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Abhishek (Boozy) Misra [ex-253 Ja, ’91] has left ITC to join Seagram’s India Ltd. as Channel Distribution Manager and will be looking after promotions of Chivas Regal, Glenlivet, Royal Salute and Martel XO, for Northern India. No doubt he will do a dedicated job as his work is also his hobby! We wish him all the best!
P. Gopinath [ex 154 H ’54] has been appointed Executive secretary of the World Commission on the Social Dimension of Globalisation.
Malvinder Mohan Singh [ex 136 JB ’90] has been appointed director in charge of the India region for Ranbaxy and will officially take over in January 2003.
Karan Badhwar [ex 7 HA ’01 has performed a rare hat-trick by bagging bronze medals at the following events: a) U.P. STATE -2002 shooting competition - 22nd November ’02 b) T.E Shoot Bronze Medal Mavlankar - 28th Nov. 2002 c) 46th National Shooting Championship at the Tuglaqabad Ranges Mens Junior - 1st Dec. 2002. Karan is incidentally the son of an old boy - Tilak Badhwar [ex 178 H ’66] and is giving his father a run for his money. Our heartiest congratulations to him and we are sure we will be hearing a lot more of him in the national and international shooting arena. We wish him all the best.
Shaukat Pal Singh Sikand [ex 718 HB ’80] has been selected as the Only Indian Member of an International Rafting Expedition in Chile (supported by National Geographical Adventure). They will be rafting down the Futaleufu (which means “Big River” in the local Mapuche dialect) with its aqua blue water, alpine setting, and combination of large waves and boulders. The Class V rapids, including Carion del Infierno, Terminator, Casa de Piedra, and the Throne Room, are amongst the most spectacular and difficult in the world. The raftable section of the river is about 240 miles, and multiple access points allow them to break the trip into sections with different levels of difficulty.
Pragye Kisslay [ex 87 KB ’95] is currently studying to be a filmmaker, doing an MA in Filmmaking at The London Film School which is a two year course. His school address is: Pragye Kisslay, The London Film School, 24 Shelton Street, Covent Garden, London WC2H 9UB. And home address is : Pragye Kisslay, 7 Whitley Park Lane, Reading RG2 7BE, Berkshire, United Kingdom Ph: 01189620652 (R), 07766488520 (M)
Births
Our congratulations to the following Old Boys and their wives on the birth of their children:
A son, Vir to Bipin Bhatia [ex 417-HA ’86] and Sonali on October 10th , 2002.
A daughter, Niyamat in 1999 and son, Zoraver in 2000 to Ajay Mehta [ex 102-JA ’89] and Radhika.
Marriages
Our congratulations to the following Old Boys on their marriages:
Rajiv (Bobby) Nanda [ex 216-HA ’91] to Shagun on November 22, 2002.
Pratim (Peter) Mukerjea [ex 17-H ’71] to Indrani.
Ajay Mehta [ex 102-JA ’89] to Radhika in ’97.
Obituary
MR. ROSHAN LAL (a.k.a. MELA RAM) 1918 – 2002
“Hold steady…. steady… steady”, the lens cover would be removed by a precise and definitive swing of the hand and then put back with the same precision. For your information, this was the shutter operating. Multi billion dollar camera companies are investing big dollars to make the shutter work with the same precision! Mr. Mela Ram, could do this, without a flutter, with his bare hands!
Coming from a photo background, on the
second day of school, I was introduced to
the man, Mr. Mela Ram at the Photo school
by Mr. S. C. Biala (SCB) also a keen
photographer. After the usual pleasantries,
Mr. Mela Ram and I started discussing why
a manual camera is better than an automatic
one! He won.The news of him being gone brought back many memories. However, what went through my mind at the time was, that here was a man who had dedicated his entire life to photography and recorded the lives of several generations in Doon and other Schools. Quite a task, and fulfilling for sure! Not only was he a soft spoken and caring man but was also ever ready to help us out in the photo-lab, not worrying about getting his hands into all the smelly chemicals. It was decided one day that we would shoot flowers for the Golden Jubilee exhibition. The problem was that none of us had a “macro” lens without which one could not get close enough. Mr. Mela Ram said, “no problem” and prepared a gadget with a magnifying glass, which we held in front of our lenses and took some of the prettiest pictures of flowers! This was unreal for all of us, who thought that without a macro lens we would not get the effect we wanted.
Bidding good-bye to Mr. Mela Ram is sad but on the other hand I am quite sure after spending many afternoons with him, that he would have had led his life no other way than he did, photographing the kids at school and saying “Steady………. Steady…”
AJAY MEHTA
Ex 102 JA 1989