My father was enterprising. When we were young, he had less income. To improve his income, he did surveying of the lands and prepared the plans for the houses. One of his friends owned a rice mill, where the paddy is converted into rice. One fine day, he just started a shop at home for selling the rice. Soon there was demand for other groceries too. It became a full-fledged shop selling all kinds of items. I also used to go with my father to the wholesale market for bringing the goods. It functioned for about one year successfully and then wound up as he invested the money in purchasing some land.

My elder sister after her graduation started teaching in a school. Soon she got married. My father one day said why don’t we start a school for education, which both my sister and brother-in-law could manage. Soon, our house got converted into a primary school. We called it Parijatha Public School. Parijatha is an auspicious small white flower with a lovely fragrance. All the rooms which we were using turned into classrooms. In our area, as we were living for many years everyone knew us and joined their children in the school. Over a period, up to 7th standard, the students were attending. Whenever I had time, I used to teach children in the school. My experiments on teaching started here. I used to ask children to choose a lesson of their choice and teach them, rather starting in sequence. When children had chosen their lesson, they were very much interested in listening. By the end of the class, the children could memorize the whole lesson. Children learning by choice had more interest and could learn very fast. I also taught yoga to children. Children were very happy doing it too. In the end, their favourite exercise was rolling overhead on the floor. Children love what they want to do given a chance.