Gerald D'Cunha

  “Is prayer your steering wheel or your spare tire?” Corrie Ten Boom   I t’s a herculean task for teachers to expect a decent attendance in Mumbai schools and colleges during the Ganeshotsav … Almost every household and every housing colony – plush   or humble – there is Ganesh celebration. Thus, the Maharashtra Government has decided to keep the state-run schools and colleges shut for a major portion of this festive season… Young kids are hyperactive in the pandals … Parents, too – with a dozen things planned… So, teachers like me have learnt to go easy on the attendance… “Chalo , how many days do you want me to keep the classes closed?” For five days or for eleven – whatever is asked, granted. “But, then, at least, do some homework… even one simple sum.” I plead them… Today, my students had come – some online, some offline – after a break of six days. Only a couple of them had done their homework… and others had turned up not only without their homework...