Empty liquor bottles and gunny sacks litter the Tiruttani home of Dr. S. Radhakrishnan, once Spalding Professor of Eastern Religions at Oxford University, the 2nd President of India, and in whose memory the Teacher’s Day in India is celebrated on 05th September, reports a Tamil biweekly*.
Perhaps it would have been better if the report had appeared earlier, and Google had dared to picture liquor bottles in its Doodle for Teacher’s Day in India.
Instead, Google India’s search page pictures a thoughtful Doodle commemorating the Teacher’s Day. The six letters which make up the word Google are represented as teachers – administering a test, teaching mathematics, schooling the kindergarteners, instructing in sports, readying for chemistry lab, and training in music.
Teachers Day is celebrated in India on September 5 every year since 1962 to commemorate Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan’s birthday, though the International Teachers Day is celebrated in a many countries on October 5th.
Dr. S. Radhakrishnan was the first Vice President of India and subsequently the President, though he did not have a Congress background. A Philosopher and an exceptional teacher, he was conferred with Bharat Ratna in 1954.
*Report in Junior Vikatan dated 07/09/14 p 32-33.
Perhaps it would have been better if the report had appeared earlier, and Google had dared to picture liquor bottles in its Doodle for Teacher’s Day in India.
Instead, Google India’s search page pictures a thoughtful Doodle commemorating the Teacher’s Day. The six letters which make up the word Google are represented as teachers – administering a test, teaching mathematics, schooling the kindergarteners, instructing in sports, readying for chemistry lab, and training in music.
Teachers Day is celebrated in India on September 5 every year since 1962 to commemorate Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan’s birthday, though the International Teachers Day is celebrated in a many countries on October 5th.
Dr. S. Radhakrishnan was the first Vice President of India and subsequently the President, though he did not have a Congress background. A Philosopher and an exceptional teacher, he was conferred with Bharat Ratna in 1954.
*Report in Junior Vikatan dated 07/09/14 p 32-33.
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