CLASS 9
MY CHILDHOOD
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Detailed explanation-1: -When Kalam was in fifth grade at the Rameswaram Elementary school, a new teacher come to his class. kalam was sitting at first bench wearing a cap which mark him as muslim with his friend Ramanadha Sastry. The teacher could not stomach a Hindu with a muslim boy, so the teacher order Kalam to sit at last bench.
Detailed explanation-2: -Kalam used to wear a cap and Ramanandha Sastry wore a sacred thread which marked him to be a Brahmin. When the new teacher came he could not tolerate a Hindu priest’s son sitting with a Muslim boy. He ordered Kalam to go and sit on the backbench.
Detailed explanation-3: -Answer: A new teacher at the Rameswaram Elementary School could not tolerate that Kalam, a Muslim, sat with Ramanadha Sastry, a Hindu wearing the sacred thread. This was contrary to the teacher’s notion of social ranking. So, he ordered Kalam to sit on the back bench.
Detailed explanation-4: -The new teacher could not stomach a Hindu priest’s son sitting with a Muslim boy. In accordance with our social ranking as the new teacher saw it, I was asked to go and sit on the back bench. I felt very sad, and so did Ramanadha Shastri.
Detailed explanation-5: -Once, when he was in the fifth standard, a new teacher came to his class. He did not like Kalam, a Muslim boy, sitting next to Ramanadha Sastry, a Brahmin. So, he shifted Kalam to the back seat simply because it was in accordance with the social ranking of that time.