A Century of Gratitude: Former Students Honour Beloved Headmaster Ramapati Maiti

Sometimes, a teacher doesn't just teach lessons from books—they shape lives, lift entire communities, and sow seeds of change that bloom for generations.

- BISWABRATA GOSWAMI

Such was Ramapati Maiti, the beloved headmaster of Chongrachak Jagadish Smriti Vidyapith. On his birth centenary, emotions ran high as hundreds of former students—now scattered across the country and globe—returned to the small village of Chongrachak not just to remember him, but to say thank you, in the most meaningful ways.

The most touching moment of the day came when Swami Bimalatmananda Maharaj, Vice President of the Ramakrishna Math and Mission, unveiled a bronze bust of the late headmaster in the school courtyard. Around it, a crowd of old students, teachers, and villagers stood silent—some with moist eyes, some with folded hands, all holding on to a memory of the man who had once walked these very grounds with chalk in hand and dreams in his heart.