Number 56 recalls the warmth he received from his teachers at the Surat Parsi Orphanage
Framroze K. Patel
There were four "righteous teachers” who made me what I am today. Bhagwanji, a teacher at the primary school at Davier with a student population of 80, was my first guru. I was probably one of three Parsi students. My fellow students were Brahmins, Jains and members of scheduled castes/tribes. It was truly an integrated school. The medium of instruction was Gujarati. Prema, who was an assistant at the local dispensary, taught conversational English to a few students. Bhagwanji, a strict disciplinarian and a bachelor in his sixties, was my private tutor. Take a look at a page dated November......