Saturday, September 05, 2009 BIHAR: A lady teacher despite the odds in her physique has put her best foot forward in educating children at an obscure remote village named Guraru in Gaya district of India's eastern state of Bihar.In fact, her dedicated vocation could be termed as a perfect role model of a teacher. And the entire India observes September 5 as Teachers' Day, dedicated to the teacher on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Dr. S Radhakrishnan, the country's first Vice President who was a teacher.As for this unique teacher, it is Radha Kumari who is just two-and-a-half feet in height.She teaches at the Government Middle School of her village Guraru.Due to her height, Radha Kumari (33) uses a bench as an aid to reach the blackboard while conducting her classes.In a candid chat, she recalled the dream of becoming a teacher and how those wishes have come true."When as a student, I used to see my school teacher I always dreamt of following her footsteps and such an aspiration has come true!," said Radha Kumari, teacher Government Middle School, Guraru.She teaches almost all the subjects and the students do acknowledge that she is a worthy teacher."She teaches us Hindi, English, mathematics and environment," noted Jayanti, a fifth standard student, Government Middle School, Guraru.Radha Kumari has been teaching at this school since 2005.However, in absence of proper roads and commuting facility, reaching the school is an everyday challenge for her.Nonetheless, Radha Kumari toddles along seven kilometres each way to kindle the light of academic learning among her students and also do what she loves the most which is teaching.
Friday, August 14, 2009 MUMBAI: A 26-year-old woman died Thursday of H1N1 swine flu in the southern city of Bangalore, raising India's death toll from the virus to 20, authorities said.The death was the first reported in India's information technology capital, the Press Trust of India reported.Meanwhile in Pune, the worst-affected in India, two more victims of the virus died Thursday, raising the death toll in that western city near Mumbai to 12, the report said. The victims were an 11-month-old boy and a 75-year-old old woman.US media reported movie halls, schools and colleges were ordered closed Thursday for three days to a week in Mumbai, the commercial and financial capital of the country, as fear of the pandemic spread.Prajakata Lavangare, a spokeswoman for the government of Maharashtra state of which Mumbai is the capital, said similar orders were issued in Pune, which is also located in the state.The woman who died in Bangalore was identified only as Roopa, a teacher in
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