In an act aimed at highlighting communal solidarity and paying respects to the unfortunate victims of the recent Mumbai Terror attacks, a silent meeting of 70 Old Boys and Welham girls took place at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on Sunday, 7th December. All those gathered were dressed in black as a mark of respect to the fallen victims of the atrocity and no placards or slogans were displayed at the meet. The aim of the meeting was to demonstrate the common Indian's allegiance to aiding civic bodies in keeping India safe from terrorism. Ankur Bahl, one of the organisers of the meeting and a member of the Doon Batch of '76, said 'We hope that people will take more notice of our safety now, and that we can all come together to create a form of shadow government within society to help revamp the current security structure.'

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According to an interview in The Week, while in Doon, he wrote melodramatic poems he was not proud of, and switched from poetry to prose on the advice of a friend who was two years his senior. Today Amitav Ghosh is one India's best living writers. That friend was Vikram Seth.
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One doesn't hear much about Anish Kapoor. He's not based in India and avoids the limelight. He's an artist after all and one who prefers to speak through the art he creates. In the last 30 years since his move to London to study, he's had phenomenal success in the art world letting his sculptures do the talking.
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At 40, Rajiv Gandhi (259-K'60) was India's youngest Prime Minster . He came to power soon after his mother's assasination with a technological, modernistic vision for India . Unfortunately, his dreams for India were cut short when he was assasinated in 1991. Still, in his short time in politics primarily as prime minister and as leader of the opposition, he was able to do India proud.
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He sold 100,000 copies of a book written completely in rhyme. While studying for a PhD. in Economics he went to China and published a travel guide. His second book, the voluminous A Suitable Boy earned him a handsome $1million in advances.
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Captain Amarinder Singh is not being recognized here because he is the Maharaja of Patiala. Or because he is the Punjab State Congress President. But because he's recently written a book that chronicles some of the greatest but unfortunately almost forgotten battles that India has fought since 1947.
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In November 1998, when Dr Parvinder Singh was recognized as the Businessman of the Year, his acceptance speech opened with the remark that it was an award to be cherished because it reflected the endeavors of hundreds of people in the Ranbaxy family. Such was his humility.
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By virtue of his birth he was guaranteed a place in the history of pre-independence India and it has been by virtue of what he has done with his life that he will be guaranteed a place in the history of modern, independent India.
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Mr. C.J Miller who passed away on 11th December 1999 was the Headmaster of The Doon School from 1966-1970. He was considered to be a unique educationalist by the Times of London.
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Mr. Sheel Vohra, fondly known as "Bond" by the Doon School fraternity has been an Institution in the Doon School since his joining the staff in 1959.Mr. Vohra retired as the Honorary Secretary of the Doon School Old Boy’s Society in 1997.
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