03 October 2024

Marvelous Mysuru

It was pleasure viewing a documentary about Mysuru Palace on DD Karnataka TV Channel this evening. 

Being the second largest city in Karnataka, Mysuru is home of many auspicious and historic sites. One of these is Avadootha Daththa Peetam. 

The city was a great centre of learning Sanskrit. I fondly remember that my mother's maternal uncle known as 'Vaasu maamaa' was Principal of a Sanskrit College in Mysuru many decades ago.

It is said that Mysuru was the place of origin of Mysuru Pak, an internationally popular sweet snack.



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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.