One of the master resource persons for 'Adolescence Education Programme being run by State Council of Education Research and Training, she tackles the problems of students painstakingly.

She says, "My students have deep faith in me and I make it a point to help them whenever ever I can. At times, some of the problems require lot of time and patience but I never lose my patience. All this helps me in providing them with the best solutions and help them get rid of their traps."

It all started two years ago, when Thind came across a student who had suicidal tendencies. "I came across a 12th standard student who wanted to commit suicide. She felt that her parents loved her sister more than her. I counselled her a couple of times. To my surprise, the girl topped in her Class XII examinations."

Thind makes it a point to pen down such incidents in the form of short stories or articles. "Based on this incident, I wrote a shortstory "Shelly."

Quoting another incident, she said inspired by listening to the lectures on drug addiction, one of her students approached her to seek her help for her younger brother, who had become a drug addict.

"The boy used to smoke a lot and was a drug addict. I convinced him to lead a healthy life by quoting couplets from Gurbani. The incident finds reference in my article Sewa Lehar in book Naujawano jara hosh karo.

Thind has two storybooks to her credit namely Parshavayan Di Mehak and Rishtedaara Di Taasir. Two more books Agaankund and Shiv Di Gaujan are in the pipeline.

"I feel very relaxed while writing in my mother tongue. It is really satisfying when I vent out my emotions on a piece of paper."She started serving in the Education Department in 1973 as a social studies teacher. She later did her post graduation in English.

Gurcharam Kaur said many girls share their fears about gender bias. "I convince them that without women the world cannot exist. Under adolescence education programme, at times children come up with unusual queries. A few months ago, I got a query that the size of canteen samosa is too small, please ask the canteen operator to charge less or make big samosas. I took up the issue with the concerned authorities and issue was sorted out."

Thind feels that students are a part of teachers' life and should be allowed to share all such problems. This will definitely de-stress them and help them become good human beings.