Teachers and Gurus
The 5th of September and social media is flooded with messages to teachers, whether we truly remember them or not. The reason we celebrate this day as teacher’s day is…
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This morning at breakfast, my daughter suddenly shouted, “What? I can’t believe it! Is this really happening? In India? Under the BJP rule? Oh wow! I wonder whose brain child…
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Have You Finished Your Homework?
Over the last few days, there have been a lot of messages on social media regarding kids who are missing. Most of them have thankfully been found again, but the…
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Going Back to School
The month of September always makes me feel nostalgic. It brings back strong memories of my school days. Not only did we celebrate Teacher’s day in September, but our school…
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Kids and the Summer Vacation
Children and the Summer Vacations! Come summer and most parents are faced with the question, “ What do I do with the kids the whole day? How do I keep…
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NaPoWriMo Day3 – My student
Every teacher has one of these. That rebel of a student who she always scolds but who always brings a smile to her heart. My student He exasperates me, Makes…
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My First Day As A Teacher
I looked across the sea of faces, My heart a mess of a million fears; Fifty pairs of eyes watched me, Some curiously, and some full of tears. All the…
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How I became a teacher
I was all of fourteen. It was the 5th of September, 1979, Teacher’s Day. I was in the tenth standard and as usual the teachers had gone for a picnic,…
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