Does distance matter in friendship? This was the first point raised when some of us met to discuss the venue of our class reunion. It took us less than a minute to finally say, Damn, how does it matter.
Yes, the crowd at the official second reunion of 1988-89 and 90 batch proved us right. And the fact that the news of this meeting spread like wild fire soliciting calls for invites surprised us and made us to believe that at any level of life, school life is something that people cherish forever.
So when Rajya (Rajeev Agarwal fondly called) offered his farm house, we had a sigh of relief. Primarily because we had initially thought of a banquet hall which would have become a marriage reception party. We realized people need space and freedom to move around and nothing can prevent people from recognizing each other if such space is provided. Not even the distance.
The farm was almost empty at 7 in the evening. By 8, there was no space to move around. It was a great sight to see friends hug and then asking each other to identify.
Nowhere on earth you get the freedom to open up as it is with school friends. We will make this an annual event and for this to happen we have now formed a page wherein all your remarks are expected to come. This is where we will interact further.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Amrut-School-Reunion/105106792872441?sk=wall
Go to the above link and you will find a Like button. Click on it and you automatically become its member. This page will be displayed on your Wall wherein you can post your comments to each other. Please spread the word and let the classmates come and join this page.
So it was a great meeting acknowledge by one and all. There were many hands behind the success of this event.
Let me thank Manoj Dalal for his unrelenting work of calling up people, Dinesh Agarwal for his valuable time and energy, Rajeev Agarwal for his everlasting openness, Mahavir and Narendra Lunkar for all the support towards making this a grand event. Nikhil Anand towards his great work in preserving this nostalgia in frames. He will be uploading the pictures in a day or two after he comes back from one of his assignments.
A big applause to those who made it to the event. Even a bigger one to the families of these batchmates who came with them and bore the brunt of extended friendship. Of course how can we forget the effort of our esteemed teachers who are happy that the values and belief they bestowed on their students didn’t go waste.
Binu Alex
Yes, the crowd at the official second reunion of 1988-89 and 90 batch proved us right. And the fact that the news of this meeting spread like wild fire soliciting calls for invites surprised us and made us to believe that at any level of life, school life is something that people cherish forever.
So when Rajya (Rajeev Agarwal fondly called) offered his farm house, we had a sigh of relief. Primarily because we had initially thought of a banquet hall which would have become a marriage reception party. We realized people need space and freedom to move around and nothing can prevent people from recognizing each other if such space is provided. Not even the distance.
The farm was almost empty at 7 in the evening. By 8, there was no space to move around. It was a great sight to see friends hug and then asking each other to identify.
Nowhere on earth you get the freedom to open up as it is with school friends. We will make this an annual event and for this to happen we have now formed a page wherein all your remarks are expected to come. This is where we will interact further.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Amrut-School-Reunion/105106792872441?sk=wall
Go to the above link and you will find a Like button. Click on it and you automatically become its member. This page will be displayed on your Wall wherein you can post your comments to each other. Please spread the word and let the classmates come and join this page.
So it was a great meeting acknowledge by one and all. There were many hands behind the success of this event.
Let me thank Manoj Dalal for his unrelenting work of calling up people, Dinesh Agarwal for his valuable time and energy, Rajeev Agarwal for his everlasting openness, Mahavir and Narendra Lunkar for all the support towards making this a grand event. Nikhil Anand towards his great work in preserving this nostalgia in frames. He will be uploading the pictures in a day or two after he comes back from one of his assignments.
A big applause to those who made it to the event. Even a bigger one to the families of these batchmates who came with them and bore the brunt of extended friendship. Of course how can we forget the effort of our esteemed teachers who are happy that the values and belief they bestowed on their students didn’t go waste.
Binu Alex
