School teacher in Madhya Pradesh starts teaching only after worshiping girl students every day
Bhaiya Lal Soni, in-charge of primary school at Loharwara in Katni district of Madhya Pradesh, worships girl students and washes their feet with ‘ganga jal’ every day. Only after doing this, he begins teaching and other work. He has been doing it for over 23 years without any fail under a special campaign named “Humara Ghar, Hamara Vidyalaya”. Even when schools were forced to remain closed during the Coronavirus pandemic, he did not forget to do ‘kanya pujan’ in ‘mohalla classes’.
“I began ‘Namami Janani’ campaign with a pious mind with an aim to give due respect to women and girls. We regularily wash girls’ feet with ‘ganga jal’ before daily prayers and perform ‘pooja’ as it is done during ‘Navratra kanya pujan’,” said Soni.
The Shivraj Singh Chouhan government of Madhya Pradesh has decided that on January 25, on the occasion of Good Governance Day, all government programmes will begin with the worship of girls. In light of the government’s decision, Soni said, “We are running the ‘Namami Janani’ campaign to pay respect to women and girls, as well as, we are trying to give a message of cleanliness and eradicating untouchability.”
On being asked about the idea behind this practice, Soni said, “I got the inspiration from my family. I noticed that the women don’t get the due respect in society that they actually deserve. Hence, I started this programme as an initiative to change people’s mindset. I have decided that I would respect ‘daughters’ for whole life so that an atmosphere of morality would be developed and immoral acts would be stopped.”
School teacher in Madhya Pradesh starts teaching only after worshiping girl students every day
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