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Every year, on 5 September, India celebrates Teachers’ Day in memory of Dr. S. Radhakrishnan, the former President of India who is widely remembered as a great teacher, philosopher and academic. This post, however, is not about Dr. Radhakrishnan. It is about the tens of thousands of teachers across the country who walk into classrooms every day, prepare lessons, read, research, assess, give feedback, attend meetings, respond to parents, manage adolescents, negotiate instituti

Last evening, while gazing upon the Hyderabad skyline from my window, I found myself momentarily arrested by the sight of a crescent moon suspended delicately above the city. It was one of those rare evenings when the heavens briefly forgive urban planning. The moon floated there with old world serenity while beneath it rose the contemporary ambitions of mankind in concrete, glass, and questionable architectural confidence. Cranes stood like mechanical giraffes. Apartment tow

Recently, at an academic event where I was invited to give a talk, I seemed to have unsettled a few people. My offence was simple. I stated that anyone teaching English at the Diploma Programme level must hold a Bachelor’s degree in English, not just a convenient post-graduation picked up from an obscure university. Someone later told me that I had been impolite. That may be true. Yet my so-called impoliteness was deliberate, and I stand by it. English, more than any other su