Woodstock School Alumni Magazine Vol CIV, 2011
Woodstock School Alumni Magazine Vol CIV, 2011
Woodstock School Alumni Magazine Vol CIV, 2011
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92 - Quadrangle<br />
Class of 1992<br />
The class has been busy planning our 20th yr<br />
reunion these past few mos. Discussions have<br />
been ongoing, largely on Facebook, so those<br />
of you not on, please join. This yr has seen a<br />
number of additions to our ’92 family, with the<br />
wonderful welcome of a few lovely babies. We<br />
have also had a few weddings & some scheduled<br />
to take place this yr. LALI, MAYA R & SID also<br />
visited India. ABHRA BHATTACHARJEE &<br />
MAYA DUTT are working at WS. Abhra’s boys<br />
are in school, Farhan in gr 3 has started piano<br />
lessons & Armaan thinks his gr 1 teacher is cool!<br />
But news for the jottings has been scarce & slow<br />
since this time I could not bully the class into<br />
giving me news, so I regret to say this yr our jottings<br />
will be short. The news that surprised us all<br />
is that ASHISH SETHI got married this Christmas!<br />
He’s still in Sydney, but the wedding took<br />
place in Delhi. So here’s what came in as news.<br />
VINEETA WADHWA is back in Bombay, loves<br />
being here, the chaos is strangely addictive. I’m<br />
working on a TV Show & a website for custom<br />
made clothes, so that’s been keeping me busy.<br />
I was able to see KAPIL, ASHIMA NARAIN,<br />
RUCHI ’91, Ashima’s sister & APOORVA<br />
SHRIVASTAVA ’91. Fun mini-reunion! The<br />
class reunion sounds like sooooo much fun!!<br />
I hope I’ll still be in India next summer, don’t<br />
know just yet. MOA YADEN can’t make it for<br />
the WOSA 100. I have a big concert coming up,<br />
playing for an int’l American blues/jazz artist<br />
in Dimapur, have been slogging it out practicing.:<br />
In Jul, PRIYA SATOW & Richard had a<br />
baby girl, Kiran Emmanuelle Crothers. We are<br />
enjoying being new parents & adjusting to life<br />
in Bujumbura, Burundi, after spending some<br />
time in the US for the birth. Rich continues to<br />
work as head of IRC Burundi & Rwanda, while<br />
I am a full-time mum for a while. Also, en route<br />
to the US for the delivery, we met with LALI<br />
SWART at Schiphol Airport, which was great<br />
fun! EMILY KAIGA: got married last yr & now<br />
a new mum. Her daughter was born Jul. 13, still<br />
living in Nairobi, Kenya. BINOD GURUNG<br />
met FRANCIS THIAK ’93 briefly on the street<br />
a few mos back. We were going to go out for a<br />
drink before he left but we never got round to<br />
it. He was here in Hong Kong for a bit. SID-<br />
DHARTHA TULADHAR was just in Delhi,<br />
met for lunch with RAHUL, ISHAN, DEVIKA<br />
& APOORVA. MAYA RAO NAKHDJAVANI<br />
was in Delhi! I have been very busy, studying<br />
in a global MBA program. It’s a long shot but<br />
JAMES DUCE could be in Sri Lanka next summer<br />
probably Aug some time. I guess I want<br />
an excuse to come up to Mussoorie, it’s been a<br />
very long time & I would love to come back.<br />
I am married to my lovely wife Victoria & we<br />
have 2 amazing girls, India & Xanthe. We still<br />
live in Scotland. HELEN GODON TREMEN-<br />
HEERE still works the same as before, Jessica<br />
now 9 & Joshua 7. Chris has a new job with<br />
VW. SANGEETA KARLE -GITE & family,<br />
husband Abhijeet, Maya (6) & Varun (4) still live<br />
in Houston TX. I keep busy with kids, school<br />
& indoor activities in the Houston summer heat<br />
& outdoor fun in our milder winters. All is well<br />
and, I am very happy. I am working in Oil & Gas<br />
in our family business. I like the work as well the<br />
flexibility. MALINI ANAND NIJAGAL is still<br />
living in San Francisco CA with husband & 2<br />
children. I still work in Marin but now for Marin<br />
Community Clinics providing OB/GYN care to<br />
the County’s uninsured women. I am hoping to<br />
attend the class’s 20th yr reunion in 12! KAPIL<br />
GUPTA got transferred to Bombay earlier this<br />
yr & we (wife & 2 sons) have settled in nicely.<br />
I am planning to attend the WOSA 100 along<br />
with my elder son Karan & looking forward to<br />
our 20th reunion next yr! As for me, not much<br />
has changed. Hubby has left his job & is chilling<br />
at home with Harshan (8) & me. We will be<br />
attending WOSA 100 & am looking forward to<br />
meeting Kapil, Abhra & Maya D. We will take<br />
that opportunity to throw around some ideas<br />
for our class reunion. We hope to fix the dates<br />
soon. Please inform me of any change of contact<br />
information & try your level best to come for<br />
the reunion.—Sonia<br />
Class of 1993<br />
Another yr has flown by & before we know it,<br />
the Class of 93 will be planning its 20th reunion!<br />
Hope there will be many classmates who will<br />
have good suggestions &/or ideas for it! JOASH<br />
& BECCA are happily exhausted with 3 children.<br />
Benjamin (started KG this fall), Olivia<br />
(4) & Zachary (2). Becca enjoys bird watching,<br />
while Joash practices on his electrical guitar!<br />
Becca continues to work at the Helen DeVos<br />
Children’s Hosp and Joash is keeping busy with<br />
a full pediatric practice. ANDY & Sonya are in<br />
Baku running their language business which is in<br />
its 3rd yr. Charis is in gr 6, Micah gr 4 & Joel gr<br />
1. The others, Eden, Gabriel & Gideon, are still<br />
at home. They now have 6 kids after adopting<br />
2 nephews from Sonya’s side of the family. His<br />
parents are still at WS & will come to visit the<br />
family during the winter. JON & family enjoyed<br />
being back in the States for most of 09, spending<br />
time with family & friends, before returning to<br />
Chiang Mai, Thailand. Their kids are all doing<br />
well. Sean (7) is really enjoying gr 2 at Grace<br />
Int’l <strong>School</strong>, Anna (5) could not be happier in<br />
Montessori & Ellie (2) is at home being as cute<br />
as ever! Jon is also learning the Thai language &<br />
like Joash is getting back into playing the guitar.<br />
GAURAV works as an emergency physician<br />
in Indianapolis. He is also in graduate school<br />
working on an MBA. The family had a great<br />
trip to Yellowstone, Grand Teton & Glacier Nat’l<br />
Parks. Daughters Anya, Ava & Asha are now 5,<br />
7 & 8 .DIA & family have had a busy yr with<br />
husband Mike starting as a pilot for Southwest<br />
Airlines & Dia taking over the local MOMS<br />
Club. Son Krishan has started KG & daughter<br />
Rohini preschool, quite the handful, but always<br />
the life of the party! Dia had a chance to get together<br />
with JOY, SUJOY & KARUNA in Delhi<br />
last Jan, where Joy made a phenomenal meal for<br />
them all. Dia’s kids loved Joy’s cooking & overall<br />
it was a great mini reunion! TATT or TODD,<br />
is living in Hong Kong with Anu & son, Ashwin<br />
(3). The family relocated from London in Nov<br />
10 & is settling into a new way of life in Asia.<br />
Tatt works for Wells Fargo, Anu is a homemaker<br />
& Ashwin is taking Chinese language as well as<br />
soccer classes for toddlers! During Jun - Jul, Tatt<br />
met NAVEEN & SEKHAR in NYC as well as<br />
YOSHIA in Tokyo. SASHI & Asavri has been<br />
living in NYC since Aug 10 where they both<br />
work at Mt Sinai Medical Center. Sashi has<br />
been promoted as an Instructor & continues to<br />
do cancer drug discovery research. They live in<br />
Queens & have found a wonderful South Asian<br />
(Indian & Pakistani) congregation to worship<br />
with. They are planning a mo long vacation to<br />
England, Ireland (where they will be with the<br />
Bartons) & India. AMOL & wife Rupal moved<br />
to Dallas TX in Oct ’10, followed by the birth<br />
of son Avi in Dec Congratulations! It was great<br />
to hear from SHARIKA after many yrs! She<br />
lives in Mumbai with husband & kids Ronin<br />
(3) & Ryan (2). Her husband has just signed a<br />
movie with director Anurag Kashyap & Sharika<br />
is writing a book, almost halfway through! We<br />
may have our 2nd class author, after Omair!<br />
OMAIR is continuing to work with the Friedrich<br />
Naumann Fdn out of their Delhi offices,<br />
handling their conflict resolution/human rights<br />
programmes for S Asia (Tibet & Kashmir). His<br />
new novel, Jimmy the Terrorist, was published<br />
last yr by Hamish Hamilton/Penguin India &<br />
was the joint winner of the Vodafone Crossword<br />
Award this yr, probably India’s best lit award!<br />
It was also long-listed for the DSC Lit Prize for<br />
South Asian Lit. Congratulations to Omair also<br />
for his marriage to Sabah Hamid. SEKHAR &<br />
Fatima are doing well. Their son Sebastian Jai<br />
keeps them quite busy & highly entertained!<br />
Sekhar works as a Dir in a boutique mngmt<br />
consulting firm based in NYC. SRIKAR & Aditi<br />
got married in May & had a great honeymoon<br />
in Greece! The few months since the wedding<br />
have been quite busy with family get-togethers<br />
& house hunting. They are planning another<br />
trip to India & hoping to catch up with a few<br />
classmates! PHIL writes that he is married to<br />
Cecilia with a 9 mo old baby boy, Hugo, who<br />
loves his food & sleep! Having spent last yr in<br />
Cambridge UK, where Cecilia did her Masters<br />
& Phil practised law, they have just bought a<br />
house in the northern part of Melbourne, which<br />
backs on to a pleasant little stream. Phil continues<br />
playing music with bands & would be happy