22 April 2011

Off the beaten track: Zodiac The Shirt People

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When I was glancing through the pages of this morning's edition of Times of India, I was delighted to see a full page ad released by ...
19 April 2011

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Whenever I travel, I take my notebook and datacard with me, so that I can watch my favourite TV programmes (some of which may not be availab...
18 April 2011

Outdoor games and computer/videogames for children

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People of my age know very well as to the immense benefits which children can derive by playing outdoor games. Today, most of our tow...
09 April 2011

Stories in school textbooks

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Good stories have always been an effective teaching resource in classrooms.  Our textbooks need to contain as many good stories as possible....
04 April 2011

Off the beaten track: World cup cricket

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It was nice to watch India winning the world cup after 28 years.  We have had internationally acclaimed sports persons in games such as lawn...
31 March 2011

Off the beaten track: Role of accents in language

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As an Indian who was born and brought up in a bilingual parentage and lives in a region in which people speak a language that is different f...
29 March 2011

Lesson concepts: Issue of authenticity

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As my job involves quality assurance, I make it a point to verify the authenticity of reference sources, which content developers use whe...
28 March 2011

Off the beaten track: My farewell to Short Wave Listening and DXing

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In my post on 1 January, I had mentioned as to how delighted I was in getting back to my hobbies of SWL and DXing using my short wave rec...

Off the beaten track: Musical rendezvous

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Yesterday, after a long time, I had time to visit youtube and watch recordings of my favourite soft rock singers.   It was nice to watch  T...
27 February 2011

Textbook turbulence

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A few weeks back, as part of my work, I had to develop some formative assessment questions with solutions, to go with elearning modules rela...