30 June 2021

Tension in Tigrai

WION TV is one of my favourite channels as it's programs are versatile and interesting without the usual news items that overwhelm in other channels. Besides, this channel takes viewers to places and people that are not festured in other channels. This evening's WION news coverage that included the current unrest in Tigrai and it's capital city Makelle, brought back fond memories of the city in 1982 when I and my teacher friends from India used to spend our days. I remember viewing 'Noori', a Hindi (or Urdu) language movie in a cinema hall in Makelle. Bollywood movies were very popular among Ethiopians all over the country at that time. I also remember how I and my Malayaalee friend Sebastian used to frequent a local restaurant known as 'Abraha Castle' in Makelle. It was actually a castle turned restaurant. Good old days. I hope that Makelle and Tigrai return to normalcy.



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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.