G. Siva Vikram

(2012 Batch)(IPS Kerala Cadre.)

My words of appreciation

I am G. Siva Vikram, IPS (2012 Batch), Kerala Cadre. When I received a call from Mrs. Saro Dhanarajan asking me to write about St. Jude's and my fond memories of the place and times, I was flooded with a wave of nostalgia. I joined St.Jude's in class VI and spent 5 years of my life here and passed out in the year 2000 with loads of memories to cherish for life. A boarding school is one's home away from home. Slowly as time goes by, one's home merely becomes a holiday destination. I can say with the utmost conviction that the time spent at St. Jude's was filled with happiness and was a time of growing and learning the big and the small things of life. The motto of the school – ‘Self Reliance' best defines what the school is set out to do and what best it did to me. The school is what it is today because of two simple and passionate people Mr. and Mrs. Dhanarajan. St. Jude's is blessed with the most dedicated teaching faculty who were more than teachers to most of us; I recollect the time spent playing badminton and cricket with many of them. I remember how this school has inculcated into me a spirit of excelsior and how I have always strived to live up to it. I recently visited the school and met Mr.C.P. Pillai, who was my class teacher and Mrs. Shobhana. The visit was a journey down memory lane. I could recall to the minutest detail a lot of shenanigans that made our time so much fun. My school laid a solid foundation for me, and a great amount of credit for what I am today goes to St. Jude's Public School and to an affectionate and nurturing Mrs. Saro Dhanarajan. I wish St. Jude's and everyone who is a part of it the very best.