𝐒𝐭. 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐧'𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐁𝐲: 𝐍𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐦 𝐌𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐣𝐚𝐧 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐡, 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞 (𝐈.𝐁.𝐒.) 𝟏𝟗𝟖𝟖 𝐁𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡, 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 (𝐃𝐨𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐃𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧).

𝐒𝐭. 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐧'𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬

𝐁𝐲: 𝐍𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐦 𝐌𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐣𝐚𝐧 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐡, 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞 (𝐈.𝐁.𝐒.) 𝟏𝟗𝟖𝟖 𝐁𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡, 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 (𝐃𝐨𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐃𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧).

☆ (𝐁.𝐀. 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐇𝐨𝐧𝐬. 𝟏𝟗𝟕𝟓 - 𝟏𝟗𝟕𝟖; 𝐌.𝐀. 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲: 𝟏𝟗𝟕𝟖 - 𝟏𝟗𝟖𝟎; 𝐌. 𝐏𝐇𝐈𝐋. 𝟏𝟗𝟖𝟎 - 𝟏𝟗𝟖𝟑, 𝐋𝐋.𝐁. 𝐓.𝐕. 𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐅𝐢𝐥𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐕 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚, 𝐏𝐮𝐧𝐞)

𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐭. 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐧'𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐞 (𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞).

• I must share a few things about the so-called intelligent and powerful people. I was in B.A. (History Hons.) IInd year #StStephensCollege. I was a student of History of USA, taught by Dr. Vinaysheel Gautam. Many students bunked his classes, but I attended them regularly. My 'tutorials' ('tutes') were very sought after! I put my focus on the History of USA, and completed all 12 tutorials. The final examination was one month away. One Udaibir Saran Das, asked me to give my tutorials to him. Those days there was no computer, no photocopying, and we wrote the tutorials by hand or put a carbon copy for a friend or two. 

Lo and behold! I gave my 12 tutorials to Udaibir. He was staying in college residence. The incident is exactly 50 years old, but I haven't forgotten it. The amount of trauma that I underwent, due to my goodness left me stunned. When I asked Udaibir Saran Das to return my tutorials, as I had to study, he point blank refused to return them to me and said that he never took any from me. OMG! I was naive, innocent and non inter-active with co-students. It was like a robbery of my intellectual property from my mind's bank. I pleaded to him, "please return my tutorials". He brushed me off rudely. Rev. W. S. Rajpal was our principal. When I reached home, I was bitterly crying. My father, Jaswant Rai jee asked me as to what had happened? I told him the whole story. Next day, my father and I went to St. Stephen's College and met Rev. W. S. Rajpal and Dr. John Hala. Udaibir Saran Das was summoned by the principal, as he resided in college residence. 

Udaibir Saran Das 

The principal asked him to bring my tutorials. He did not deny having my tutorials. Within 10 minutes all 12 tutorials were with me. These brilliant thieves rose by stealing my hard work. Once I got my tutorials back, I was so happy and we came back home.  Principal Rev. W. S. Rajpal told me not to take anything seriously and focus on studying.

Needless to say, in the History of #USA I scored more than 80% marks. When I was appointed as a lecturer of History in the University of Delhi, I was asked to teach U.S.A.'s history to the undergraduate students. Those who worked with #IMF #WorldBank and are in Kautilaya School of Public Policy excelled on my intellectual work. 

Neelam Mahajan Singh Professor

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