Bengaluru schoolkids bring fruits for teacher every day after she mentions liking them
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An Instagram video shared by Deepali Dahikamble, a Teach For India fellow based in Bengaluru, is winning hearts for capturing the generous gesture of her students.
Sometimes, the most meaningful moments in teaching don’t happen inside a classroom or on a timetable. An Instagram video shared by a Bengaluru-based Teach For India fellow captures one such moment where a passing comment about liking fruits turned into a daily ritual of kindness from her students.
An Instagram video shared by Deepali Dahikamble, a Teach For India fellow based in Bengaluru, is winning hearts for capturing the small joys hidden inside everyday school life. With over 624k views, the clip doesn’t show grand speeches or viral tricks, just children doing something unexpectedly thoughtful for a teacher they clearly adore.
Deepali teaches in schools located in remote areas as part of her fellowship. In the video, she explains that during a casual interaction, she once mentioned to her students that she enjoys eating fruits. What followed was something she didn’t anticipate. From the very next day, the children began bringing her fruits, one at a time, and passing them through the window of the staff room.
Watch the video here:
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The video strings together these moments, showing tiny hands reaching through the window, offering fruits with a sincerity that feels almost rare in a fast, performative online world. There’s no prompting, no reward, and no camera awareness from the children, just a habit they seem to have happily adopted.
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