This Teacher's Day, we want to hear YOUR story. Did your teacher spot talent you didn't know you had? Or support you during a difficult phase? Or did they simply make maths feel like magic? Share your story with us in 100 words or more. Mention your name, city and a line about yourself. If you have pictures with your teacher, do share them as well. Send it to getahead@rediff.co.in (Subjectline: My teacher's story).
'These are the individuals who transform your life and perspective, teaching you to believe in yourself beyond any subject or skill.'
What's the best thing you learned from your teacher? Share your stories.
Did you have a special teacher who made a difference to your life?
On the occasion of Teacher's Day, September 5, we invite you, dear readers, to share your pictures with your teachers.
Accompanied by his wife Dr Sudesh Dhankar, the Veep wanted to thank Ratna Nair who taught him when he was a student at the Sainik School Chittorgarh boarding school in Rajasthan.
It's simply heart-warming to watch Shefali Shah, Jaideep Ahlawat and Swanand Kirkire bring out the optimism in Three of Us, applauds Sukanya Verma.
We had invited you, our readers, to write about your favourite teachers and we've been inundated with your responses. Here is the first set:
On the occasion of Teacher's Day, readers tell us about their favourite teacher.
Readers talk about their favourite teachers ahead of Teacher's Day.
Readers talk about their favourite teacher ahead of Teachers Day.
Readers remember their favourite teachers ahead of Teachers Day which will be celebrated on September 5.
Readers remember their favourite teachers ahead of Teacher's Day which will be celebrated on September 5.
President Pranab Mukherjee donned the hat of a teacher on Friday and gave lessons in Political History to XI and XII graders of a Delhi school on the eve of Teachers Day.
Share all you want to about YOUR favourite teacher on ZaraBol!
Looking at some of the best teachers in films over the years.
Today being Teacher's Day, we asked a few faculty members from schools and colleges about THEIR favourite teachers and how they played a special role in their choice of career!
'We haven't seen films like these in the Telugu film industry.'
Rediff reader Ravikant Rajput from Saudi Arabia writes about his school teacher Neela Joshi.
'When my school principal heard that I took science in college, he slapped me hard.' 'I had once told him I was interested in arts.' 'He asked me if I wanted to be a doctor.' 'When I said no, he asked why I took science then.' 'My father said he would change his name if I survived science for more than two months.'
With Children's Day around the corner, it seems apt that we look back at the fondest years of our lives and all that we miss the most from back then!
Singing the national anthem and watching patriotic movies on Doordarshan.
Malayalam film 101 Chodyangal is a touching tale.
Born and abandoned in Mumbai, reborn in Sweden, Erika Sandberg says she is Indian on the outside but feels Swedish on the inside. Vaihayasi Pande Daniel narrates her tale.
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