Our most respected teachers, dear friends and students, How may

we express our heartfelt gratitude to our teachers? Friend,

philosopher and guide all rolled into one. Yes, every teacher of ours
has been just that. Our teachers have facilitated our scholastic
abilities and aptitudes. They have helped us cross the thresholds to
possess the academic prerequisites to clear exams and qualify at
different levels in our academic pursuits. They have been patient with
us even as they got us grounded in the fundamentals of every subject.
They have taught us with love. And that has often lightened even
subjects that we found very tough. But then our teachers have done
much, much more than that. And we have learned from our teachers in so
many different ways. Our teachers have guided us when we have faced
difficult situations and dilemmas. When we have been low, and down and
dejected they have been successful in raising our spirits and putting
us right back on track. They have loved us even when we played truant
and were mischievous and played pranks. They have offered us support
in so many ways that made the process of education enjoyable. They
have striven hard to inculcate in us human values and right ethics so
that we may have a future guided by goodness and righteousness. They
have helped us seek the truth and live by it at all times. They have
given their time most generously, and offered advice most willingly.
Isn’t it? As we all know that today is Teachers Day and I am requested
by some of the friends of mine to give a speech on teachers. From
kindergarten to graduation, every step that we took was accompanied by
a teacher whose sole interest was in our own growth and welfare. I
think teaching is one of those rare professions, which someone chooses
out of passion, rather than necessity. There are so many teachers, a
few of them I personally know, who could have easily chosen a
lucrative profession. Nevertheless, they chose to go with their inner
voice. That is, they chose to enlighten the minds and transform lives.
Could there be a social work more elegant than transforming noisy,
stubborn and rambunctious kids into disciplined, concerned and
progressive adults. While most of us strive for materialistic
accomplishments decent package, house, car etc. A teacher wishes for
something more sensible, that is, to transform his/her students into
productive and sensible citizens. There is nothing by which the
society or the nation could ever repay the services of a teacher.
She/He is the very foundation of a society. Having said that, I would
like to request you all to celebrate the day with your beloved,
respected teachers, with as much fun and joy as you can. It is a day
when you make them happy and cheer them up for the noble task they
have chosen. Wishing you all Happy Teacher’s Day! Once Again!