Evenings in the boarding: a common sight

At the end of a school day, before dinner, most evenings would find us 1980s boarders gathered around Mam for some wonderful conversation. Huge mosquitoes, too, but that didn't deter us.

Tree planting ceremony

Head Matron, Mrs Toni Marchand (affectionately called "Mam" by the boarders) plants a tree outside one of the dorms.

November 1980.

Shades of the same person...

The year was 1979, the month was April..2 good little girls dressed in their Saturday best were eagerly awaiting all the food and beer the Fete would bring. Notice the butter won't melt in our mouth smiles... one's at attention, the other at ease! Raj..if we could even be a shade of our former thin selves..guess I should speak for myself :-)

And then this shows up..blackmail material forever, bwahahahaha! Latha Nair and Raj playing dress-up!

Another reunion

Last month was a real good one for sentimental memories and reunions. Thanks to Facebook again for putting me in touch with Farzana, who was my "little sister" in the boarding. Mrs. Marchand had come up with the idea of having a big sistr-little sister programme in the boarding, and Farzana was mine. She was in the 4th or 5th Standard when I left, I think. I remember her being a very dainty pretty fairylike child.

Soon after I found her on Facebook, she came down to Bangalore for a holiday and so I got to meet her again after all these years! She is still dainty, pretty, fairylike, softspoken and graceful. She is also mom to these two adorable little guys, and is a paediatric nephrologist! Wow. Me, I just became a clown.