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05/08/2021 - 05:35 C.S. Satheesha teaches remotely from a treehouse in his back garden, where he can get better reception Manjunath Kiran AFP 5 min
Mumbai (AFP)
C.S. Satheesha spells out A-P-P-L-E into his phone as he teaches remotely from the only place he can get a signal a treehouse in his back garden in southern India.
In the Kodagu district of Karnataka state, eight-year-old Shreeshma listens to Satheesha s WhatsApp voice notes on her mother s phone on her porch and repeats sentences such as: This is a cat.
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