Re: To Prabha...alumni reunion

[Guest guest]

I guess an award was in order, for attending three reunions in a row ( with more

to follow), but Poonam, with typical generosity, gave return gifts to everybody,

so everybody had an award :-)

At the outset, it has to be three cheers for Shiv Kumar - Poonam's husband -

for having put in untiring, enthusiastic efforts to make the reunion a grand

success ! He is not an alumnus of MGIMS, but, as those of us who have been with

him in Riyadh will know, he believes it is his responsibility to make anyone

from MGIMS feel at home. If anyone deserved an award, it was him.

Total attendance was 42 out of a batch of 64. I don't know whether it is the

highest ever, but it is quite high.

Day one - Breakfast at Yatri Niwas, tour of sewagram ashram, lunch at staff

club with the faculty, followed by the main function.

Day 2 - Picnic at bor dam - entertainment courtesy Hanumant patil and Prashant

lonare followed by Delicious Dinner at Poonam and Shiv Kumar's house . !!!!!!!!

Prosperity was evident among the attendees.

Nadu (Amulya) was in Nehruvian attire - dressed for Gandhi-land ! came

half way around the globe with her tremendously active 3 year old son. Boy, that

was determination to make it to the reunion ! I wouldn't have had the courage to

brave airline delays + jet lag + tired 3 year old + feeding tired 3 year old +

reunion excitement, all at one go. Way to go, ! Fali and Anu were there,

from New Zealand, with their children - Rehaan and Ashaad. Absolutely adorable

children. Rehaan is the quintessential GOOD boy - a mother's dream ! Ashaad is a

Maths whiz, and a whiz at picking up enough hindi in two days to tide him

through the reunion - an absolute survivor !

Malini had come with her children, Neha and Naren. Neha plays the guitar

wonderfully, and Naren has this amazing sense of humor, and is an absolute live

wire ! Malini ought to be proud of both of them ! Sanjay Ingley and Aradhana had

come with Shreya and Rohan. Shreya is beautiful - takes right after her mother,

I guess.

Ravin made it with family - even though he had to pick up his daughter right

from school, where she was appearing for an exam, and drive straight to Sewagram

! Way to go, Ravin ! Manoj Sharma was there, and believe it or not, he is now an

income tax commissioner ! Noel Barbosa, proudly single, came in from Goa. There

was Vithal Rao - his daughter is very sweet. Sharmila Kanthale was the anchor

for the felicitation programme. When it was Dr. Ulhaas Jajoo's turn, she

announced that the girls used to go 'haaaaaiiiiii' when he wore his pink shirt -

and Dr.Jajoo went as pink as the aforementioned shirt ! Seema Pruthi was there -

she was glowing, and her hair has grown longer and thicker ! Nanda Jain was her

same calm self, Kalavati Jadhav was there, Manjusha Poal hasn't changed a bit.

Her daughter is very, very sweet. Sushma mooley hasn't changed either, though

her hair is shorter now. Sanjay Nicose, Mukesh Varma, Hanumant Patil, Prashant

Lonare were all there with their

families. Rakesh Kapuria is just the same.

Many many more ....... will continue in my next mail

Cheers,

Prabha

PS. Anuradha Gokarn '83, Aradhana Gupta'84 and me '84 were the non 82 batch

spouses attending the 82 batch reunion, so we had a mini reunion of our own !

shyamkamath wrote:

Welcome back,Prabha after attending the Third straight reunion at

Sewagram..

U must have been, also awarded ...for ur dedicated presence each year...

Let the NEWS flow...

Who won the Best couple's prize?

Who looked 10years younger than their age?

Who looked 10years beyond their age?

Who had the most number of gold on her/him..

And then

Yes,before I forget..How was the whole event?.

Shyam(84).

Re: Happy Christmas ...!!

Merry Christmas and a Happy New year to all !!!

Prabha' 84

Mukund Karambelkar wrote:

Dear All,

I wish everybidy a Merry Christmas and New year too.....!

Mukund (1974)

[Guest guest]

That was a lovely update of the reunion and with promise of ,still much to

follow,along with the photos,Seema seems to be eagerly waiting for the next part

of ur wonderful described mail.....

The attendance looked good as well..

Yes,Shivkumar would feed the young,homesick MGIMSians every Friday,here in

Riyadh,by personally picking each one of us... early morning and then dropping

back us all in the evening... and that would help us all... spend those initial

days out here with ease...

Hope,u hear more of that....soon..

Shyam(84)

Re: Happy Christmas ...!!

Merry Christmas and a Happy New year to all !!!

Prabha' 84

Mukund Karambelkar wrote:

Dear All,

I wish everybidy a Merry Christmas and New year too.....!

Mukund (1974)