Every year on the 5th of September, India pauses to celebrate its teachers. The date was not chosen arbitrarily. It marks the birthday of Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan — philosopher, statesman, and India’s second President — who, when asked that his birthday be celebrated, said that he would prefer it to be observed as Teachers’ Day instead. It was his way of saying: the people who shape minds matter more than the people who hold titles. India has been honouring that request s

There is a specific kind of person who deserves a handmade bookmark. You know them — they’re the one who always has a book on the go, who treats dog-earing a page like a minor crime, who has been using the same bus ticket as a bookmark for the last three weeks because nothing else was nearby when they had to put the book down. This post is for the people who love those people. And for the people who are those people.