Inspirational and Motivational

Success is the desire of all people to live together on this lovely planet. At every stage of our lives, whether children, youth, or the elderly, there is an internal desire to be successful and to move forward to greater success. Often notice competing mentalities in any place including schools,…

I wish to take you all on a journey with me. What is our destination? That is unique. It is your memories. A journey back to your childhood where you might have sat with the three bears and tasted some porridge or dreamt about the beautiful, brave girl in a…

The difference between a good teacher and a great teacher lies in the absolute minimal changes they bring in their daily routine of teaching, the small details they give preference to, and the seemingly unimportant topic they give a second thought to. We have curated a list of TED Talks…

I was really elated when I heard that Canada lifted the work restrictions for students, enabling them to work for more number of hours per week while studying. It is a very good gesture and a required move indeed, especially after the devastating effects of the pandemic which has made…

प्रयागराज कुछ करने की ठान ली जाए तो क्या नहीं हो सकता है। पढ़ाई के साथ कुछ करने के लिए लगन की भी जरूरत होती है। यही किया है प्रयागराज के सुधीर मौर्य ने। सुधीर को पर्यावरण से सिर्फ प्यार ही नहीं था, बल्कि उसने इसी को अपना रोजगार का…

Sreeja lost her mother on the day of her birth and was abandoned by her father. Yet, she made her grandparents proud by being a topper in class 10 Central Board of Secondary Education examinations 2022. Reading the stories of people who struggled all their life and ended up achieving…

Overcoming all obstacles to bring a change in the lives of others not only requires the zeal to do so but also the determination of not giving up mid-way. Kamlesh Zapadiya exemplifies this statement truly. A man living on a farm with almost no access to electricity has managed to…

81-year-old Vimla Kaul has not stopped working since she retired as a government school teacher 20 years ago. She educates under-privileged children in Delhi. All the children are from around the area – their parents mostly work as maids or drivers, servicing the middle class housing colony across the road. Students…

Sipping a cup of tea at his Goregaon home, Sandeep Desai chuckles as he recalls the first day he boarded a local train with an agenda in mind and a transparent acrylic box in his bag almost seven years ago. Then suddenly, Desai decided it was time. “I told myself,…

A passion to teach made Roshni quit her job and start a virtual school where she teaches science and maths to school children for free. Her YouTube channel has over 70,000 subscribers and she has uploaded over 3,900 videos so far. A Master’s degree holder in Physics, Roshni, in 2011,…

Being a post office Clerk’s son, he studied in Hindi medium government school where he reclaimed his deep interest in mathematics. During graduation, he submitted papers on Number theory. Although Anand got admission to Cambridge University but could not peruse studies there because of his father’s death and his monetary…

At 9 am on a weekday, Abdul Mallik is busy wading through neck-high water, a tyre-tube around his waist, his tiffin box and shoes held in one hand above the muddy river. It’s hardly the average morning commute, but for this 40-year-old teacher, it’s all in a day’s work. This…

Every 3 minutes a speeding Metrorail kicks up a din, but the children seated below the elevated tracks near the Yamuna Bank Metro Station in New Delhi carry on with their studies unperturbed. On the faces of the children one could see a steely resolve and determination to focus on…

Science owes a great debt to imagination. Many great inventions and discoveries would never have come about if some day dreamer hadn’t imagined it first. Sitting in a classroom, or a laboratory or under an apple tree, wondering… ‘What if’? Few in our country are lucky enough to have access…

Aditya Kumar’s unique mobile cycle school is almost like a landmark of Lucknow— visible in slums and streets every day. For the last 18 years, without charging even one paisa, Aditya has been giving tuitions to slum children, who have never been to a classroom. All his tools of teaching…

“I realised they had never attended school due to lack of finances. Plus, our village didn’t have good schools. Even I used to travel about 10 kms up and down every day to attend school,” recalls Babar Ali, who is from Murshidabad in West Bengal. Babar did not recognise at…

This Teachers’ Day, we are honouring some of the most unique teachers from all over the country. They inspire, amaze, enlighten and motivate. In these pictures, have a look at them doing their brilliant jobs. “The dream begins with a teacher who believes in you, who tugs and pushes and…

Schedule your study time. If you don’t set yourself up to do well in school, you’ll hate facing it every day. So you must try hard. By creating a regular schedule for after school and the weekends, you’ll bring up your grades, improve your self-confidence, and appreciate school more. Set a…