On Guru Purnima, Hindus honor the teachers who shaped them

On Guru Purnima, Hindus honor the teachers who shaped them

(RNS) —For Ramesh Rao, a longtime communications professor, the definition of guru — “the remover of darkness” — has been an inspiration for his work. “That’s what all teachers, I suppose, hope to do when they stand in front of a group of students and say, ‘Let me show you a little bit of the world. Let me open up this box,'” said Rao, who teaches at Georgia’s Columbus State University. This year, for Guru Purnima — or Full Moon Day, on July 10 …