A U.S. scholarship thrills a teacher in India. Then came the soul-crushing questions

She was thrilled to become the first teacher from a government-sponsored school in India to get a Fulbright exchange award to learn from U.S. schools. People asked two questions that clouded her joy.

A U.S. scholarship thrills a teacher in India. Then came the soul-crushing questions
Joyeeta Banerjee in her classroom in India. She is an English teacher from Bankura, a district in a rural area of West Bengal, India. For 24 years she has taught first-generation learners — children who speak Bengali or Santali at home.

She was thrilled to become the first teacher from a government-sponsored school in India to get a Fulbright exchange award to learn from U.S. schools. People asked two questions that clouded her joy.

(Image credit: Anupam Gangopadhyay)

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