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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.

27 July 2015

Chaaturmaasya Vrata

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Today is an auspicious day for Hindus. It is devotedly celebrated as Shayani Ekaadashi and as the the beginning of Chaaturmaasya Vrata . ...

15 July 2015

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World Yoga Day, Wimbledon Championships, media reports about our Prime Minister's recent visit to Russia and other countries (with refe...

21 June 2015

Marketing morality

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Many of us buy things based upon media commercials or friends' advice. Sometimes both of these can mislead us. We realize this when we ...

24 May 2015

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Nice to be back after nearly a month. There had been three very auspicious days according to the Hindu Calender since my past post. 1,...

16 April 2015

Digital drawbacks and Software setbacks

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This morning I tried to take some time in providing links in my earlier posts. But unfortunately I didn't have time as I had trouble u...

14 April 2015

Varaaha Jayanthi

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Yesterday was a very auspicious day in the Hindu calender. It was Varaaha Jayanthi. Varaahaa was one of the Avataars of Shree Mahaa Vishnu....

New Year's Day

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Today is the traditional beginning of New Year in Tamilnadu, Kerala, Gujarat etc. as well as in countries like Cambodia (due to their histo...

28 March 2015

Shree Raama Navami

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Today is one of the most auspicious days in the Hindu calender. This day is celebrated as Shree Raama Navami .

24 March 2015

Shree Raam Kathaa

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This afternoon I had the joy of listening to Shree Prembhushanji Maharaj (one of my most favourite spiritual speakers) delivering a disco...

21 March 2015

Ugaadhi greetings

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Best wishes to all my friends and well-wishers for a happy Ugaadhi .

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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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