When I was a kid, public schools were supposed to be the top of the pile. If you went to one, it meant a lot to the child and to his/her parents. Having studied in one for virtually my entire childhood, I can vouch that it gives you a terrific grounding to prepare you to face the challenges of life ahead. (more…)
August 1, 2011
Memoirs or what?
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As you can see I have been fairly lazy in updating this blog! It started off as a blog for me to express views and thoughts about life in general as it passed by me. With time, like a river finding it’s own course, this blog took on an autobiographical air and became something of a memoir. Another thing that happened was that it became somewhat centered around the school I went to, The Lawrence School at Lovedale. (more…)
February 23, 2011
New Initiative of the OLA
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This blog has gone into a slumber for various reasons. I was totally engrossed in writing my debut novel It Can’t Be You which was published in November 2010. I started a writing blog called Writing to Be read and I was busy with many other things including attending a few OL get togethers in Bangalore where I live. (more…)
August 29, 2010
I am glad my post on oldest athletic records unleashed a flurry of mails from
OLs across many decades in our OLs Yahoo Group. It brought back many memories of those days at School
and stars like the legendary Jairam,
August 28, 2010
The reason I have been off air for the last few months is because I am recovering from a CABG or Coronary Artery Bypass Graft surgery. This was expertly carried out by Dr. Vivek Jawali and his team at Bangalore’s Fortis Hospital on Bannerghatta Road on July 1, 2010. Dr. Jawali is a renowned expert in the field who has done more than 18,000 such operations.
I am glad to say that the medical and nursing facilities at Fortis were excellent.
