Teachers day
I did not wish any one a happy teachers day because that would be too customary and just customary without any sincerity. On one hand we call teachers names and on the other hand we say we respect them. On one hand we ask for 1000% tolerance, non-violence even to a very minimum extent to correct a mistake committed by student from teachers and on the other hand we fail to teach morals to children at home and give them unlimited freedom and worst level of pampering. This western style is going to be a disaster. I have called my professors names. I have called them "karapallan" (one with stained tooth), "gopuram" (one with step hairs), "sotta" (one with bald head) and so on. Had teacher abuse been a cultural thing in India? Meaning, have we had continuous history of students making fun of their teachers in epics and history? I once asked my 75 years old uncle if they abused their teachers in their time? He said, "students strength itself was