This story dates back to 1994.
Shankar Dayal Sharma was President of India frm 1992 to 1997. He visited Oman during year 1994.
Whenever any President used to visit Oman, Sultan of Oman used to send his senior ministers to received them but he himself used to never come.
But when Shankar Dayal Sharman visited Oman, Sultan of Oman himself drove the car without security and came to receive Mr Shankar Dayal Sharma, President of India.
When he was asked by BBC News, "Why did you give special treament to Indian President?",
He replied, "I have studied in Pune, Maharashtra, India. Mr Shankar Dayal Sharma was my teacher in college. He has taught me. So I came here to receive him not as a Sultan of Oman but as a student of Shankar Dayal Sharma"
This love for the teacher was very well taken by entire world.
Moral: For a teacher, teaching students is like sowing seeds for a farmer. Both reap fortunes for society.
(this story was published in "Dainik Lokmat" Marathi newspaper. I have just translated)
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