Dad - Appa - Papa - Nana - My dad the best

P.NAGARAJ M.A,BL,CAIIB this is what i used to write in my school diary in the space given for "About dad".Well for years i never noticed whats so important about the capital letters after dads name nor did i even realize who he was other than being my dad.Well as every son would say I LOVE MY DAD(i seriously do).Well you will not see lot of guys confessing to this because guys are like that they never confess love for the male(yeah you guessed it rite for fear of being pinkish).

Now lets start with my dad.He was the first educated youth from his village in Thuraiyur,TamilNadu.He was a Customs official,a clerk and was close to becoming an IAS officer before he joined IOB as an officer.He retired last year with 30 years of untiring work and humble recognition.He was Senior Manager when he retired.My dad has been the fear of my life ever since i was small.Dad was mostly working away from home so that meant he was not home 6 days in  a week and bang! he will land on all Sundays to teach us .In a way i hated those Sundays because i never wanted to study.But you know how dads are they just want their kids to be the Einstein.As mom puts it apple to daddy's eyes.Yeah that was my bro not me .I was more of moms boy.

Lets get to the point here . Now having said so much about my dad its time i related somethings in life to dad.I never felt comfortable with dad teaching me and he always felt that i would never be like my elder brother.But hey i had my ways.At a very young age i wanted to do what interested me.So i failed for the first time in 2nd standard courtesy my report cards from St.Johns M.H.S.S.Whoa! you should have seen dad he was going mad.But mom supported me and by moms love and her confidence in me i passed through the toughest part in life(spelt school) with flying colors.

Of all these things i have told about my dad some of the things that i owe my dad are

1.)Newspaper reading - i have an amazing recollection of almost anything i read so all news items are fresh in my memory
2.) The heart of going through some boring stuff again and again till i get it - this was my dad

and yes the biggest of all is making me crack virtually every Bank entrance test.I cracked

• Indian Overseas Bank
• State Bank of India
• Canara Bank
• Allahabad Bank

                             I even managed to get a job as Information Technology officer at Allahabad Bank but SIBM Pune came calling and i gave it up.My entry into SIBM Pune was purely because of my dad.As i said i was never like my elder brother so i couldn't crack CAT and so no IIM like my brother who did his PGDBM in IIM Lucknow.So dad let me be ME at last , but i did put in my efforts for the ultimate goal : MBA.Though i managed to get a call from LIBA dad wanted me to go farther so i gave it up.Dad always says "Go higher go beyond your boundaries ...the world gets bigger and you realize there's just more to learn...life is an exciting journey ". And i did go beyond Bangalore(the farthest I've been in India) to PUNE MAHARASHTRA and  i love this place.I just thought i should say THANK YOU to my dad.Appa the greatest.