09 April 2024

Traditional New Year Day

Some days in this week and the next are important to Hindus all over the world. They celeberate these days as traditional New Year Day depending upon their regional and traditional beliefs. For example,  people in Telengana, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh celebrate today as Ugaadhi. People in Maharashtra celeberate it as Gudi Paadwaa. People in Kerala and Tamilnadu celeberate their New Year Day next week.






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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.