He smiled. The same smile he’d given Ramdeo, Fateh, and Kaushalya.
Manoj Sir reached the final page. The last entry, in shaky handwriting: Manoj Thakur, All Subjects, 2024. That was him. Beside it, no stars yet. Only a question mark. bihar board teacher directory
And on that dusty floor, with a piece of chalk, Manoj Sir wrote the first star next to his own name. He smiled
He flipped. Fateh Singh, Mathematics, 1991. Fateh ran a small shop. But last year, his son had topped the board exams. Fateh had cried, touching Manoj Sir’s feet. “You taught me the tables, sir,” he’d said. “Now my son knows calculus.” in shaky handwriting: Manoj Thakur