The pen stops when I look back and think about
Nainital as a pleasant, scrumptious and subtile town, set amongst cool Pine-
clad hills with plenty of crumbling colonial charm. It was all about doing a
21days’ course for moving into another salary grade. The skilfully updated
website of HRDC Nainital drew my attention and I chose it out of all the 66 HRDCs.
A natural curiosity kept troubling me
about my being in the selection list, about the place etc. Then the time
arrived and after 35 hours’ long journey, finally I reached ‘The Hermitage’,
my abode for the coming 21 days. I got mesmerised by the beautiful, well
maintained campus. Soon I was allotted a clean, cosy room. As I reached one day
before, none of my fellow participants were to be seed around. By the evening they started pouring in. Soon
I was introduced to all 31 of them and I was happy to feel their positive aura
around me. From day one of the class to the last day, I could feel the ease and
comfort, the vibrancy and vivacity, they drove me into. Nothing could create
hurdles, be it language, subject, different areas of interest and we were like
a big family, enjoying studies and reliving our college lives once again in the
lap of nature.
Soon we were assigned tasks of project proposals,
group discussion, micro-teaching and individual assignments. These tasks helped
us to update ourselves with better teaching skills. The classes were innovative
and informative. Our Directors left no stone unturned to benefit us
academically. Variety of lectures were arranged on the theme ‘Science and
society’ to enhance our existing knowledge. The course design and the course content was a
complete success. Being a participant of Summer School 2015, we got an
opportunity to meet personalities like Dr. Ajay Singh Rawat, Dr. Anand Sharma
and many more such big signatures of their respective fields. My fellow participants
were quite generous people to live with. We enjoyed each other’s company very
much and yes, how can I forget those ‘Selfie Moments’.
Evening were
quite lively. We explored the beautiful Nainital, in our own way. A lot of sight-seeing,
trekking, photography, enjoyment and learning to unlearn moments with nature
were enjoyed together. It was so deeply impressive that I feel I carry the
beautiful mountains, the Naini Lake and the generous people of the mountains
forever in my heart.
It would be quite unthoughtful on my part if I don’t
thank enough our director Dr. B.L. Sah, a multitalented, down to earth and a
lively personality, Dr. Reetesh Sah, a silent worker with a manifacted personality who always wore a shine in the eyes and a smile
on the lips to keep us motivated and Dr. Divya Joshi. A heartfelt thank you
goes to the office staff for all their cooperation and the kitchen staff for
the lovely homelike food and also to each and every person who is associated
with HRDC Nainital.
Ah heaven!! I long to meet you again!!
Dr. Veena Singh
Asstt .Prof. (English)
Govt. P.G. College, Mandsaur (M.P.)
