ALL IN ONE
Thy name is NARAYAN RAO
Our Secretary

Dear Children,

We the teacher and you the children are fortunate to be part and parcel of Sitadevi Garodia Hindu Vidyalaya, A Temple of Temples and a real Temple of Learning. The moment a person enters the campus, he feels he is in Ayodhya. He experiences The Vibrations and sees a Divine Light. This remains us of an episode from Shri Ramanand Sagar's TV Serial, the Great Epic- Ramayana. Rama and Lakshmana noticed a hut emanating a bright light from inside and asked Rama what it was! Rama coolly replied, "It is Maharishi Agasthya's Hermitage (Ashram) and it is his Thapo Shakthi".

Is there a Maha-Rishi in Sitadevi school? Yes, certainly. He is our Secretary Shri. K. Narayan Rao. What he did for our school is nothing short of penance. His love, affection, compassion and concern for all of us is simply unparalleled. His spontaneous appreciation and admiration for each and every small and big thing we do encourages and inspires us.

An institution is an extended shadow of an individual. This is applicable to the secretary of not one but three schools, Shri K. Narayan Rao who lived on the lap of Mother Nature in a large joint family amidst abundant love and eons of caring and sharing at Machilipatnam in Andhra Pradesh. Having learnt that "Accuracy is the twin brother of Honesty ", he was an active and dynamic student leader who placed Service before self. He participated in the Quit India Movement at the age of just 12.

He strongly believes that "We cannot prepare the future for the youth but we can certainly prepare our youth for the future". The outcome of his firm conviction is that the three schools have emerged as the "Hope of the Poor and the Pride of the Rich".

We, the teachers, still remember what he said when he said when we came for the interview. "Sitadevi Garodia Hindu Vidyalaya is a place where a woman is honoured and a teacher is respected. When you enter the campus, I see Goddess Saraswathi in you". Oh! What a concept!

He is running the schools with a social commitment and concern for the poorest of the poor. He is virtually a God for all.

When he speaks about national pride, we see a Swami Vivekananda in him and feel the electrical waves of shock passing through our veins. When he showers his affection, we experience a Kutrallam.

His devotion to Lord Rama is total and uncompromising to such an extent that he cannot tolerate even a word of criticism about "Maryada Purushothama Ramachandra".

His objective in life is to impart Value Education coupled with Desha Bhakthi and Deiva Bhakthi.

A Man
Purer than fire
Deeper than ocean
Taller than Everest
More tolerant than Mother Earth
And unshakable like the Himalayas
Is our Secretary.

Then how is it that he is available to us and we see him everyday amongst us? No surprise - no wonder simply because we are his dear children and grandchildren. The picture on the cover page showing the little kids (Tiny Tots ) kissing and clinging to their "Thatha" of a Secretary is a visual proof of it. We salute the lady who stood by him like a rock, his ever-smiling shadow, Smt. Vasundhara Narayan Rao, a mother to all of us, who became one with him on the 16th of June 1961 and shared both his laurels and ordeals.

We are certain that our school will scale greater heights in the realms of education under the stewardship of this visionary, our beloved Secretary.

Our only prayer to God is to make us all "A Replica" of this Giant of a man.

Long Live Our Secretary, to Love and to Lead us to greater glory and from success to success.

With prayers to God Almighty, let us all join our hands to make his dreams a reality.

Wishing You all success.

Yours Loving Teacher.