Her success was best gift f Itwas a special Sunday for Sudha Murty, who began the day with teachers and ended it enlightening students 0 teachers. My father was teacher, may father inlaw was ateacherand my daughter in law and myself are from the fraternity of teachers. Be- cause of this, Teachers’ Day is close tomy heart," said Sudha ‘Murty, chairman of Infosys Foundation, addressing the students of Cathedral PU Col lege on Sunday She started the day by meeting a group of retired teachers suffering fron arthritis who will be give fieejoint replacement surgery by Sparsh Hospital. Many of them were overjoyed tospend, some time with ber ahead of the operation. ‘Bven someone who teach os you just a word is your teacher and is to be remem bored,” she told them, ‘Among the teachers, con sider primary school eachors tobe most important. It isnot because of the first letters they teach us, but for the va ues of life imparted by them to children at that age. 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