Another Sporting Moment!

As Cottonians, all of us will remember our heroes smashing records and winning medals for Cottons at the Inter School Athletics Competitions...For those who studied in the 70's, names such as Nandini Prasad, Hema Shetty, Nirmal Cariappa, and Kala Arasi will strike a chord...Mind you there were hosts of other champs...my apologies..their names escape me at the moment!

The non sporting ones like me sat in the stands of Kanteerava Stadium and cried ourselves hoarse :
"GINGER LIME AND SODA POP...WE WANT COTTONS ON THE TOP"
and "2 4 6 8 ... WHOM DO WE APPRECIATE? .... COTTONS"
or "KALA" (clap clap clap) "KALA" (clap clap clap) "KA la ... SHhhhhhh....Quiet Girls! Swaree says HUSH!!! Don't distract the girls!...."

The competition and rivalry at the School Sports was equally fanatic...our own version of Quidditch...when the 3 houses in those days Barton Maiden and Foley were pitted against each other "in the spirit of sportmanship to the honour and glory of sports"!

So against this background here is a classic... Latha Gowda or GOWDI, as Suaree christened her, from Maiden House and Nimmi Ramakrishnan (not Rao as I first posted, thanks Lakshmi Daniel) relegate Barton House darling and Queen of Sports Kala Arasi to 3rd place in the Discuss Competition in 1977! (...Lakshmi thinks Nimmi was also in Barton)

Face spotters will enjoy the picture of Latha receiving her prize from chief guest Sr Vaughn who was principal of Sophia's. We can spy Miss James, and a bunch of Foleyites - Maya Mathani, Shanthalakshmi, Jyoti Devraj Havilah, Lisa Koshy, and Amina and of course Latha's many Baby Dorm PHANS perched on the parapet!

[btw if you can identify others, please add names to the comments, we'd also love to hear from you if you wish to become a contributor or send us your pictures...you can find most of us through our profile pages or facebook!]

Pervin will kill me for this.

Innocent and earnest Foley House Captain 1980-81 who unwittingly gave an evil friend one of her passport photos as a souvenir.

More pictures from Sports Day 1979

Here are some more pictures for all you face spotters out there! Simply click on the picture to view a larger version in another window

The Final March Past culminates not just the day, but hours and hours of sports training and relentless marching practice! On the left is Barton House (captain Malika Rao), in the middle - a section of Maiden House (captain Viji R) and on the right is Foley House (captain Firdaus H) which won the inter house sports championship that year.

And of course, who could forget those ceremonial moments that marked the occasion...

On the Left: Sports Captain Sheela Nambiar takes the oath on behalf of all the athletes. On the Right: A solemn moment at the Closing Ceremony as the band plays Auld Lang Syne, and Sheela N, Sheila K (Sports Vice Cap'n) and School Vice Cap'ns Sumathi Bedi and Leena Athyal deliver the school flag to School Captain Christine Marley

Wheelbarrow-ing. Sports day '79

Gloria and Melani A lead the charge of the not so light brigade! This classic from Kala (extreme right) includes a number of familiar faces...Kiran, Rekha, Malika, Vijaya, Seema and Akila.

Do add the names of the others in the comments and we'll update the caption.

1979 - SPORTS DAY

Maiden house is just not doing well ...I think, just look at those faces! Gloria Woolger, Supriya Hegde, Shoba Mathew, Anita John, and...

The Dear Departed - Prize Day 1979

I'll bet they've lost track as to how many times this one's been performed!!!!

Cast: Elizabeth Jordan:Sumathi, Henry Slater:Vijaya, Abel M (the grandfather):Malika, Victoria Slater (the granddaughter):Firdaus, Amelia Slater:Christine, Ben Jordan:Leena

Relaxin n Chatting

Here's Mrs. Seshadri relaxing and chatting - taken a few years ago

Another picture from 1979

This is another picture taken on the day of the sponsored walk for the International Year of the Child. If my recollection is correct, the banner was being passed from institution to institution on its way from Kanyakumari to Kashmir!

Pervin, Akila, Navaz and me

Got together in Bangalore last month. The reason I am in funny red pyjamas is because I was sick. I don't always dress that way.