Hi Folks,
Some of our batchmates namely Thoma Gokale, Sirish Sinha with wife Pillar, Amaraj Nain with wife (Gullu) Brinda and our senior Daffy Ratra had a mini get together in Goripur (Nain’s place) this month.
Thoma’s description of the event is
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MINI REUNION AT AMARAJ NAIN’S RESIDENCE AT GORIPUR, HARYANA
It all began with the Sinhas planning to visit Goripur a few days after landing in Delhi on the 11th of October. I offered to drive them there provided that they would be travelling onwards instead of directly returning to Delhi after a longer stay than what I had planned. When approached, Ramesh [Daffy] Ratra also joined in.
We got away from Delhi on the morning of the 14th and reached destination by about 1500hrs.
That was the start of three fun filled days, which were a great boost for morale. Amaraj and Gulu excelled in their hospitality, ably helped by Amaraj’s brother Amarpal who has now settled down in his bungalow next to Amaraj. He too is a very talented man who has recently rebuilt his garden into a very stylish recreation area. Both the brothers are excellent company, men for all seasons. Gulu’s father attained the age just two years short of a century, which was celebrated with a high tea party at Chandigarh on the 16th evening. Meeting him was an honour.
That was our last night at Goripur, Daffy had split to join his friend whereas I stayed on till the 17th morning before returning to Delhi.
Everytime I leave Goripur it saddens me but I always have a bagful of good memories to carry me through to my next trip there. One can never thank the Nains enough for the invariably excellent care taken by them of us whenever we visit them.
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Photos of the event can be seen at