Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday greeted the nation on the occasion of Teachers’ Day.
The day is celebrated to commemorate the birth anniversary of Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, the second President of India who was also an academician and a philosopher.
He tweeted:
Greetings & salutations to the teaching community on Teachers' Day. My tributes to the great scholar & teacher Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) >September 5, 2015
Our Correspondent Anita Joshua adds:
>‘My parents would have been happy even if I were a clerk’
“Dream big”, “think positive”, “you don't need to join the military to serve the nation as the smallest of deeds also help in nation-building”, “make notes on whatever interests you'', “don't be cowed down by criticism or failure'',... were among the lessons Prime Minister Narendra Modi had as he addressed students from across the country through video-conferencing on Friday on the eve of Teachers’ Day. > More..
