On Teacher's Day
Let us pose three questions to ourselves to start this address. The first, and often the toughest, is why are we talking about teachers' day in times of technical mastery (with examples of automated writing tools like AI and all + ghost writers) and the loss of human faith/ human value? Second, who should we refer to as the best teacher? Finally, what makes one a teacher? In these trying times such questions are not completely inessential. I once heard from my teacher the story of a great teacher who once told that he had not seen any student in his entire career that had not helped him learn a thing. And this revelation is important for him and for many of us. “We are connected globally and divided locally” Ajay Gudavarthy, writer and professor wrote in his latest book on Limits of Subaltern politics and sectarianism. I would request you give it a thought for such an aphorism. For us human beings some degree of connection to our past baggage is needed but ever getting ready to bow...