September fifth is the Anniversary of the birth of the second president DR Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan. India celebrates his birthday as Teachers' Day, commemorating the importance of teachers in our lives. Dr Radhakrishnan was born on September 5, 1888. He was a scholar, philosopher, educationist and a Bharat Ratna. He served as the Vice-Chancellor of Andhra University from 1931 to 1936 and the Vice-Chancellor of Banaras Hindu University in 1939. He had been a teacher at Chennai’s Presidency College and Calcutta University.
Bridges and buildings build engineers,
Architect makes their work yet easier,
Doctors treat the injured and the ill,
Soldiers shoot enemy troops to kill,
Poets sing to make us laugh and cry,
Scientists raise our standards high,
But teachers do all of these things:
Reach new heights they give us wings.
-Poet Ramesh Tiwari
Happy Teachers’ Day
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