It was a great time and quite interesting to refer to "The Diary of a School Teacher - Hemraj Bhatt" translated by Sharda Jain in English and published by Azim Premji Foundation and University. This forced me to recollect my own college days when I used to write the diary of the day's important events. Definitely, the diary gives a broader perspective of our area of work and records day-to-day activities. The references of events recorded in the diary also made me recollect how DPEP, SSA functioned in India at ground level, which I missed to understand as I was connected with both these Programmes at the state/national level. This book not only gives an idea about the teacher's personal life, daily routine but also his interaction with students, community members, government officials, teachers of other schools, teaching-learning process, school development activities, involvement of teachers in census surveys, polling arrangements, in-service training (conducted at