Tuesday, June 09, 2009

a hero for our times

jun 8th, 2009

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From: A P J


This column moved me. If there is any sanity still left in our society it is entirely due to such anonymous people spread all over the country. Unfortunately our accolades are reserved only for politicians, film stars and cricket stars



Date:
03/06/2009 URL: http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2009/06/03/stories/2009060350070900.htm

 


An unsung hero

There is an elderly gentleman around who used to be the assistant headmaster of a school in Balurghat town, the headquarters of South Dinajpur district in West Bengal, who is currently on a pilgrimage to a place the name of which is not known. What can be so special about such a person, in his seventies and a bachelor, who has taken time off after spending a lifetime teaching children at a high school, which he joined way back in 1965 and superannuated from in the mid-nine ties?

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