SJK(T) MAHATHMA GANDHI KALASALAI - Suren Rao: Young Teacher 'Challenged Himself', and Is Now Creating Records
"If you don't challenge yourself, you will never realize what you can become," goes a famous quote on the internet. A Surenrao did just that when he was told by a teacher in secondary school to drop the Tamil subject, and today, he has created a national record in teaching the subject - and he's not stopping anytime soon. Astro Ulagam spoke to the inspiring 29-year-old who teaches at the SJK (T) Mahatma Gandhi Kalasalai in Sungai Siput, Perak. According to Surenrao, he did not really "like" Tamil in his younger days, eventhough he attended a Tamil primary school in his hometown in Kedah. He then joined a Chinese secondary school, but took Tamil as an elective, but even then, he was not really fond of the subject. At one instance, his Tamil teacher even told him to quit taking the subject as he wasn't really good at it. This triggered a change in Surenrao, who decided to take it as a challenge to excel in Tamil. Excel he did, as he majored in Tamil in the...