Gujarat based Swamy Naaraayan Mandir's 'Ghar Sabhaa' and the divine discourses of Swami Nityaswarupdaasjee are my favourites. (Although I don't know Gujarathi language, I can understand conversational Gujarathi to some extent, thanks to Marathi, my mother tongue, and Hindi that I learnt when I was in lower secondary school. I fondly remember my mother teaching English language (using a very popular English Grammar Textbook written by Wren and Martin) and Hindi using books published by Chennai based Dakshina Bhaarath Hindi Prachaar Sabhaa). As Madhu, my first cousin put it once, those were "golden days". (In this context, I remember Mary Hopkin's song 'Those were the days").
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.
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