The Teacher's Burden In Kashmir

2025-09-05 01:07:57

(MENAFN- Kashmir Observer)
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By Dr. Rameez Ahmad

I entered teaching with a sense of awe. Since childhood, I had been told that teachers were almost prophetic figures: guides of truth and justice, carriers of light in a darkened world.

Iqbal's verses rang in my ears: Sabak phir parh sadaqat ka, adalat ka, shuja'at ka. In our tradition, even kings once bent before their teachers. Hazrat Ali's words, that the one who teaches a single word deserves lifelong respect, seemed to sum up everything I believed.

Then I began teaching in Kashmir.

My first assignment was in a Srinagar college. I carried the load of five classes a day, preparing lectures deep into the night, driven by both duty and hope. Yet my position was never secure.

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