27 June 2022

Fake 'Face lift' and false sense of dignity

Growing number of people move in to reside in apartments in cities such as Chennai where I reside. Although living in apartments has a few benefits, there are a few bottlnecks too.

Recently the Apartments' Association raised the monthly maintenance to Rs 2650. Just two years back it was Rs 2400. One reason given for the rise is the cost of painting the windows/window shades and whitewashing the walls as shown in the image below. While the latter is understandable, the former isn't. I think that the latter spending is not essential though the apartments look lavish. I think that spending is not justified if it is for non-essential aspects. 



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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.