https://www.pitara.com/tags/school-teachers/Recent content in School Teachers on Pitara Kids NetworkHugoen-usSat, 13 Jun 2026 21:46:31 +0530https://www.pitara.com/non-fiction-for-kids/features-for-kids/the-school-teacher-and-the-dacoit/Fri, 02 Feb 2001 03:23:53 +0000https://www.pitara.com/non-fiction-for-kids/features-for-kids/the-school-teacher-and-the-dacoit/<p>Nirmala is a primary school teacher in the Rajiv Gandhi Shiksha Mission for universal education, in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh. Every day at 11.30 am, her husband Malkhan Singh, drops her to the school in an autorickshaw. In the evening, at 4 pm, he is there to pick her up as well. Slung across his shoulders at all times, is a rifle during these rides.</p> <p>So, what is so unusual about this couple?</p> <figure class="image-medium has-caption"> <a href="https://www.pitara.com/media/features-77_1.gif" aria-label="Link to larger image"> <img src="https://www.pitara.com/media/features-77_1_hu_9e80aca9f79b9356.gif" srcset="https://www.pitara.com/media/features-77_1_hu_ba9552428c65744a.gif 320w, https://www.pitara.com/media/features-77_1_hu_9e80aca9f79b9356.gif 900w" sizes="(min-width: 900px) 900px, 320px" alt="The School Teacher and the Dacoit [Illustration by Sudheer Nath]" height="832" width="900" loading="lazy"> </a> <figcaption>The School Teacher and the Dacoit [Illustration by Sudheer Nath]</figcaption> </figure> <p>The answer is their past. Rather, his past.</p>