Guru, Teacher, Ma’am, Miss, Sir; different are the names but means the same ‘Source of Knowledge’: Happy Teachers Day

NewsBharati    05-Sep-2018
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New Delhi, September 5: Today the whole country celebrates an occasion which is a better time to shower your favourite teachers with love as its teacher’s day. It’s said you miss school most once you leave it and teachers play a huge role in making school life great. Teachers are among the people who are most invested in a child's future. That's why Teacher's Day is the perfect day to reach out to the teachers who have inspired you and taught you valuable lessons. Talking about the rest of the world, World Teacher's Day is celebrated on 5th October and it started form 1994. In India, Teacher's Day is celebrated on September 5 in honour of Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, who was born on September 5, 1888.


 

Dr Radhakrishnan was India's second president and since 1962 - the year he became president - India has commemorated Dr Radhakrishnan's birth anniversary by paying tribute to their teachers. He was a man of many good qualities and a favorite teacher among students. It was his request that his birthday should be celebrated as an honorable day for all the teachers in the country, in case someone is wishing to celebrate his birthday at all. So, in a nutshell, we celebrate Teacher's Day because teachers have been the architect of the society and without them no society can walk in the path of progression.

In his book titled, "Political Thinkers of Modern India", he signified the importance of teachers and education in a country like Democratic India which was still in its early years of development. According to him, there is a huge role of teachers in nation building and for that sake teachers should be respected more. Apart from being a thinker and teacher, he was also a philosopher. He once wrote a book on Bhaagwad Gita and there he defined a teacher as, “The one who emphasizes on presentation to converge different currents of thoughts to the same end”.