Woodstock School Alumni Magazine Vol CIV, 2011

92 - Quadrangle
Class of 1992
The class has been busy planning our 20th yr
reunion these past few mos. Discussions have
been ongoing, largely on Facebook, so those
of you not on, please join. This yr has seen a
number of additions to our ’92 family, with the
wonderful welcome of a few lovely babies. We
have also had a few weddings & some scheduled
to take place this yr. LALI, MAYA R & SID also
visited India. ABHRA BHATTACHARJEE &
MAYA DUTT are working at WS. Abhra’s boys
are in school, Farhan in gr 3 has started piano
lessons & Armaan thinks his gr 1 teacher is cool!
But news for the jottings has been scarce & slow
since this time I could not bully the class into
giving me news, so I regret to say this yr our jottings
will be short. The news that surprised us all
is that ASHISH SETHI got married this Christmas!
He’s still in Sydney, but the wedding took
place in Delhi. So here’s what came in as news.
VINEETA WADHWA is back in Bombay, loves
being here, the chaos is strangely addictive. I’m
working on a TV Show & a website for custom
made clothes, so that’s been keeping me busy.
I was able to see KAPIL, ASHIMA NARAIN,
RUCHI ’91, Ashima’s sister & APOORVA
SHRIVASTAVA ’91. Fun mini-reunion! The
class reunion sounds like sooooo much fun!!
I hope I’ll still be in India next summer, don’t
know just yet. MOA YADEN can’t make it for
the WOSA 100. I have a big concert coming up,
playing for an int’l American blues/jazz artist
in Dimapur, have been slogging it out practicing.:
In Jul, PRIYA SATOW & Richard had a
baby girl, Kiran Emmanuelle Crothers. We are
enjoying being new parents & adjusting to life
in Bujumbura, Burundi, after spending some
time in the US for the birth. Rich continues to
work as head of IRC Burundi & Rwanda, while
I am a full-time mum for a while. Also, en route
to the US for the delivery, we met with LALI
SWART at Schiphol Airport, which was great
fun! EMILY KAIGA: got married last yr & now
a new mum. Her daughter was born Jul. 13, still
living in Nairobi, Kenya. BINOD GURUNG
met FRANCIS THIAK ’93 briefly on the street
a few mos back. We were going to go out for a
drink before he left but we never got round to
it. He was here in Hong Kong for a bit. SID-
DHARTHA TULADHAR was just in Delhi,
met for lunch with RAHUL, ISHAN, DEVIKA
& APOORVA. MAYA RAO NAKHDJAVANI
was in Delhi! I have been very busy, studying
in a global MBA program. It’s a long shot but
JAMES DUCE could be in Sri Lanka next summer
probably Aug some time. I guess I want
an excuse to come up to Mussoorie, it’s been a
very long time & I would love to come back.
I am married to my lovely wife Victoria & we
have 2 amazing girls, India & Xanthe. We still
live in Scotland. HELEN GODON TREMEN-
HEERE still works the same as before, Jessica
now 9 & Joshua 7. Chris has a new job with
VW. SANGEETA KARLE -GITE & family,
husband Abhijeet, Maya (6) & Varun (4) still live
in Houston TX. I keep busy with kids, school
& indoor activities in the Houston summer heat
& outdoor fun in our milder winters. All is well
and, I am very happy. I am working in Oil & Gas
in our family business. I like the work as well the
flexibility. MALINI ANAND NIJAGAL is still
living in San Francisco CA with husband & 2
children. I still work in Marin but now for Marin
Community Clinics providing OB/GYN care to
the County’s uninsured women. I am hoping to
attend the class’s 20th yr reunion in 12! KAPIL
GUPTA got transferred to Bombay earlier this
yr & we (wife & 2 sons) have settled in nicely.
I am planning to attend the WOSA 100 along
with my elder son Karan & looking forward to
our 20th reunion next yr! As for me, not much
has changed. Hubby has left his job & is chilling
at home with Harshan (8) & me. We will be
attending WOSA 100 & am looking forward to
meeting Kapil, Abhra & Maya D. We will take
that opportunity to throw around some ideas
for our class reunion. We hope to fix the dates
soon. Please inform me of any change of contact
information & try your level best to come for
the reunion.—Sonia
Class of 1993
Another yr has flown by & before we know it,
the Class of 93 will be planning its 20th reunion!
Hope there will be many classmates who will
have good suggestions &/or ideas for it! JOASH
& BECCA are happily exhausted with 3 children.
Benjamin (started KG this fall), Olivia
(4) & Zachary (2). Becca enjoys bird watching,
while Joash practices on his electrical guitar!
Becca continues to work at the Helen DeVos
Children’s Hosp and Joash is keeping busy with
a full pediatric practice. ANDY & Sonya are in
Baku running their language business which is in
its 3rd yr. Charis is in gr 6, Micah gr 4 & Joel gr
1. The others, Eden, Gabriel & Gideon, are still
at home. They now have 6 kids after adopting
2 nephews from Sonya’s side of the family. His
parents are still at WS & will come to visit the
family during the winter. JON & family enjoyed
being back in the States for most of 09, spending
time with family & friends, before returning to
Chiang Mai, Thailand. Their kids are all doing
well. Sean (7) is really enjoying gr 2 at Grace
Int’l School, Anna (5) could not be happier in
Montessori & Ellie (2) is at home being as cute
as ever! Jon is also learning the Thai language &
like Joash is getting back into playing the guitar.
GAURAV works as an emergency physician
in Indianapolis. He is also in graduate school
working on an MBA. The family had a great
trip to Yellowstone, Grand Teton & Glacier Nat’l
Parks. Daughters Anya, Ava & Asha are now 5,
7 & 8 .DIA & family have had a busy yr with
husband Mike starting as a pilot for Southwest
Airlines & Dia taking over the local MOMS
Club. Son Krishan has started KG & daughter
Rohini preschool, quite the handful, but always
the life of the party! Dia had a chance to get together
with JOY, SUJOY & KARUNA in Delhi
last Jan, where Joy made a phenomenal meal for
them all. Dia’s kids loved Joy’s cooking & overall
it was a great mini reunion! TATT or TODD,
is living in Hong Kong with Anu & son, Ashwin
(3). The family relocated from London in Nov
10 & is settling into a new way of life in Asia.
Tatt works for Wells Fargo, Anu is a homemaker
& Ashwin is taking Chinese language as well as
soccer classes for toddlers! During Jun - Jul, Tatt
met NAVEEN & SEKHAR in NYC as well as
YOSHIA in Tokyo. SASHI & Asavri has been
living in NYC since Aug 10 where they both
work at Mt Sinai Medical Center. Sashi has
been promoted as an Instructor & continues to
do cancer drug discovery research. They live in
Queens & have found a wonderful South Asian
(Indian & Pakistani) congregation to worship
with. They are planning a mo long vacation to
England, Ireland (where they will be with the
Bartons) & India. AMOL & wife Rupal moved
to Dallas TX in Oct ’10, followed by the birth
of son Avi in Dec Congratulations! It was great
to hear from SHARIKA after many yrs! She
lives in Mumbai with husband & kids Ronin
(3) & Ryan (2). Her husband has just signed a
movie with director Anurag Kashyap & Sharika
is writing a book, almost halfway through! We
may have our 2nd class author, after Omair!
OMAIR is continuing to work with the Friedrich
Naumann Fdn out of their Delhi offices,
handling their conflict resolution/human rights
programmes for S Asia (Tibet & Kashmir). His
new novel, Jimmy the Terrorist, was published
last yr by Hamish Hamilton/Penguin India &
was the joint winner of the Vodafone Crossword
Award this yr, probably India’s best lit award!
It was also long-listed for the DSC Lit Prize for
South Asian Lit. Congratulations to Omair also
for his marriage to Sabah Hamid. SEKHAR &
Fatima are doing well. Their son Sebastian Jai
keeps them quite busy & highly entertained!
Sekhar works as a Dir in a boutique mngmt
consulting firm based in NYC. SRIKAR & Aditi
got married in May & had a great honeymoon
in Greece! The few months since the wedding
have been quite busy with family get-togethers
& house hunting. They are planning another
trip to India & hoping to catch up with a few
classmates! PHIL writes that he is married to
Cecilia with a 9 mo old baby boy, Hugo, who
loves his food & sleep! Having spent last yr in
Cambridge UK, where Cecilia did her Masters
& Phil practised law, they have just bought a
house in the northern part of Melbourne, which
backs on to a pleasant little stream. Phil continues
playing music with bands & would be happy