It was so great to be based at a school and to wake up to children excited to learn and play. Here are some of the images from my last few days there. Happy Birthday Dipok, thanks for all the late night dinners! I was so busy and jazzed...
Today I was part of a team of teachers from DPS North who took a trek up to Mysore to check out a school using technology and engineering resources in an innovative way. We got a great tour of their facilities and after lunch had a chance to see a...
Was fortunate to wake up early enough to catch a walk with master storyteller and nature historian Vijay Thiruvady who showed us details I never would have caught and blessed me with a copy of his gorgeous book Heritage Trees dedicated to the trees in and around Lalbagh. We ended...
Today I made the first of what would be several visits to Workbench Projects, the fierce Maker Space created by Anupama and Pavan in the heart of Bangalore. The energy of the people working and hanging out was absolutely infectious, and it turns out Anu has a keen interest in...
This morning I made a long trek out to Hosur to visit the Shishya school and I have to say it was worth it. The reception I got from the students was embarrassingly positive but even more inspirational was the passion of the teachers and their desire to do the best...
On Sunday I was treated to a day of sightseeing with Satish, DPS's inspirational yoga teacher. He started out by taking me to the ISKON temple, which was not really my cup of tea but was interesting to say the least. They have all kinds of fantastic projects being built...
On Saturday the awesome PE teacher from DPS, Sudheer, took me out to a special school called Parikrma which was having an event that day. I got to spend time with the visionary principal Vijaya Lakshmi and be entertained by hard working and dedicated students. After that we went out...
After settling in to the guest house at Delhi Public School Bangalore North, I went out to dinner with Maynark and Dipok who take care of the campus and have taken care of me as well. DPS Bangalore North is a gorgeous campus in a quiet and secluded outskirt of the...
So I spent the day at the USIEF headquarters in Delhi serving on the selection committee for the Fulbright English Teaching Assistant program. It was truly an honor to participate even though it took me many hours to read and score each one before the meeting. Now I now a...
After resting for a day, it was time to meet up with fellow Fulbright DAT Valentin Dumitrascu who arrived in Delhi from Bangalore just as I am going in the other direction. To make it special, I arranged a tour through my wonderful new Delhi By Locals friend Pradeep through...
Suppose it was inevitable that I would be afflicted by traveller's diarrhea sooner or later. Today was that fateful day, I was planning to just chill and catch up on the blog but felt too icky to even do that. It was definitely the chicken - so delicious at the...
Allumette is a serious work of art that is interesting to watch several times, because you can see so many different things. The Hans Christian Anderson adaptation is kind of a bummer, so it's remarkable that Director Eugene Chung is able to make it magic and breathtaking anyway.
An amazing day almost didn't happen as I couldn't get an Uber and had to use my negotiation skills to make it to the appointment I had with Chong Shimray. She didn't have much time, but somehow allowed me to stay there and connect with some pretty awesome colleagues way...
Scored an invite as a delegate at this gigantic trade show and conference. Super interesting to learn about Indian perspectives on the continuing tech revolution. Had my challenges finding the venue and didn't really connect with anyone there, but was able to walk over to the Science Center and spend...
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