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YEAR OF JOINING: 2008
Having been called plenty of names, some deserved many not, the one that seems to stick for our batch is ‘exceptional’, though there might be a slight disagreement regarding the context.We first started as a class during the diwali of 2008 and the firecrackers haven’t stopped going off yet! The literal ones have been witnessed plenty and stating the figurative ones might make us seem bashful. The paragraphs that ensue describe our batch and is written with utter humility, though they may not seem so,which is no surprise. Our utterly talented Vaidehi Virkar, Darshana Rachha, Tanvi Desai and Ankita Mathapti are the souls of the performing arts’ shows with the ever so graceful additions to the choreography by Komal Vaidya and Rutuja Patil. Anushree Varadkar and Manik Karkare are our female sport stars, Sampada Ghadi is unanimously loved and Manjiri Shinde and Pooja Shirke are our small wonders.The Shankar Sawant aka Santo and Ankit Shah leave spell bound audiences with both, their on-stage and off-stage theatrics alike. Snehal Ramteke, Radhika Soni, Divya Rao and Samruddhi Jaipuria could be called the awesome foursome complemented perfectly by the “white devils” comprising the ever entertaining Rohit Shinde, Nikhil Salvi, Umesh Kumbharand Yash Agarwal and not to mention, our very dear angry young man Viranchi Vaidya. The sporting wonders in Jitesh Jadhav, Suraj Palange, Suyog Jadhav could leave this ever so lively bunch incomplete. The silent wonder we have in Vishal Pawar is much noticed and deeply appreciated, also his sketching abilities highly acclaimed. The twins, but by birth, Shiva Rathod and Vishal Dhok share also the qualities of being ever so helpful.The academic wealth of our class lies with Nusrat Karovalia, Rama Raghavan, Rajani Rajan, Sonal Gohil, Ruchi Vakharia, Omkar Shelar and Yashashri Nakhwa. Not to mention Amruta Thakur and Bhavin Patel who have done us proud on multiple occasions. Chris Charles and Shruthi Poojari along with being perfect leaders are our Man and Woman Friday respectively. The silent exterior of Ashwini Rokade, Chetana Maske, Urjita Bowlekar, Deepshika Bhattacharya and Priyanka Arulkar seem to be a mere façade hiding intensely colourful personalities witnessed only by the lucky few. We also have our very own delightful Smita Patil, thankfully not as dramatic as her name suggests. Mauktik Singh Rawat might be hard to pronounce but is as easy to like as his better half. Roshni Bhagatkar shares with him an impeccable sense of humor. Neha Maneand Deepti Padte can enhance everyone’s countenance alike, one with her exceptional make-up abilities and the other will her omnipresent radiant smile.Pritam Katariya with his build and Shrenik Kasliwalwith his personality, both astride the Bullet are an impressive sight indeed. Jitesh Kansara the adorable and ever helpful lad Pratik Girwalkar, our’Gurkha’ and Akshay Sangle, from another distant land, are bundles of frolic, and mirth their constant companions. Rahul Jagtap is the model student and a protagonist, better than him, for an 80’s film would be hard to find. Abhishek Jambhalkar is the truly smart one and Zomuanpuia Pachau truly intelligent. Seen a total of four times each year, he still manages to make it to every year. Manasvi Bachhav, our diplomatic blunder, is perfectly complemented by Mudita Dhankar, our management Wonder. When the two of them are together there never will cease to be a ‘Once upon a time’.The ever adorable Akshay Nath is the protagonist of the comedy that is our class. Our dearly beloved he is and the one word for him is, ‘Po’! Anuj Dhar, our drummer,belts out ‘For Whom the Bell Tolls’ with an ease which only rivals Sagar Lohar’s,our bassist’s, ability at eating full meals out of any and everyone’s dabbas. Along with our dear bow-legged lead guitarist, Jinesh Jain, this band of musicians, Room No.11 has struck the chords of many a heart. Too modest to write about herself, Kulsum Shahiwalaonly hopes for the recognition of her proficiency at flattery, and diplomacy, and vocabulary, and memory, and knowledge, and astounding design ability and humility.
SHILPASAGAR |2011
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