Bidding English teacher a fond farewell


Students gathered around Leela Rani (in orange) to take a group photo as she left the school on her retirement.

Leela Rani Bachan Singh retires after 38 years in the teaching profession

ON the first day of her teaching career, Leela Rani Bachan Singh came home crying, telling her mother that she didn’t want to teach. And every time she tried to find a way out, she would be met with obstacles.

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