Guru through the decades

Mr Bala (seated, left) at an event.

WE’VE crossed paths many times. The first was in 1973 at the Methodist Secondary School in Sungai Siput (U), Perak when Mr BalaSupramaniam or Mr Bala became our class teacher.

I was in Form Four then and apart from having him as our “home” teacher, it was such a pleasure to have Mr Bala as our English master.