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At 9 am on a weekday, Abdul Mallik is busy wading through neck-high water, a tyre-tube around his waist, his tiffin box and shoes held in one hand above the muddy river.  

It's hardly the average morning commute, but for this 40-year-old teacher, it's all in a day's work.

http://www.ndtv.com/article/south/a-teacher-who-swims-through-a-river-everyday-to-get-to-his-students-414727

http://arbroath.blogspot.com/2013/09/indian-teacher-wades-across-river-every.html