New Delhi, April 4 -- A day after the Supreme Court cancelled the appointments of 25,752 teachers and staff in Bengal's government and aided schools over 2016 recruitment irregularities, many of those affected opened up about how the verdict has upended their lives, plunging them into uncertainty and despair.

While the sacked teachers are now left with stories of shattered dreams and financial turmoil, the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) has promised that it would soon initiate the process of conducting fresh exams for all teaching and non teaching candidates who were part of the 2016 recruitment drive.

Amit Ranjan Bhuyan does not have a job in the wake of the Supreme Court order. He taught physical science to Class 9 and ...