The Teacher Who Speaks With Calm and Clarity | Made Difficult Lessons Feel Effortless |

NV Paulose, Chairman, Global TV +91 98441 82044

Relax, focus and work continually; you will achieve miracles effortlessly; says Dr. Devika Bhatnagar. These simple words capture the spirit of a teacher who has touched millions of lives through the glow of a screen and the strength of her calm voice.

Dr. Devika Bhatnagar is not just a digital educator. She is a gentle guide who made learning easy for students across India. In a world full of loud content and confusing information, she became a steady and friendly presence. Her lessons have helped students who were nervous about exams, unsure about science, or searching for someone who could explain things with patience and clarity.

A Teacher Who Makes Everything Clear

Dr. Bhatnagar has a special way of teaching. She takes the most difficult ideas and breaks them into simple steps. Whether she is teaching Yoga or simple speaking techniques, she makes students feel that understanding is within reach. When she says, “Now, you see,” students know that a difficult idea is about to become clear.

She teaches with a plain yalk. No extra effects. No distractions. Every word she speaks and every expressions has a purpose. Her focus is always on helping students understand the basics. She believes that strong fundamentals stay with the student for life. Dr. Bhatnagar explains every idea with a reason. She never says, “Speak slowly” without explaining why. She brings each concept alive with simple and real examples. She helps students observe with more awareness.

Practical Wisdom in Every Point

She talks about the coordination between the mind and the tongue. She explains how slowing down helps to avoid confusion and regret. Because she offers the logic behind her advice, her lessons feel wise, practical and meaningful. When she teaches body language, she talks about the message hidden in the eyes, the eyebrows, the shoulders and the hands. She explains the different types of smiles and what they convey. She often refers to great leaders. She describes how they stand, how they pause, how they use their hands, and how they look people in the eye. This makes her lessons both inspiring and achievable. It shows students that excellence is built through simple habits.

A Digital Educator Ahead of Her Time

Students from small places who had no access to coaching found a trusted teacher in her. Parents also felt confident when they heard her speak. Her channel became a place where students could learn at their own pace and feel encouraged. It is the thankful messages from students that show her true success.

A Voice of Support

Dr. Bhatnagar teaches life. She motivates students during exam time, reminds them to stay calm, and shows them how to manage time and stress. Her gentle voice and reassuring manner make her feel like a motherly presence to many learners. She teaches soft skills through her own behaviour. Her clarity, confidence and steady tone show students how to communicate with strength and kindness.

A Legacy That Will Last

Her influence is much larger than her classroom or her channel. She made quality education available to everyone without charging a fee. She encouraged many teachers to share their lessons online. Her name has become familiar across India. Students speak of her with respect and gratitude because she changed the way they learn. She is a creator of confidence. She is a builder of young minds. She is a remarkable educator who brighten the future of millions.

And as she reminds her students again and again,

“Relax, focus and work continually. When you do this, miracles follow.”

14 November 2025 | The Day a Mother of Trees Returned to Nature | She Could Not Bear a Child, So She Gave Birth to a Green World

NV Paulose, Chairman, Global TV +91 98441 82044

The summer sun turns the earth dry and dusty at many places in Karnataka. But, there is a long green path now stands as a miracle. It is a four kilometre stretch of banyan trees that rise like pillars and meet above the road in a grand roof of leaves. Their shade comforts travellers. Their roots hold the soil with quiet strength.

This forest did not grow by accident. It was created by the love and courage of one woman. It is the life work of Saalumarada Thimmakka, who took her deep sorrow and transformed it into a gift for the world. She became a mother to hundreds of trees. And in a powerful twist of destiny, she left the world on Children’s Day in 2025, the day we celebrate life, innocence and the future she helped protect.

An Empty Womb and an Empty Road

Thimmakka was born around 1911. She grew up in a simple village and worked as a labourer. She married another labourer, Bikkala Chikkayya. The couple wanted a child, but they could not have one. In a society where a woman was judged by her motherhood, this was a painful burden. Thimmakka faced unkind words and silent pity. Her home felt painfully quiet.

But she and her husband did something extraordinary. They said, “If we cannot bring a child into this world, we will bring life into the world in another way.” They decided to raise trees. They chose love over despair. They chose creation over sorrow.

The Work of Two Hearts

They began this work when they were already in their forties. They collected small banyan plants from the wild. They chose a long and empty stretch of road between Kudur and Hulikal. That lonely road became their nursery.

Picture them walking in the heat. Picture them digging pits in hard earth. Picture them carrying heavy pots of water for long distances every day. They had no support, no money, no equipment. They had only their hands, their strong will and their shared love.

They watched the saplings as parents watch children. They protected them from cattle. They cared for them during storms. They encouraged them during dry seasons. They planted more than three hundred and eighty banyan trees. The people admired their dedication and gave Thimmakka the name “Saalumarada,” which means “the woman of the row of trees.”

Alone but Not Broken

In 1991, her husband passed away. The silence returned, deeper than before. But Thimmakka did not stop. She continued to tend to the trees, because they were the children she had raised with him.

Slowly her story reached the world. She received many awards, including the Padma Shri in 2019. But her greatest award was her forest, which stands today as a living tribute to her patience and love.

Her adopted son, Sri Umesh, now leads the Saalumarada Thimmakka Foundation, which works for conservation, clean water and sustainable living.

A Life That Returned to Nature on Children’s Day

On 14 November 2025, which is celebrated as Children’s Day in India, Thimmakka passed away at the age of 114. It is deeply symbolic. A woman who could not give birth became a mother to hundreds of trees. A woman who created life with her hands left the world on a day dedicated to the joy and promise of children.

It is as if nature itself chose this date to honour her motherhood in the purest way.

Her Message for the Future

Thimmakka teaches the world that one person can create a change that lasts for generations. She shows that love is not limited by birth. She shows that even a person with no wealth and no education can heal the earth with steady effort.

In a time when people search for quick results and loud achievements, she teaches the strength of simple actions repeated every day. Her work was silent. Her steps were slow. But her forest will breathe for centuries.

When we walk under the trees she planted, we receive the shade of her love. Her story reminds us that real legacies are made not from tall buildings but from seeds, soil and patience. She proves that even from emptiness, life can rise again.

She is forever the Mother of Trees. And her forest stands as a message to all of us. No life is too small to make a difference. No love is wasted. And every seed of kindness we plant can one day become a forest of hope.