Earlier blog on get together at School in 2011 Read
Having settled down North of Narmada, it is not often that I get to attend functions at Chennai or South of Chennai. And whenever it happens it has always been very special.
As one ages ,one doesn’t really change but just becomes more of what one was , as a child.
At sixty-plus , most of us have retired from active careers and those who are still in service are doing it for fun rather than any compulsion. With career out of the way and children having left home, this is the small window in one’s life span when you have the time, money and health to indulge in attending such social events , wherever, whenever . No wonder senagers (sixty-plus behaving like teenagers) are the new big consumers today.
I graduated from School in 1975 and there are some classmates I never got to meet in the intervening 40 odd years. Yet when we meet, it feels as if we never parted. Now that our children are in the process of getting married , a wedding becomes an ideal occasion to catch up.
On 7 Feb, Chandramouli’s son got married and on 6th Feb we had a great get together at Nambi’s house. A big , big thanks to Dr AP Nambi.
Ladies too had a great time and probably felt being part of the community as much as the ‘boys’.
Something unique about high school classmates’ reunion i s that you find guys from all walks of life. During a gathering of classmates from professional colleges or Military Academies most conversations ramble on around the profession while with High school types it’s more like the age of innocence; conversations are unstructured and care free. The event was particularly special as three very senior teacher now in their eighties graced the occasion and one of them even took a class though on general issues and not on Biology, that was his subject.
Many thanks to Chandramouli , Nambi , all ladies who have been putting up with the overgrown boys and all wonderful people who made it so lively be their sheer presence.
Before signing off , I convey my grateful thanks to my hosts Girija and Baskar, whose wonderful company we enjoyed for four days at West Mambalam.
