teacher-catechist

Updated: May 4, 2025

Of that village Pushpam's father is the teacher-catechist, a gentle, white-haired man, who long ago set up his rule of benevolent autocracy, "for the good of the governed." "To this child God has given sense; he shall go to the high school in the town."

Alice B. Van Doren - Lighted to Lighten: the Hope of India