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Welcome to my blog. I share my views on issues related to K-12 Education (and sometimes, on general non-political issues) in this blog. I hope that you find it interesting.

26 September 2013

Tarjuma, the translators' fest

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As I have mentioned in my earlier posts, as some one  who likes literary, cultural and spiritual programs, I like many programs telecast by...
16 September 2013

Vaamana Jayanthi

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Today is an auspicious day for Hindus. This is the day when Shree Mahaa Vishnu incarnated as Vaamanaa  to destroy the ego of King Mahaabali...
12 September 2013

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Any good educator would be glad to know that his (or her) students have achieved something worthwhile in life. Any good school principal or...
11 September 2013

Oases in the media desert

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I think that a large chunk of TV coverage is related to politics, cinema and world events which are not pleasant. This applies to almost al...
09 September 2013

Varaaha Jayanthi

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Yesterday was an auspicious day for Hindus. This was the day when Shree Mahaa Vishnu incarnated as Varaaha .  Today is also an auspicio...
07 September 2013

Shree Mahaa Vishnu's Incarnations

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Today is an auspicious day for Hindus. This is the day on which Shree Mahaa Vishnu took avataar as  Dhanvantri  and  Lord Balaraamaa  at di...
05 September 2013

Teachers' Day 2013

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Today is an important day in India. It is celebrated as the birthday of Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (The first Vice-President of Independen...
28 August 2013

Shree Krisnna Janmaashtami

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Today is a very auspicious day for Hindus. This is the day (at around midnight) when Lord Shree Mahaa Vishnu took avataar as Shree Krishna ...
25 August 2013

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Today there were two TV programs which I found interesting. The first one was about African restaurants in Australia; it contained a lot of...
12 August 2013

World of contrasts

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Today we seem to live in a world of significant contrasts. This morning two very contrasting news reports caught my attention: one  was how...
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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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