Hi Everyone...From Rohini

This is so much fun. Ujwala, thanks a ton for doing this.
I am in Chennai for a short while and then head back to the US.
I live in San Jose, California and am practising medicine there.
I have 2 children, a wonderful husband and a great big labrador.
I saw all the photos and is wonderful to see everyone again. I have 2 old photos- one from Mrs Jacobs' 3 grade and one from Mrs D'souza'a 5th grade. I will scan and post them when I get back.
I talked to Samiya (after centuries)- she is in Columbia University in NY.
It was good to see LMC- with brand new paint and all! They have not changed the PT uniform (in 25 years)!
Guys, keep the posts coming... Rohini .

27

and counting.

I've left out Samiya as, even though the mails havent bounced back, we've recieved no confirmation. Rohini Raghunathan got in touch leaving a comment on the blog and I'm hoping to get her email id to add her to this list. Lastly, Smeeta, who I've met often in the recent past, including dinner in Dhaka! I've realised that I dont have her email id. She did give it to me but I guess it was verbal and I forgot to note it down thinking hey, it's so simple how can i forget?? Looks like I did!

Without them the count is at 27. I've put the names in a box in the sidebar on the right. Have a quick look and let me know if you know of others that i've missed or can get in touch with and any other errors that you spot or blanks that you can fill. please email me the details.

And for those who are in the least bit curious, I've used an online database app, Lazybase to host this information.

Writely - Word on the Net

Sango, this one is especially for you. There's this new buzz called Web 2.0. Basically it's about online applications. One of the applications that is already available and quite effective even though it's in the beta stage is Writely. It is basically a chota bhai of MS Word. It is available online and it is free. 90% of the tools provided by Word are not used by people working on regular office documents - Microsoft is just a very good marketeer and has practically everyone using their applications. All that is about to change :P.

Realised that I've spent more time talking about Word than Writely so here goes. Click on the header above. It will take you to the Writely website. Register and start a document. Now you can update it, collaborate with someone, work on it offline or online. It is simply fabulous. And Sango you will not need a laptop coz wherever you go you will have access to a computer and the net.

Got into Dhaka a few days back. House hunting has started in earnest. Smeeta was here in Dhaka on work. Had dinner with her last night. Wonderful to have had someone familiar over so soon. The rest of you plot and plan and get here. Will suss out all the shopping haunts and restaurants by then. Keep posting!

Finally moved out of the house!

Esy wonderful to have you on board. Dont stop posting. And the rest of you buck up!

It took the packers 5 whole days!! Considering that we have less now than our earlier moves and it took us at most 3 days, I still cannot understand what happened!?W$@#%$# Anyway, it's over!

It's good that I took that long holiday earlier last month and did not have regular access to the net coz now that has become even more limited, luckily, I'm not getting my usual withdrawal pangs.

So it's up to you to make some posts. Looks like we're going to be here till the 17th of this month.

It Feb 22nd and it's Abha's Birthday

Just thought that I'd let you guys know that it is Abha's birthday today and she too like me has turned 41 :P And yes, I know, I should've put this up a day earlier.

Happy Birthday Abha! I'm sure all the rest join me in wishing you a wonderful year ahead!

A little bit about what Abha's been up to in her own words....
i take each day as it comes and with teaching 18 year olds i now remember their lives more than my past!!! i have married ranjit he is about 8 years older than me has the biggest heart and a great sense of humour , n i have a 13yr old and a 8 yr old 2 boys and i am working at a well known delhi school, its the closest i cud make it to the civil servicrs!!! its their school!!!

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This snap was taken few days back and the beautiful Pen and Ink works that you see Abha admiring have been made by Vinita.

Lunch at Vinita Chand's

We had lunch with Vinita yesterday. Her home is beautifully done up. I especially loved all the greenery. Now that we have met each other a few times the sessions are getting noisier. Good fun though. We even got to meet Vinita's daughter Shimone (sp?) who is a cutie. She wanted to eat only the lamb chops. Sounded just like quite a few of you did when you were growing up. :D

I'm sure the rest of you are meeting up too. How about some snaps??

Abha dropped by a short while ago and while talking I discovered that she had not seen most of the photographs put up. I hope you guys are clicking on the header of each post. This one will take you to a page which will have 4 other snaps.

School Picts - wish I had taken more...

We've been out on a holiday for the last two weeks and we leave again tomorrow morning for another 5 days. Maid has ditched, have spent the morning washing clothes!! All these excuses for keeping this short. Went for a morning walk, in Kol, with Ramesh. Decided to sneak into school to take a couple of photos. Bumped into Mrs Ganges and Mrs Sengupta. Really nice to see them again. They were busy with rehearsals for Junior School Sports Day. So just took a couple of picts and ran :P. Click on the header to see the rest of the picture or click here.