09 August 2019

Shree Mahaa Lakshmi Fest

Today is a very auspicious day in the Sanaathana Dharmaa  (Hindu) calender.  This day is celebrated as Shree Mahaa Lakshmi Vratham.  On this day, devotees, especially women, offer special worship to Shree Mahaa Lakshmi, divine Mother of all of us and Consort of Shree Mahaa Vishnu. This worship used to be performed by good women who took care of themselves, their families including husband, children and parents in law. (Unfortunately we can see that this trend has changed. I knew a woman who obtained her BEd degree by paying bribe to Annamalai University and worked as a teacher. This woman was 'proud' to remove her mangala sutraa and throw it out just a few days after her wedding. I just don't understand why such evil women deceive and mislead the community. I sincerely hope that such women are taught a lesson in some way).

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I am a retired K-12 Education Management Professional. I have worked at different levels in K-12 school systems, textbook publishing, elearning and Education NGOs. I have held memberships in The Association for Science Education (UK), American Association of Physics Teachers and The Malaysian Institute of Physics. I hold a 1st class B Sc Degree in Physics followed by B Ed [English and Physical Science] and M A [Childcare and Education] degrees. My published works include 59 articles in teacher development magazines in India and the US and a book entitled `Creative Classrooms and Child Friendly Schools' (listed in Amazon). This book is almost an anecdotal account of my professional experience in six countries (including Cambodia where I worked as Technical Adviser to the Ministry of Education, Youth And Sports). I served as mentor in the Certificate of Teaching Mastery Program offered by Teachers Without Borders.