Ayyappapanicker Sir

 Ayyappapanicker Sir was a giant among teachers of English in Kerala.

In a  recent anecdote, Prof Babu Zacharia recalled Ayyappapanicker Sir had been failed by the UPSC in the IAS interview along with his elder brother Mathew Zacharia

Lila recalls a famous comment by Ayyappapanicker Sir when he was teaching Lila's elder sister Susheela Ammamma in the MA class.

As Sir was teaching, a teacher well known for his failings in the matter of teaching was passing by through the adjoining corridor.

Sir first pointed his finger at the heavens and then  pointed at the person who passed by and said,

 " From the sublime to the ridiculous"

There was high decibel laughter.