A day to remember
All of us must have heard that ‘children are the promise of our present and the architects of our future’, but it takes a teacher to help them reach a better place. In the words of late Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, first vice-president and the second president of India, ‘true teachers are those who help us think for ourselves’. On his birth anniversary as entire India celebrates Teacher’s Day, celebrities also took the opportunity to wish their fans and followers, and also people or institute they attribute their success to.
Back to school
Actress Tara Sutaria, on Wednesday, dropped pictures from a visit to her school. She took to Instagram and shared pictures, where she can be seen meeting and giving autographs to students. In one of the images, Tara can be seen sitting on a desk and posing for the cameras. She wrote a heart-warming note in the caption, “Back to school! In my opinion, the most beautiful acres on Pali Hill... How fortunate we were to grow and learn among trees, flowers, endless cottages, open skies and the sweetest cats and dogs (my truest friends then, other than my twin @piasutaria and my sister @missmehtaaa who’ve had my back since day one).”
Jungle gym
On Teacher’s Day, actress Shefali Shah shared that the ‘jungle gym’ taught her that to climb one has to fall. She took to Instagram, where she is seen posing next to a jungle gym and wrote, “I don’t have a picture of my teachers, but this jungle gym did teach me a lot. It taught me that to climb you have to fall and when you fall you brush your knees, put a band-aid and try climbing again.”
She continued, “It also taught me that when you are trying to climb on the jungle gym you will get messy, you will get dirty but if you didn’t how would you know if it was good or bad? And a jungle gym changes forms in the playground, in school, in life... It’s not easy but all the trouble is going to be worth the picture you’ll have etched on time. #HappyTeachersDay.”
Rare pictures
Actor Jackie Shroff posted a video story to wish ‘Happy Teacher’s Day’ to all his fans. He shared rare pictures of himself with his mother. Another one with Subhash Ghai, whom he credits for guidance during his early years in film industry. Others included his mother and family members.
Mother and daughter
Actress Kajol shared that the two biggest teachers in her life were her mother Tanuja and daughter Nysa. Kajol took to Instagram, where she shared a throwback picture from her toddler days. In the monochrome picture, a baby Kajol is seen sitting on her mother’s shoulders and smiling at the camera.
“To the two bigggest teachers of my life … my mom who gave me all the lessons and the child me who learnt them in her own way… stumbling and falling and misunderstanding and experiencing ... I can see u both so much clearer now .. #happyteachersday #firstteacher #motherknowsbest,” she wrote in the caption.