My Friend Who Is A Director, Not A Hero (Yet)!
“You think you are a hero?” asked the English teach incredulously. “Director, actually!” responded Gopi nonchalantly, without breaking a sweat. It was the communications lab period and one of the students was presenting his essay. The lab was air conditioned and to compound the matter further, it was the period after lunch. Most of us were in post-lunch euphoria and chatting incessantly. As it normally happens, the teacher had to intervene and her ire was directed towards Gopi, who was very much visible with his ‘catchy’ attire. Gopi was flustered that he was the one targeted rather than the entire group and rolled his eyes as he stood up. The teacher was not satisfied with his gesture and cue the first sentence of this blog. Naturally, Gopi was requested, in very polite terms, to meet our department head to face repercussions for his unruly behavior. This wasn’t new to Gopi who had a ‘good’ working relationship with the department head due to his frequent altercations wit...