Understanding EKALAVYA from a new Angle...

 After hearing to the Dronacharya Ekalavya story, I was really inspired by the devotion of Ekalavya towards his Guru, Dronacharya. Thought Ekalavya could be considered as an Ideal student and hence, while discussing a name for our learning group started by my Guruji, I suggested it could be Dronacharya Ekalavya Mentorship Programme.

 One fine day when we were there at his home for a session, my Guruji wrote EFIL on a paper and asked us to identify it. After thinking for a while, we were able to answer it by saying that, it is 'reverse of LIFE'. Then, he asked us to expand EFIL. We tried, but failed... Then my Guruji gave it a creative expansion by saying EFIL could be “Ekalavyas for Future India Leadership”. I was really thrilled after listening to it. From then, our learning group name became EFIL.

 Then, I thought he named it as EFIL, by considering Ekalavya to be the best student because of his devotion towards his Guru, because of his determination to learn. But, after few days, I heard a new definition of Ekalavya from my Guruji, when he was explaining it to one of his old students saying “our group is named as EFIL as most of the time the learning is done virtually”. Then, I realized that, yes Ekalavya learnt Dhanurvidya virtually.

 Now, coming to our learning part, our learning from our Guruji is a continuous process. It is obvious that meeting every day is not possible, but still our learning doesn't stop. Let it be through online or be it through calls, SMS, all our doubts are cleared perfectly by our Guruji, through his analysis, explanations and examples, which could not be found in any book or over internet.

 Hence, our group name exactly defines our learning -- Our learning is beyond classrooms, beyond meetings, but it is a continuous process...

I am really blessed to be your student Chachu... Thank You so much...