My Words

If cricket is a gentleman’s game, then Rahul Dravid is that gentleman. First things first, I am a die-hard Dravid fan. I have done it all. Observed him, gathered publication writings about him, went all alone to Bangalore to meet him, and even woke up at 5 AM to see him bat in Australia. Because there are some incredible souls and he is inevitably one of them. Any new adjective I use to relate him would end up being another adjective. His stature is way beyond any adjective which can be used to portray him. Vijeeta Dravid once upon a time said this on Rahul, ‘He believes you cannot complain about anything because there is no end to complaining. And he knows there is no end to developing either.’ Rahul Dravid has largely been in the silhouette of Sachin Tendulkar, despite his humungous accomplishments right throughout his career. And that is how it was until the very end. When the Champions League Twenty20 (CLT20) 2013 final ended the other day, Tendulkar got a hero’...

Teachers are arguably the most powerful members of our nation. They give pupils goal, set them up for success as dwellers of our world, and inspire in them a desire to do well and prosper in life. The youths of today are the leaders of the future, and teachers are that integral point that makes a child ready for their future.  Children carry what they are taught at a young age throughout the rest of their lives. They will use what they have understood to influence society. Everyone knows that today’s youth will become tomorrow’s leaders, and teachers have access to teach the youth in their most impressionable years — whether that is in teaching preschool, teaching extracurriculars, sports, traditional classes or their life lessons. Teachers have the skill to mould leaders of the future in the best way for society to build optimistic and ingenious future generations and therefore design society, both on a regional and universal scale. In reality, teachers have the most influentia...