The much-hyped Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Teachers' Day speech was lost on some students in the State, thanks to either the barrier of language or technology.

About 350 children studying in four Kannada, Tamil and Telugu-medium schools in Viveknagar area of Bangalore, who were watching the telecast live, were initially excited about the Prime Minister talking "directly' to them on television. They cheered and applauded as Mr. Modi appeared onscreen.

The excitement was, however, short-lived as nothing he was saying -- which was entirely in Hindi -- made sense to them.

They soon started growing restless and began making up excuses to get out of the class. Hands kept going up, asking for a break to visit the toilet. From the toilet, many made their way to the playground. Those who failed to leave the room were seen dozing off. Read more