Sheik was under the impression that when we 59ers are battling on this blog site, maybe the atmosphere is sullied.
What Sheik does not know that all of us 59ers are so intimate and we just love the fun of "quarrelling". All of us used to tease the hell out of the others. So when the Arvind controversy arose, no one could clear it up better than Arvind himself.
But Arvind is wrong on many points. Are we not getting OLD!
Hi Jacob
Good to hear from you & glad to see Vijay Nayar and Ashok Kapur are online.
Hi Vijay, haven't seen you in over 10 years. Met Meera a couple of years ago in Washington. Come vist us next time you are here.
Here's what I remember - After the Senior Cambridge exams in December 1959 - so we are batch of '59, - some of us went back in January 1960 for SSC. So, Naubir, Vijay & I were definitely back in School early 1960 for SSC.
So my memory is :
1. Vijay Nayar was School Captain in 1959,(but I cannot contest Vijay's memory) not in 1960. Since SSC exams finished before the end of 1st term there was no need for us to continue through the end of term. So, I believe we retained our 'prefectship' but no other position - eg school captain/house captain etc. I think I was Savage house vice-captain (did we have these positions ?) in 1959 and positionless in 1960/SSC. This explains the second picture 1960 prefects which excludes Mohinder, Vijay, me etc since we were not there for the 2nd term. Also our friend the late Kumar Advani sitting to the right of Gunnery makes him vice-captain - I thought he was school captain in 1961 (the plaque shows his brother Ashok Advani as school captain 2 years later in 1963).
2. So we must have played hockey Jan-Mar 1960 with Ashok Kapur as captain since he registered for HSC ? Mohinder was in 1960 SSC (for sure) & the hockey team.This also explain's why Ghatge is goal keeper and not Jacob Mathan + Ajit Mehra who was in the 1960 batch.
Jacob- you/Ooky/I must have gym'ed between March-June 1960 (didn't we go to Ruia's house/Mussoorie during this time ?).
I joined Xavier's in Bombay in June 1960; Mohinder joined IIT-Bombay in 1960. This places Naubir & me in Bombay - so perhaps we may have returned in November 1960 for the hockey picture ?
But then why not for the Prefect's picture ? - Cannot explain.
Best wishes
Arvind Thadhani
Arvind is wrong about Vijay being School Captain in 1959. Vijay was definitely School Captain in the first term of 1960.
Arvind was definitely at my side as Savage House Vice Captain in 1959. And he was a great Vice Captain.
Ashok was not Hockey Captain in 1960, but as Vijay was not in school when the photograph was taken, Ashok is in the photograph as the Captain of the side. The reason Arvind was not in the Prefects picture was probably because he did not have the right "clothes" for that occasion!
I am a little surprised to note that Arvind went back to school to do his SSC. But thinking back, he is right.
It was Noel Ezekiel and me that went for training at the beginning of 1960. We used to stop off for some cricket practice in Azad Maidan after that. Arvind joined us for training a little later in the year, right up till the time we went to New Delhi and Mussoorie for a holiday in the searing heat of May 1960. The others on the trip were Vijay Shivdasani, Viney Sethi, Ashok Ruia and Noel Ezekiel. Noel sat for his test to join the Indian Air Force, but failed on the grounds of a hearing defect. But we managed to cheer him up.
This nostalgia is something that is haunting me - is it you?
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