Trust. It was just $$60$$ rupees per month and would you believe that $$60$$ rupees per month from Tatas added so much value to my life that I have been able to stand here today before you to speak to you.
I am on the Board of Tatas now and it is very interesting that the same Bombay House where I used to go to collect that $$60$$ rupees per month now one goes and sits there as a Director on the Board of Tata Motors. The turn that these $$40$$ years has taken is very interesting. It has all been possible because of the chance I got to do higher studies at the insistence of my mother. She gave me values of my life. She was one of the noblest parents I have met in my life.
So, my greatest guru was my mother. My second guru was Principal Bhave, about whom I made a mention earlier. He taught us Physics. Because it was a poor school, I remember, it had to innovate to convey to the young students the message of Science.

I start with my greatest guru- my mother. I was born in a very poor family and my father died when I was six. We moved to Mumbai and my mother did menial work to bring me up. Two meals a day was a tough challenge. I studied under street lights and I walked bare foot until, I think, I was twelve. I remember when I passed the seventh standard and I wanted to go into the eighth standard, our poverty was such that even to secure $$21$$ rupees for secondary school admission became a big challenge. We had to borrow from a lady, who was a housemaid in Chaupati in Mumbai. That was the tough life I had.
 In fact, I remember, my passing the SSC Examination-i.e., $$11$$th standard. Those days it used to be not $$10$$th standard or $$12$$th standard but $$11$$th standard. I stood $$11$$th among $$1,35,000$$ but I was about to leave higher education and find a job. What helped me was the scholarship by Sir Dorab Tata Trust. It was just $$60$$ rupees per month and would you believe that $$60$$ rupees per month from Tatas added so much value to my life that I have been able to stand here today before you to speak to you.
I am on the Board of Tatas now and it is very interesting that the same Bombay House where I used to go to collect that $$60$$ rupees per month now one goes and sits there as a Director on the Board of Tata Motors. The turn that these $$40$$ years has taken is very interesting. It has all been possible because of the chance I got to do higher studies at the insistence of my mother. She gave me values of my life. She was one of the noblest parents I have met in my life.
So, my greatest guru was my mother. My second guru was Principal Bhave, about whom I made a mention earlier. He taught us Physics. Because it was a poor school, I remember, it had to innovate to convey to the young students the message of Science.