Kalpana Ma'am

Written by Ananya Pande
Leadership Open Elective taught by Jibrael Jos
Nov 2018 at Christ University

There often comes a time when you sit reminiscing and realise that the foundation of the person you are and often the values and belief you hold is created by that one significant being in your life. 

This being, for me, was Mrs. Kalpana Chaudhary. Someone I found at the age of 14. She was the instructional mentor at the school I had newly joined. A rebellious teenager who had lost interest in CCA and academics because of continuous transfers of her parents and she pulled me out of that ditch.

Kalpana Ma’am to me was hearth, balance and humility. 

She held an aura strong enough to cast a charm on the people around her, this was also owing to a certain level of calmness with which she swerved through life, almost gliding through decisions and situations even if they had been racking her brain for days. 

There was a certain level of optimism and resilience in her demeanor as she carried herself with grace, bestowed upon her with time, experience and knowledge itself. Even though she was a Gujarati, there were barely any languages and literature in the same that she remained u acquainted of. Maybe that is what made her skilled in understanding people, emotions and thoughts in a way as unique as hers, it was as if she knew the life another had been going through.

She made my foundation as a humble, ambitious and empathetic human being and the one one who could own up and implement bounce back ability in all problems and situations.