TR Raghu Turns 60! Respects to Teachers of Hindu High SChool

That imposing [Red / Saffron] structure at 149 Big Street, Triplicane, Chennai 600 005- is all important landmark by itself !! - bricks and saffron coloured walls with Indo-sarsenic architecture has inspired many and created many worthy students.

Hindu High School founded as Dravida Patasala for Tamil boys which later amalgamated with The Hindu Andhra Balura Patasala for Telegu boys that were in existence in 1852. In 1860 they were amalgamated as The Triplicane Andhra Dravida Balura Patasala and in 1898 renamed “ The Hindu High School”.

It is mygood fortune that I studied in this glorious edifice.I studied there from 6th standard till 12thStandard (the maximum span then) – I completed +2 Commerce Group in Apr 1981.

The School boastsof manyillustrious personalitiesand has had great teachers shaping the destiny of hundreds of students. Among the many doyens was‘silver tongued orator’ of Madras, the Rt. Hon. VS Srinivasa Sastry whose English was praised even by Winston Churchill,was once headmaster of this school. Yet another illustrious alumnus was S Chandrashekhar, the Nobel laureate.

My batch would turn 60 ! this year and today it was sashtiyabdapoorthi for TR Raghu, who retired from LIC.

Was very happy to attend, meet some of my schoolmates and more importantly – great teachers like Mr TR Rajagopal (TRR, father of Raghu); Mr SK Seshan, Mr Thirumalai, Mr KG Sivaramakrishnan (KGS); Mr T Vipra Narayanan .. ..

Regards to my teachers

S Sampathkumar
15.12.2024