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Alakh Pandey Celebrates Raksha Bandhan With Rural Girls

Alakh Pandey Celebrates Raksha Bandhan With Rural Girls
Physics Wallah CEO Alakh Pandey celebrates Raksha Bandhan with students, joins a tradition associated with Khan Sir · theprint.in

Alakh Pandey, who leads Physics Wallah, celebrated Raksha Bandhan with schoolgirls.

Raksha Bandhan is a festival where sisters tie a special thread called a rakhi.

The girls tied many rakhis on Pandey’s wrist.

The celebration happened at a school for rural girls in Anupshahr, Uttar Pradesh.

Some of the girls are reportedly national-level basketball players.

Pandey praised one girl’s sporting skills and spoke with other students.

His celebration was compared with a similar tradition followed by Khan Sir.

Pandey has also shared videos about helping flood-affected people in Assam and supporting protesting students in Jharkhand.

Key facts

Person
Alakh Pandey, CEO and teacher at Physics Wallah
Celebration
Students tied hundreds of rakhis on Pandey’s wrist
Location
Pardada Pardadi Educational Society, Anupshahr, Uttar Pradesh
School mission
The organisation provides free education to rural girls
Comparison
The event was compared with Khan Sir’s recurring Raksha Bandhan celebrations
Other initiatives
Pandey documented flood-relief efforts in Assam and backed student protests in Jharkhand

Quotes

An unnamed female student

A student who met Alakh Pandey during the Raksha Bandhan celebration

“I have also become your fan after seeing you play”
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“Sir, I am a very big fan of yours”
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Sources

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