RANJITH VENKATESH

My Grandfather was the first speaker on stage that I was in awe with. He did not go to college and he was self-taught in English. But when he was on stage he was a different person. The stage loved him and the audience loved him. I loved him and my love for public speaking was set at a young age... My English teacher wrote my first speech for a school competition. The title of the speech was "To Strive, To Seek, To Find and not To Yield". I still remember the eloquent references to Michaelangelo and the Old Man and the Sea. I loved the way she was able to transform her well read thoughts into words that made an effect.