6th January 2009 - The Scindia School

Old Boys'
News
Reminiscences
On the occasion of the 112th Founder’s Day of the School the Madhav award
was conferred on Mr A.N. Dar ( Ex Rn ’58) This year the SOBA cup was
awarded to the Kolkata Chapter and the SOBA award was won by
Rajnish Rai Kumar( Ex Md ’82)
Every old boy at some point of time felt like leaving Scindia and going back.
What is the one thing that held you back
(Question suggested by Ishar Kar Ex-Rn’08)
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OLD BOYS'
NEWS
VOL 6 | Jan 2010
Samir Kumar (Ex Sh ’87) was featured in the
UK/Hong Kong based Finance Asia Magazine
(The Milkman, December 2009) for his
pioneering role in China's dairy industry where
his Australian joint venture became the largest
exporter of cheese into China. Now Samir's
new venture Sino Hero Foods is hooking the
Chinese to the taste of AMUL and MTR Ready
to Eat curries which he exclusively represents
for Greater China.
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Pratik Sharma (Ex Mj ’06) held his first solo
photography exhibition ‘Holi Gestures’ at the
Academy for Photographic Excellence, New
Delhi. The exhibition was inaugurated by SOBA
President Lt General S P S Dhillon on 4th
December '09 and the Guest of Honour was
the eminent photographer Amit Ashar(Ex Md
’83)
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Members of SOBA Nagpur held a
Blood Donation and an Eye Donation
Awareness Camp on Sunday 4th Oct
2009. There were 39 donors.
This Camp is held every year since
the last 3 years in memory of Late HH
Maharaja Madhavrao Scindia. Some
of the members pledged to donate
their eyes and to work for the cause
of eye donation. All donors were
presented certificates signed by HH
Maharaja Jyotiraditya Scindia, Kapil
Dev and Lt. Gen SPS Dhillon.
Azhan Ahsan’s (Ex DL ’06) book, ‘Love, Lust
and Life’ was released in Mumbai. It will soon
be available in all the bookstores across India
and also on the internet. By doing so he has
become the youngest author of the country at
21.
Azhan is leaving for New York for a film course
at New York Film Academy.
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The Batch of ’83 has decided to sponsor
the education of two girls of class IX of the
Government Girls School upto standard XII.
They shall pay for the school fees, stationery
and uniform every year.
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Jitendra Muchhal (Ex Ja ‘86) along with Niraj
Lal (Ex Ja ‘68) both founder office bearers of
Scindia Old Boys Association in North America
conceived and brought to life a Pan Public
School Alumni gathering. The first meeting
took place in New York on 18 Nov 2009. The
Chief Guest, Counsel General Prabhu Dayal,
complemented the efforts of the Alumni and
inspired them to be the bridge between the
cultures and businesses of India and USA. The
Alumni present seemed quite enthused by the
idea of a Pan Public Alumni gathering and were
catching up with their old friends and Alumni.
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During the first week I felt very homesick and
managed to get a phone call through to my
father. I told him that I wanted to return as the
food in the School was not tasty. He sternly
replied that if it was palatable to Madhavrao
Scindia, who was my contemporary, it was
good enough for his son also.
Dr. Sudhir Singh Bloeria Ex-Mj ’62
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Not much of a choice when you are studying at
a prestigious School, that too at Government
expense – surely Dad would have turned me
out from home without any money.
Rajendra Kumar Shrivastava Ex-Md ’70
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The Head Master’s daughter
Tripurary Chaturvedi Ex-Mj’77
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When I joined school, for the first few months,
I was home sick but family and social pressure
made me stay at Scindia. Now I am glad that
I spent five years at the Fort and would love to
spend more time there even now.
Rajiv Tyagi Ex-Md ’79
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Sumptuous Scindia food and the clattering
sound of the mess
Gauri Shanker Sharma Ex-Mj ’83
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The homely atmosphere, care taken by all our
respected teachers, true friends, the confidence
that was being developed by various means of
exposure given to us made me thankful to my
parents for giving me such an opportunity.
Anuragam Vatsa Ex-Rn ’88
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I never felt like leaving Scindia and going back
home, I was actually quite happy to escape
home and live a shared life.
Sridharan Rajan Ramkumar Ex-Rn ’92
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Once I was severely punished for fighting with
a senior over my friend. I felt like leaving, but
stayed back because I did not want to be seen
as a weak guy. Moreover the love of my friends
gave me lots of support.
Manik Mahajan Ex-Sh Left in 1992
after Class X.
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I believe no one after joining school would have
felt like leaving apart from those moments
when one felt homesick. In every aspect it was
a grooming ground, so there was no thought
of leaving.
J P N Singh Ex-Jp ’93
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I was simply enjoying my time in school too
much to consider leaving.
Rajeev Merkhedkar Ex-Md ’94
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One thing that held me from going back was
the atmosphere of Home away from Home
Anshul Mathur Ex-Je ’94
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If I went home, my father would have forced me
to join his alma mater, Doon School !!! Scindia
was always a cut above and still is. Dad if you
ever read this....what’s true is true!!!
Avinash Kumar Ex- Md ’97
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Might sound funny, but leaving this place never
occured to me after the first week. The fact that
I could play competitive soccer and cricket was
more than enough reason for me to stay on.
Harshvijay Amarnath Ex- Ja '97
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I always thought of leaving the School but the
only thing that held me was my family history
with The Scindia School.
Vishal Chand Bothra Ex-Ja ’97
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Natural beauty of the Fort
Alabhya Vaibhav Ex-Je ’99
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I wanted to see the Fort for one more term then
I thought I'd take my leave from the ‘torture’.
But once I was back for my second term I fell
in love with everything around me and couldn’t
think of leaving anymore.
Anushank Anand Ex-Dl ’01
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The only thing that held me back was the masti
(fun), like living life king size when we were in
class XI and XII.
Sahil Mehra Ex-Ja ’03
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The only thing which held me back was the
sense of belonging. I knew Life would be
difficult outside.
Nikhil Sharan Ex-Dl ’05
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I continued because I knew if I left the school
I would go back to a dull and monotonous
life and would not be able to develop my
personality to the fullest.
Ishar Kar Ex-Rn’08
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