It was nice to see Rajendradas jee Maharaaj, one of my favourite gurus, in this morning's episode of Shree Raam Kathaa discourse given by Shree Morari Baapu, at Mathura (where Lord Shree Krishna spent his childhood years).
24 November 2020
I think that Shree Avadeshaanandjee Maharaaj is one of the few saintly humans who does great service to humanity through his discourses. It is a divinely satisfying experience to listen to his discourse (given in Johannesburg, South Africa) daily in the evenings, on Aashthaa channel.
His discourses remind me of the time period during which I worked in Southern Africa.
21 November 2020
Missed marriage
It was soothing to view David Rocco's 'Dolce India' on TV this morning, after many days, particularly so when feeling lonely.
I some times feel so lonely that it makes me think that I committed a large blunder in having married to the wrong woman with resultant divorce, and not having got married to my colleague at a Public School in Kotagiri, India, in 1977 or to my Caucasian American penpal (from Charleston, South Carolina) who expressed her desire to marry me, when I was studying for my B Sc Degree during 1968-71, or more recently in 1993, when a dark coloured and good looking gentle colleague displayed her interest in me by saying that I was handsome, when I was working in a school in Jhansi, India; I didn't have the guts to tell that I reciprocated the same desire, to any of these women.
20 November 2020
Tigray unrest
I wish that the bombings and unrest in Ethiopia's Tigray region and its capital town 'Makelle' stops and the region returns to normalcy. I fondly remember the friendly people, the cinema hall where I and my fellow teacher recruits from India had enjoyed watching "Noori", a Hindi movie and Abraha Castle, a Government run restaurant in Makelle, where I and Sebastian, my malayaalee colleague used to dine out, way back in 1982.
Following are photographs taken during my stay in the region:
I and Sebastian with a colleague's daughter in front of our rooms
To my left is Mr Asafa, the school's Director.
To my left is Mr Asafa, the school's Director.Let me share a picture post card that I sent to my beloved parents when I was teaching in Tigray:
19 November 2020
Indira Gandhi's bithday
I heard from Vasanth TV channel this morning that today is the birthday of Mrs Indira Gandhi, former Indian Prime Minister. She was one of the best prime ministers in independent India. Although severely criticised for having declared emergency, every sane Indian knew that there was absolutely no corruption in government offices during that period.
14 November 2020
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About Me
- Guruprasad Panamalai
- Chennai, Tamilnadu, India
- 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.