Question mark
Posted on: September 5, 2023
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Hullo Atuldom
September 5th is the 135th birth anniversary of Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan who was a teacher (Professor to be exact) who also went on to be the 1st Vice President of Independent India (1952- 1962) and the 2nd President of India (1962- 1967).
I have only read about him, in history books, as he had passed away (in 1975) by the time I became conscious about things happening around me. I have read that his Thesis on “The Ethics of the Vedanta and its Metaphysical Presuppositions” was published when he was only 20. From 1909 onwards, he was appointed a Professor at Madras Presidency College & later at The Maharaja’s College, Mysore; still later at the University of Calcutta. He was Vice Chancellor at the Andhra University and after that at Benaras Hindu University.
He was not active during the freedom struggle & his political career started only after his successful academic career. Post independence Dr. Radhakrishnan represented India at the UNESCO and also was India’s Ambassador to the Soviet Union before being elected Vice President of the country in 1952.
When he became President Of India in 1962 some of his students & friends requested him to allow & celebrate his birthday on September 5th. He replied (hope I am correct about this) “Instead of celebrating my birthday, it would be my proud privilege if September 5th is observed as Teachers’ Day.”
And so, since then India celebrates 5th September as Teacher’s day.
(Most of the above I have learnt in my history books and some information I have extracted from the internet.)
As a high school student, I used to look forward to these type of special days as our school & later college had their own style of celebrations. For Teacher’s day, some students were assigned the duties of being a teacher, to any particular class or subject. And like all teachers, we used to dress differently on that day; meaning we were allowed the privilege of attending school in coloured clothes (we used to call it un-uniform, I think). We students also used to contribute towards buying flowers & gifts for our teachers in addition to decorating the classrooms with festoons etc. For this, the students used to reach the school earlier than usual, so that everything was in place before the school began. The students, who were assigned teacher duties, would go from class to class, according to the given time-table, & get to experience what it was to be a teacher. All this would be supervised by the particular subject teachers & let me tell you, personally, I used to love being a teacher.
It makes me feel good (or is it proud, can’t name my exact feelings) that I am in touch with many of the teachers who made me what I am. I try to meet them whenever there is any event in the school, ever since I left school after class 10. And it makes me feel loved when they recognise in spite of all the years that have passed since.
This is my message to my teachers (hope at least some of them read it)
‘Wishing all my teachers a very happy teacher’s day. My namaskarams to all of them. Starting from Banaji teacher in my nursery school followed by Ratnamma, Vijayalakshmi & Ammu teacher in primary and the full set of teachers in secondary – Saraswati Ramachandran, Shymala, Jayamani, Kurup, Shankuntala, Mangala Joshi, Gaonkar, Prabha, Gokhale, P.T. teacher & Sir, Ajinkya, Shaila, Tiwari Sir, Pillai Sir, Abraham & Mariam Joseph. Plus all my teachers in college – Deepa Rathi Ela vora, Nina Dias, Joyce Joseph.
A big hug to all of you.
Thank you for giving me a good Base”
(Unfortunately some of the teachers mentioned in there are no longer with us)
In recent times, I have seen a few messages that thank friends and family- Mata, Pita & Guru (in that order) on teacher’s day. That in my opinion is a very good thing.
Last month I saw a film on a satellite channel, that showed how a teacher was trying to mould the lives of students who could not afford tuitions from expensive coaching classes. The film showed how some classes made a lot of profit, imparting tuitions to students who have dreams of entering the IITs & engineering colleges in India. Students who are, otherwise, bright in studies cannot even dream of getting into these classes, leave out the engineering colleges, due to the prohibitive fees structure prevalent. So, the film shows how this particular mathematics teacher & educator manages to coach his batch of 30 students crack the IITJEE, successfully.
The film was called “Super 30” and was the biography of Anand Kumar from Patna, Bihar; who was awarded the Padma Shri by the government for his efforts in the field of education & literature. By 2018, 422 out of 510 of his students had made it to the IITs.
“Super 30” (2019) was the film which had Hrithik Roshan play Anand Kumar with Aditya Srivastava, Mrunal Thakur, Sadhana Singh, Manav Gohil, Pankaj Tripathi, Veerendra Saxena, Amit Sadh as the supporting cast. There was a whole set of new faces playing the students. The film was treat to watch. It had songs written by Amitabh Bhattacharya & Ajay-Atul were the music directors. The song with this post is in the voice of Hrithik Roshan. He is seen asking his students to develop a questioning nature, find a solution where ever possible.
A salute to the teachers. Happy Teachers Day
Song-Question mark (Super 30)(2019) Singer-Hrithik Roshan, Lyrics-Amitabh Bhattacharya, MD-Ajay Atul
Lyrics
bheja nichode jo saare sawaal
ek ek karke dhoondh ke nikaal
kaahe na suljhenge inki majaal
noch ke dikha de baal ke bhi khaal
sawaalon ke bina hai zindagi hai dark
bulb ki tarah jala de question mark
question mark
question mark
kyun ek baar mein hi padhke maan len hum
kitaabon mein likha hai jo
maza to tab hai jab
oo kar ke hum dikha den
na pehle ho saka hai jo
sikhaane waalon ko sikha denge
padhenge aisi ki padha denge
rahenge shabd ko badal ke hum
nahin se kyun nahin bana denge
are buddhi ki circuit mein paida kar u spark
ban ja pyaare chalta phirta aa question mark
question mark
question mark
antarman kare cheetkaar
utsukta ho sar pe sawar
question se tu mat maan haar
chal bhid ja barkhuddar
bhale buddhi ki muthhi ho tight
ho wrong right mein chhidi fight
har prashn ke uttar par hai tera adhikaar
adhikaar
darwaajon ke peechhe
aur bistar ke neeche
luk chhip ke rehta hai
ek question mark
dharti se ugta hai
ambar mein dikhta hai
paani mein behta hai
ye question mark
mehnat karenge maatha phodenge
iski akad ko lekin todenge
sone deta nahin chidhaata hai
isko bhi saste mein na chhodenge
are bachke jaane na paaye question mark
haan bachke jaane na paaye question mark
haan bachke jaane na paaye question mark
Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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