Teachers’ Day: A time to rejoice and introspect

Students of Shaheed Hemu Kalani Sarvodaya Bal Vidhyalaya School at Lajpat Nagar watching live telecast of the speech of President Pranab Mukherjee on the occasion of Teachers' Day in New Delhi on Monday. (Ravi Choudhary/HT PHOTO)

Updated on: Sept 5, 2016 7:51 PM IST

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Students of Shaheed Hemu Kalani Sarvodaya Bal Vidhyalaya School at Lajpat Nagar watching live telecast of the speech of President Pranab Mukherjee on the occasion of Teachers' Day in New Delhi on Monday. (Ravi Choudhary/HT PHOTO)

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President Pranab Mukherjee receives a copy of ’Umang’ from Delhi’s deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia during a function at Dr Rajendra Prasad Sarvodaya Vidyalaya at President's Estate in New Delhi on Monday. (Vipin Kumar/HT PHOTO)

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People watch on a digital screen as President Pranab Mukherjee teaches students of Class 12 of Dr Rajendra Prasad Sarvodaya Vidyalaya at President's Estate in New Delhi on Monday. (Vipin Kumar/HT PHOTO)

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Teachers’ Day celebration in progress at a city schools in New Delhi on Monday. (Saumya Khandelwal/HT PHOTO)

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With four teachers and a few university student volunteers, Rajesh Gupta arrives every morning at “Free School: Under the Bridge” and teaches hundreds of poor children who live in shacks and hutments dotting the banks of River Yamuna. Underneath the Yamuna Bank metro bridge in east Delhi’s Shakarpur area, over 270 students from Class 1-9 are taught. However, there are daily hurdles for this 46-year-old grocer. “For food and water, there is a daily expenditure of over Rs 1,000. The teachers are working without any salary. It gets difficult at home as family finances get disturbed. But they (his family members) understand. Hopefully some aid will come and help my cause,” Gupta, a resident of Mayur Vihar Phase III , New Delhi, said on September 1, 2016. (Raj K Raj/HT PHOTO)

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Anand Rai, a student of Class 10, teaches junior students on the occasion of Teachers’ Day at NP Co-ed Secondary School, Sangli Mess, in New Delhi on Monday. (ARVIND YADAV/HT PHOTO)

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Students of Shaheed Hemu Kalani Sarvodaya Bal Vidhyalaya School in at Lajpat Nagar watching the live telecast of the speech of President Pranab Mukherjee on the occasion of Teachers' Day in New Delhi on Monday. (Ravi Choudhary/HT PHOTO)

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Student Amit Singh, left, acts as school principal as students celebrate Teachers' Day at Shaheed Hemu Kalani Sarvodaya Bal Vidhyalaya School at Lajpat Nagar in New Delhi on Monday. (Ravi Choudhary/HT PHOTO)

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Shivani Sharma, a student of Class 10, teaches junior students on the occasion of Teachers’ Day at NP Co-ed Secondary School, Sangli Mess, in New Delhi on Monday. (ARVIND YADAV/HT PHOTO)