A University Professor remembered my 1997 lecture and sent me a mail .

On 14th February 2010, a week before completing my sixtieth year, I received a letter through e-mail from one university professor, Heading Management department in Chennai suburb. That gave me an inexplicable joy that one can only feel and not put it in words .A kind soul remembered me after thirteen long years and wanted to hear my voice again in a campus where he is a professor and head. If you go through the excerpts of the letter given below, you would note, how much pain he has undertaken to locate me, remembering only my voice and unable to recall and remember my name. I thank the Lord for having given a flash like a lightening memory to recall my name and draft a few lines, bristling with love and affection. Now excerpts from his letter.
“Dear Professor,
Greetings.
(1) First of all, my regards to you. You may not recognize me. I was one of the teacher-participants in the AICTE sponsored refresher course in management conducted by school of mgmt, under the directorship of Dr. S.V.Narayanan, way back in 1997. One of the very few lectures that remained permanent in my memory was yours on economics. For many years, I kept on discussing with my teacher friends and students about the very resourceful, innovative and thought-provoking lecture you had delivered with the speed of light, keeping the entire audience in perfect attention.

(2)Recently, after reading the news item about the sad demise of the veteran economist, Prof. Paul Samuelson, I felt that I, should organize a seminar on "Samuelson's contribution to economics", as a tribute to the great Nobel prize winner. The fact that a few teachers who are graduates / post graduates in economics but eventually got shifted to other fields like management, computers, etc. do not even remember Samuelson made me feel sad and I strongly felt the need to organize a seminar to recreate / reinforce awareness among the young management teachers about the great personality and his valuable contribution.

(3)While attempting to search for right resource person, I tried to recollect the names of great professors / speakers whose speech on economics I have heard recently. But I remembered your speech given long ago and that lecture struck my mind. But, sadly and surprisingly, I couldn't recollect your name. I made vain attempts for 10 days to get your name from a few teacher-friends who also attended refresher course in 1997 along with me. None of them could recollect the name. While I was on the verge of abandoning my attempts to recollect your name, by sheer luck your name struck my mind, an hour back, today.

An immediate active search in web enabled me to confirm your name and also get your e-mail ID as well as other details from the website. I am very glad to see, in PU website, your position as Dean, School of Social Science and Intl. Studies. My congratulations (may be belated;).

I hope I am mailing / writing to the same Professor whose lecture I heard in '97 in SOM, Pondy.

(4) Who else can be my preference, professor, than you to address the teacher participants during the seminar on "Samuelson's contribution to economics". And, who else can be a more fitting person than you for this seminar?”

I accepted his invitation and visited his university on 1st March 2010 and to the best of my abilities and constraints I articulated on Prof. Samuelson in the context of Global Financial Crisis. My former teacher, Prof.Shanmugha Sundaram of Madras University, who taught my optional paper, Economics of planning was also there to deliver the keynote address. On the whole it was a satisfying experience to meet a person who knew me long ago and fulfill his wish. Life is only a summation of this kind of small experiences which give more color and festivity to an otherwise an insipid life.