Goa, May 26 -- SHASHWAT GUPTA RAY

For her students, Sukhada Marathe is not just a teacher, but also a mentor and guide who is al ways there for them. In return, they stood by her when she met with a life-threatening accident nearly seven years ago, on June 3, 2019, that injured her spine and left her paralysed from the neck down. It was this love from her stu dents, coupled with her passion for teaching, which inspired Sukhada to fulfill her dream of starting her own coaching class es, despite being bedridden for seven months. Today, she runs a chain of tutorial centres across five locations in Goa.

Sasha Dias joined Sukhada's tuition classes in 2017 when she was in Class X. Over time, Sukhada became much more than a teacher to her. "Th...