Model school 1965 directory by Sreevasudeva Bhattathiri

directory & souvenir 1965 batch sslc students of model school thiruvananthapuram reunion on 10 january 2016

Organizing Committee

Ravindran T (X H) Krishnakumar K. (X A) Gopakumar M. (X G) Girish Kumar K. (X H)

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President Secretary Treasurer Jt. Secretary

Members: Ebrahim H.M. (X A) Gopakumar V. (X B) Jeesha C.Haran. (X H) Kurien Mathew (X G) Madhavan Kutty N. (X G) Nagendranath T.P. (X B) Prasanna Kumar K.S. (X D) Rajkumar M. (X C) Ravindran Nair R. (X B) Ravindran Nair V. (X A) Sasikumara Panikkar (X H) Sivaram M. (X F) Sreekumaran Nair M. (X G) Sukumaran Nair M. (X B) Suresh Chandra Dutt (X H)

l Please note that the opinions given by the authors of the various articles/poems are their own personal opinions and do not reflect the opinions of the Organising Committee or the School Management in any way. While the DCS committee has taken utmost care in publishing the data, they can accept no responsibility or liability for errors which may have crept in. All users are advised to verify the data before using for any purpose. The DCS is for private circulation only.

l Design: vbhattathiri@gmail.com

CON TEN CON CONTENTS TEN TS TS

The Making of the DCS – Editor & Head DCS Committee................6 Foreword ......................................................................7 Message from Principal Headmistress, Model School....................9 Headmaster Kuttan Pillai - Guruvandanam............................. 10 Group photos from 1965 X-A to X-H................................11 - 14 Directory X-A...........................................................15 - 19 X-B...........................................................19 - 26 X-C...........................................................27 - 32 X-D...........................................................33 - 35 X-E...........................................................36 - 40 X-F...........................................................41 - 45 X-G..........................................................46 - 59 X-H..........................................................60 - 70 Others.......................................................70 - 71 Dear Teacher (Balagopalan V.)............................................ 72 Acharya Devo Bhava: (Venugopal C.).................................... 73 An Introduction to Numismatics (Murali Das)........................... 74 Cartoon (Vijayaraghavan R.).............................................. 75 Are we all equal (Joshi C. Haran)........................................ 76 A bit of History and few Snippets (Kurien Mathew).................... 77 Destiny (Ramaswamy J.)................................................... 79 Down Memory Lane (Madhavankutty).................................... 80 My Formative Years (Hariharan).......................................... 81 My Life after Model High School (Haridas P.)........................... 83 Duster Football and the Cane Treatment (M Gopakumar)............ 84 Recollections (Shaji Isaac)................................................. 85 Reminiscences of the Past (Ramaswamy J.)............................ 86 Sharpness of the Kitchen Knife and Taste of Food (Murali Das S).... 87 Some Memories of Model School (Thomas Koshie)..................... 88 The Chaiwala (Girish Kumar K.).......................................... 89 Turning Nostalgic (Ganapathy S.)......................................... 90 Happiness during Twilight Days (Balagopal V.)......................... 91 Doctor’s Dilemma (Suresh Dutt).......................................... 92 Greatfully Yours (Narayana Menon)...................................... 94 Mounting Debts (Antony Joseph)......................................... 96 My Scientific Blunder (Raveendran K)................................... 97 My Wishes for you (Balagopalan V.)...................................... 98 tamUÂkvIq-fn-te¡v Hcp aS-¡-bm{X (Pn. IrjvW³)........... 99 kpIr-Xao kvIqÄPo-hnXw (k-Xojv kXy³)............................ 101 Hcp alm-hn-Zym-e-b-¯nsâ Xncp-ap-ä¯v (Fw. cmPvIp-amÀ)... 103 Xncnªp-t\m-¡p-t¼mÄ (sI. IrjvW-Ip-amÀ).......................... 105 Dd§m¯ \Zn (lpssk³).............................................................. 107 List of batch-mates indexed alphabetically...........................109

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First

things first – DCS stands for Directory-CumSouvenir. Now that that is clarified, I can get into the subject at hand, namely ‘the

making of the DCS’ When the Organising Committee entrusted me with the job, I was excited asit was the first time I was doing a job like that. Fortunately, the Organising committee also gave me a great team whose help was invaluable. The editorial team consisting of Girish Kumar (X H), Narendranath TP (X B) and Rajkumar M (X C), did a commendable job. My special thanks to all the Sub-committee members. Locating about half the batch-mates after a gap of fifty years was a big thrill shared by all members of the core team. But one big disappointment was getting the address or email IDs of people but not getting a peep out of them, for or against what we were doing. Sad but true; 25% of the people whose email IDs we got, did not reply to any of our mails! Another issue was that of batch-mates who did not have email IDs. Quite a large number of them did not and we managed to contact quite a few by phone and post. The DCS is incomplete because only about half of our batchmates are represented there. We plan to archive the data sheets and photos sent to us and hope that shortly the batch-mates who could not or would not give their details will also come forward and help make the next issue of the DCS more complete. If you are a batch-mate who is not represented here, contact us at <mohmats@gmail.com>. On behalf of the DCS Sub-committee, I wish to put on record our appreciation for all the batch-mates who have responded positively and also encouraged us by giving positive comments. A big thank you. Chairaman, DCS Sub-committee (KURIEN MATHEW)

foreword

Fifty

years – half a century - is a substantially long period of time in the life of a human being. We, the students of Standard X in Model High School in the year 1965, have crossed that long span of time since our school days. We now stand with the experience that the joys and anguishes, successes and difficulties that this long period of life have contributed to mould the different aspects of our lives. The scriptures have taught from time immemorial that there are symbolically three principal stages in a human life, namely, Youth, Manhood and Age. In ‘Youth’, we are to occupy our minds in the attainment of useful knowledge which will make us equipped for our ensuing life, in ‘Manhood’, we may apply that knowledge to the discharge of our duties to our profession, family, society and ourselves. It is in ‘Age’ that we may have the liberty to enjoy the happy reflections of a life well spent. We,who in 1965, were in the threshold of teen age, being 14 or 15 year olds, clothed in shorts and many not regular users of footwear, now in our mid-sixties, strengthened by our education &experiencehave reached the third stage, ‘Age’, of our lives. Age had always been the crowning glory of man. It affords an opportunity to look back and contemplate upon the past and it is from the benefit of the experiences of the past that the present receives its wisdom. We, my dear friends, are in that privileged position. Our generation has had many advantages. We were in the vanguard of the so called ‘Third Wave’ of human development. We saw, in a short span of a few decades, rapid developments in transportation, communication and dissemination of knowledge. And the pace of such changes is accelerating. These have made a drastic difference in the manner we studied, worked and lived, vis-à-vis that of our children & grand- children.Our success in life, at our age, is to adapt ourselves, to the extent possible, to these inevitable changes and take advantage of the good and useful aspects of these changes.

For the last several years, ideas have been floated on having a forum where the 1965 batch can meet. But nothing concrete had evolved. Last year, the realisation dawned on many of us that we are reaching that magical figure of 50 years of our emerging out ofour school days. When more of us were contacted, the enthusiasm was palpable. It gave us the confidence to go ahead and initiate the activities for organising this Event. The first few meetings had the presence of only a few of us. Then the attendance and enthusiasm snow balled and the matters started moving and that too rapidly. Ideas emerged and many have reached a concrete form, as you can see. One of the initial suggestions that emerged was a re-print of the 1965 School Magazine. Instead of making hard copies, we decided to make use of the current digital technologies available and hosted the digital version of our 1965 Magazine on the Web. A logical extension was a Souvenir in connection with our GOLDEN 65 Get-together. The need for a Directory which will put us in touch with our classmates and inclusion of the 1965 group photos of the Divisions were mooted. These also were decided to be made part of the publication. The contribution of Kurien Mathew in publishing this Souvenir Cum Directory has been immense. He has almost as a solo effort handled the work right from collecting the data from our classmates thro’ all the stages of preproduction to the present printed form. Our expectation is that this ublication will not only take our class mates ‘Down the Memory Lane’ to our days in Model School, but will also act as a ‘Bridge’ linking us in the future. We will also maintain a version on the Web, which can be updated with personal data on those who are not represented now. For the Organising Committee, President (RAVINDRAN T.)

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am extremely happy to note that ‘Model School Golden ‘65’ is bringing out a Souvenir in connection with their get-together of students of 1965 SSLC batch. They are rendering a vital role in connection with Model 21’C’ programme. I wish their venture all success and hope that in the years to come the ‘Model School ‘65’ would continue to play the great role assigned to it. I wish the Souvenir every success.

K K Oormila Devi Principal Headmistress Thiruvananthapura 04.01.2016

SRI. V. KUTTAN PILLAI OUR HEADMASTER

Guruvandanam

for the teachers who are with us now

GOVERNMENT MODEL HIGH SCHOOL, TRIVANDRUM X - A (1964-65)

Sitting (left to right): K. Sankara Prasad, P. Damodaran Nair, GopalanNsir, A.G. Krishnan Unnithan, V.K. Pillai (Head Master), A.Gopalakrishna Iyer, N. Madhavan Pillai, K. Krishan Kumar. Standing (1st row, left to right) R. Natarajan, B.Balakrishanan, B. Harikumar, K.R. Ramakrishnan, P. Rajasekhar, Sunny Mathew, S. Sukumaran, K. Arumugham Pillai, K. Rajagopal, K. R. Sugathan, V. Saseendran, T.U. Sajeevan, K.G. Viswanath, A.Sridhar. Standing (2nd row, left to right) P. Ramachandran Nair, K. Padmakumar, H. Subramania Iyer, Jalaludeen, T. Sukumaran Nair, R. Muralidharan, S. Muralidas, V. Hariharan, V.S. Sreekumar, R. sasikumarA. PadmanabhanThampi, M.K. SujanV. Vijaya Mohan.

GOVERNMENT MODEL HIGH SCHOOL, TRIVANDRUM X - C (1964-65)

Sitting (left to right): S. Krishnamoorthy, K. Divakaran Nair, S. Balakrishna Iyer, H.P. Mohammed, A.G.K. Unnithan, V.K.Pillai (Head Master), P.V. Achari, S. Sadanandadasan Nair, V. Ramsubramania Iyer, S. Wallace Dharmaraj, S. Reghuraman Potti. Standing (1st row, left to right) S. Surendran, R. Hariharan, K. Narayanan Unni, C.P.Gireesan, S. Reghuprasad, G. Muralidharan Pillai, A. Mohammed Kasim, K. Haridas, S.S. Hussain, S. Ashok, V. Ravindran Nair, P. Suseelan. Standing (2nd row, left to right) P. Nagarajan, K.G.. Gopakumar, G. Jyothish Chandran, M. Rajkumar, M.P. Purushothaman, T.V. Narayananswamy, J. William Jhony, M. Ramachandran, John. K. Thomas, G. RaveendranathaPanicker, V. Balagopal, K. Ajith Prasad, S.P. Asok Kumar, V. Mohini Kumaran, N. Ravindra Kumar.

GOVERNMENT MODEL HIGH SCHOOL, TRIVANDRUM X - D (1964-65)

Sitting (left to right): Sreedharan Pillai, Ramasubramanya Iyer, Madhavan Pillai, Unnithan, Kuttan Pillai, Ramachandra Iyer, Peer Muhammed, Viswnatha Iyer, Balachandran Nair. Standing (1st row, left to right) Venugopalan Thampi, Krishanoorthy N., Sunny George, Surendra Babu, Thomas Tharakan, Subramoniam. Standing (2nd row, left to right) Sekhar PS., P.T. Thomas, K.S. Prasannakumar, C.I. Thameem, Radhakrishnan S., Harikumar, Sarathchandran S., Nandana Menon R., Vijayakumar,

GOVERNMENT MODEL HIGH SCHOOL, TRIVANDRUM X - E (1964-65)

Sitting (left to right): Gopalan Nair, RamasubramanyaIyer, Viswanathan sir, Peer Mohammed, Balakrishna Iyer, Kuttan Pillai, Janardhanan Pillai, Ramachandran Iyer, Unnithan,Wallace Dharmaraj, Murugan S. Standing (1st row, left to right) Brahmanandam, Narayanan, Prem Sudhaker, Prakash Gnanasingh, Venugopal P.K, Srirangan, Pauldas, Perumal SI, Madhu Nair, Subramaniam P, Sundaravarathan, Velayudham, Krishnamoorthy, Balasubramaniam, Subbaraman, Gomathynayagam. Standing (2nd row, left to right) Mariappan, Ganapathy, Moorthy NK, Sridhar S, Sankarnarayanan, Pattabhiraman, Ramachandran, Dhanushkodi, Janardhanan Pillai, Thiruvadinatha Pillai, Kumaresan, Krishnaswamy A, Krishnaswamy M, Sankaran M, Pazhani.

GOVERNMENT MODEL HIGH SCHOOL, TRIVANDRUM X - G (1964-65)

Sitting (left to right): Madhavan Pillai, Damodaran Pillai, ………, Ramakrishna Pillai, KuttanAsari, HariharaIyer, Kuttan Pillai, Unnithan, Velappan Achari, Gopinathan Nair, Ramachandran Iyer, Satheesh Sathyan. Standing (1st row, left to right) Balasubramony, MadhavanKutty, Gopalakrishnan LR, Thomas PJ, Gopakumar M, Nair KP, Venugopal, Gopakumar G, George Philip, Joseph Mani, Surarshan I, Kurien Mathew, ..…, Mathew M Oommen, Sreekumaran Nair, Ramaswamy J, Ashokan D, Ramachandran Thampi. Standing (2nd row, left to right) Namboothiri DP, Ayyappan Nair G, Krishna Kumar KP, Antony Joseph M, Viswanathan, Antony CV, Krishnan Nair M, Baji Kumar S., Rajan A, Godwin NS, Kose John, Dileep Cherian V, Ramesh Kailas S, Gopalkrishnan, RajendraBabu, CPhilip C, Thomas Koshie

GOVERNMENT MODEL HIGH SCHOOL, TRIVANDRUM X - H (1964-65)

Sitting (left to right): Girish Kumar K, Ramasubraonia Iyer, Jayachandran, AchuthanThampy, Unnithan, Kuttan Pillai, KuttanAsari, Gopalakrishna Iyer, Peer Muhammad, Bhagavatheeswara Sharma, Wallace Dharmaraj, Madhavan Pillai, Joshi C Haran. Standing (1st row, left to right) Ananda Kumar V, Abubaker P, Ajit Rasalam, Jayakumar A, Balachandran M, Suresh Chandra Dutt, Pradeepkumar G, Ravindran T, Chandramohan R, Anandamohan T, Rajasekharan M.P, Parameswaran Nair V, Padmanabhan B, Krishna Pillai S, Harikumar M, Sasikumar R.S, Premkumar R, Keasavan Nair K, Sasikumara Panicker N, Arumugam S. Standing (2nd row, left to right) Suresh Kumar, Chidambaram R, Balasubramanian P, Subramanian V, Balachandran Nair G, Jeesha C Haran, Somalal L, Narayanan Menon S, Vijayaraghavan R, Rajukkutty S, Balakrishnan Nair P, Jayaram S, Radhakrishnan S, Ajit Kumar P, Somanathan K.

GOVERNMENT MODEL HIGH SCHOOL, TRIVANDRUM X - B (1964-65)

SASIDHARAN V S., KRISHNA KUMAR S., KUMAR S K., MOHAMMED SADIQU, HARIHARAN P N., CHANDRANBABU K., RAVICHANDRAN D., CHANDRA MOHAN V., PONNOOSE K P., KAILAS S., RAMACHANDRAN THAMPI M., NAZIRUDDIN H E., NARAYANAN NAIR V., BALAJI S., CHANDRANSEKHARAN NAIR R., JOSPEH VARGHESE M., MOHAN VARGHESE, AJEET KANDOTH KAANDY, PADMANABHA PILLAI P R., CHANDRASEKHARAN T B., SUBRAMONIAN A., RAVINDRAN NAIR R., SUKUMARAN NAIR M., HARIHARA SUBRAMANY A., GEORGE K.A., RAJKUMAR B., SREEKUMAR P., KRISHNAN G., VELAPPAN PILLAI P., GOPAKUMAR V., RAJENDRAN K .B, GOPALAKRISHNAN NAIR T., PADMANABHAN R., VARGHESE GEORGE, NAGENDRANATH TP., ABRAHAM JOSEPH, RAMACHANDRAN P R., MATHEW P T., RAJASEKHARAN T G., KUMAR H V., JANARDANAN PILLAI C.S.

GOVERNMENT MODEL HIGH SCHOOL, TRIVANDRUM X - F (1964-65)

MANJU BHASH M, PREMNATH KUKILLAYA S., MURALI M., NARAYAN KUMAR P., JACOB KURYAN., RAMESH CHANDRA BHANU., VENUGOPALAN NAIR K., SHAJI ISAAC., HARIDASS P., RAGHUNATH P M K., MOHAN KUMAR V., NINAN ABRAHAM, NAGAPRASAD B MURTHI, SADASIVAN NAIR G., MONY K V., PHILIP GEORGE , SYED FASEHUDIEN, GOPALAKRISHNAN NAIR M., PRASAD MATHEWS, SHANKAR R S., SIVARAM M., GEORGE CHANDY M., RAMACHANDRAN NAIR T P., NARENDRA PRASAD P., PRABHAKAR RAO A., VELAYDHAN S., JAYAKUMAR R., JACOB CHANDY, RENGANATHAN T S., ASOKA KUMAR P., RAMACHANDRAN R., JACOB CHACKO, SAMSON NESSIAH, SUBRAMONIAN N., SWAMIDAS RANJAN, SRIKRISHNAN R., SHAHUL HAMEED N., ANANTHA RAMAN K., VENKITACHALAM K G., CHRISTOPHER ROSS, SASIPRAKASH B., NARASIMHAN N., VICTOR N OLIVER, AKHILESWARAN AP., UMA MAHESWARAN V V., MOHAN D., SANKAR K B., VIJAYAKUMAR NAIR M., RAJEEV DESHMUKH M, MADHAV K. VAD.

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B. BALAKRISHNAN Spouse

ASHA BALAKRISHNAN Contact information: Mobile : 82812 70788 E-mail : b.balakr@gmail.com Landline : .......................... Address : Chetana, Excel park Fathima Church Rd. Elamkulam, Ernakulam Cochin 682 020 Kerala, INDIA

Special Interests :

Member: Spouse :

Personal details: Date of Birth: 30.07.1950 Date of Marriage: 20.08.1977 Children: Hemant, Vasanth Profession: Sr. Management Professional Last position held: Director ICFAI University Group Hyderabad

Reading, Current Affairs, Movies. Reading, Movies, Music

KERALAVARMA KRISHNAKUMAR

(K. KRISHNAKUMAR) Spouse

SATHI N.K. Contact information: Mobile : 94008 83722, 98951 39348 E-mail : rajakkumar@yahoo.com Landline : 0487 2383722 Address : “Jyotsna” Indiranagar Ayyanthole P.O., Thrissur 680 003 INDIA

Special Interests :

Member: Spouse :

Personal details: Date of Birth: 15.10.1950 Date of Marriage: 08.05.1977 Children: Sandhya, Sandeep K. Kumar Current

Position: Presently Asst. Professor, Dept. of Biotechnology and Biochemical Engg., Sree Buddha College of Engineering, Pattoor, ALAPUZHA Dist.

Reading, Writing, Travelling, Meeting old friends. Teaching differently abled children, Travelling, Learning Sanskrit

X-A HAMEEDKHAN MOHAMMED EBRAHIM

(H. MOHAMMED EBRAHIM) Spouse

A.M. MUNEERA BEEGUM Contact information: Mobile : 94470 22616 E-mail : ebrahim_muneera@yahoo.in Landline : 0471 2322867 Address : Suruma, 24/590 Thycaud Trivandrum 685 014 Kerala, INDIA

Personal details: Date of Birth: 29.05.1949 Date of Marriage: 18.10.1976 Children: M. Mumtaz M. Mohammed Shooja Profession: Engineer Last position held: Sr. Mechanical Engineer HCC Ltd., Mumbai

VENKITACHALAM HARIHARAN (V. HARIHARAN) Spouse

KANCHANA HARIHARAN Contact information: Mobile : +918066164004, +919845344945 E-mail : hariharan@phytotech.in Landline : Address : GB, Jupiter, Regency Magnum, Hennur Main Rd., Near Indian Academy Bangalore - 560 043 INDIA Special Interests :

Member: Spouse :

Personal details: Date of Birth: 03.06.1951 Date of Marriage: 29.01.1979 Children: Sharanya Hariharan Profession: Manufacturing and Exports of Nutraceutical ingredients and Wellness products Last position held: CEO & Managing Director

Reading, Cooking and Music Collecting antiques and artifacts, Travelling

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Dr. S. MURALIDAS Spouse

AJANTHA KUMARI T. S. Contact information: Mobile : 94954 06473 E-mail : muralidas_s@rediffmail.com Landline : 0471 2463803 Address : 41/2520-1, ‘Kavyam’, TRWA 74, Near Irum Kulangara Temple Manacaud P.O,. Thiruvananthapuram 695 009 INDIA

Special Interests :

Member: Spouse :

Personal details: Date of Birth: 01.03.1951 Date of Marriage: 03.02.1983 Children: Dr. Mrs. Anjali Profession: Research and Development Last position held: Scientist, NCESS, Thiruvananthapuram

Numismatics (coin collection), Sculpting on coconut shells Cooking

R. MURALEEDHARAN NAIR Spouse

L. BINDU KUMARI Contact information: Mobile : E-mail : Landline : Address : “Nandanam”, 22, CHGRA Cooperative Housing Garden Peroorkada P.O., Thiruvananthapuram 695 005 INDIA

Personal details: Date of Birth: 10.01.1950 Date of Marriage: 30.08.1979 Children: Deepu M., Balu M. Last position held: Sr. Administrative Assistant, Collegiate Education Department

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JALALUDDIN M. Spouse

JAMEELA M. Contact information: Mobile : 94476 96572 E-mail : jalalkaramana@gmail.com Landline : 0471 2343303 Address : Jameela Manzil 20/1438, Kunchalummoodu Karamana P.O,. Thiruvananthapuram 695 002 INDIA

Personal details: Date of Birth: 28.09.1949 Date of Marriage: 08.01.1978 Children: Janeesh Jalal, Jiyas Jalal Jamnas Jalal Last position held: Finance Manager, KSCARD Bank

RAVEENDRAN NAIR V. Spouse

LEELADEVI AMMA B.K. Contact information: Mobile : 94977 85797 raveendrannair797@gmail.com E-mail : ravindran_tvpm@yahoo.com Landline : 0471 2332770 Address : 23/9, KNRA-11 ‘Arushi’ Valiasala, Thiruvananthapuram 695 005 INDIA

Personal details: Date of Birth: 26.07.1949 Date of Marriage: 09.02.1975 Children: Anju R. Nair Ranju R. Nair Last position held: Headmaster

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K. ARUMUGHOM PILLAI Spouse

JAYANTHY . S Contact information: Mobile : 811 398 3636 E-mail : pillaik23@yahoo.in Landline : 0471 2345211 Address : 21/1779 (10 ) ‘Aiswarya’, TKRA – 81 Janatha Road’ Karamana P.O. Thiruvananthapuram 695 002 INDIA

Personal details: Date of Birth: 28.04.1948 Date of Marriage: 30.04.1980 Children: Suchitra A.J. Krishnan A.J. Last position held: Project Coordinator Special Interests : Member: Reading Spouse : House keeping

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KRISHNAN GANESHA IYER (G. KRISHNAN) Spouse

JAYASHRI T.A. Contact information: Mobile : 94460 92425 E-mail : krishnan16@yahoo.com Landline : 0471 2463028 Address : 43/1535(2), Vallakkadavu P.O,. Thiruvananthapuram 695 008 INDIA

Special Interests :

Member: Spouse :

Personal details: Date of Birth: 25.11.1950 Date of Marriage: 31.01.1980 Children: Dr Sandeep K., Dr Karthik K. Profession: Academician Last position held: Principal, Govt. College, Chavara

Ornithology Astrology

X-B SREEKUMAR KULDEEPKUMAR (S.K. KUMAR) Spouse

KALA MADHAVAN Contact information: Mobile : 94961 96470 chinappankuldeep@gmail.com E-mail : Landline : 0471 2463032 Address : B 109 Swathi Nagar West Fort Thiruvananthapuram 695 023 INDIA

Personal details: Date of Birth: 09.01.1951 Date of Marriage: 02.12.1981 Children: Swetha Kuldeep Profession: Advocate

GEORGE K.A. Spouse

SHERLY KURIEN P. Contact information: Mobile : 98956 94373 E-mail : georgekollad@gmail.com Landline : 0471 2479243 Address : 27/760, ARA-135 Moolaperoor, Athani Lane Vanchiyoor Thiruvananthapuram 695 035 INDIA

Special Interests :

Member:

Personal details: Date of Birth: 14.03.1950 Date of Marriage: 12.02.1979 Children: (Two) Profession: Retd. Bank Staff Last position held: Special Assistant

Reading

X-B GOPAKUMAR VELAYUDHAN PILLAI (GOPAKUMAR V.) Spouse

ANITHA P. Contact information: Mobile : 98956 49621 E-mail : anithagopan.79@gmail.com Landline : 0471 2430349 Address : 5/1945(2) ‘Thanal’, Ambalamukku Kowdiar P.O,. Thiruvananthapuram 695 003 INDIA

Personal details: Date of Birth: 14.11.1950 Date of Marriage: 22.03.1979 Children: Jeevan, Jithin

Last position held: Accounts Officer, KSEB

M. MOHAMED SADIQ Spouse

REMLA Contact information: Mobile : 85474 17177 E-mail : Landline : 0471 2117177 Address : RNRA-27, Reshmi Nagar Kuravankonam Muttada P O Thiruvananthapuram 695 025 INDIA

Special Interests :

Member:

Personal details: Date of Birth: 20.02.1947 Date of Marriage: 25.02.1973 Children: Mohamed Anaz S., Mohamed Shafi S., Farook Saidq Profession: Business

Reading

X-B NAGENDRANATH P. THIRUKODE (T.P. NAGENDRANATH) Spouse

ANU THIRUKODE Contact information: Mobile : 95677 65573 E-mail : npthirukode@gmail.com Landline : Address :

Special Interests :

Member: Spouse :

Personal details: Date of Birth: 09.07.1950 Date of Marriage: Children: Meenakshi Thirukode Malavika Thirukode Profession: Business Last position held: Brand Consultant, Visiting Professor & Chairman, MDP, Asian School of Business, Trivandrum

Ornithology Astrology

V. NARAYANAN NAIR Spouse

Dr. J. VIJAYAKUMARI Contact information: Mobile : 98959 24841 E-mail : Landline : 0471 2324484 Address : Kukilia Lane, KLRA-47 Jagathy P O Thiruvananthapuram 695 014 INDIA

Special Interests :

Member:

Personal details: Date of Birth: 09.07.1951 Date of Marriage: 05.05.1983 Children: N. Balgopal Last position held: Area Executive, Pharmaceutical Co. At present: Insurance Advisor, LIC and United India Insurance

Currency and Coin Collection

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H.E. NAZIRUDHEEN (T.P. NAGENDRANATH) Spouse

A. ZEENATH BEEVI Contact information: Mobile : 98475 70726 E-mail : Landline : 0471 2365235 Address : Ibrahim Manzil Kuruvikkad Vattiyoorkavu Thiruvananthapuram 695 013

Personal details: Date of Birth: 23.05.1950 Date of Marriage: 17.01.1982 Children: Haleel Ahamed, Unais Ahamed Profession: Khadi Board Last position held: Village Industries Officer

THOMAS PULLACATTIL MATHEW (MATHEW T.P.) Spouse

PRAMEELA Contact information: Mobile : 001. 630 628 3073 (USA) E-mail : tpmathew49@gmail.com Landline : 001. 630 251 1471 (USA) Address : 937 Stonehedge dr Addison60101 United States of America

Personal details: Date of Birth: 07.12.1949 Date of Marriage: 28.08.1978 Profession: Owner and CEO, Universal Mailing and Printing Services Inc.

X-B PUNNOOSE KOLATHUKALATHIL PUNNOOSE (PUNNOOSE K.P.) Spouse

ROSHINI PUNNOOSE Contact information: Mobile : 98479 17011 E-mail : anithagopan.79@gmail.com Landline : 0481 2432625 Address : ‘Kolathukalathil’, Panayapallil Sathivaothamapuram Kurichy P.O,. Kottayam 686 532 INDIA

Special Interests :

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Personal details: Date of Birth: 04.10.1950 Date of Marriage: 04.06.1978 Children: Dileep K Punnoose Deepak Jacob Punnoose Profession: Accountant Last position held: Senior Accountant

Reading spiritual books, Listening spiritual songs Reading

RAVINDRAN NAIR R. Contact information: Mobile : 94465 E-mail : ravimundanad@yahoo.in Landline : 0471 2460500 Address : Mundanad House Valiyasala Thiruvananthapuram 695 035 INDIA

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Reading

24.08.1949

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SREEKUMAR PILLAI (P. SREEKUMAR) Spouse

DEVI Contact information: Mobile : 973 633 7372 (USA) E-mail : kumarpillai50@gmail.com Landline : Address : 112, Magnolia Place Wayne, New Jersey U S A 07470

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Personal details: Date of Birth: 18.08.1950 Date of Marriage: 13.07.1981 Children: Nandini Profession: Scientist, Lâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Oreal, USA Last position held: Director, Clinical Research

Badminton, Jogging, Pickleball Yoga, Pickleball

A. SUBRAMONIAM Spouse

S. LATHA Contact information: Mobile : 94470 62619 E-mail : Landline : 0471 2492710 Address : Thrikkarthika, 55/280 Amritha Nagar, Kaimanam Pappanamcode Thiruvananthapuram INDIA

Personal details: Date of Birth: 24.02.1950 Date of Marriage: 23.05.1980 Children: S. Arun. S.Vivek Last position held: Superintendent, KSRTC At present: Insurance Advisor, LIC and United India Insurance

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M. SUKUMARAN NAIR Spouse

KARTHYAYANI AMMA Contact information: Mobile : 94475 00540 E-mail : anithagopan.79@gmail.com Landline : 0471 2330044 Address : 25/1419(1) ‘Surabhi’ SS Kovil Road Thampanoor Thiruvananthapuram 695 001 INDIA

Personal details: Date of Birth: 27.07.1949 Date of Marriage: 15.04.1980 Children: Sooraj S. Nair Sujith S. Nair Profession: Electrical Contractor Last position held: Business

CHANDRAMOHAN V. Spouse

SREEMATHI P.V. Contact information: Mobile : 98479 90178 chandramohanvc49@gmail.com E-mail : Landline : 0490 2305454 Address : “Sreemandiram” Kadirurp.O. Thalassery Kannur District

Special Interests :

Personal details: Date of Birth: 05.08.1949 Date of Marriage: 18.01.1993 Last position held: Liason Officer

Member: Reading Spouse: Reading

X-C ALEXANDER ABRAHAM KOLLAMANA (ALEXANDER K.A.) Spouse

SHIRLY ALEXANDER Contact information: Mobile : 99955 66766 E-mail : kaalexander11@gmail.com Landline : 0471 2322867 Address : Flat no. 1302, National Excellency Apts. Kalavathu Rd, Near BSNL Exchange Palarivattom Ernakulam 682025 INDIA Special Interests :

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Personal details: Date of Birth: 11.09.1950 Date of Marriage: 10.09.1978 Children: Teena, Alex Profession: HSBC BANK MIDDLE EAST Last position held: Internal Auditor

Reading, Travelling Reading, Travelling

K. MADHUSOODANAN NAIR Spouse

K. VEENA NAIR Contact information: Mobile : 94460 40020 E-mail : Landline : 2340020 Address : ‘Karuna’,19/775 MUDRA 133 Mudavanmugal Poojappura PO Thiruvananthapuram 695 012 INDIA

Special Interests :

Personal details: Date of Birth: 05.03.1951 Date of Marriage: 11.05.1980 Children: Rohit M. Roshan M. Profession: Plant Manager, Titanium Products Ltd. Last position held: Project Manager, Kilburn Chemicals Tuticorin

Member: Reading Spouse: Reading

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K. NARAYANAN UNNI Spouse

C. ROHINI Contact information: Mobile : 98950 92278 E-mail : knunni@aims.amrita.edu ammaunni@gmail.com Landline : Address : Amrita Varshini, 50/1513, AmbedkarRoad Edappally North, Kochi 682 024 INDIA

Personal details: Date of Birth: 26.12.1948 Date of Marriage: 09.05.1979 Children: C. Gayathri C. Sumithra Profession: Dentist Last position held: Principal, Amrita School of Dentistry

ASOK S. Spouse

P. VALSALAKUMARI Contact information: Mobile : 94461 01012 E-mail : Landline : 0471 232704 Address : Asok Nivas YMRA - 84 YMR Junction Nanthancode Thiruvananthapuram 695 003 INDIA

Personal details: Date of Birth: Date of Marriage: Children: Salini A., Visakh A. Profession: Professor (Zoology) Last position held: Professor & HOD TKM College of Arts & Science, Kollam

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VELLAT BALAGOPALAN (V. BALAGOPALAN) Spouse

GIRIJA BALAGOPALAN Contact information: Mobile : 9495111935 E-mail : balag123@yahoo.com Landline : 0487 2323882 Address : A-3, Govind Apartment Kundur Madam Road Thiruvambady P.O. Thrissur 680022 INDIA

Special Interests :

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Personal details: Date of Birth: 11.10.1950 Date of Marriage: 19.10.1976 Children: Shilpa Balagopalan Sharath Balagopalan Profession: Commissioned Officer, Indian Air Force Last position held: Group Captain

Freelance Writing Family Counselling, Jewelry making

GOPALAN RAVEENDRANATH PANICKER (G.RAVEENDRANATH PANICKER) Spouse

JAYA PANICKER Contact information: Mobile : 94478 20750, 94478 03091 E-mail : ravi_panicker@yahoo.com Landline : Address : Madhavi, BMRA 128D, Lane 2, Balakrishna Menon Road, Edappalli, Kochi 682024 INDIA

Special Interests : Member: Spouse :

Personal details: Date of Birth: 30.04.1951 Date of Marriage: 19.06.1977 Children: Profession: Processed food/Seafood exports Last position held: Factory Manager- KAY KAY Exports, Kochi

Reading, Travelling and Listening to Music Art & Craft teacher, Mural & Fabric painting, Jewellery making Tanjose painting on glass etc

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HARIHARAN RAMANATHAN (R. HARIHARAN) Spouse

KALYANI HARIHARAN Contact information: Mobile : 0910313340 E-mail : hariharan.kalyani@gmail.com Landline : 022 27702421 Address : 401, Gandharva CHS Ltd, Plot no 38, Sector 40, Seawoods, Nerul Navi Mumbai INDIA

Personal details: Date of Birth: 14.01.1951 Date of Marriage: 24.08.1981 Children: Veena Rajesh Sreeram Hariharan Profession: Business

MADHAVAN PILLAI RAJKUMAR (RAJKUMAR M.) Spouse

Dr. USHAKUMARI K.R. Contact information: Mobile : 9446570723 E-mail : emmarkay@gmail.com Landline : 0471 2320723 Address : Archana 173, First Street Gandhinagar Thiruvananthapuram 695 014 INDIA

Special Interests : Member: Spouse :

Personal details: Date of Birth: 11.02.1952 Date of Marriage: 06.09.1981 Children: R. Nandakishore R.Jayakishore Profession: Management Consultant and Trainer, Faculty in Management Last position held: Director(Admn. & Fin.) Vegetable and Fruit Promotion Council, Keralam

Social work: Active member of Ys Men International (South West India Region),Travel, Listening Carnatic Music Social work, Travel

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MURALEEDHARAN PILLAI G. Spouse

VIJAYALEKSHMI C. Contact information: Mobile : 98958 08493, 94956 48448 E-mail : muraliviji2001@gmail.com Landline : Address : ‘Dhanya’ 24, Aiswarya Gardens Vazhayila Thiruvananthapuram 695 005 INDIA

Personal details: Date of Birth: 03.06.1948 Date of Marriage: 09.11.1975 Children: Dhanya, Meenu Last position held: Sr. Engineer, Keltron

SUBBARAYAN POTTY RAGHURAMAN POTTY (RAGHURAMAN POTTY S.) Spouse

LEKSMIAMMAL K. Contact information: Mobile : 98955 43792 E-mail : Landline : 0471 2468698 Address : 42/881 [5], Chaitanya Sreenagar 27 D Thiruvananthapuram 695 008 INDIA

Personal details: Date of Birth: 18.02.1951 Date of Marriage: 24.08.1977 Children: R. Nandakishore R.Jayakishore Profession: Accounts Officer Last position held: Accounts Officer, KSEB

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RAVEENDRAN NAIR V. Spouse

K. VIJAYAKUMARY Contact information: Mobile : 99953 94101 E-mail : Landline : 0471 2343600 Address : 21/403, Sastha Bhavan Nedumcaud Road Karamana Thiruvananthapuram 695 002 INDIA

Personal details: Date of Birth: 24.06.1947 Date of Marriage: Children: Sreekumar V R Sreekanth V R Profession: Photographer

HUSSAIN S.S. Spouse

A. BEENA Contact information: Mobile : 94472 89649 E-mail : hussainsarangi@yahoo.co.in Landline : Address : 11/384 (2) Dewaswom Board Junction Thiruvananthapuram 695 008 INDIA

Personal details: Date of Birth: 01.06.1950 Date of Marriage: Children: Profession: Advocate

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HARIKUMAR KRISHNAN NAIR (K. HARIKUMAR) Spouse

ASHA HARIKUMAR Contact information: Mobile : 94460 60161 E-mail : harikumars22@hotmail.com Landline : 0471 2725428 Address : “Vijaysree”, 22, Temple Road, Sasthamangalam Thiruvananthapuram 695 010 INDIA

Special Interests :

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Personal details: Date of Birth: 14.02.1949 Date of Marriage: 11.09.1978 Children: Shyamkrishna H. Balshankar H. Profession: Officer, State Government (Retd.) Last position held: Sr. Jt. Director, Dairy Development

Cultural activities like playing tabla, theatre, music. Travel, Gardening

KRISHNAMOORTHY N. Spouse

M.V. VIJAYALAKSHMI Contact information: Mobile : 94958 04120 E-mail : nkmoothy12@gmail.com Landline : 0471 2345116 Address : “Shangri La”, 20/2871, Sivan Kovil Street, Karamana, Thiruvananthapuram 695 002 INDIA

Personal details: Date of Birth: 26.05.1950 Date of Marriage: 16.01.1981 Children: Roopa Devi Naresh Kumar

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K.S. PRASANNA KUMAR Spouse

REGEEDHA GANGADHAR Contact information: Mobile : 94470 93536 E-mail : cuckooprasannan@yahoo.co.in Landline : 0471 2477654 Address : CRA 76, Kamalalayam, Convent Road, Thiruvananthapuram 695 001 INDIA

Special Interests :

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Personal details: Date of Birth: 30.01.1950 Date of Marriage: 08.09.1979 Children: Balu Prasannan Anu Prasannan Profession: Bank Employee (Retd.) Last position held: Dy. General Manager Kerala State Cooperative Bank

Film Society activist, RC Member, FFSI.

SUBRAMANYAN K. Spouse

SARADA P. Contact information: Mobile : 94465 40538 E-mail : nkmoothy12@gmail.com Landline : 0471 2340538 Address : 15/1218 [2], â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Srikrishna, TMNA 31 Thaliyal, Karamana PO Thiruvananthapuram 695 002 INDIA

Special Interests :

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Personal details: Date of Birth: 14.03.1950 Date of Marriage: 25.01.1981 Children: Ramaswamy S. Sreevidya S. Profession: Govt. Servant (Retd.) Last position held: Office Supdt., Govt. Central Press, Trivandrum

Music, Reading Reading

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S. SURENDRA BABU Spouse

SATHYABHAMA P. Contact information: Mobile : 86060 21797 E-mail : Landline : Address : 28/1942, Fort P.O. Thiruvananthapuram INDIA

Personal details: Date of Birth: 19.10.1948 Date of Marriage: 14.09.1972 Children: S. Deepu Shankar S. Deepa Shankar Profession: ISRO (Retd.) Last position held: Sr. Photographer

THAMEEM C.I. Spouse

SABIDA P.A. Contact information: Mobile : 82815 67057 E-mail : thameemsabitha@gmail.com Landline : 0471 2366259 Address : 6/1484, Plot No. 3, PTP Nagar Thiruvananthapuram 695 038 INDIA

Personal details: Date of Birth: 02.05.1949 Date of Marriage: 24.04.1977 Children: Harish I.T. Harsha I.T. Profession: KSRTC Employee (Retd.) Last position held: Station Master

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SUBRAMONEY GANAPATHY (GANAPATHY S.) Spouse

ANURADHA GANAPATHY Contact information: Mobile : 99406 84540 E-mail : ganapathy50@yahoo.com Landline : 044 24742394 Address : Flat No.R2, 1st Floor, Chandrasekar Kurinji Flats, 14, Rukmani Street, West Mambalam, Chennai 600033 INDIA

Special Interests :

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Personal details: Date of Birth: 25.12.1950 Date of Marriage: 22.03.1984 Children: G.Bharath Subramanian G.Adarsh Kailash Profession: Bank Employee (Retd.) Last position held: Asst. General Manager State Bank of Travancore

Teaching, Sports (Cricket, Football), Music, Reading Teaching (Pre-school), Music, Volley Ball

JANARDHANAN PILLAI S. Spouse

VASANTHA T. Contact information: Mobile : 90378 28493 E-mail : Landline : 0471 2345224 Address : ‘Nalanda’, HSRA C-38, Kalady, Kulathara Thiruvananthapuram 695 002 INDIA

Personal details: Date of Birth: 31.05.1948 Date of Marriage: 30.04.1990 Children: Mahalekshmi V.J. Profession: Govt. Servant (Retd.) Last position held: Asst. General Manager, KSRTC

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PRAKASH GNANASINGH J. Spouse

SHOBA PRAKASH Contact information: Mobile : 94477 06216 E-mail : bethelcaprakash@gmail.com Landline : 0471 2306216 Address : Bethel, Thara 331, AKG-Kunnukuzhi Road Thiruvananthapuram 695 034 INDIA

Personal details: Date of Birth: 21.04.1950 Date of Marriage: 14.05.1984 Children: Ashwina Gracia Profession: Chartered Accountant

PREM SUDHAKER E. Spouse

NIRMALA ANNIE PREM Contact information: Mobile : 94475 25050 E-mail : prem.sudhaker@gmail.com Landline : 0471 2470206 Address : ‘Mizpah’, PRA G 10, GPO Lane Thiruvananthapuram 695 001 INDIA

Special Interests :

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Personal details: Date of Birth: 24.09.1950 Date of Marriage: 27.12.1972 Children: Prenitha Prem Sunitha Prem Profession: Dental Surgeon Last position held: Private Practice for 41 years.

Driving Gardening

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THIRUVADINATHA PILLAI K. Spouse

D. RAJALEKSHMI AMMAL Contact information: Mobile : 90483 59230 E-mail : ktpillai60@gmail.com Landline : 0471 2306216 Address : 21/574 (1), Bhagavathy Nagar, Karamana PO Thiruvananthapuram 695 002 INDIA

Special Interests :

Member:

Personal details: Date of Birth: 24.04.1950 Date of Marriage: 15.05.1980 Children: Abhilash T. Krishna Bhuma T. Krishna Profession: Director, Good Methods Software Solutions Pvt Ltd.

Reading, Share Market

SUNDARA VARATHAN V. Spouse

KRISHNAVENI S. Contact information: Mobile : 94863 88914 sundaravarathanchitra@gmail.com E-mail : Landline : 0465 270498 Address : â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Shrinivas, 1/137 Pamman, Opp. Vasantha Lane, Marthandam 629 165 Tamil Nadu INDIA

Special Interests :

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Personal details: Date of Birth: 25.06.1947 Date of Marriage: 14.09.1972 Children: Vijayachitra R. Sheeba

Badminton [Shuttle], Music

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SUBRAMANIAN MURUGAN (S. MURUGAN) Spouse

SUJA MURUGAN Contact information: Mobile : 94477 22777 E-mail : muruganmerryland@gmail.com Landline : 0471 2725555 Address: ‘SreeVisakh’, Cotton Hill School Road, Edapazhanji Thiruvananthapuram 695 010 INDIA

Personal details: Date of Birth: 28.03.1949 Date of Marriage: 21.01.1986 Children: Visakh Subramaniam Saranya Subramaniam Profession: Business

SUBRAMANIAM SRIDHAR (S. SRIDHAR) Spouse

HEMAMALINI K. Contact information: Mobile : 9884375733 (Chennai) E-mail : chalai683@yahoo.co.in Landline : 0471 2470206 Address : No.2/6, V O C Third Cross Street Kodambakkam Chennai 600 024 INDIA

Personal details: Date of Birth: 15.11.1949 Date of Marriage: 22.11.1981 Children: Soorya Sridhar Swetha Sridhar Profession: Materials Management Last position held: Warehouse Manager, Emirates Telecommunication Corporation Dubai, U A E

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SUBRAMONY A. Spouse

NANTHI A. Contact information: Mobile : 93877 90858 E-mail : asmony45@gmail.com Landline : 0471 2452451 Address: ‘Vairam’, Eanchakkal Junction Thiruvananthapuram 695 008 INDIA

Personal details: Date of Birth: 19.06.1949 Date of Marriage: 12.06.1978 Children: Aravind S. Nithya S. Profession: Business

SANKARAN M. Spouse

KAMALAM N. Contact information: Mobile : 98470 67098 E-mail : msnamma@yahoo.com Landline : 0471 2493270 Address: ‘‘Raj’, MRAC 5 Mangalassery Lane, Vinayak Nagar Pappanamcode PO Thiruvananthapuram 695 018 INDIA

Special Interests :

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Personal details: Date of Birth: 13.01.1950 Date of Marriage: 31.10.1980 Children: K. Vidya Sankar S. Vijai Sankar Profession: Bank Employee, SBT Last position held: Special Asst. SBT Supervisor AG’s Office

Catering business Catering business

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SIVARAM MADHAVAN NAIR (SIVARAM M.) Spouse

PADMAKUMARI P.S. Contact information: Mobile : 92499 99926 E-mail : msivaram50@gamil.com Address : KERA A-53/1 Kakulam Peyad Thiruvananthapuram 659 573

Special Interests :

Personal details: Date of Birth: 30.06.1950 Date of Marriage: Children: Last Position held: Branch Manager, FRAI Thiruvananthapuram

Member: Games, Sports Spouse: Music

SHAJI ISAAC Spouse

MARY Contact information: Mobile : +9187482 21031 E-mail : isaacfamily@yahoo.com Landline : Address : 15 Glen Rock Road, Ooty, The Nilgiris, Tamilnadu 643 001

Personal details: Date of Birth: 20.06.1949 Date of Marriage: 02.07.1973 Children: Profession: Retd. Army Officer, IT (SAP) Consultant

X-F GEORGE MATTEETHARA CHANDY (GEORGE CHANDY M.) Spouse

Dr. RACHEL GEORGE CHANDY Contact information: Mobile : +9198942 79079 E-mail : gmc@cmcvellore.ac.in Landline : 0416 2284356 Address : 243, CMC Campus Bhagyam Vellore 632 002 Tamil Nadu INDIA

Personal details: Date of Birth: 10.04.1950 Date of Marriage: 15.11.1984 Children: Dr. Gina Maryann Chandy Dr. Aashish Mathew Chandy Profession: Director & Principal – BelieversChurch Hospital & College, Thiruvalla Last position held: Director, Christian Medical College, Vellore

CHRISTOPHER ROSS (CHRISTOPHER R.) Spouse

PAMELA Contact information: Mobile : 94474 77711 E-mail : christopherros1950@gmail.com Landline : Address: 11/1273, ‘Kesroch’, Nanthancode Thiruvananthapuram 695 003 INDIA

Personal details: Date of Birth: 12.01.1950 Date of Marriage: 26.05.1975 Children: Visakh Subramaniam Saranya Subramaniam Profession: Food Corporation of India Last position held: AGM (Audit)

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HARIDAS PADMANABHAN (HARIDAS P.) Spouse

DENISE MAGUIRE Contact information: Mobile : E-mail : haridas@comcast.net Landline : Address :

Personal details: Date of Birth: 04.06.1949 Date of Marriage: 17.11.1979 Children: John, Christine, Michael Profession: Principal Research Scientist, MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA

Dr. JACOB CHACKO (JACOB CHACKO) Spouse

ELIZABETH JACOB Contact information: Mobile : 94479 56799 E-mail : jcjchacko@gmail.com Landline : 0484 2540699 Address: ‘Caleekkal’, Changampuzha Nagar, Kochi 682 033 INDIA

Personal details: Date of Birth: 10.10.1951 Date of Marriage: . .1976 Profession: Professor Last position held: Professor & Director, School of Marine Sciences, CUSAT

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JACOB KURYAN Contact information: Mobile : E-mail : j_kuryan@yahoo.com Landline : Address :

Personal details: Date of Birth: 13.05.1951 Date of Marriage: Children: Profession: Avnet Inc.

Dr. SAMSON NESSIAH Spouse

Dr. THILAGA SAMSON Contact information: Mobile : E-mail : Landline : 0471 2334036 Address: “Sunny Dale”, 14/2142, Meads Lane, Palayam Thiruvananthapuram 695 034 INDIA

Special Interests :

Personal details: Date of Birth: 12.02.1951 Date of Marriage: 14.05.1984 Children: Dr. Joan Felicita Samson Saranya Subramaniam Profession: Doctor, Prof. and HOD (Ortho), CSI Medical College, Karakonam Last position held: Principal, CSI Medical College, Karakonam

Member: Music Spouse: Music

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K. V. NAIR

(K. VENUGOPALAN NAIR) Spouse

ASHA NAIR Contact information: Mobile : +919344644841 E-mail : asha_nair45@hotmail.com Landline : Address: 11 B, Favourite Homes Dewdrops Apartments, 2/1958/44, Thekkemoodu Pottakuzhi road, Pattom, Thiruvananthapuram 695 004 INDIA

Personal details: Date of Birth: 13.04.1949 Date of Marriage: 16.01.1982 Children: Prasanth, Gayatri Profession: Architect Special Interests :

Member:

Painting

X-G VANCHITHATTIL DILEEP CHERIYAN

(DILEEP CHERIYAN V.) Spouse

MARY UKKURU P. Contact information: Mobile : 9447699047 E-mail : cheriyanvd@rediffmail.com Landline : 04712438943 Address: 4/2239(1), Kairali Nagar-6 Kuravankonam, Thiruvananthapuram 695 003 INDIA

Personal details: Date of Birth: 15.10.1950 Date of Marriage: 28.12.1980 Children: V. Kiran Cheriyan V. Aswin Cheriyan Profession: Scientist Last position held: Officer-in-Charge, Low Level Radiation Research Laboratory,Bio-Medical Group, BARC. Kollam

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ASHOKAN D. Spouse

PRASANNA ASHOKAN Contact information: Mobile : +968 9920676 (Muscat) E-mail : deashok@yahoo.com Landline : 0471 2437572 Address: ‘Anchorage’ KN Unnithan Avenue, Krishna Nagar, Peroorkada Thiruvananthapuram 695 005 INDIA

Personal details: Date of Birth: 26.10.1949 Date of Marriage: 12.08.1975 Children: Adarsh M. Asokan Profession: Professor Last Position held: Consultant Paediatrician

CHERIAN PHILIP (C. PHILIP) Spouse

LEELAMMA PHILIP Contact information: Mobile : 650 201 8114 E-mail : isaacfamily@yahoo.com Landline : 001 445 883 7396 (USA) Address : 177, Valleyview Way, South Sanfansisco, California 94080 USA

Personal details: Date of Birth: 20.11.1950 Date of Marriage: 12.08.1978 Children: Jenniffer Jeffrey Profession: Travel Agent Last Position held: Licenced Aircraft Mechanic

Special Interests :

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Travelling, Fishing Travelling, Fishing

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MOHANLAL KADAKKAL (MOHANLAL) Spouse

Dr. CHANDNI Contact information: Mobile : 001 703 2668487 (USA) E-mail : mkadakkal@hotmail.com Landline : Address: 14333 Papilion Way, Centreville, VA 20121 USA

Personal details: Date of Birth: 22.11.1950 Date of Marriage: 07.02.1982 Children: Profession: Engineer

ANTONY JOSEPH Spouse

BEENA Contact information: Mobile : 97462 30051 E-mail : mantonyjoseph@gmail.com Landline : 0484 2622338 Address : Manadan XVI/57, Nazareth Road, Aluva 683 101 INDIA

Personal details: Date of Birth: 18.06.1950 Date of Marriage: Children: Don Antony J. Sam Antony J. Profession: Professor Last Position held: Marketing Manager, KSE Ltd.

Special Interests :

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Cooking, Stiching

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GOPALAN AYYAPPAN NAIR (G. AYYAPPAN NAIR) Spouse

SHEILA A NAIR Contact information: Mobile : 99955 20211 E-mail : ganair@gmail.com Landline : 0471 2725676 Address: ‘Ayush’, 15/29 (5) Rugmini Amma Lane Vellayambalam, Sasthamangalam PO Thiruvananthapuram 695 010 INDIA

Special Interests :

Personal details: Date of Birth: Date of Marriage: Children: Profession: Engineer Last Position held:

16.04.1950 16.04.1975 Shalini A. Nair Adarsh Nair

District Electrical Inspector, Electrical Inspectorate

Member: Reading Spouse: Reading

GOPAKUMAR GOPALA PILLAI (G. GOPAKUMAR) Spouse

JAYASREE S. Contact information: Mobile : 93494 33987 E-mail : ggkumar@gmail.com Landline : 04672 232402 Address : 'Gangtri', Manadan XVI/57, Nazareth Road, Aluva 683 101 INDIA

Special Interests :

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Personal details: Date of Birth: 12.02.1951 Date of Marriage: 24.04.1980 Children: Profession: Professor Current Position: Vice Chancellor, Central University of Kerala,Kasaragod. Travelling, Reading, Public Speeches, Enjoying nature Fabric & Mural Painting, Cooking, Reading, Enjoying nature

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N.S. GODWIN

(NIRMAL SURAJ GODWIN) Spouse

THANGA GODWIN Contact information: Mobile : 99446 74616 E-mail : saacegodwin@gmail.com Landline : 044 22672914 Address: Peniel Cottage No 17 3rd Main Road Nanganallur Chennai 600061 Tamil nadu INDIA

Special Interests :

Personal details: Date of Birth: 17.12.1948 Date of Marriage: 21.11.1974 Children: Gordon G. Godwin Gary G. Godwin Last Position held: Accounts Manager, Food Corporation of India

Member: Cricket coaching Spouse: Gardening

GOPAKUMAR M. Spouse

JAYALAKSHMI K. Contact information: Mobile : 98471 60579 E-mail : gopan49@gmail.com Landline : 0471 2540579 Address : ‘Poornima’ C P Nagar House No 33 Muttada PO Thiruvananthapuram 695025 INDIA

Personal details: Date of Birth: 28.11.1949 Date of Marriage: 26.03.1978 Children: Anoop G. Anooja J. Profession: Retd. Senior Bank Manager Current Position: Senior Manager (Dhanalakshmi Bank)

Special Interests :

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Reading, Sports, Association activities Reading, Temple visits, Home making

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KURIEN MATHEW Spouse

ANNA MATHEW Contact information: Mobile : 94460 92425 E-mail : mohmats@gmail.com Landline : Address: 9/237, O Street (OC 3) Jawahar nagar, Kowdiar PO Thiruvananthapuram 695 003 INDIA

Special Interests :

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Personal details: Date of Birth: 04.11.1950 Date of Marriage: 09.01.1978 Children: Rohit, Divya Profession: Aeronautical Engineer Last Position held: Addl. General Manager, (HALâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;HYD)

Lean MGMT, Music, Photography Music, Social work

KOSE JOHN Spouse

TERESA A. JOHN Contact information: Mobile : 646 6782403 (USA) E-mail : kjohn@stern.nyu.edu Landline : 21 29980337(USA) Address : 44 West 4th Street, New York, NY 10012 USA

Personal details: Date of Birth: 27.03.1951 Date of Marriage: Children: Cyriak, Helena, Timothy Profession: Professor Last Position held: Professor of Banking and Finance, Charles William Gerstenberg

Special Interests :

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Kerala miracle Charity, Accounting

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KRISHNAN NAIR M. Spouse

RAJI MENON B. Contact information: Mobile : 98952 33490 E-mail : rajikrishnan25@hotmail.com Landline : 0471 2723042 Address: G-6, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Tharanilayam Vellayambalam Thiruvananthapuram 695 010 INDIA

Personal details: Date of Birth: 22.12.1950 Date of Marriage: 23.08.1988 Children: Profession: Advocate

GOPAL L. RAMANATHAN (L.R. GOPALAKRISHNAN) Spouse

VIJAYA VAIDYANATH Contact information: Mobile : +61 405 614 321 E-mail : gopal.ramanathan@gmail.com Landline : +61 394 817 292 Address : Unit 12 3 Miller Street Fitzroy North Melbourne, VIC 3068 Australia

Special Interests : Member:

Personal details: Date of Birth: 03.07.1950 Date of Marriage: 07.11.1979 Children: Anisha Gopal Ananth Gopal Profession: Academic Publishing Last Position held: Senior Sales Executive, Cambridge University Press, Australia & New Zealand

New Zealand Carnatic Music Society, Carnatic Music Circle Melbourne

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MADHAVANKUTTY NANDILETH (N. MADHAVANKUTTY) Spouse

NIRMALA MADHAVANKUTTY Contact information: Mobile : 99954 37442 E-mail : madhavanconscious@gmail.com Landline : 0471 4064464 Address: 3A Cotton Hill Heights Vazhuthacaud Thiruvananthapuram 695 010 INDIA

Personal details: Date of Birth: 22.11.1950 Date of Marriage: 11.07.1981 Children: Profession: Journalist Last Position held:

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Consulting Editor, Deshabhimani

Music, Travel, Films, History, Literature Nature, Gardening, Baking

MATHEW MAMMOOTTIL OOMMEN (MATHEW M. OOMMEN) Spouse

Dr. MARIAAMMA JACOB Contact information: Mobile : 94478 81576 E-mail : mathew_m_oommen@hotmail.com Landline : 0471 2555494 Address : Mammottil 24, Madathuvila Lane Medical College P O Thiruvananthapuam 695 011 INDIA

Personal details: Date of Birth: 04.07.1950 Date of Marriage: 26.01.1978 Children: Mammoottil Oommen Mathew Dr. Asha Elizabeth Mammen Profession: Professor and HOD Dept. of Zoology, University of Kerala

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N CHANDRASEKHARAN

Contact information: Mobile : 98211 27166 E-mail : ncs@rajgrp.com Landline : Address :

Personal details: Date of Birth: 07.12.1949 Date of Marriage: Children: Last Position held: Head, SBU, Gulf Oil Corporation Ltd. Mumbai

PARAMESWARAN NAMBOOTHIRI D. Spouse

ANILA P. NAMBOOTHIRI (Late) Contact information: Mobile : 99610 57412 E-mail : namboothiridp@gmail.com Landline : Address : Kainikkara Sreemana, Vallicode P.O.; 689 648 Pathanamthitta Dist. INDIA

Personal details: Date of Birth: 26.02.1951 Date of Marriage: 13.07.1977 Children: Profession: Mechanical Project Field Current Position: Vice-President (Projects)

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PHILIP GEORGE (GEORGE PHILIP) Spouse

MARY Contact information: Mobile : 001 954 439 3337 (USA) E-mail : mohanpg49@yahoo.com Landline : 001 954 491 1949 (USA) Address : 3070 NE, 47 Street, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 33308 USA

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Personal details: Date of Birth: 21.12.1949 Date of Marriage: 13.04.1978 Children: Last Position held: Physician (Internal Medicine)

Music, Cricket, Bible study, teaching Scripture reading

POLAYIL JOSEPH THOMAS (P.J. THOMAS)

Spouse PHILOMINA THOMAS Contact information: Mobile : +919013130077 E-mail : thomas13151@yahoo.com Landline : 0124 2300345 Address : 66 HEWO Apartments Sector 15 Part 2 Gurgaon 122 001 INDIA

Personal details: Date of Birth: 13.01.1951 Date of Marriage: 20.10.1980 Children: James Thomas P.J. Antony Profession: Government Service Last Position held: Central Vigilance Commissioner, New Delhi

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RAJAN APPUKUTTAN (RAJAN A.) Spouse

SARASWATHY AMMA Contact information: Mobile : 94471 33129, 90207 33139 E-mail : araajannair@gmail.com Landline : 0471 4064464 Address : No-3 Sree Parvathy , Gandhari Residential Assn. Thiruvananthapuram 695 001 INDIA

Personal details: Date of Birth: 07.09.1949 Date of Marriage: 26.11.1978 Children: Last Position held: Bank Officer (Retd.)

G. RAJENDRA BABU

Spouse SREEDEVI BABU Contact information: Mobile : 93877 30460 E-mail : thomas13151@yahoo.com Landline : 0471 2477136 Address : Kailas, 30/865 KNRA â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 104, Pettah Thiruvananthapuram 695 024 INDIA

Personal details: Date of Birth: Date of Marriage: Children: Gouri Gokul Raj Profession: Trading Business of Professional / Industrial Electronics Components

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RAMACHANDRAN P. Spouse

GEETHA S. Contact information: Mobile : 93882 55558 E-mail : jayankalady32@gmail.com Landline : 0471 4064464 Address : Pailingal House HSRA 45-A, Kalady Karamana P O Thiruvananthapuram 695 002 INDIA

Personal details: Date of Birth: 01.11.1950 Date of Marriage: 26.09.1976 Children: Smitha R.G. (Late) Profession: Entertainment Field (Acting) Last Position held: Process Supervisor, TTP Ltd.

JANARDHANAN RAMASWAMY (RAMASWAMY J.)

Spouse M. SANTHA KUMARI Contact information: Mobile : 94477 11571 E-mail : jeyares1950@gmail.com Landline : Address : Basanth, VI/432 C Bund Road, Maradu PO, Kochi 682 304 INDIA

Personal details: Date of Birth: 01.10.1949 Date of Marriage: 03.02.1977 Children: Bijoy R.S. Binoy R.S. Profession:

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RAVINDRAN K. Spouse

GIRIJA Contact information: Mobile : 98862 28800 E-mail : ravindran353@gmail.com Address : 353, Rainbow Drive, Sarjapur Road, Bangalore 560 035 INDIA

Special Interests :

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Personal details: Date of Birth: 17.09.1950 Date of Marriage: 09.12.1979 Children: (One) Profession: Business Last Position held: Director (Alternate Auto Concepts)

Motor sports, Shooting, HAM Radio

SATHEESH SATHYAN M. Contact information: Mobile : 94470 96699 E-mail : satheeshsathyan51@gmail.com Landline : Address : â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Syamaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 13/485 Thampuran Mukku Thiruvananthapuram 695 035 INDIA

Personal details: Date of Birth: 06.04.1951 Date of Marriage: Children: Last Position held: Laison and Public Relation Officer Sarabhai Institute of Science & Technology

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SREEKUMARAN NAIR M. Spouse

PADMAKUMARI AMMA Contact information: Mobile : 98951 15088 E-mail : sreekumarannairm@gmail.com Landline : 0471 2332478 Address : 25/872, ETRA-280 ‘Thiruvathira’ Thycaud P.O. Thiruvananthapuram 695 014 INDIA

Personal details: Date of Birth: 07.02.1951 Date of Marriage: 15.01.1976 Children: Padmakumar P.S. Padmapriya P.S. Profession: Accounts Officer (Retd.) Last Position held: Employeer Provident Fund Organisation.

THOMAS KOSHIE Spouse

GRACE KOSHIE Contact information: Mobile : +9198204 51440, +9187148 24970 E-mail : tkoshie@hotmail.com Landline : 02 502384677 Address : A 705, Pearl, Rajhans dreams, Stella, Barampur, Vasai west, Maharashtra INDIA

Special Interests :

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Personal details: Date of Birth: 10.12.1950 Date of Marriage: 30.05.1977 Children: Sunil Koshie Sarah Koshie Profession: Indian Oil Corporation Last Position held: Chief Manager, Operations, MSO, Mumbai

Fellow, Institution of Engineers Banking (Former Director, Federal Bank)

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CHANDRA VENUGOPAL (C. VENUGOPAL) Spouse

SUSHAMA VENUGOPAL Contact information: Mobile : 1 561 685 0730 (USA) E-mail : pravaasi@aol.com Landline : +001 001 561 793 4931 (USA) Address : 14728 Rolling Rock Place, Wellington FL 33414 USA Kattoor house, Thycaud P.O. Thiruvananthapuram 695 014 INDIA

Special Interests :

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Personal details: Date of Birth: 07.09.1951 Date of Marriage: 05.05.1976 Children: Saritha Nambiar Vineet Venugopal Profession: President, Cardiology Partners, USA Current Position: Cardiologist.

Tennis, Travel Gardening, Yoga, Travel

R. VENUGOPALAN NAIR Spouse

A.R. DEEPTHIKUMARI Contact information: Mobile : 98472 41377 E-mail : novmach@gmail.com Landline : 0471 24739871 Address : Ramapatham, 79/626-627 SRA-4, Menathy Lane Sachivothama Road Manacaud P.O. Thiruvananthapuram 695 009 INDIA

Personal details: Date of Birth: 02.09.1948 Date of Marriage: 24.05.1981 Children: Drisya Venugopal Last Position held: Manager, Travel related services Kerala Travels

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AJITH K. KUMAR (K. AJITH KUMAR) Spouse

MEERA J. KUMAR Contact information: Mobile : 1 814 873 09180 (USA) E-mail : ajith.kumar1@ge.com ajithmeera@gmail.com Landline : 1 814 866 2624 (USA) Address : 528 Donna Dr, Erie PA 16509 U S A

Personal details: Date of Birth: 31.10.1951 Date of Marriage: 31.01.1982 Children: Aparna Costa Archana Kumar Profession: Engineer Current Position: Consulting Engineer, General Electric.

VISWANATH KUMAR ANAND (ANANDKUMAR V.) Spouse

GOURI ANAND Contact information: Mobile : E-mail : kumar_vanand@hotmail.com Landline : 0471 2371090 Address : VI/14-A, Thejus, Pallimukku Kallayam PO Thiruvananthapuram 695 043 INDIA

Special Interests : Member:

Personal details: Date of Birth: 21.07.1951 Date of Marriage: 27.04.1978 Children: Ajeeth Viswanath Adarsh Sankar Profession: Bank Employee Last Position held: Manager, Union Bank of India

Music, Repairs (Electronic & Electrical equipments, Bikes, Cars etc)

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BALACHANDRAN M. Spouse

SUDHA Contact information: Mobile : 99469 90900 E-mail : Landline : 0484 2323372 Address : 9C, Manimeda, Autumn Dale, Vidya Nagar, Ernakulam -682 020 INDIA

Personal details: Date of Birth: 05.08.1950 Date of Marriage: 07.09.1978 Children: Subala Menon S. Profession: Business

BALASUBRAMONIAN P. Spouse

LATHA BALASUBRAMANIAN Contact information: Mobile : 62 81510364480, 60 127897969 E-mail : lathaandbala@gmail.com Landline : 0471 2371090 Address : 6C, SCBD Suites, Jln,Jen Sudirman kav. 52/53 Jakarta 12190 INDONESIA

Special Interests :

Personal details: Date of Birth: 02.05.1950 Date of Marriage: 11.09.1978 Children: Profession: Tea Taster, Tea trading Last Position held: Director

Member: Music Spouse: Music

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CHANDRAMOHAN NAIR (R. CHANDRAMOHAN) Spouse

LATHA Contact information: Mobile : +9198400 20304 E-mail : mohannair5@gmail.com Landline : 44 24570708 Address : 3 AE, Srimayam, 18 First seaward road, Valmiki nagar Thiruvanmiyur, Chennai 600 041 INDIA

Special Interests :

Personal details: Date of Birth: 02.03.1950 Date of Marriage: 24.01.1977 Children: Vikram Prarthana Profession: Business Last Position held: Director

Member: Music Spouse: Music

RAJAGOPALAN CHIDAMBARAM

(R. CHIDAMBARAM) Spouse

MEENA CHIDAMBARAM Contact information: Mobile : 9387802199 E-mail : tvm_archid@yahoo.com Landline : 0471 2314162 Address : Srikrishna Keston Road Kowdiar P.O INDIA

Personal details: Date of Birth: 02.06.1950 Date of Marriage: 06.11.1978 Children: Profession: Chartered Accountant Last Position held: Own practice

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K. GIRISH KUMAR Spouse

JAYSHREE Contact information: Mobile : 93878 74737 E-mail : girishkumar8@gmail.com Landline : Address : Prasanthi 7/780, Maruthankuzhy JN. Kanjirampara P.O., Thiruvananthapuram 695 030 INDIA

Personal details: Date of Birth: 04.02.1951 Date of Marriage: 12.02.1978 Children: Rahul Profession: Dy. General Manager, Bank of India Last Position held: Managing Director of BOI Share Holding Ltd, a joint venture between Bank of India and The Bombay Stock Exchange

ANANDAKKUTTAN JAYAKUMAR (A. JAYAKUMAR) Spouse

P.B. SREEKUMARI Contact information: Mobile : +971 06 5554731 +971 050 2030522 E-mail : jaykayweb@gmail.com Landline : Address : Flat 303 Y A R Lootah Bldg Jamal Abdul Nasser Street, Al Majaz, Sharjah UAE

Personal details: Date of Birth: 31.05.1950 Date of Marriage: 28.05.1976 Children: Sunil, Sathish Archana, Devi Profession: Shipping, Export, Marketing Last Position held: Commercial Manager

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JAYAPRAKASH P.S. Spouse

GITA S. Contact information: Mobile : 94471 28292 E-mail : jprakash313@rediffmail.com Landline : 0471 2318420 Address : 11/345 Keston Road, Kowdiar.PO Thiruvananthapuram 695 003 INDIA

Special Interests :

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Personal details: Date of Birth: Date of Marriage: Children: Profession: Dy. Director Last Position held: Dy. Director

09.02.1952 23.11.1979 J. Anu Prakash J. Hari Prakash of Tourism (Retd.)

Reading, Travelling Reading, Travelling

JOSHI CHANDRASEKHARAN HARAN (JOSHI C. HARAN) Spouse

Prof. (Dr) V. RADHAMANI PILLAY Contact information: Mobile : 9442843091 E-mail : joshi_ch@amrita.edu Landline : Address : A2a, Amritavihar Amritanagar Ettimadai Coimbatore 641 112 INDIA

Special Interests :

Member:

Personal details: Date of Birth: 15.11.1949 Date of Marriage: 17.06.1991 Children: Priyanath J.S. Profession: Professor, Amrita School of Engineering Last Position held: Still in Service

To be on the spiritual path

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KRISHNA PILLAI S. Spouse

T. SARALA PILLAI Contact information: Mobile : 98470 70921 E-mail : pillai.krishnas@gmail.com Landline : 04742742562 Address : MWRA 10-A Sreelakshmi Kochupilamood Kollam 691001 INDIA

Special Interests :

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Personal details: Date of Birth: 08.03.1951 Date of Marriage: 22.06.1979 Children: Arun K. Pillai Siddharth K. Pillai Profession: Mechanical Engineer (Retd.) Last Position held: Chief Executive, Managing Partner

Gym, Music Music, Cooking

JEESHA C. HARAN Spouse

Dr. N. SUBHA Contact information: Mobile : 94470 29329 E-mail : jeeshac@yahoo.com Landline : 0471 2447132 Address : ‘Amritha’, BRERA 83, Kumarapuram, Medical College PO Thiruvananthapuram 695 011 INDIA

Special Interests :

Personal details: Date of Birth: 15.11.1949 Date of Marriage: Children: Profession: Doctor, Professor Last Position held: Professor & HOD, Sree Gokulam Medical College

Member: Promotion of health, spirituality Spouse: Psychiatry

X-H SRIKANDATH NARAYANA MENON

(NARAYANA MENON S.) Spouse

MEENA MENON Contact information: Mobile : 81299 43207 E-mail : snmenon2010@gmail.com Landline : 0484 2362625 Address : 40/998A, Gopika, T.D.Road Kochi 682 011 INDIA

Special Interests :

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Personal details: Date of Birth: 19.12.1949 Date of Marriage: 05.09.1976 Children: Gautham Ajay Profession: Executive, SBI Last Position held: Dy. General Manager 10

Reading, Music Reading, Movies

NELLOOLI P. RAJASEKHARAN (N. P. RAJASEKHARAN) Spouse

CHANDRIKA RAJASEKHARAN Contact information: Mobile : +9198806 38000 E-mail : nellooliraj@gmail.com Address : 213, Sobha jade, Jakkur, Yelahanka Hobli Bangalore 560 064 INDIA

Special Interests :

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Personal details: Date of Birth: 16.10.1951 Date of Marriage: 29.08.1974 Children: Krishna Raj Menon Kavitha Nambiar Profession: Director HR & Management Consultant Last Position held: Director, Internal HR CIMMYT, Mexico

Member of Mensa International Writes Poetry and Songs, Published many Malayalam songs

X-H RAJUKUTTY SEBASTIAN (RAJUKUTTY S.) Spouse

LATA RAJU SEBASTIAN Contact information: Mobile : +9198400 13009 E-mail : rs_0102@yahoo.com Landline : 044 24612037 Address : Apt. B1, VasantaMallika, 29, Warren Road Mylapore Chennai 600 004 INDIA

Special Interests :

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Personal details: Date of Birth: 01.12.1951 Date of Marriage: 06.01.1977 Children: Sanjita Raju Sebastian Meghna Raju Sebastian Profession: Engineer Last Position held: Vice President, TAFE, Chennai

Reading Social work

SASIKUMAR NARAYANA PANIKKAR (SASIKUMARA PANIKKAR N.) Spouse

LEELA PANIKKAR Contact information: Mobile : 98958 22867 E-mail : arch.panikkar@gmail.com Landline : 0471 2351266 Address : ‘Ushas’, KNRA 115, Near SBT Head Office, Poojapura Thiruvananthapuram 695 012 INDIA

Special Interests :

Member:

Personal details: Date of Birth: 24.11.1950 Date of Marriage: 06.05.1981 Children: Ajith Kumar Anitha Archana Profession: Hotelier Last Position held: General Manager, Ramada International, UAE

Art, Culture, Social Service

X-H SOMALAL L. Spouse

NIRMALA S. LAL Contact information: Mobile : 94461 53322 E-mail : Landline : 0471 2317366 Address : “Shalom”, MRA 26, Nalanda, Manchadivila Rd, Nanthancode Thiruvananthapuram 695 003 INDIA

Personal details: Date of Birth: 28.01.1950 Date of Marriage: 22.01.1979 Children: Renu S. Lal Profession: Central Govt. Employee Last Position held: Superintendent, Customs and Central Excise

Dr.SURESH CHANDRA DUTT G. (G. SURESH CHANDRA DUTT) Spouse

Dr. MAYA DUTT Contact information: Mobile : 98470 45367 E-mail : drsuresh.dutt@gmail.com Landline : 0471 2552272 Address : 1/1258, Vrindavan State Bank Nagar Poonthi Road Kumarapuram Thiruvananthapuram 695 011 INDIA

Special Interests :

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Personal details: Date of Birth: 08.03.1951 Date of Marriage: 20.01.1977 Children: Govind Dutt Arun Dutt Profession: Doctor Last Position held: Director, Malabar Cancer Centre Thalassery

Music, Environmental activities Reading, Music

X-H THRIVIKRAMAN NAIR RAVINDRAN (RAVINDRAN T.) Spouse

REKHA RAVINDRAN Contact information: Mobile : 9349333458 9846023458 E-mail : ravindran.trn@gmail.com Landline : Address : 4 B, Skyline Residency, Poojapura, Thiruvananthapuram 695 012 INDIA

Special Interests :

Personal details: Date of Birth: 23.11.1950 Date of Marriage: 10.09.1976 Children: Rakesh Ravindran Radhika Ravindran Profession: Engineering Consultant Last Position held: Director, Accel Frontline Services Ltd.

Member: Reading, Stamp Collection Spouse: Reading

RAGHAVAN VIJAYARAGHAVAN (R. VIJAYARAGHAVAN) Spouse

JAYASREE VIJAYARAGHAVAN Contact information: Mobile : 98463 13542 E-mail : Landline : Address : 9/143, The Quarterdeck Jawahar Nagar Road Kowdiar Thiruvananthapuram 695 003 INDIA

Special Interests :

Personal details: Date of Birth: 17.01.1950 Date of Marriage: 02.12.1984 Children: Soorej Swaroop Raghavan Aditya Manjeet Raghavan Profession: Editor, Journalism Dept. Uni. of Kerala Last Position held: Editor, Lab Journals, Dept. of Communication & Journalism

Member: Reading, Ship Modelling Spouse: Reading

X-H VIJAYARAGHAVAN PARAMESWARAN NAIR (V. PARAMESWARAN NAIR) Spouse

SHEELA NAIR Contact information: Mobile : 93498 07983 E-mail : jayan45@hotmail.com vp.nair@carnivalcinemas.in Landline : 484 2530625 Address : A 14, Sree Parvathy Apartment, Perumbota road, Elamakkara, Ernakulam Kochi 68 2026 INDIA Special Interests :

Member: Spouse:

Personal details: Date of Birth: 30.11.1950 Date of Marriage: 22.01.1984 Children: Gayathri Nair Profession: Finance Consultant Last Position held: Finance Consultant, Carnival Group

Reading, Travel Travel, Cooking

Others K.N.VELAYUDHAN NAIR

(K.VELAYUDHAN NAIR) Section E, left after VIII for Sainik School Spouse

USHA NAIR Contact information: Mobile : +919841744109 E-mail : knvnair_27@yahoo.com Landline : 044 43858082 (Res.) 044 71016108 (Office) Address : H8 Triumph Apartments JN salai, Arumbakkam, Chennai 600 106 INDIA

Personal details: Date of Birth: 27.04.1950 Date of Marriage: 16.05.1976 Children: Radhika Anisha Profession: Air Force/ Currently HR Director, Sodexo India, Chennai. Last Position held: Provost Marshal (Air Head, Air Force Police at Air Headquarters).

Special Interests : Member: Simple living, Spouse: Reading Special achievements: Recepient of VishishtSeva Medalfrom President of India 2007

Others NEELAKANTAN N. (NEELAKANTAN N.)

(Only up to 8th std. at ModelSchool)

Spouse

LATHA C. Contact information: Mobile : +91 9895765845 E-mail : nnmenon521@gmail.com Landline : 0484-2351225 Address : 39/4205, Bhavani, Ravipuram, MG Road, COCHIN-682016 INDIA

Personal details: Date of Birth: 02.10.1950 Date of Marriage: Children: Sreekumar Govind Chandran Last Position held: General Manager Cochin Shipyard Ltd.

BRIGADIER B.U. KUMAR (B. UDAYAKUMAR) Spouse

KALYANI KUMAR Contact information: Mobile : +919995098367 E-mail : brigbukumar@yahoo.co.uk Landline : +914842355320 (Res) Address : #201, Seven Seas Apartments, T.D.Road, Kochi 682 011 INDIA

Special Interests :

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Date of Birth: 30.11.1950 Date of Marriage: 22.05.1977 Children: Lekshmy Meenakshi Profession: Retired Army Officer, Worked in Construction Industry in Yemen and UAE. Was VP of two companies involved in Interior Fitout. Last Position held: CEO of a Project Management Consultant at Kochi

Member: Trekking, White water rafting Spouse: Trekking

BALAGOPALAN V. (X C)

our belief in our potential, Your relentless push to make us better, Your unflinching support in our weak moments,

Your enthusiasm for each of us, Your passion for making a difficult subject look easy, Your liveliness on a dull day, Your jokes and stories that made us laugh and learn, Your sweet love, Your values which are now ours, Your infinite patience, Your welcoming smile every single morning, Just a few of the many unforgettable ways in which you had touched our lives as our teacher, We would like to offer you our immeasurable gratitude; And thank you for all that you had done For us, the students of the â&#x20AC;&#x2122;65 batch.

This is my tribute for each and every teacher of the Model School who taught this great bunch of students of the 1965 batch.

ACHARYA DEVO BHAVAâ&#x20AC;&#x2020;: an ode to an exceptional teacher VENUGOPAL C (X G)

here are some childhood memories that refuse to fade with the passage of Time. There are certain persons who live on forever in oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s memory no matter where you are. Whenever I think of my high school years, these two facts merge into one and transport me to the year 1965: my final year at the Model School. Standard X G was by all means a regular batch of students for an outsider, but for me, it was an amazing period of time: it was then that I met an unforgettable personality; my class teacher Harihara Iyer Sir. Tall, fair and bespectacled, he had a slight limp that made him even more impressive in my eyes. In those impressionable early teenage years, his infectious enthusiasm captivated us tremendously. He was assigned to teach us English and Science but to me, it was his English classes that remain etched in my mind. His masterful description would literally transport us to the foggy moors, murky waters and marshy waste lands in the company of Sherlock Holmes. His colorful narratives would send a chill down our spine as he described the cry of the Hound of the Baskervilles echoing across the countryside in the dead of the night. I think it was his approach to English language that created a liking for English literature in me. It

was quite obvious that teaching was more than his passion, it was his life mission. His knowledge, dedication and commitment to teaching encouraged the students to excel in studies. During that period of time all of us had taken our teachers for granted, but over the course of time, I have become aware of the tremendous impact they had on our psyche. He was certainly one of the very best teachers I had. Half a century has gone by since those high school days, and the batch of 1965 got scattered throughout the world. Each one of the class mates have delved into their own lives with their own ups and downs, winning, losing and getting on with our own families. The irrepressible flood waters of Time have taken many of our batch mates to the other shore. Along with that our Harihara Iyer Sir also has exited. Yet after all these years, we feel the bond of shared experiences and shared memories as a common thread. As I look back, I think that it was our teachers who really molded us and helped us become who we are. So, belated as it is, I wish to give my tribute to a great teacher who has influenced me tremendously, inspired and motivated me and certainly has made a better person out of me. u

his is for those who would like to become a coin collector. Before deciding to become a numismatist one should ask two questions to himself. The first one would be “Do I have the habit of curiously observing objects that I come across?” Probably a more important question would be “Do I have the habit of pursuing a goal even if it takes a long time?” If the answer to both is yes then maybe you are the right person. Well, what is the use of coin collection or stamp collection?

start? You should first know the capacity of your purse. Then only you can decide on what to do. Never think of what you can’t acquire. Instead, find some new theme of collection which can fit your purse. For example, a collection of 1 Paisa, 1 Cent, 1 Penny and the like, which are the lowest denomination coins of countries may be a good theme and will fit anybody’s purse. May be one can concentrate on Asian countries, or one can start a collection of same diameter coins of different countries. One can concentrate on differences in diameter, weight and material of the same denomination coin of different countries. Well, there are several ways of doing it. Finding a theme by yourself means you have used your head to get it. Actually the use of your head in finding something creative and expanding on it is the most important aspect in philately and numismatics. A numismatist automatically develops power of observation, self respect (not ego), determination and many other related qualities, in addition to acquisition of knowledge in many branches like history, politics, economics etc. It may be difficult to find a theme in the beginning itself. Collect a few coins and repeatedly observe them and slowly you will find some similarities and dissimilarities and quite possibly may hit upon an idea or theme. Collecting old coins are a bit expensive but it gives you an insight into ancient history. I know a physician collector who learnt Urdu to read the letters in Mughal coins because of his determination to have first hand information. While pursuing your collection, it is a good idea to become a member of a local numismatic club / association. With an association and interaction with similar collectors you and your collection will improve drastically. Dealers come to the association meetings and you can buy from them. In addition, most of the clubs provide facility for coin exchange. You can

AN INTRODUCTION TO NUMISMATICS MURALI DAS. S (X A)

Generally, it is thought that philately and numismatics are expensive hobbies and is useful only for the profit you can get when the collection is sold. A search in the internet will lead to a lot of sites of numismatic clubs, on the monetary value of coins etc. Making money should not be the idea. Aim or organization of a collection is now relatively well defined in philately. In olden days, people used to have wild stamp collections and the fellow with the largest volume was appreciated. Not any more. Now collections by themes or subjects only are appreciated. The most important aspect of a coin or stamp is that it is designed with a lot of care, selection and several revisions by the concerned national committees. Therefore, a stamp and a coin depict a glimpse of history, economics, technology, cultural state of affairs etc. of the country at the time of its release. So where can one

cost Rs.100/- while a class I Govt. servant’s salary was just over Rs.4000/-. I only rarely bought such coins. I used to look at my coins daily and slowly I found that the coin denominations of many countries have been exploding. Meanwhile USSR disintegrated, the Berlin wall came down and similar things happened all over the world. I collected as far as possible all high denomination coins and it became a collection showing inflation which began in 1991. Because of my inflation theme collection, I noticed that India did not have any serious change in denomination near 1991. This meant that our country was economically stable while many others collapsed. This is a matter of pride to all of us.

also buy coins through the internet. Sites like ebay.com, ebay.co.uk and ebay.in are sites where coins are put for auction and sold also. The prices in ebay.in has been found to be unnecessarily high. Purchases from the other two sites may invite customs rules. Books are also of help. One book I liked very much is ‘A Beginners’ Guide to Coin Collecting by James Mackay, 2nd Ed’. 1997, Grange Books, London. It costs about $7.00. May be it is not out of place to say how I built up a collection. I started off like many other numismatists when I came across a bundle of old one Naya Paisa coins in 1991. Initially I did not have an aim and my fellow collectors were collecting coins of all countries trying to build a countries’ collection. At that time a one Cent coin from one of the Caribbean countries used to

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ARE WE ALL EQUAL JOSHI C HARAN (X H)

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ou are all equal’ is a statement which is so much misunderstood and often misquoted. This statement is made use of by all political parties. For them it is true because each person, as far as they are concerned, is a vote. This current notion of equality has led to a lack of discrimination for the common man. Even an ordinary uneducated person does not want to listen to the ‘higher’ person. If he had listened, he also could have evolved to a ‘higher’ person. The damage this has done to our state of Kerala is tremendous. Obviously, when you consider individuals, ‘higher’ and ‘lower’ do exist. Hence education becomes necessary to become ‘higher’. For this, we must first understand equality carefully. We have already seen that individuals are not equal. Careful thinking shows that there is equality in opportunities. For instance, everyone has 24 hours to use. When a teacher is teaching in a class, every student has equal opportunity to listen to the lecture. The difference comes in the way each person uses his 24 hours. Those who use it productively with total interest in what they are doing, become ‘higher’ and

those who while away their time become ‘lower’. Then the people are not equal. In the classroom, depending on the way the student listens and responds to the lecture, he will perform better or worse. Those who listen, take notes and go home and study further will develop all the required skills and become better persons. Others fail miserably having developed no skills. Likewise, the equality before law also is only in the opportunity to present your case. I can now confidently say that individuals are not equal. But you can find equality in opportunity. Those who use opportunities progress in life. So, till your death, you have to use this opportunity of 24 hours to go forward in life and inch towards the ‘higher’. Let us also understand which is ‘higher’. Every individual has three levels of existence, the physical, the mental and the spiritual. The physical is considered the lowest level. Mental is the next higher level. People who have attained the spiritual level are the highest. So going higher would mean developing your consciousness to become aware of and embrace the spiritual level. u

A bit of

HISTORY

and

A FEW SNIPPETS KURIEN MATHEW (X G)

1885, a normal school was started in Trivandrum by the Government of Travancore for training male teachers. It was situated in the compound where St. Joseph’s Higher Secondary school is at present. In 1903, it was shifted to Thycaud. The magnificent main building of the school, an example of European architecture, was built in 1910 during the reign of Maharaja Sree Moolam Thirunal Ramavarma. The Model School, Fine Arts College and the University College share similarities as the ruler wanted the buildings to have architectural continuity. The institution flourished under the leadership of the first headmaster Dr. C F Clarke. He served in office for three years. He lived on the school campus; the house where he stayed remains as Clarke’s Bungalow. It is believed (and so claimed by some intrepid and adventurous students) that the Clarke’s Bungalow still has his bath tub. The school was the city’s first school

with English, Malayalam, Tamil mediums of education. Behind the Model school building is the Training College (today’s Government college of Teacher Education). University Education Department also started functioning from this campus. This was done with a view to include the Model School as a participant in educational research. Almost all of us remember (now with affection, but then?) KaduvaKuttan Pillai sir and his light weight cane. In this connection, I would like to share a bit of information that came to me from Prof. Achyut Sarkar. In 1880, vide circular no. 26 by the Director of Education, Cochin, corporal punishment (caning) was banned in all ‘sircar’ schools except by the headmaster or at his express orders and in his presence. In 1910, practically the same clause was included in the Travancore Education Code. But I do remember getting a minor thrashing from my Malayalam teacher for being unable to

recite a poem by heart in class 8. I guess the statute of limitations apply; otherwise I could sue him! Unfortunately, along with the poem, I have forgotten the teacher’s name also. Another thought strikes me on the subject- the above order on corporal punishment was issued by an Englishman but was such punishment banned in England at that time? I would not think so because the English classics of the time speak quite eloquently of boys getting caned for the smallest of misdemeanors. So, is it safe to assume that this progressive rule was implemented because of the liberal and forward thinking attitudes of the benevolent rulers of the day? Worth thinking about! Now that the history part is over, let me get on to the snippets. If memory serves me right, I joined Model School in the fifth standard in the English Medium. I do not want to sing any more paeans to my teachers, good though they were, since most of the batch-mates who have written in this DCS have already said many good words about them. One of the most satisfying moments in class was when I came up with the answer that the most recent proof that the world was round (in 1965, I think) was views from outer space. The answer was appreciated by the science teacher. I also remember my three years in NCC (after a year in the ACC), ending up as the troop leader. I was a fairly quiet student, and the biggest noise I made in School was when I shouted ‘Saavdhan’ during parades. Marching at the head of the contingent with Sankara Prasad and Sathish Sathyan for the Republic and Independence days was another high. My recollections of school days cannot be complete without a description

of the biggest blunder I made in the sports field – that of accepting a request to umpire a match in the inter-class cricket match in the tenth class. Unfortunately for my dear friend and cricket mentor, NS Godwin, he happened to be captaining one of the teams playing. His team was batting and every time the bowling team appealed for LBW on the ball hitting the batsman’s leg, my finger would go up – the fact was I knew nothing about LBW rules! Godwin’s team obviously lost (with five LBW decisions against them) but he was so magnanimous about it. He just said “You do not know the rules, right? I do not think you have it in you to do it purposely”. I mentioned this to Godwin the other day but I am sad that due to health problems, he will not be attending the get-together. I also remember walking to School from our house in Vazhuthacaud in the company of Ayyappan Nair and PJ Thomas from X G. We used to do this four times in a day, including twice in the mid-day heat. PJ Thomas and his elder brother Johnny Joseph had a habit of memorizing the numbers and the corresponding routes of the KSRTC buses we came across during this walk. This must have helped them both to crack the Civil Services examination! They both retired as Chief Secretaries of their respective state cadres. The route from Vazuthacaud to Model School via the Womens’ College, Thycaud maidan and Ganapathy Kovil is as clear in the memory as ever. I hope that when we batch-mates meet after 50 years, we will be able to ‘actionise’ these nostalgic memories and intimate friendships to bring about some improvements to our Alma Mater. u

Destiny To meet each other is destiny To part in agony is again destiny In all our facets of life, we fall back to this destiny To derive solace for the follies And to accord praise for the feats accomplished. Destiny plays a pivotal role in shaping things to come In all your successes and failures destiny is the harbinger. Your destiny shadows you, forcing the twists and turns of life It is destiny that makes a man And destiny that mars him too. If it is destiny that made us meet, I would bow in humble obeisance If it is destiny that is to part us, I would prefer that destiny stay away And I would stay with you forever and keep that destiny at bay And have you as my destiny to shadow me in all my ups and downs In all my trials and tribulations. And with you as my destiny, I know I will wade through The rough and tumble of life And land at the shore of peaceful spectrum Leading on to a bright horizon. With unfurled arms, I welcome you, as my destiny, wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t you come on in?

RAMASWAMY J (X G)

DOWN MEMORY LANE MADHAVAN KUTTY (X G)

few things stick to your memory as times goes by, a few vivid patches from the past. And for me, they fall by themselves into certain patterns. Two such memories are embedded in my mind or wired into me as they say these days, two wrenching images so close in time and so thick that they haunt me in tragic tandem. The summer of 1964 was on its way out and along with it a long happy school vacation. It was Tuesday, May 28. I had gone to bed at night carrying the news of the death of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and the gnawing pain it caused all around me. Ever since the news broke there was an eerie silence in the house. Only my two sisters who were too young to know the pain were their usual selves. A distraught father moved around like a shadow. And my mother who seemed to gauge her husband’s gloom seemed to go about her chores on tip toe. My dad and I usually ate our breakfast together. That day dad was missing. I don’t remember what I ate that day in silence but as I finished, washed my hands and went straight into the drawing room, l saw him glued to a tall stool in a corner head sunk over the little three band Murphy radio set and listening intently to a baritone voice in low volume. The voice was familiar to me. It was Neville de Mello, relaying in choked, measure voice the slow progress of the cortege carrying the body of Nehru wrapped in tricolour, from Teen Murthi to Rajghat. And then dad saw me, signaled me to his side, hugged me and started weeping.

The image of those bitter tears of my father weeping inconsolably has stuck with me to this day. I can still feel the cold of his tears on my cheeks. My father was forty-five. He was a thoughtful but jovial person, full of life and practical jokes at least that’s the dad I knew. Perhaps my mother knows better, but till then I had not seen him shed a tear. Now I know the ground-swell of the sorrow of this strong man. It was tears of grief, no doubt, over the death of his dear hero. It was also tears of the end of a dream, a dream that I now think he rightly felt ended with Nehru. But on that gloomy Tuesday of May 1964, I could not even dream that It was the first and also the last time that I would see my father weep. Fast forward to June 23. It was a cloudy evening. I had returned home from Model School, after my classes in X G and some tennis ball cricket. In the drawing room of my home waited a couple of my father’s colleagues. They looked sad. Inside, my mother was packing a travel bag even as my two young sisters stood looking by. The two gentlemen from my dad’s office had come to inform my mom that her husband had met with an accident in Thalassery. They did not tell her that he was already dead. That’s it, my friends of the Model School Golden batch of “65. Now you can well understand why I wrote that I saw my dad weep for the first and last time when Nehru died. You also know why I said at the beginning of this story that my two lasting memories come entwined or come in tragic tandem. u

chool days have always been memorable. It is true that the early educative years are the formative years in oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life.The grooming for the children is done in schools from the basics. I cherished every moment of my school days in the Model High School. Nine short years I spent there, where I was groomed, educated well right from the beginning;that is what made me respect the great teachers who were responsible forwhat I am today. Many a times, I havethought of those pleasant days, over fifty years ago. After Pre-Degree from Intermediate College and Graduation (BSc. Special) from University College, I chose a Career in Glaxo Laboratories India Ltd. After eleven years of learning sales management and

MY FORMATIVE YEARS

HARIHARAN V (X A)

health care formulas, I chose to focus my career in exports of Pharmaceutical products. I got the opportunity to work in Cadila laboratories Ltd and Ranbaxy laboratories Ltd. as head of their overseas marketing divisions.It was very exciting as I was able to travel widely and market ethical pharmaceuticals to markets all over the world, except the Americas. I was even based at Cameroun (Douala) and then in Indonesia. (Jakarta) I have had varied experiences while travelling invarious countries, with different cultures, languages, local cuisines and habits and attitudes towards foreign nationals. Some experiences were entertaining or funny, some scary, some challenging and quite a few were exciting. I have faced the first Taliban attack in Kabul when I was hiding in an underground trench for a full day,JVP attacks and LTTE attacks in Sri Lanka, where the JVP extremists used to hang the decapitated heads on the trees, Cheetah attack in Sam Buru wild life park near Nairobi and gun fire exchanges in Lagos. I had a chance to visit one of the smallest republics in the world, a picturesque country, the Republic of San Merino with around 60,000 population. In fact, I had the best meal in that small country which is unforgettable. It is difficult to blend one’s career with one’s own passion. It happened to me. After my premature retirement from Indonesia, as the General Manager of Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd; I decided to start my passionate and ambitious project in Bangalore, India – Phytotech Extracts Pvt. Ltd. in 1999. The core concept was to isolate the health specific ingredients from various plants, standardize them and market them overseasas health foods, functional foods and nutraceuticals.It is a much refined science as compared to Ayurveda; but quite close to pharmaceuticals. Nature has blessed us with various health ingredients in herbs and plants. Today

95 % of anti-cancer drugs (chemotherapy drugs) are produced from plant extracts, by world renounced multinational companies namely, Pfizer, B. M. Squibb and so on.I have developed methods to manufacture various nutraceuticals from plants and now market them all over the world. I have been doing this business for the last 15 years. I have covered important markets in the world including USA and China. The formulators who import the materials produce dosage forms like capsules or tablets and market it in their own Nutraceutical brands. We have anti diabetics, anti-obesity, liver protectants, nerve health products, immune modulators, and bone health products andevenproducts that could cure Dengue and ChikunGunya. But all these would be effective only when proper and unadulterated diet is followed by the patients. During this endeavor we have filed IPR applications for a few ingredients and have been awarded patent for GUAVA LEAF EXTRACT and KOKUM (Kodumpuli) extract Aqua concentrate. More patent applications are being filed. You may visit our web site www.phytotech.in to know about the extracts that we produce in India. The journey that I started from Model School 2nd standard, still continues. My first class teacher Shri. Raghavanto my last class teacher Shri. GopalakrishnaIyer in X A and many such eminent teachers, are remembered on many occasions.Forty five years of enjoyable yet challenging carrier is still going on with the blessings of my Gurus from the great institution The Model High School. That’s it, my friends of the Model School Golden batch of “65. Now you can well understand why I wrote that I saw my dad weep for the first and last time when Nehru died. You also know why I said at the beginning of this story that my two lasting memories come entwined or come in tragic tandem. u

experiments that looked for them. I look back fondly on those graduate student days in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with a lot of exciting discoveries being made in Particle Physics both experimental and theoretical. The hippy culture in the US was at its zenith and I fully participated in it with long hair, bell-bottomed pants and other paraphernalia. During my graduate student days, I met Denise Maguire and we got married in 1979. Denise was then a Social worker, who later became an area director of Dept. of Social Services and then was the CEO of Cambridge Family and Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Services, a private company that caters to childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s needs, including adoption. I also inherited her three kids (John, Christine and Michael from her previous marriage... my dowry (:-). After a short postdoctoral appointment at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, I joined the Laboratory for Nuclear Science at MITas research scientist in experimental Particle Physics in 1979.I was a research scientist at MIT from 1979 to 1999. Particle Physics experiments are large collaboration experiments involving several universities. The experiments themselves are carried out at various national and international laboratories with particle accelerators at higher and higher energies. I have done experiments at SLAC, Fermi Lab, Brookhaven National lab and the underground detector in Gran Sasso, Italy. All this work resulted in about 50 or 60 published papers. For the next several years I did software using the then fashionable object oriented programming techniques until 2006 when I proclaimed that I was retired. All my life I have entertained myself contemplating the cosmic mysteries and I am happy to say it is continuing in retirement as well.

HARIDAS P (X F)

MY LIFE

AFTER MODEL HIGH SCHOOL

fter graduating from Model High School, I spent the next five years in Trivandrum going through the academic program that earned me a BSc (Special) degree in Physics from University College. I arrived in the USA in the fall of 1971 to pursue graduate studies in the Physics department at Tufts University in Boston, Massachusetts. I completed my PhD. in Theoretical Particle Physics in 1978. My thesis explored the possibility of Multi-quark states within the context of a particular model that was then fashionable. Several models have investigated the possibility of Multi-quark states, but none were found in

DUSTER FOOTBALL THE CANE TREATMENT

colleagues respected him for his honesty, integrity, simplicity and commitment to social service. The said parent and our HM were also the members of the Pattom Karayogam. After realizing that he had given a severe punishment to the son of a person whom he respected most and with a sense of remorse, Kuttan Pillai sir visited our class after half an hour. He summoned me by his side and questioned me as to who else were playing. I told him that I was the only person and the thunderous sound arose due to my running helter-skelter. Though he was not convinced, he left the classroom murmuring that after all he is Madhavan Pillai sir’s son.‘Like father, like son.’ On the same evening when Sir met my father at the Karayogam hall, he apologized to my father. But my father consoled him and admired him for enforcing strict discipline. When my father returned home at night, I got a similar hit on my left leg which was not that furious as the one I received at school. Hearing my sobs at night, my father came near me and applied Iodex on the swollen portion. I could not walk properly for a few days and did not turn up at the playground inside our compound for a week. Later on when I started playing football wearing boots at the higher levels for the college, University, District and playing as a guest player at some of the clubs, I used to keep a few pairs of shin guards ready so as to protect my legs. Subsequently shin guards became an integral part of my football kit. Though 52 years have elapsed at the time of writing these lines, I feel some pain on my right shin which reminds me of our lunch interval duster game. However I must thank our Model School and our Headmaster, the Late Kuttan Pillai Sir for keeping me fit in my later career spanning around a decade, free from major injuries though I was a forward and prolific goal scorer during my hey days in college and later on. u

M GOPAKUMAR (X G)

n our school, the main building was the center of attraction. The first floor was exclusively meant for students from classes VIII & IX. The lunch intervals were the best moments for students to flex their muscles. The classes VIII-G and F were located in adjacent rooms and during lunch intervals we used to play football with the duster Shaji Isaac and I took opposite sides as leaders. One day we played as usual, not knowing the circumstances prevailing in the Head master’s room.He was in a meeting with the DPI Inspectors who visited our school for inspection. Hearing the thunderous sound on the first floor, our Headmaster Kuttan Pillai Sir came out of the chamber with his magic wand and rushed to 1st floor. While he was climbing the stairs, another student who was proceeding to the first floor in front of him gave us an alarm that ‘kaduva’ was coming. All my classmates on both teams rushed to their respective seats, leaving me stranded. At that time, I went to collect the duster from the eastern corner of the corridor. I was caught red handed and after ascertaining my class and division, Kuttan Pillai sir gave a terrific blow on my right leg with his cane which hit my shin also. I fell down wriggling with pain. At that time a parent who visited the school and was very close to our Head master and my father, whispered in his ears that it is PN Madhavan Pillai sir’s son. My father was the President of the Pattom NSS Karayogam for more than 30 years and all members of the Karayogam as well as his

RECOLLECTIONS SHAJI ISAAC (X F) tuition class and a Hindi saar’s evening sessions finally got me the magic figure of + 35 marks - enough to graduate out of Model school. With academically outstanding siblings, an elder brother Bejoy and a sister Roshini, I was lost in the hierarchy. Fifty odd years later, I enjoy recollecting the long lunch breaks on Fridays. Spirited matches of tennis ball football at Thycaudmaidan or the dog eat dog, cut throat hopping (Konni kali) matches in the scorching sun, in front of the drill hall. The killer instinct look in the eyes of UndaSrini, Murali, Somnathwho were the stars of 10 F kept us champions. I still flinch to recollect Harihar Iyer saar sending me out of the class to stand at the door. The possibility that Kuttan Pillai saar would come on his rounds along the long corridor was most likely. To escape being caught, experience taught us the need to inch forward into the class, pulling in the stomach and butt praying for the bell to ring…but then Kuttan Pillai saar never failed to show up with his dreaded bamboo cane held behind his back. I can still hear the whizzing of the cane as it came down on my shorts! And last but not the least, what about the gallivanting at Vazhuthcaud to watch those Cotton Hill gals. Looking back, I would not trade those events and all the drama for anything because it brought me to be… ME.Even today, those experiences make me sit up in my chair with goose pimples. Most importantly, it gave me good lifelong friends, and taught us to share and care (Charminar and ice sticks!)

Dr.

Seuss, arguably one of the greatest writers of all times said, “Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter, and those who matter won’t mind”. Studies in school happened only because of the fear of parents and teachers. Thank God for mothers. My mother’s fervent prayers ensured that God did his 50% in all my exams. George Saar’s 6.30am Math

REMINISCENCES OF THE PAST RAMASWAMY J (X G)

t was a routine day in November 1988. Yes, but for me, an unforgettable day. I was waiting for this day with eagerness for over two months when the countdown started. I was commanding an FDL (Field Defended Locality) in the Poonch sector, right across one of the most dreaded Pakistani posts where cross border exchange of fire was common. As a policy matter, families were permitted to visit and stay at the base camp for 20 days in an year in turns. It was my turn now. I went to the rail head in Jammu, picked up my wife and children and moved to the transit camp to spend the night. Next morning we moved in the transit convoy accompanied by adequate armed escort vehicles and aided by road opening parties as per laid down norms. The picturesque scene coupled with the narrow and winding mountain roads were breathtaking. A semblance of heavenly calm, peace and beauty seemed to prevail over the nasty and dreaded outbursts of the intruding terrorists. We had a mouthwatering lunch en route in the staging camp and reached the base location by 4.00 pm and spent a peaceful night. After spending two days in the base, on the third morning we left for the FDL to practically see and feel the life of troops and their schedule. Families are permitted once and that too during day time as part of fraternisation. It takes almost four hours

to reach the base. The narrow unmetalled winding roads are at stretches open to view by Pakistani observation posts. With a lot of enthusiasm we reached the FDL by around 10.45 am. As usual there was a reception party lined up at the entrance. We alighted from the vehicle and were greeted by a heavy barrage of small arms, MMG and BMG fire from across the border. Bullets flying overhead with whistling sound put us in a scare initially; the first real encounter with live transLine of Control fire for my family. My FDL also retaliated and the mutual exchange of fire continued almost for two hours. This was one of the rare moments in my life when almost my entire family was in dire straits with only the Lord Almighty to look towards for protection. Things I had done and things I had yet to do flashed through my mind. But the inner sense said not to be concerned. As the Company Commander, I had to take stock of the situation and issue further orders to my troops. This was a real life experience to my wife and children as well. Behind the faรงade of natural beauty and the democratic and secular character of our broad hearted nation, lies a deep a sense of fear, despair and uncertainty as to the future. WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH THE TOUGH GET GOING JAI HIND u

SHARPNESS OF THE KITCHEN KNIFE AND TASTE OF FOOD MURALIL DAS S (X A)

vegetable dish made out of banana flower bud (Vaazha Koombu) is a common one in Kerala households. The bud is grated, mixed with coconut, other ingredients, cooked and eaten. It is a healthy food because of its high fiber content. My wife used to chop the bud in a food processor. The dish always turned out slightly bitter. Still we used to eat it because of the health aspect. One day, on my instance my wife took pains to cut the flower with a sharp knife instead of using the food processor. The result We eat different kinds of foods prepared out of natural ingredients like rice, wheat, ham, beef, fish, tomato, cauliflower, so on and so forth. In these we add natural ingredients like chilly, pepper, ginger etc. All these vegetarian and non vegetarian foods retain their taste as long as the individual cells of the main food material are not broken. If the cells are broken either by over boiling or crushing, the taste will be different and bad. Probably the material will become a different mixture rather than the basic biological cell. The taste of the basic cell and the structure is what we like. That is why we do not over boil anything. Something similar happens when you cut any food material with a blunt kitchen knife. For example, cabbage is a vegetable liked by most in raw form in salads and also in cooked condition. When it is sliced thin and long with a sharp knife,

what you get is a beautiful looking dish. It just looks like a bunch of white flowers with a greenish tinge. It is then not only beautiful to see but is tastier too. Instead, if a cabbage is grated using a food processor, the result not only looks horrible but tastes terrible too. The same thing happens when one cuts cabbage or bush beans and similar vegetables with a blunt knife. Slice a ripe Alphonso, Neelam or Malgova mango with a blunt knife and the pieces will look horrible. Use a sharp thin knife instead and you will get beautiful looking, mouth-watering slices of mango. Use a sharp knife with a combination of horizontal and downward motion and the fruit or vegetable gets sliced neatly. If the knife edge is blunt, one has to apply pressure while cutting the vegetable. The pressure on the vegetable results in a partially crushed cutting due to cell breakage and leads to loss of taste. Generally, use of food processor, grater or similar tools can result in a partially crushed slicing. Of course, some preparations do need grating and cutting with the food processor. Summing up, using a sharp, right kind of knife can not only give you good looking dishes but also tasty ones. After the experience with the Vaazha Koombu, my wife is careful to use a sharpened knife to cut vegetables & fruits and very rarely uses a grater. It is another matter that I am the sufferer because I have to do the sharpening of knives always. u

Some memories of MODEL SCHOOL THOMAS KOSHIE (X G)

lthough we all have moved on after ourModel School days, we may agree that some of our fond memories are associated with our school and our old school friends.While studying in this great institution from fourth standard to tenth, very many incidents happened some of which still stick in my memory. An attempt is being made to pen down few of them. • While in 4thstandard during Christmas time I promised one Student next to me in class that I would present a cracker(fountain) to him. He was happy to accept it and the day proceeded normally. Suddenly the guy chickened out without any provocation and without any warning he went and handed over the item to the class teacher,Assary Sir. Sir being a kind soul did not make a big issue of it and let me off with some good advice not to brig crackers in future to the class. • Once when I was late for school (reached well after the morning assembly), and my Dad accompanied me to the class due to my insistence, I was scared whether the Sir will narrate the cracker incident to him. Thankfully he didn’t – he might have forgotten the whole issue as to him it was a trivial one- but to my mind it was not!On the other hand, I found the Sir apologetic “O sir,

you didn’t have to come all this way. He could have just explained to me”. I was greatly relieved to say the least. • In the 7th standard our English teacher had instructed us to learn a poem of William Wordsworthby heart. To check, which used to be the order of day, each child was asked to stand up and narrate it. A large number of students did not do full justice to the teachers standard. We were asked to go out and enter only after memorising the whole thing. Some parts of the poem are still vivid in my mind. • In the 10th std, our Malayalam teacher was a stout stocky person. There used to be invariably disturbance in his class. Whenever he turned his back to us to write on the board, there used to be banging on the desk. The desk had a heavy wooden cover which used to be lifted and banged with great force. Of course the teacher could not catch the culprits as he was not facing us at that time. Needless to say there used to beoneness among the students as none of them used to betray the mischief makers. Let us keep in touch as far as possible and may God bless you all. u

THE CHAIWALA GIRISH KUMAR K. (X H)

t is nearly 15 years since I stopped drinking tea. Considering that I was addicted to tea, especially after I joined the Bank, it is amazing that I could stop drinking that invigorating drink. In 2001, I was transferred out of Mumbai and since Rahul was doing his M.Sc at Bombay University, Jayshree stayed back and I made my home in the Officers’ Association Guest House in Patna. The care-taker-cum-cook there was one Pahadi. Short but powerfully built, he had a rakishly handsome look. I was used to getting up early in the mornings and usually had my first cup of tea at about 6 am. This Pahadi would swagger in at about 7.30 and announce in a loud voice, “Saheblog, get up, get up, tea is ready”. He would have just come with the milk and it would take him at least another 20 / 25 minutes to make the tea and serve it. He was an excellent cook and the tea was thick and delicious. But the problem was the waiting for it. On some days, if he was in a sour mood, he would come in quietly, the sound of the opening of the main door the only indication that he had come. After waiting for some time, I would go in search of his elusive tea, to find him in front of the TV with its volume reduced way down, with

his feet pulled up under him on the chair. On seeing me, he would give a wan smile and shuffle off to the kitchen to make tea. I was totally fed up with his antics but couldn’t find any solution. I was used to drinking tea ever since I could remember and giving up tea was unthinkable. A few months later, I joined the Sudarshan Kriya class organized by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar’s ‘Art of Living’ group. The session was for 6 days and at the beginning, we were told that the course will be more effective if we did not drink tea, coffee or Coco Cola etc., for the duration. I faithfully followed the instructions and told Pahadi that I would not be needing tea for the next 6 days. He gave me an odd look but said nothing. At the end of the 6 days, I found that I had no desire to start drinking tea again. On the 7th day, Pahadi was all smiles as he came with a steaming cup of his rich brew. I told him I did not want it. He looked at me in disbelief. “Sab, you don’t want tea?” I said, “No, Pahadi, I have stopped drinking tea”, and turned away to hide my smile on seeing the look of consternation on his face. And that was the end of my tea-drinking days! u

joined Model High School in the Std. VII in 1962. I used to stay in a place called Puthen Street near East Fort in Trivandrum. I still remember how we used to get ready to go to school those days. We were a batch of 4 to 5 boys from the area going together to school. My closest friend was Sankaran; we were friends from the days we were kids - studying in the same schools and college; we joined the same Bank - State Bank of Travancore. We used to be together in the thick and thin of all our activities; we are continuing even today – a long 60+ year friendship. In those days, he used to come to my house and with two or three other boys nearby, proceed to the school. Usually we used to get delayed in the process and had to rush to reach in time. We used to walk down to the School which was about threekms from our house. We had great camaraderie between us and enjoyed our walk, talking about so many interesting things.

which we used to call ‘Pilot Attai’. Near the railway over bridge, we often saw men play-acting a fight between Pambu (Snake) and Keeri (mongoose). Another regular sight was the Green lorry carrying Hot Kanji from ‘Vanchi Poor Fund’, a NGO near Vanchiyur, for distribution to the poorer students of various schools. And the School looked beautiful when we came up the steps from the back gate, the artistic, red building with two nice gardens on both sides and a pathway between them. The corridor with red tiled flooring with class rooms on both side, The Head Master’s room, Staff Room and Office were at the beginning. Each student had a bench and desk with a top closing lid.We could keep our books safely in the drawer with two students sharing a bench. And how can we forget the stalwart teachers of our time – SarvashriKuttan Pillai our Headmaster, ViswanathaIyer our class teacher, Iqbal Sir, Ramachandra Iyer Sir, Ramasubramanian Sir, Janardhanan Pillai sir, HariharaIyer Sir and many others. I can feel that those were teachers who were very sincere and solely concerned about the welfare of the students and put their heart and soul in teaching and bringing up the students. We used to have uniforms – khaki half pants and white shirts. Every year on the first day of school our new uniforms used to get wet, because monsoon would invariably start on that day!. I never used to be a very enthusiastic participant in extracurricular activities in the School. But I remember the School Day celebrations and competitions; once I participated in the singing competition, trying (and failing to complete) to sing a Malayalam song. And I remember our class teacher ViswanathaIyer sir who used to conduct a special English Grammar class for us in the evening after school hours. I had the rare privilege of meeting sir after a long gap, some four or five years back,at a marriage in Trivandrum. I feel the years in School is the most unforgettable period in one’s life. u

TURNING NOSTALGIC GANAPATHY S (X E) On the way we used to enjoy so many delightful sights everyday – things we cannot forget even now. The bus stand at East Fort with minimal buses plying those days, private buses run by RKV motors, the PudharikandamMaidan, Ganapathy temple at Pazhavangadi, the Central Theatre, Ajanta Theater and Sreekumar Theater which was one of the best theatres those days and used to show mostly English movies, the railway foot over-bridge, the Udipi Hotel, the Trivandrum Central Railway station, Aristo hotel and then finally to the back gate of our School, with all those steps to climb! The Aristo junction, with lot of trees around, used to be a very nice place. And whenever it rained, we could see lot of big brownish red creepy-crawlies

HAPPINESS DURING TWILIGHT DAYS BALAGOPALAN V (X H)

there won’t be any change whatsoever in my decision”. “The decisions I take when I get up in the morning are very important for me”, Shankardas said. He continued, “each extra day I get in this world is a bonus for me. Those bonus days are not meant to feel sad and sit idle. These are the days for living happily.I never spend my days lying down in bed feeling sad and dejected about my diseases, nor complain about many internal organs of mine that stopped working totally or partially. I always get up in the morning and feel happy and proud of my few organs which are still functioning”. Shankardas went on to add, “My dear young man, old age is like a bank account. Whenever you want, you can withdraw the good memories of your earlier days and feel happy and elated about them”. He continued, “my friend, to live happily ever, learn to keep dislikes and hatred always away from the mind; always pardon others for their mistakes; keep your sadness and sorrows always away from your mind; live simple; reduce your expectations as much as possible; find happiness in giving more and more to others. If you follow these, you will be the happiest man in this world”. “Sir, this is your room”, Paulose said opening the door in front. Shankardas slowly entered the room and suddenly started laughing like a child and said on top of his voice, “fantastic, this is much more than what I wanted”. Those were the last words Shankardas ever spoke in his life…

year old Shankardas, slightly short, always carefully dressed, has always been a pleasant and well behaved individual. Recently he had distributed his entire wealth among various welfare organizations and today he is moving into an old age home. It has been a month and half since his wife Kamala died. They did not have any children. Of late, he has been suffering from many diseases. He had decided to move into an old age home, as he was not in a condition to stay alone. After waiting for a few hours at the reception of the old age home, Paulose, the care taker came and told Shankardas, “Sir, your room is ready and let us go there”. He smiled and got up to walk down to the room. He had difficulty in walking and was using a heavy walking stick. Walking along with Paulose slowly along the corridor, Shankardas had a smile on his face. “Sir, your room is a small little one which is pretty old too. You may have some difficulties is staying there”,Paulose said. He further added, “furniture is old too”. Shankerdas replied with all the enthusiasm of a child, “my dear young man, I am sure I will like that room very much”. “Sir, isn’t it better to see the room and then comment on it “, Paulose asked.“I don’t have to see the room to like it”, Das said. He continued, “I had already decided in what my happiness lies. My happiness is not on the condition of the room, furniture or the curtains; my happiness is in how I see them”. He added, “I had already decided in my mind that I like the room and now

SURESH C DUTT (X H)

think we have met before, havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t we?' Medical student Valluva Naikan looked up. He was at the Oral examination center in General Medicine for the final examination at the Medical College near Chenkotta, Tamil Nadu. The examiner was looking at him. Naikan was not surprised. It was the third time he was appearing for General Medicine Oral exam before that examiner. The skilled assistant explained to the examiner that Naikan was appearing for the third time and that he was the son of the King of the Princely State of Vangarajyam of which Chenkotta was a part. The year was 1960. ValluvaNaikan was the only son of the Maharaja. He was born with a silver spoon in his mouth and lived a life of luxury. Sad to say, he was a poor student and had scraped through high school using his family contacts. The college where he studied after school was built on twenty acres of land donated by his father. A Member of Parliament had used all his clout to get him a seat in the Medical College. Again, using family contacts he had scraped through the pre-clinical examinations and now at last he was facing the final year examinations.

His knowledge of Medicine left a lot to be desired, but he was very popular and threw lavish weekend parties for friends. He used to give costly presents to staff members of the College. Some of them had got their jobs by his fatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s recommendations. It was smooth sailing till now. He had made all arrangements to pass General Medicine and Gynaecology examinations. But the problem was in General Surgery where the examiner the third time around was a person who could not be influenced at all. He had a tough reputation and on occasions had failed even good students . Valluva Naikan was in a quandary. He racked his brains for a solution throughout the day and the night too. Finally, an idea came to him. On the evening before the Surgery oral examination, he secretly entered the Surgery ward and located a patient likely to come up as a case the next day. Naikan introduced himself as the son of the King. The patient jumped out of the bed and bowed before him. He had a Sebaceous cyst of the thigh. Peptic ulcer was the only topic Naikan had studied in Surgery. He gave the patient Rs 100/- which was big sum in those days.He tutored the patient about the symptoms of Peptic Ulcer

addition, he had two children now.His wife was used to living lavishly. His father asked him to takeup a job as a doctor as it would bring some income and help make ends meet. But Dr. Naikan shuddered at the thought - more than anybody else he knew that he was not qualified to practice as a doctor. But the sudden drop in family income and the desire to continue to live in luxury finally forced him to seek employment. His father arranged a job for him at a local hospital owned by a friend. Naikan had to appear for an interview before the Medical superintendent. He had no choice; he went reluctantly. His heart was pounding as he entered the Medical superintendent’s office. The superintendent was alone in his office.After the initial niceties were over, as a matter of routine the Superintendent started asking some questions regarding the treatment of common diseases, just to check on the new doctor’s knowledge. Naikan knew that he was cornered. Suddenly, without warning Dr. Naikan fell at the superintendent’s feet and started sobbing uncontrollably."Sir, I do not know anything; sir, please save me. Sir; I really don't know anything at all". The Superintendent was dumbfounded. He was surprised at these developments and could not understand why Dr. Naikan was behaving like this. But we know better. There are many like this Dr. Naikan around us. Be warned lest you fall prey to some quack. Before you go to any Doctor for treatment, make some effort to know his reputation and abilities from some trustworthy source.

and instructed the patient to tell only these symptoms if some doctor checked on him. The skilled assistant who was arranging the cases for Surgery examination was the son of a friend of Naikan's father and was easily influenced. The stage was set for Naikan to appear for the Surgery examination. At the exam, Naikan pretended to examine the patient. Then he appeared before the examiner and presented the case. The examiner asked him some questions regarding peptic ulcer which he promptly answered. The examiner then went through the patient's file to check the diagnosis.Anticipating this, the skilled assistant had cleverly changed the reports and had put up the file indicating Peptic ulcer. He also told the examiner that Naikan was appearing for the third time. So the examiner decided to give passing marks to Naikann. After all, he had answered all questions on Peptic ulcer correctly. There was no bounds for the joy in Naikan's family on their son becoming a doctor.His father conducted an entire day's pooja at the local temple. Naikangave a lavish party to all his friends. He uneventfully completed his house-surgeoncy. One thing Dr. Naikan knew for sure was that he never wanted to practice medicine – he knew his limitations! His father wanted to have a doctor in the family and he had done it. He now married a girl from a rich family.His happiness knew no bounds. Perhaps it was too good to last. The Central Government abolished the privy purse (a large amount of money given annually to rulers of pre-independence India who had joined the Indian Union). Dr. Naikan's family was living a life of luxury on the privy purse till then.The family's income from agriculture had dwindled of late. In

“Before asserting a prognosis on any patient, always be objective and never subjective. For telling a man that he will win the treasure of life, but then later discovering that he will lose, will harm him more than by telling him that he may lose, but then he wins.” ― Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

Gratefully yours NARAYANA MENON S. (X H)

ill my late fifties, I had a memory which I could always bank on. Now in my mid sixties, I have a memory like a sieve. But whenever I press the rewind button a host of memories of my school days come floating before my mind’s eye. Like little sail boats bobbing up and down languidly on the placid waters of Vembanad lake. The years slip away and nostalgia takes over. June 1958; An eight-year-old kid, painfully thin, awkwardly shy, stepped nervously into a sprawling old school campus and into a brave new world. That slip of a boy spent the next seven years of his life in that school, trying to imbibe all that the school had to offer. He never shied away from rough tackles as a bunch of excited kids played a physically-bruising, scrappy game of football. On Friday afternoons, when the lunch recess was much longer than the usual one hour, the scene of

action would shift to Thycaud maidan where the energetic boys would be testing their prowess at cricket. The hard cork ball often hurt as the budding cricketers wore no protective gear. Injuries did not matter. Only the game and the physical thrills it offered mattered. The only sessions the shy teenager dreaded in school were the “drill” sessions. As the reluctant boys trooped into the ‘drill’ shed and went through a whole lot of limbering up exercises, the PT master, a stern, sturdy, no-nonsense man would go round, a two-foot cane dangling menacingly from his right hand. “Stand erect like a ‘milekutti’don’t stoop“, the PT instructor would snap at the quivering kids. Years later, the balding banker who had carried that hunch into his adult life, would occasionally ask himself, with a touch of regret as to why he did not listen to the words of admonition of his PT

instructor and correct his posture. In his last year at school, the fourteen year old lad used to look forward to his long walk back home in the evenings. As the noisy group of lads approached Vazhuthacaud junction, the animated prattle would suddenly subside to mumbled whispers. An eerie silence would engulf the group. Adolescent stirrings, kept on a tight leash, would break free and take wings. Ugly ducklings transformed themselves into Princes Charming. They were moments to savour. A few fleeting moments to steal furtive glances at a bevy of pretty lasses briskly walking home after a hard day’s studies at Trivandrum’s premier girls school. The boys were too young and far too well brought up to make indecorous comments, but they were old enough to take more than a passing interest in the opposite sex. The kid was a fairly quick learner. As the weeks lengthened into months and later into years, he learnt to respect his ‘gurus’. They never put on a phoney accent. Most of them dressed themselves in simple attire: plain bush shirts, white dhotis. They knew their onions. Their goal was clear: turn these raw boys into good students, not afraid to question or explore or enquire. Their mission was commendable: groom an assorted mix of malleable kids, hailing from different family and social backgrounds, into honest, upright youngsters. They went about their task with unpretentious earnestness. And they delivered. The eight-year-old wisp of a boy who joined Model School in 1958 is now an old fuddy-duddy, fighting back his

advancing years and his mood swings. But when I look back on my school days, I have little to regret and a lot to be grateful for. It is more than fifty years since the Class of 65 passed out. As young boys, we got into scraps, yelled and made faces at each other, coined our own irreverent and colourful nicknames for our teachers, played hard, studied well, ogled at girls (decently of course) whenever the opportunity presented itself. We are still works-in-progress. But all of us have mellowed over the years. We walked our different paths, chased our little dreams, fought our little battles. We won a few, lost many. What we picked up in the class rooms of Model School and on its playgrounds has stayed with us all these years. The life lessons we latched on to in our adolescent, formative years have kept us going through good times and bad. Those life-lessons are relevant even today. Try to be decent and upright and humane in whatever you do. Lose honourably rather than win dishonourably. Stand up and speak up when an injustice is done. It is far nobler to give than to take. Thank you, Model School, our Alma Mater, for all that you did for us. Thank you, our respected Sirs –most of them now a precious memory – for moulding a bunch of coarse kids into fine youngsters. Thank you, my beloved batch mates for the lovely memories and those fun-filled, mischief-laden seven years. Time might have taken us out of Model School BUT IT CAN NEVER TAKE MODEL SCHOOL OUT OF US. u

Mounting debts, distressed people ANTHONY JOSEPH X G

Worrisome news about the state’s burgeoning debts are always in the media whenever Kerala crosses the ‘Lakshman Rekha’. But successive Governments have not adopted any checks and balances to prevent indiscriminate borrowings. It is disheartening to know that the state has been depending on borrowed money for its daily expenses for many years now. The state’s total debt now amounts to an unwieldy Rs 1.34 lakh crores, and the Government plans to add another 25,000 crores in the current fiscal. Unplanned revenue expenditure and shortfall in revenue realization has put the state in this pitiable state. The total liability of the state amounted to almost 30% of its Gross Domestic Product. The per-capita liability of the state at Rs 46,700 is higher than the national average. It is astonishing to note that even with the largest portion of the state’s budget earmarked for the Irrigation department, the condition of agriculture in the state is pitiable. Projects routinely commence without funds being earmarked for them in the budget, leading to abrupt stoppages or slow-down of projects and huge cost over-runs. In addition, the state has set up a number of public sector units [PSU] whose collective contribution to the state’s GDP is less than half percent but their accumulated losses are more than Rs 20,000 crores.

The outgo from the state’s exchequer on account of salary and pensions is 74% of the GDP. Despite this, there is intense pressure for periodic revision of salaries, perks and allowances. This has been a spiral from which no Government has shown the inclination or will power to find innovative solutions. The state cannot depend on the inflow of remittances from the Gulf alone to survive and grow; in fact, such a dependence is a sure recipe for penury and disaster. The simple fact is that production within the state has to be increased to fuel economic growth. To give the required impetus to that the Government should do what any Government should be doing in such circumstances – create sufficient infrastructural facilities. This is the only way to ensure capital inflow for the manufacturing sector. It is said that the best Government is the least Government. The Government should get out of manufacturing and other nonproductive job creation schemes and facilitate the creation of wealth by improving infrastructure rapidly and ‘fast-tracking’ clearances and permits. Will this Government or the next take note and do well the simple things that are required – then only can we hope to see real wealth and health in this land of highest literacy in the country. u

My scientific blunder RAVINDRAN K (X G) I thought of writing an article and the first thought that came to my mind was the greatest blunder I made in School which stays in my mind even after 50 years. It was somewhere in 1964 when I used to be a member of the Science Club of Model School. Sridharan Pillai sir was our chief and everyone was supposed to make different science project while at school. At that time, I happened to see a curio item in one of the exhibitions, a tall glass tube with coloured liquid inside and lighted from the bottom, with bubbles moving from bottom to top. Something inside my brain kept on prompting me to make the same at the school Science Club. I went around asking my seniors and referring books to make the same but to no avail. Finally, someone told me that the liquid inside is ether and when slightly heated with a bulb, bubbles are formed which travel to the top. The idea was great but to accomplish the task was not easy. I talked to Sridharan Pillai sir and he agreed to arrange the items I would require. During the next meeting of the Science Club, one bottle of ether was ready with the necessary glass tubes and spirit lamp. Only I was to make the project that was in my mind but had not been put down on paper.

The work was very simple: pour the ether into the long glass tube and seal one end of the tube by heating it and twisting the glass tube. I lighted the burner, emptied almost half of the given ether into the glass tube and tried to heat the other end of the tube by holding it to the spirit lamp. The temperature of the spirit lamp was not sufficient to heat up the glass tube to the required temperature for twisting the glass. I kept on trying slightly tilting the tube but alas the worst disaster happened. The ether inside of the tube caught fire and everything fell down from my hand and the floor caught fire. I tried to kick the whole thing, resulting in the broken pieces and fire zooming from one corner of the class room to the other, frightening every one. My sir gave me a look and I got the meaning of it - I ran away. But during the next session of the Science Club, sir explained to me how it should have been done with sufficient precautions. That was the beginning and end of my science project, which I will never forget. But it also taught me a lesson which prompted me to aim for achieving great things in life â&#x20AC;&#x201C; to take calculated risks in life but after proper study and with sufficient safety precautions. u

My wishes for you BALAGOPALAN V (X C)

Comfort on difficult days, Smiles when sadness intrudes, Rainbows to follow the clouds, Laughter to kiss your lips, Sunsets to warm your hearts, Hugs when your spirit sags, Beauty for your eyes to see, Friendships to brighten your being, Faith to ensure your beliefs, Confidence to overcome your doubts, Courage to know yourself, Patience to accept the truth; and Love to complete your life.

These wishes are for all my mates of Golden â&#x20AC;&#x2122;65 batch

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^pSvt_mfpw {In¡äpw Ifn-¡m-\pÅ thZn-bm-bn-cp-¶p. Rm\pÄs¸sS ]e]qÀÆ hnZymÀ°n-IÄ¡pw Cu ssaXm-\t¯mSpw Krlm-Xp-c-Xz-ap-|v. kvIqÄZn-\m-tLm-jhpw AXnt\m-S-\p-_-Ôn-¨pÅ Iem-]-cn-]m-Sn-Ifpw Ahn-kva-c-Wo-b-am-Wv. ]qÀÆ-hn-ZymÀ°nI-fpsS Iem-]-cn-]m-Sn-Ifpw A²ym-]-IÀ Ah-X-cn-¸n-¡p¶ \mS-Ihpw ]Xn-hm-bn-cp-¶p. ({]-i-kvX-cmb ]ekn-\n-am-þ-\m-S-I-þ-sS-en-hn-j³ Iem-Im-c·mÀ tamUÂkvIqfnse ]qÀÆhnZymÀ°n-I-fm-Wv.) Adn-hp-ÅhÀ¡v Pohn-¯n-Â kwXr]vXn t\Sm³ Ign-bp-sa¶v ]d-bm-dp|v. ChnsS Dt±-in-¡p-¶Xv ]pkvX-¯nÂ\n¶pÅ Adnhpam{X-a-Ã. Hcp {][m\ Dd-hnSw A²ym-]-I-cm-Wv. Cu kµÀ`-¯nÂ Adn-hnsâ shf-n¨w ]IÀ¶pX¶ Kpcp-\m-Y-·msc kvt\lm-Zc-§-tfmsS \an-¡p-¶p. {]nb-s¸« kl-]m-Tn-I-sf, \n§tf-hÀ¡pw Cuiz-cm-\p-{K-lhpw ZoÀLmbpÊpw Hcp-]mSv \·bpw t\cp-¶p. c|mw ¢mkp-ap-XÂ ]¯mw ¢mkp-hsc tamUÂ kvIqfnÂ ]Tn¡m\pÅ `mKyw F\n-¡p-|m-bn. Xncn-ªpt\m-¡p-t¼mÄ a\-ÊnÂ \nd-bp¶ hnImc-§Ä hm¡p-IÄ¡-Xo-X-am-Wv. Hcp] s£ \£-{X-§Ä \nd-ªp-sX-fnª BIm-i-tam im´-amb IS-tem ]q¯p-eªp \nÂ¡p¶ sIm¶-¸q¡tfm ImWp-t¼m-gp-|m-Ip¶ am\-kn-Im-h-Ø.

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kpIrXao kvIqÄPohnXw kXojv kXy³-- (X G) hcp-¶Xv I|p. Rm³ kplr¯nsâ ]¡Â\n¶pw sasÃ ssk¡nÄ hm§n kvIqfn\pÅn-te¡v ]d-¡p-I-bmWv Rm³. AXm FXnsc Ip«-\m-imcn kmÀ! kmdv ssk¡n-fnÂ shfn-bn-te¡v hcp-IbmWv. BsI ]cn-{`-a-ambn. Adn-bmsX ssk¡n-fnsâ lm³Un-enÂ\n¶pw ssIIÄ hn«p. c|p-ssI-Ifpw s]m¡n Rm³ kmdns\ sXmgp-Xp. thK-¯nÂ Nhn«nt¸mIp¶ ssk¡n-fnÂ\n¶pw ]nSnhn«mÂ F´p kw`-hn-¡p-sa¶v Duln-¡m-atÃm! AXpXs¶ kw`hn¨p. Rm³ XmsghoWp. ssk¡nÄ apI-fnepw Rm\-Sn-bn-ep-ambn. Ip«-\mimcn kmÀ HmSn ASp¯v h¶p. Fs¶ ]nSn¨v Fgpt¶Â¸n-¨p. "hÃXpw ]äntbm tamt\?' At±lw tNmZn-¨p. Bhq! kam-[m-\-ambn. hg¡v In«n-bn-Ã-tÃm. A¶v At±lw Hcp D]-tZiw X¶p. "tamt\ hml\w HmSn-¡p-t¼mÄ \½psS {i² hml-\¯n-em-h-Ww, {i²-¡p-dhpsIm|v hml\-¯nsâ \nb{´Ww \jvS-s¸-«m-epÅ `hn-jy¯v Adn-bm-atÃm? C¶v ChnsS kw`-hn-¨Xv Xnc-¡pÅ tdmUn-em-sW¦ntem? C§-s\-bpÅ Ah-k-c-§-fnÂ ssIIq¸pIsbm¶pw th|m Iptª', At±lw ]Tªp \nÀ¯n, Pohn-X-¯nÂ Rm³ ]Tn¨ henb Hcp ]mTam-bn-cp¶p AXv. kvIqÄPohn-X-¯nÂ Rm³ HmÀ½n¡p¶ asämcp kw`hw Ipdn¡s«. HcpZnhkw D¨shbnÂ hIsh--¡msX H³]Xmw ¢mkp-Im-cmb R§Ä ]¯mw ¢mkpImcpambn

Ne¨n{Xhyhkmbw a{Zmkv ]«-W-hpambn _²s¸«p-In-S-¶n-cp-¶-Xn\mÂ A¡m-e-§fnÂ ]¸mbv¡v (biÈcoc\mb kXy³) hÃ-t¸mgpw am{Xta \m«nÂ hcm³ km[n-¨n-cp-¶p-f-fp. a½nbmWv R§Ä aq¶p-t]cpsSbpw ]T-\-Imcy§Ä {i²n-¨n-cp-¶-Xv. aq¶mw ¢mknÂ tamUÂ kvIqfnÂ tNcm³ h¶-Zn-hkw F\n¡v HmÀ½bp|v. A¶v IpSpw_{]mÀ°-\bv¡v tijw R§Ä kvIqfn-te¡v ]pds¸«p. R§fpsS ^nbäv ImdnÂ a½ntbmsSm¸w A[nIw Xnc-¡n-Ãm-bn-cp¶ ]mfbw tdmUv hgnbp-ff bm{X Rm³ ad-¶n-«nÃ. A¶pw C¶pw Imdnsâ ap³ko-äp-Im-c-\m-Wv Rm³. Ìm³en Bbn-cp¶p kmc-Yn. A¶s¯ kvIqÄ PohnXs¯¸än HmÀ¡p-t¼mÄ Ip«nIÄ¡v NqSp Np¡pshf-f-hpw Np¡v Im¸nbpw X¿mdm¡n X¶n-cp¶ kzman-bmWv BZyw a\ÊnÂ HmSn-sb-¯p-¶-Xv. "Np¡v kzman' F¶mWv At±lw Adnbs¸«n-cp-¶Xv . kzman C¶p \½tfmsSm¸-anÃ kzmansb a\-Êm -\-an-¡p-¶p. aq¶mw ¢mÊnÂ ]Tn-¡p-t¼mÄ Xs¶-bmWv ]nÂ¡m-e¯v Fsâ PohnXw AÔ-Im-c-am-¡nb Hcp alm-t\ {XtcmKw Fs¶ _m[n-¨n-«p-s|¶v BZyambn Adn-bp-¶-Xv. Hcp Znhkw Rm³ a½nsb Im¯v kvIqÄ tKänÂ GI-\mbn \nÂ¡p-I-bm-bn-cp-¶p. At¸mÄ kvIqÄ tIm¼u-|nÂ \n¶pw Hcp Iq«p-Imc³ ssk¡nÄ Nhn«n shfn-bn-te¡v

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^pSvt_mÄ Ifn-¡p-I-bm-bn-cp¶p. IfnbpsS Bthi¯nÂ shbn-ensâ NqSv Adn-ªn-cp-¶n-Ã. tKmf-Sn-¡p¶ Bthi¯nÂ DÕm-l-`-cn-X-cmb R§Ä Xncp-ªp-t\m-¡p-t¼mÄ AXm \nÂ¡p¶p Ip«³ ]nÅ-kmÀ. Ip«n-IfpsS t]Snkz]v\-amWv I¸-mS-ao-i-bpÅ Ip«³]n-Å-kmÀ. IqsS kvIqÄ in]mbn bpap-|v. shbn-e¯v Ifn-¨p-sIm-|p\nÂ¡p¶ R§sf Xsâ apdn-bn-te¡v B\-bn-¡m³ Ip«³]nÅ kmÀ in]m-bn-tbmSv \nÀt±-in-¨p. F¨v.-Fw.sâ apdn-bnÂ F¯nb R§Ä hcnhcn-bmbn \ni-_vZ-cmbn \n¶p. FÃm-hÀ¡pw In«n in£ ASn. F\n¡v BZy-ambpw Ahkm-\-ambpw kvIqfnÂ \n¶pw e`n¨ in£-bm-bn-cp¶p AXv. Fs¶ ]Tn-¸n¨n«p-ff akn-emaWn kmÀ, Ip«³]n-ff kmÀ, am[-h³ ]nff kmÀ, ANypX³X¼n kmÀ, ZmtamZ-c³ \mbÀ kmÀ, sNÃ¿ kmÀ, sIm¨pIpªp kmÀ, lcn-lc¿À kmÀ, thembp-[³ \mbÀ kmÀ, ]ocpapl-½Zv kmÀ, kp{_aWy³ kmÀ, kpIp-am-c³\mbÀ kmÀ, the-¸³\mbÀ kmÀ, tKm]n-\mY³\mbÀkmÀ F¶nhsc Cu Ah-k-c¯nÂ a\km \an-¡p-¶p. C¶v tamUÂ kvIqfnsâ ASp-¯p-IqSn t]mIp-t¼mÄ kvIqfnsâ C¶s¯ hnI-k-\tam ]pXp-¡nb kvIqÄ sI«n-S-§tfm aäpÅ hsct¸mse F\n-¡-dn-bm³ Ign-bn-Ã. ] s£ Hcp sIm¨p-Ip«nsbt¸mse ]Tn¨ ¢mÊp-ap-dn-I-fnÂ Ibdn Ccn¡m\pw HmSn¡fn-¨n-cp¶ IfnØe-§fnÂ Hcp h«w-IqSn HmSn¡fn-¡m \pw Fsâ a-\Êv sh¼p-¶p-|v.B{Kl§Ä B{Kl-§fmbn Ah-ti-jn-¡p¶p. ImgvNiànbpsS ]cn-an-XnIÄ Ds|¦nepw Fsâ PohnXw hÀ®m-`-am¡p¶ At\Iw LS-I§Ä \n§-fp-ambn ]¦psh¡p-hm³ Rm³ B{Kln-¡p-¶p. ]nÂ¡me tImtfPv Pohn-X-

¯nÂ Fsâ A²ym]I\m-bn-cp¶ s{]m^. sI. {io[-c³ \mbÀ kmdn\v Ft¶mSv {]tXyI hmÕeyap|m-bn-cp¶p. F\n¡v At±-l-t¯mSv _lp-am-\ hpw. ]¸m-bpw a½nbpw Pohn-¨n-cp-¶t¸mÄ¯s¶ {io[-c³ \mbÀ kmdnsâ IpSpw-_-hp-ambn R§Ä¡v ASp-¸-ap|m-bn-cp-¶p. ]¸mbpsS ac-W-tijw ASp¸w hÀ²n-¨p. {io[-c³\m bÀ kmÀ F\n¡v ]nXrXpey\mWv. kmdnsâ {]nb ]Xv\n {ioaXn iyafm-\m-bÀ Fs¶ {] k-hn-¡m¯ Fsâ A½bmWv. a½n-IqSn acn¨pIgn-ª-t¸mÄ Pohn-X-¯nÂ Rm³ AÂ]w ]I¨p \n¶pt]mbn. ]s£ {io[-c³\mbÀ kmdpw A½-bpw Fs¶ AhcpsS ho«n-te¡v Iq«ns¡m|pt]mbn. AsX\n¡v Hcp c|mw P·-ambn-cp-¶p. Fsâ hyànXz¯nÂ ]e amä-§fpw hcp-¯m³ kmdpw A½bpw a¡fpw sIm¨p-a-¡fpw AS-§p¶ AhcpsS IpSpw-_-¯n\v Ignªp. Fs¶ asämcp kXo-jm¡n AhÀ cq]m-´cs¸Sp¯nsbSp-¯p. {io[-c³ \mbÀ kmÀ C¶v Ft¶msSm¸-an-Ã. At±lw bqWn-th-gvknän tImtf-PnÂ Fsâ Cw¥ojv A²ym]I-\m-bn-cp¶p. s\Sp-a-§mSv Kh. BÀSvkv Bâ v kb³kv tImtf-Pnsâ Øm]I {]n³ kn¸emWv At±lw. tIcf kÀÆ-I-emim-ebpsS ]co£m I¬t{SmfÀ Bbn anI¨ tkh\w \S-¯n-bn-«p-|v. {io[-c³ \mbÀ kmÀ _n.-F. ¢mÊnÂ `mjbpsS Ncn{Xw ]Tn-¸n-¨n-cp¶ Ah-k-c-¯nÂ KpUvss_ F¶ hm¡nsâ AÀ°w ] dªpX¶Xv Rm³ HmÀ¡p-¶p. God be with ye F¶mWv Good Bye bpsS AÀ°w. Fsâ {]nb Kpcp-¡-·m-tcmSpw kl-]m-Tn-ItfmSpw kvIqÄ Ime-L«w apX-ep-ff kplr¯p¡tfmSpw Rm³ AXpXs¶ BhÀ¯n-¡p-I-bm-Wv... Good Bye.

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Hcp almhnZymeb-¯nsâ Xncp-ap-ä¯v Fw. cmPvIpamÀ-- (X C)

tIcfkÀ¡mÀ s]mXp-]-co£m t_mÀUnsâ 1965 amÀ¨nÂ \S¶ Fkv.-F-kv.-FÂ.-kn. ]co£ FgpXn Pbn-¨n«v A³]Xp-sImÃw þ Ac\q-äm-|v þ Ignªncn¡p¶ Cu Ah-k-c-¯nÂ Rm³ ]Tn¨ Xncp-h-\-´-]pcw Kh. tamUÂ sslkvIq-fnse ]qÀÆ hnZymÀ°n-IÄ Hcp kwK-a-¯n\p X¿msd-Sp-¡p-¶p. AXnÂ ]s¦-Sp-¡p-hm \pw A¶s¯ kl-]m-Tn-Isf ho|pw ImWphm\pw BImw£tbmsS Im¯ncn-¡p-t¼m-Ä Ahn-Ss¯ A²y-b\Imew HmÀ½-bnÂ an¶n-a-d-bp¶p. {]mXxkvac-Wo-b-cm-b, tamUÂ kvIqfnse A¶s¯ A²ym-]-IÀ þ {]uUKw`o-c-\mb slUvam-ÌÀ Ip«³ ]n-Å, ¢mkv So¨À the¸\m-Nmcn, _me-Ir-jvW¿À, tKm]meIrjvW¿À, am[h³]nÅ (c|p t]À) ANyp-X³ X¼n, Ip«-\m-Nm-cn, kpIp-am-c³ \mbÀ, IrjvW-aqÀ¯n, D®n-¯m³, kZm-\-µ-Zmk³ \mbÀ, Znhm-I-c³ \mbÀ, A¸p¡p-«³, ]oÀ ap-l-½-Zv, Zmtam-Z-c³ \mbÀ, cma-kp-{_-a-Wy¿À, lcn-lc¿À, sNÃ¿³, hmekv [À½-cmPv þ ChscÃmw amdn amdn sslkvIqÄ ¢mÊp-I-fnÂ ]Tn-¸n¨ncp¶p. ]Tn-¸n-¨n-cp¶ hnj-b-§fnÂ Ch-Às¡-Ãm-ap-|m-bn-cp¶ Adnhpw s]mXp-hn-Úm-\hpw C¶s¯ ]e tImtfPv A²ym-]-I-cnepw Rm³ I|n«n-Ã. aebmfw ]Tn-¸n-¨n-cp¶ kZm-\-µ-Zm-

k³ \mbÀ, FÃm ¢mÊpI-fp-sSbpw HSphnÂ Ipd¨pk-abw tPymXn-Èmkv{Xhpw (Astronomy) hm\-\o-cn-£-Whpw ] dªpXcp-am-bn-cp-¶p. At±-l-¯n\v B hn-j-b-¯nÂ Bg-¯n-epÅ Adnhp-ap-|m-bn-cp-¶p. kb³kp ]Tn-¸n¨ncp¶ D®n-¯m³ kmÀ sIankv{Sn X\ Xpssien-bnÂ \mS-I-cq]¯nÂ A`n\-bn¨p ]Tn-¸n¨ncp-¶p. anUnÂ kvIqÄ ¢mÊp-I-fnÂ Cw¥ojv ]Tn¸n¨n-cp¶ hmkp-tZ-h³]nÅ _ncp-Z-[m-cn-b-Ã. ]t£, At±-l-¯nsâ `mjm-]-cnÚm\w am\n¨v _ncpZm\-´c_ncpZ[mcnI-fmb ]e kl{]hÀ¯-Icpw Cw¥ojv `mjmhymI-c-W-¯nÂ kwib-§Ä At±-l-t¯mSv tNmZn¨p ]cn-l-cn-¡p-am-bn-cp-¶p. ]{X-§Ä hmbn¨v Ub-dn-¡p-dn-¸p-IÄ Fgp-Xp-I, ] {Xamkn-I-I-fnÂ \n¶p sh«n-sb-Sp¯ Nn{X-§Ä D]-tbm-Kn¨v I«v ]nI-vNÀ BÂ_w D|m¡pI F¶nh tkmjyÂ ÌUokv A²ym]-I-\m-bncp¶ A¸p¡p«³ ]cn-io-en-¸n-¨p. s]mXp-hn-Úm-\hpw Ah-t_m-[hpw hfÀ¯p-¶-XnÂ Ipds¨m¶paÃ Cu hI ]cn-io-e-\-§Ä {]tbm-P\s¸«Xv . Pohn-¯nse c|p L«-§Ä ¡nS-bn-epÅ Hcp IS¼bmbn-cp¶p Hcp \mÂ]Xp hÀjw ap³]phsc-bpÅ ]¯mw-X-cw (-F-kv.-F-kv.-FÂ.-kn) ]co£. I-¼yp-«dpw skÂt^mWpw

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H¶pw CÃmXncp¶ Ime¯v Cý-bn-seXs¶, Gä-hp-a-[nIw t]À Fgp-Xnbncp¶h-bnÂ H¶mb, Ipä-aä \S-¯n¸v F¶v kmÀÆ{Xn-I-amb {]iwk t\Snb s]mXp]co-£-bm-bn-cp-¶p. tIcfm Fkv.-F-kv.-FÂ.-kn. ]»n¡v kÀÆokv I½o-jsâ ]e aÕçco£IÄ¡pw an\naw tbmKyX Fkv.-F-kv.-FÂ.-kn. hnPbw Bbncp-¶p. Fkv.-F-kv.-FÂ.-kn. Pbn¨v D]cn-]-T-\-¯n\p t]mIm-¯-h-cmb At\ Iw t]À ]n.-F-kv.-kn. ]co£IfnÂ dm¦p-I-Ä t\Sn hnhn[ kÀ¡mÀ hIp-¸pI-fnÂ tPmen t\m¡n. Ipdª]£w, C§s\bpÅ aÕçco-£-IÄ¡p ]Tn¨p X¿m-sd-¡p-hm-\pÅ Bßhnizmkw Fkv.-F-kv.-FÂ,kn ]co-£-bnse hnPbw A¶p \ÂIn-bn-cp-¶p. F¶mÂ C¶v? ¹kv Sq hnP-bn-¨-h-À apXÂ _ncp-Zm-\-ć_ncpZ[m-cn-I-Ähsc hf-sct¸À¡v, sXän-ÃmsX Cw¥o-jpw ae-bm-f hpw Fgp-Xm³ ]äp-¶n-Ã. Hcp amt\Pvsaâ v I¬kÂ«â v, A²ym-]-I³, ]cn-io-e-I³ F¶o \neIfnÂ hÀj §tfmf-apÅ Fsâ A\p-`-h-§fnsem¶m-WnXv. Fw.-_n.-F. _ncpZw, aäv Nne s{]m^-j-WÂ tImgvkp-IÄ F¶nhbv¡pÅ ¢mÊp-I-fnÂ hnZymÀ°nIÄ hnj-bm-h-X-cWw (presentaion) \St¯|-Xp|v. IqSmsX, Hmtcm ¢mknepw NÀ¨sNbvX hnj-b-§-fnse {][m\s¸« hm¡p-IÄ (key words) Fgp-X-Ww. `qcn`mKw Ip«n-IÄ¡pw XS-Ê-anÃmsX kwkm-cn-¡m-t\m km[mcW D]-tbm-Kn-¡p¶ Hcp hms¡-¦nepw sXän-ÃmsX Fgp-Xp-¶-Xnt\m km[n-¡p¶nÃ. ]e Ip«n-Ifpw F³Pn-\o-b-dnwKv _ncpZw (B. Tech) Ign-ªmWv Cu tImgvkp-IÄ¡v hcp-¶-Xv Ft¶mÀ¡p-I.

F´mWv ChÀ C{Xbpw Imew ]Tn-¨Xv? Xncp-h-\-´-]pcw tamUÂ kvIqfnÂ\n¶v A³]XphÀjw ap¼v ]Tn¨p ]pd-¯n-d-§nb, C¶v apXnÀ¶ ]uc-·m-cmb, \½psS Adn-hnsâ \nehmcw C¶s¯ hnZymÀ°n-I-fnÂ \ns¶{Xtbm sa¨w F¶v Cu Ahkc-¯n-Â Xncn-¨-dn-bp-¶p. t{ijvT-`m-j-bmbn (classical language) AwKo-I-cn-¡-s¸-Sp-Ibpw tIcf-¯nse {][m\ HutZym-KnI `mj-bmbn {]Jym-]n-¡-s¸-Sp-Ibpw sNbvXtXmsS, ae-bm-f-`m-j-bpsS {]m[m\yw hfsc hÀ²n-¨n-«p|v. AXp-t]m-se, D]-cn-]-T\-¯nsâ GXp taJ-e-bn-em-bmepw Cw¥ojv `mj-bn-epÅ {]mhoWyw ] c-a-{]-[m-\-am-Wv. {]tXy-In¨v {]i-kvXamb hntZikÀÆ-I-em-im-e-I-fnÂ D]-cn]-T-\-¯n\v Cw¥o-jn-\pÅ ]cn-Úm\w sXfn-bn-¡p¶ TOEFL, IELTS apX-emb ]co£-IÄ Pbnt¨ ]äq. imkv{Xhn-j-b-§tfm-sSm¸w Cu `mj-I-fnepw {]mhoWyw t\Sp-¶-Xn\v hnZymÀ°n-Isf {]m]vX-cm-¡p-¶-Xn-\pÅ ]cn-jvIm-c§Ä tIc-f-¯nse C¶s¯ hnZym`ymkk{¼Zm-b-¯nÂ D|m-I-Ww. CXn-\m-h-iy-amb hnZKv²]cn-io-e\w A²ym-]-IÀ¡p \ÂIp-Ibpw thWw. ]Tn¨ hnj-b-§-fnÂ kmam-\y ¯nepw Ipd¨[nIwXs¶ Adnhp ] IÀ¶pX¶v B alm-hn-Zym-e-b-¯nsâ ]Sn IS-¯n-hn« Kpcp-¡-·m-sc þ AhcnÂ ]ecpw C¶v Pohn-¨n-c-n¸n-Ã þ \µn-tbmSpw _lp-am-\-t¯mSpw IqSn Cu Ah-k-c-¯nÂ kvacn-¡-s«. tamUÂ kvIq-Ä F¶ alm hnZymeb¯nsâ Xncp-ap-ä¯v Ip\nª inc-kp-ambn Rm³ \nÂ¡-s«.

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Xncnªpt\m¡p-t¼mÄ sI. IrjvW-Ip-amÀ-- (X A) tamUÂ kvIqfnÂ Rm³ ]Tn-¡m-\n-Sbm-bXv XnI¨pw BI-kvan-I-am-bn-«m-bncp¶p. Ggmw ¢mkv hsc Xncp-h-\-´]p-c¯pw \m«nep-apÅ A©p kvIqfpIfnÂ Rm³ amdn-amdn ]Tn¨p. tam-UÂ kvIqfnÂ At\z-jn-¨-t¸mÄ At]£ \ÂIm-\pÅ kabw Ign-ªncp-¶p. F¦nepw `mKy-h-imÂ AUvanj³ ImÀUv In«n. AUvan-j\pth|n slUvam-Ì-dpsS apdn¡p ]pd-¯pÅ Im¯p-\nÂ]v Ct¸mgpw HmÀ¡p-¶p. BZys¯ ¢mkv þ VIII E þ \gvk-dn-¡-Sp-¯pÅ t»m¡n-em-bn-cp-¶p. R§Ä 28 t]À. F¶pw Ipän-¯m-Sn-bpambn ImWp¶ am[-h³\mbÀ kmdmbncp-¶p ¢mkv So¨À. Hcp amkw Ign-ªt¸mÄ R§sf \membn Xncn¨v A,B,C,D, F¶o ae-bmfw aoUnbw Unhn-j-\p-Ifn-te¡v amän. Rm³ F¯n-bXv VIII A bnÂ. ]pXn-b ¢mkv XnI¨pw cmP-Iob-am-bn-cp-¶p. hnim-e-amb ¢mkvdqw. ] n¶n-epÅ Ccn-¸n-S-§Ä ]e X«p-I-fn-embn DbÀ¯nsh-¨n-cn-¡p-¶p. ¢mkv So¨À KW-]Xn A¿À kmÀ Hgn-hpÅ

]nco-Up-I-fnÂ ]pcm-W-I-Y-IÄ ]d-ªpX-¶ncp¶p. F«mw ¢mknÂ kvtImfÀjn¸v ]co-£-bp-|v. SMV kvIqfmWv skâÀ. P\-dÂt\mtfPv ]co£ Ignªv Cd§n-b-t¸mÄ C{_mlnw k¦St¯msS ] d-ªp. Hcp¯cw sXän-t¸m-bn. Gähpw IqSp-XÂ ag In«p¶ Øe¯nsâ t] cv Nndm-]p-©n¡p ]Icw ]q©nd Fs¶gpXn! ]qP¸pc\n¶v _Ên-emWv kvIqfn-te¡v bm{X. ankv sNbvXmÂ kvIqfnte¡p \S-¡Ww. Hcp ]co-£¡m-e¯v Rm\pw H³]Xmw ¢mknse DÅqÀ ]c-ta-iz-c\pw _kv Im¯p \n¶p. c|p _Êp-Ifpw U_nÄ s_Â ASn¨p ]mªpt]mbn. \nhr-¯n-bnÃmsX R§Ä \S-¶p. kvIqfnÂ F¯n-b-t¸mÄ ]co£ XpS-§n-¡-gn-ªp. Bsc ImW-cp-sX¶v R§Ä a\ÊpcpIn {]mÀ°n-¨pthm, B Ip«³]nÅ kmÀ hSn-bp-ambn kvIqfnsâ ap³h-i-¯pXs¶ \nÂ¡p¶p! GXm-bmepw {]iv\-§-sfm¶pap|m-bn-Ã.

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H³]Xmw ¢mknÂ Zmtam-Z-c³\ mbÀ kmÀ Bbn-cp¶p ¢mkv So¨À. kmdpXs¶ Cw¥ojpw ]Tn-¸n-¨p, ^nknIvkv, sI-an-kv{Sn-, -_-tbm-fPn ¢mkp-IÄ em_p-I-fnÂh¨mWv \S-¯n-bn-cp-¶Xv. imkv{Xhnj-b-§-fnÂ XmÂ]cyw hfÀ¯m³ CXp klm-bn-¨p. em_n-s\¡p-dn¨v Btem-Nn-¡p-t¼mÄ, tXmfnÂ jmÄ Npän Ccn-¡p¶ D®n-¯m³ kmdnsâ cq]w a\-ÊnÂ sXfnªphcp¶p. Ip«-\m-imcn kmdnsâ tkmjyÂ ÌUokv ¢mkp-IÄ¡v R§Ä Im¯n-cp¶p. Xam-i-Ifpw A\p-`-h-I-Y-Ifpw ]mTyhnj-bt¯msSm¸w tNÀ¯ph¨ B ¢mÊp-IÄ Ahn-kva-c-Wo-b-§-fm-bncp-¶p. A§s\ ]¯mw ¢mkn-te¡v ¢mkv So¨À tKm]m-e-Ir-jvW-¿À kmÀ R§sf kzmKXw sNbvXp-sIm|p ] d-ªp. IAS ]ß-Ip-am-dpw IrjvW-Ip-am dpw Hs¡ Cu ¢mkn-en-cp-¶mWv ]Tn-¨Xv. lnµn tKm]m-e³ \mbÀ kmdpw tkmjyÂ ÌUokv the-¸-\mimcn kmdpsaÃmw ]¯mw ¢mknsâ {]m[m\yw FSp¯p]d-ªp. the-¸³ Bimcn kmdn-s\-¸än asämcp HmÀ½ IqSn-bp-|v. tkmjyÂ ÌUokv D¯-c¡-S-emkv X¶n«v kmÀ R§-fpsS tam i-s¸« {]I-S-\s¯ hnaÀin-¨p-sIm|p ]d-ªp, ""]pkvXI-¯nÂ CÃm¯ GsX¦nepw Imcyw tNmZn-¨n-«p-s|-¦nÂ \n§Ä ]d-b-Ww.'' Rm³ DSs\ Fgpt¶-äp-\n¶p ]dªp ""Ct¸mgs¯ tI{µ hnZym-`ymka{´n'', ¢mknÂ Ipsd t\ct¯¡v Iq«-¨n-cn.

P\-dÂ sk{I-«dn Ce-£³ ASp-¡m-dm-bn. Hmtcm Unhn-j-\n-tebpw tamWn-«dpw ¢mkv sd{]-k³tdäohpw DÄs¸-«-XmWv Ce-Ivä-td-äv. XA bnse kplr-¯p-¡Ä Fs¶ aÕ-cn-¡m³ t{]cn¸n¨p. _näv t\m«okv A¨-Sn¨p In«p-¶-Xn\p ap³]pXs¶ Hcp Znhkw ¢mknÂ t\m«okv h¶p. A¶v aq¶p aWn¡v Ce-£³ Øm\mÀ°n-IÄ¡v thm«Àam-tcmSp kwkmcn-¡m³ Ah-k-cap-|v. Rm³ ]dª Hcp Imcyw kvIqfnÂ ^pSv_mÄ{Ku|v A\phZn¨p-In-«m³ ]cn-{i-an¡pw F¶mbn-cp-¶p. (A-Xn\p ap³t]m AXn\p tijtam Rm³ ^pSv_mÄ Ifn-¨n«nÃ!) thm«v F®n-¡-gn-ª-t¸mÄ Gähpw IqSp-XÂ thm«p t\Sn tPmÀPv Nm|n sk{I-«-dn-bmbn Gähpw Ipdhv F\n¡pw!. A³]Xp hÀj-§Ä¡p tijw, C¶p Xncnªpt\m¡p-t¼mÄ,- F-gp-Xn¯oÀ¡mhp-¶-Xn-e-[nIw HmÀ½-IÄ a\ÊnÂ \ndªpXpfp-¼p-¶p. A²y-m]\w Hcp k]-cy-bmbn kzoI-cn¨ A²ym-]IÀ, H¶n¨p ]Tn¨pw Ifn¨pw hfÀ¶ kplr-¯p-¡Ä, bq¯v s^Ìn-h-ep-IÄ, kvIqÄ tUIÄ, F³.-kn.-kn. ]tc-UpIfpw Iym¼p-I-fpw... ]t£, Hcp Imcy-¯nÂ kwib-anÃ þ tamUÂ kvIqfn-s\-¸än HmÀ¡pt¼mÄ BZyw a\ÊnÂ sXfn-bpI kvIqfnsâ {]th-i-\-I-hm-S-¯nÂ hSn-bpambn \nÂ¡p¶ Ip«³]nÅ kmdnsâ Nn{Xam-bn-cn-¡pw.

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Dd-m \Zn AUz. Fkv.-F-kv. lpssk³ hÀ¯-am-\-¯nsâ HmÀ½-I-fmWv `qX-Im-ew. HmÀ½-If - nÂ ]e-t¸mgpw kz]v\¯nsâ tXtcm-«-§Ä kw`-hn-¡pw. \msfsb-¡p-dn-¨pÅ {]Xo-£-IÄam-{X-aÃ kz]v \-§-fmbn ]cn-W-an-¡p-¶-Xv. A´-cw-K-§fnÂ s\m¼-c-ap-WÀ¯p¶ HmÀ½-Ifpw kz]v\-§-fm-Wv. Dd-§p-t¼mÄ ImWp¶ Nn{X-§-f-Ã, DWÀ¶n-cn-¡p-t¼mÄ HmÀ½n¡p-¶h - b - mWv bYmÀ°-kz-]v\§ - Ä. AXv Ign-ªp-t]mb Ime-§f - nse LSn-Im-ck - qNn-I-fn-te¡v Hcp aWn-ap-g-¡-ambn IS-¶psN-Ãpw. `qX-Im-e-¯nse HmÀ½-Ifpw kz] v\-§fpw \Zn-I-sf-t¸m-se-bm-Wv. Ah Ft¸mgpw Nen-¨p-sIm|ncn¡pw. \Zn-IÄ Dd-§m-dn-Ã. ]t£, Dd-§p¶ Hcp \Zn-sbsbm¶p k¦Â¸n-¨p-t\m-¡q. Dd-§p¶ B \Zn-bnse ]fp-¦p-a-Wn-I-fmWv \½psS _m ey-Im-ew. Hcm-fpsS hyànXzw \nÀ®-bn-

¡p-¶-XnÂ _mey-¯n\p henb ]¦p|v. _mey-¯nse \Ã A\p-`h - § - fpw Npäp-] mSp-Ifpw \½psS kz`m-h-cq-]o-I-c-Ws¯ XoÀ¨-bmbpw kzm[o-\n-¡pw. k¼-¶-XbpsS Xma-c-¡p-f-¯ntem Zmcn-{Zy-¯nsâ \oÀ¡-b-¯ntem hfÀ¶p F¶-Xn-eÃ Imcyw. kvt\lhpw \·bpw \½n-te¡p ] IÀ¶p-In-«p¶pt|m F¶-XmWv {][m-\w. kvt\lw {]I-Sn-¸n-¡m-\p-Å-Xp-X-s¶-bmWv. F¶mÂ AsXm-cn-¡epw {]I-S-\-]-cam-Ic - p-Xv. Hcp ]p©n-cn, Hcp km´z-\w, Hcp kv]Àiw C{Xbpw aXn a\Êv tcmK-hn-apà-am-Im³. ]t£, AXn-sem-¶pw Im]Sy-¯nsâ AÀºp-Z-tc-Wp-¡fp|mIcp-Xv. Npäp-]m-Sp-I-fÃ {][m-\w. B Npäp-]m-SpIsf \½Ä F§s\ kzoI-cn-¡p-¶p-sh¶p-ÅX - mWv {]kàw. a\p-jy³ Xma-cs- bt¸mse Pohn-¡W - s - a-¶mWv ]d-bm-dp-ÅX - v. Xmac sNfn-bn-emWp hf-cp-¶-Xv. AXnsâ

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X|pw thcpw sNfn-bn-em-Wv. ]t£, Xmac-bpsS CX-fp-I-fnÂ AsXm¶pw kv] Àin-¡p-¶n-Ã. AXnsâ Nmcp-Xbv¡v B amen\ yw Ipdhp hcp-¯p-¶p-an-Ã. \n§-sfm-cn-¡epw kml-N-cy§Ä¡-Sn-a-s¸-S-cp-Xv. _mey-¯nte B Xocp-am\w Dd-¸n-¡p-I. kml-N-cy-§Ä¡p hiw-h-Z-cm-Ip-¶-hÀ am\-kn-I-amb ASn-a¯-a-\p-`-hn-¡pw. Dd-§m¯ \Zn-bnse ] fp-¦p-a-Wn-bmWv _mey-sa-¦nÂ B ] fp-¦p-aWn Pm{K-X-tbm-sS, Icp-X-temsS Im¯pkq£n-¡-Ww. _meyw-ap-XÂ kz ] v\w ImWp-¶-hÀt¡ a\-ÊnÂ {]Wbw Im¯p-kq-£n-¡m³ Ign-bq. a\p-jy³ Ft¸mgpw A\p-cm-Kn-bm-bn-cn-¡-Ww. AÑt\m-Sv, A½-tbm-Sv, ktlm-Z-c-§-tfm-Sv, `mcy-tbm-Sv, Imap-In-tbm-Sv, a¡-tfm-Sv, kaql-t¯m-Sv, i{Xp-¡-tfm-Sv, {]Ir-Xn-tbm-Sv, Ie-tbm-Sv, Fgp-¯n-t\m-Sv... FÃm-¯n-t\m Spw A\p-cm-Kn-bm-hp-I. ]d-bm-s\-fp-¸w. F¶mÂ AXv Pohn-X-¯nÂ ]IÀ¯n-t\m¡q. temI-¯nse Gähpw henb `mKyimen \n§-fm-bn-cn-¡pw. kvt\l-¯nÂ, {]W-b-¯nÂ ZpxJap|v. ZpxJamWv {] W-bs¯ a[p-c-X-c-am-¡p-¶Xpw hna-eoI-cn-¡p-¶-Xpw. {]Wbw I®o-cpsIm|v

a\p-jy³ Xma-c-sb-t¸mse Pohn-¡-W-sa-¶mWv ]d-bm-dpÅ-Xv. Xma-c-bpsS X|pw thcpw sNfn-bn-em-Wv. ]t£, AXnsâ CX-fp-I-fnÂ AsXm¶pw kv]Àin-¡p-¶n-Ã. Xma-c-bpsS Nmcp-Xbv¡v B amen\ yw Ipdhp hcp-¯p-¶p-an-Ã.

Fgp-X-s¸-Sp-¶p. (Love is written with tears) Npäp-apÅ Nph¶ inc-Êp-Ifpw \c¨ BIm-ihpw \½psS ]¨ \mhp-Isf XnckvI-cn-¡p-Ibpw kwl-cn-¡p-Ibpw sNbv tX-¡mw. ]t£, \n§-fpsS \nÀ½-e-amb kvt\ls¯ Iogvs¸-Sp-¯m³, DÅn-sâbp-ÅnÂ A´x{ipXn-bmbn CW-tNÀ¶pIn-S-¡p¶ \·-bpsS hntem-e-`m-h-§sf CÃm-Xm-¡m³ AXn-s\m-¶n\pw Ign-bn-Ã. NnX-bnÂ shs´-cn-ªp-t]mtI| ]gp¯-bn-e-I-fm-ImsX amhnsâ inJ-c-¯nÂ X¶m-em-hpw-hn[w XW-embn \n e-sImtÅ| ]¨n-e-bm-hWw a\p-jy-P-·w. _mey-Im-ew-ap-XÂ Rm³ PohnX-¯nÂ ]n´p-SÀ¶p-h¶ Nen hnizm-k§fpw ssien-I-fp-amWv Ct¸mÄ Fs¶ Cu ]mX-tbm-c¯p ]cn-¡p-I-fn-ÃmsX F¯n-¨n-cn-¡p-¶-Xv. ]n¶n« hgn-bn-te¡p Xncn-ªp-t\m-¡p- t¼mÄ Rms\mcp henb BÂacw ImWp¶p|v. Xsâ Nph-«n-en-cn¡p-¶-hÀ \Ã-h-sct¶m No¯-sbt¶m Xcw-Xn-cn¨pt\m¡m-sX-bmWv BÂacw XWÂs]m-gn-¨psIm|ncn¡p-¶-Xv. B XWepw ip²-hm-bphpw No¯-a\ - Ê - p-Isf Nne-t¸mÄ \Ã-Xm-¡n-tb-¡mw. IqSp-XÂ \Ã hmbp-hn-\mbn Rm\pw BÂa-c-¨ph-«n-te¡v \S-¶p-\o-§p-I-bm-Wv. ssiihw, _meyw, Iuam-cw, buÆ\w F¶o \me-h-Ø-IÄ ]n¶n«v Rm³ hmÀ²-Iy¯n-te¡p IS¡p-t¼mÄ I¿n-en-t¸mgpw NqSm-dm-s¯mcp ]mtY-bap|v. kvt\lamIp¶ B s]mXn-t¨m-dnÂ Imcp-Wy¯n-sâbpw {]W-b-¯n-sâbpw Hcp-]nSn s\Ãn-¡-IÄIqSn Rm³ tNÀ¯p-sh-¡p¶p. Fsâ `qX-Im-e-kvar-Xn-I-fnÂ\n¶v ZpxJ \nÀ`-c-amb kz]v\-§Ä Hcp KrlmXp-cX - z-as - a-¶t- ]mse hÀ¯-am-\¯ - n-te¡v s]bvXn-d-§p-¶p. Cu CS-h-¸mXn \\ªv Rm³ \nÂ¡p-¶p. Ct¸mÄ Fsâ I®pI-fnse Xnf-¡-t¯mSv BIm-i-¯nse B sNdnb \£-{X-¯n\v Hcp aÕ-c-_p²n tXm¶p¶p|mhmw. u

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CONSOLIDATED LIST OF ALL BATCH-MATES INDEXED ON 'NAME' IN SCHOOL RECORDS

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36

AJITH PRASAD K ABU BAKER P AJEET KANDOTH KAANDY AJIT KUMAR P AJIT RASALAM AKHILESWARAN AP ALEXANDER K A ALPHONSE LAWRANCE ANAND KUMAR V ANANTHA RAMAN K ANTONY C V ANTONY JOSPEH ARAVINDAKSHAN NAIR G ARUMUGAM PILLAI K ARUMUGHAM S ASOK KUMAR S P ASOK S ASOKA KUMAR P ASOKAN D AYYAPPAN C AYYAPPAN K S AYYAPPAN NAIR G BAJIKUMAR S BALACHANDRAN M BALACHANDRAN NAIR G BALACHANDRAN NAIR G BALACHANDRAN NAIR K BALAGOPALAN V BALAJI S BALAKRISHNAN B BALAKRISHNAN NAIR P BALASUBRAMONI A BALASUBRAMONIAN P BHASKARAN NAIR N CHANDRA MOHAN V CHANDRAMOHAN R

XC XH XB XH XH XF XC XD XH XF XG XG XC XA XH XC XC XF XG XE XC XG XG XH XG XH XD XC XB XA XH XE XH XD XB XH

37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73

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CHANDRANSEKHARAN N CHANDRASEKHAR V CHANDRASEKHARAN T B CHERIAN PHILIP CHIDAMARAM R CHIDAMBARAM N CHOKKALINGAM K CHRISTOPHER ROSS DHANUSHKODI C DILEEP CHERIAN V GANAPATHY S GEORGE CHANDY M GEORGE K A GEORGE PHILIP GIREESH KUMAR K GOPAKUMAR KG GOPAKUMAR G GOPAKUMAR M GOPAKUMAR V GOPAKUMARAN NAIR P K GOPALAKRISHNAN L R GOPALAKRISHNAN NAIR M GOPALAKRISHNAN NAIR S GOPALAKRISHNAN NAIR T GOPALAKRISHNAN S HARI P HARIDASS P HARIHARA SUBRAMANY a HARIHARAN P N HARIHARAN R HARIKHARAN V HARIKUMAR B HARIKUMAR K HARIKUMAR M HUSSAIN S S JACOB CHAKO JACOB KURIAN

XG XE XB XG XH XH XE XF XE XG XE XF XB XG XH XC XG XG XB XD XG XF XG XB XE XD XF XB XB XC XA XA XD XH XC XF XF

74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115

JALALUDEEN M JANARDANAN PILLAI CS JANARDHANAN PILLAI S JAYAKUMAR A JAYAPRAKASH P S JAYAPRASAD K JAYARAM S JAYARAMAN L JEESHA C HARAN JOHN GEORGE JOHN K THOMAS JOHNY K G JOSHI C HARAN JOSPEH VARGHESE M JYOTHIS CHANDRA G K P NAYAR KAILAS S KOSE JOHN KRISHNA KUMAR K KRISHNA PILLAI S KRISHNAKUMAR C KRISHNAKUMAR K KRISHNAMOORTHI G KRISHNAMOORTHI T S KRISHNAMOORTHY. N KRISHNAN G KRISHNAN NAIR M KRISHNAN R KRISHNASWAMY A KRISHNASWAMY M KUMAR H V KUMAR S K KUMARESAN R KURIAN MATHEW MADHAV K VAD MADHAVAN KUTTY N MADHU MOHAN DAS G MADHUSOODANAN NAIR K MAHADEVAN S MANJU BHASH M MARIAPPAN H MATHEW M OOMMEN

116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157

XA XB XE XH XH XG XH XE XH XG XC XD XH XB XC XG XB XG XH XH XA XA XE XE XD XB XG XE XE XE XB XB XE XG XF XG XA XC XD XF XE XG

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MATHEW P T MOHAMED EBRAHIM H MOHAMMED KASIM A MOHAMMED SADIQU MOHAN BABU U MOHAN D MOHAN KUMAR V MOHAN VARGHESE MOHANA KUMAR K MOHANAN NAIR M MOHANAN NAIR V MOHANLAL KADACKAL MOHINIKUMARAN NAIR V MONY K V MOORTHY N K MURALEEDHARAN PILLAI G MURALI DAS S MURALI M MURALIDHARAN G MURALIDHARAN M MURALIDHARAN NAIR R MURALIDHARN K MURUGAN S NAGAPRASAD B MURTHI NAGARAJAN P NAGARAJAN S NANDANA MENON R NARASIMHAN N NARAYAN KUMAR P NARAYAN MENON S NARAYAN UNNI K NARAYANAN A S NARAYANAN NAIR V NARAYANAN PILLAI A NARAYANASWAMY T V NARENDRA NATH T P NARENDRA PRASAD P NATARAJAN R NAZIRUDDIN H E NINAN ABRAHAM NIRMAL SOORAJ GODWIN PADMAKUMAR K

XB XA XC XB XE XF XF XB XC XD XC XG XC XF XE XC XA XF XD XD XA XA XE XF XC XE XD XF XF XH XC XA XB XE XC XB XF XA XB XF XG XA

158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200

201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243

PADMANABHA PILLAI P R XB PADMANABHAN B XH PADMANABHAN R XB PANICKER G R XC PARAMESHWARA IYER S XH PARAMESHWARAN NAIR V XH PARAMESHARAN NAMBOOTHIRI D. X G PATTABHIRAMAN R XE PAUL DAS A XE PAZHANIA PILLAI K XE PHILIP C XG PHILIP GEORGE XF PONNAMBALAM PILLAI B XE PONNOOSE K P XB PRABHAKAR RAO A XF PRADEEP K XH PRADEEPKUMAR G XH PRAKASH JNANA SINGH J XE PRASAD MATHEWS XF PRASANNAKUMAR K XD PRASANNAKUMARAN NAIR G XD PREM SUDHAKAR E XE PREMKUMAR R XH PREMNATH KUKILLAYA S XF RADHAKRISHNAN NAIR N XA RADHAKRISHNAN S XD RADHAKRISHNAN S XH RAGHUNATH P M K XF RAGHURAMAN POTTI S XC RAJAGOPLAN NAIR K XA RAJAN A XG RAJASEKHARAN M P XH RAJASEKHARAN NAIR P XA RAJASEKHARAN T G XB RAJEEV DESHMUKH M XF RAJEEV P XA RAJENDRA BABU G XG RAJENDRA PRASAD A J XE RAJENDRAN A XE RAJKUMAR M XC RAJUKUTTY S XH RAMACHANDRAN K XC RAMACHANDRAN K XE

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RAMACHANDRAN NAIR P RAMACHANDRAN NAIR T P RAMACHANDRAN P R RAMACHANDRAN R RAMACHANDRAN THAMPI E N RAMACHNDRAN P RAMAKRISHNAN S RAMAKRISHNAN THAMPI P RAMASWAMY J RAMESH CHANDRA BHANU RANGARAJAN V S RAVEENDRA NATHAN NAIR T RAVEENDRAN K RAVEENDRAN NAIR V RAVI MOHAN NAIR V RAVINDRAKUMAR N RAVINDRAN JOSEPH T RAVINDRAN NAIR G RAVINDRAN NAIR R RAVINDRAN NAIR V RAVINDRAN T REGHU PRASAD S REGHUNATH S RENGANATHAN T S SADANANDAN NAIR P SADASIVAN NAIR G SADASIVAN S SAJEEVAN T U SAMSON NESSIAH SANALKUMAR V SANKAR K B SANKARAN M SANKARANARAYANAN R SANKARAPRASAD K SARACHANDRAN S SASEENDRAN NAIR K SASIDHARAN PILLAI B SASIKUMAR R SASIKUMARA PANIKKAR N SASIPRAKASH B SATHEENDRAN K SATISH SATHYAN SATISHCHANDRA BABU R

XA XF XB XF XG XG XE XA XG XF XG XC XG XA XH XC XE XD XB XC XH XC XA XF XC XF XA XA XF XA XF XE XE XA XD XD XC XA XH XF XD XG XC

244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 280 281 282

SEKHAR P S SHAHUL HAMEED N SHAJI ISAC K SHANKAR R S SIVADAS K M SIVADASAN C SIVARAJ K SIVARAM M SOLOMON P JOHN SOMALAL L SONNY GEORGE SREEDEVAN A SREEDHARAN S SREEKUMAR P SREEKUMAR R SREEKUMAR V S SREEKUMARAN NAIR H SREERANGAN K SRIKRISHNAN R SRIKUMARAN NAIR R STHANUMALAYAN N SUBBARAMAN R SUBRAMANIAN V SUBRAMANIYA IYYER H SUBRAMONIA PILLAI C SUBRAMONIAN A SUBRAMONIAN A SUBRAMONIAN H SUBRAMONIAN K SUBRAMONIAN N SUBRAMONIAN P SUDHAKARAN P K SUDHAKARAN T S SUGATHAN K R SUGUN BABU N SUKUMARA VARMA R SUKUMARAN NAIR M SUKUMARAN NAIR N SUKUMARAN NAIR S

283 284 285 286 287 288 289 290 291 292 293 294 295 296 297 298 299 300 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 309 310 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 319 320

XD XF XF XF XD XC XG XF XD XH XD XA XE XB XD XA XG XE XF XD XC XE XH XA XG XB XE XD XD XF XE XD XC XA XD XD XB XD XA

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SUKUMARN T SUNDARAVARATHAN V SUNNY MATHEW SURENDRA BABU S SURENDRAN NAIR K SURENDRAN S SURESH CHANDRAN DUTT SURESH KUMAR N SURESH V SWAMIDAS RANJAN SWARNAKUMAR P SYED FASEHUDIEN THAMEEM C I THIRUVADINATHA PILLAI K THOMAS KOSHY THOMAS P J THOMAS P T THOMAS THARAKAN P L UMA MAHESWARAN V V VARGHESE GEORGE VELAPPAN PILLAI P VELAYDHAN S VELAYUDHAN B VELAYUDHAN NAIR B VENKITACHALAM K G VENU G VENUGOPAL C VENUGOPAL P K VENUGOPAL S VENUGOPALAN NAIR K VENUGOPALAN NAIR R VENUGOPALAN TAMPI M VIJAYA KUMARAN THAMPI S VIJAYAKUMAR NAIR M VIJAYARGHAVAN R VISWANATHAN NAIR V VJAY MOHAN V WILLIAM JOHNNY G

XA XE XA XD XD XC XH XH XH XF XE XF XD XE XG XG XD XD XF XB XB XF XE XG XF XD XG XE XG XF XG XD XD XF XH XC XA XC