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LET'S TALK :) "Let's talk!" In the middle of a boring civics lecture , when my mind had already wandered off miles away , my train of thoughts was broken as Mrs Tomar  yelled . Mrs Tomar was one of the few people , I feel lucky enough to have known . She was a teacher affecting lives of students , beyond grades. She never taught us anything , we learned with her. Unlike most of the teachers I have seen or heard of , she never shouted at us for sleeping in her lectures. She made the lectures as a large group discussions with her 'let's talk'. We would talk about current affairs , interesting facts , different stories more from each other than her. What more , I was excited to read newspaper everyday , to find something interesting to share . Our conversations at lunch moved from TV shows (though we would still discuss them ) to politics , society and what not . Growing up in such a constructive environment , I yearn for such discussions now. It made...