KVK Reunion : 14 Aug 2011- A Report

I have rarely attended a function conducted so flawlessly- the exec committee of KVK Alumni indeed pulled it off and had over a 500 ex students rocking all day. remember our batch had Gladys (mainly), Aumray and Madhav Das (partly) contributing in some ways.

Our batch may have been one of the best represented- KC Narendran, myself, Aumray, Vidya, Ullas, N Pradeep, Rajshekar, Vidyanand, Raghunandanan, Dr Nandakumar, Akhila, Gladys, and you could add others who were ex-batch- Ratnapal, Nandakumar Kidav

The event began with an assembly led by ex school captain Shaji Thomas. The batches lined up in the quadrangle. Prayers were followed by the News of the Day- thankfully, they did not inspect our uniforms......while the most batches went around the campus soaking in the atmosphere and classrooms, for us in the 1974 (and some other seniors) batch, it did not help- the school building with which we associated our memories was not this present one. The one on Panchama School Road was infinelly more attractive. I was telling Vidya how sports would have been more glorious if only we had access to playfields as the school has today.

We broke off for lunch- (Nandakumar(Dr), Nandan (formerly of our batch), Aum, Vidya etc squeezed in a visit to the bar at Maharani- tipple or two......

We got together again at 3.30 PM in Calicut Towers. Old teachers were there- from pur time, Charles sir, Vijayalakshmi teacher and Sivasankaran sir. Others were invited but could not attend due to ill health or domestic commitments. A series of items followed (speeches by Shaji and Gladys included)- I gave the Toast and Tribute to Teachers. Charles sir responded on behalf of teachers. Some other items included a Quiz (Ullas, Vidya and myself won a few Five Stars.........) and you will be glad to know one question related to our batch- who was the fastest boy in Kerala from KVK in the seventies?

Dinner then followed- I pulled out since I had to leave. I am sure Aum and others attended.

Please see attached photo of the assembly session in Mathrubhumi. Notice Ajit, Nandan Kidav, Gladys, Akhila, Ullas Verghese, AK Pradeep (1975), Ratnapal, myself,Aumray, Vidyanand, Rajshekar...others not visible.

We remembered each of you who did not attend- let us try and make it in 2014-15 when there is going to be a mega event for the Golden Jubilee Year.

There is a project for conversion of the existing Yoga Hall to a Seminar Hall- the school requested for help from the Alumni- the budget is Rs 8.25 lakhs- a lot of people contributed at the reunion (1979, as a batch, committed a sum of Rs 1 Lakh). Need your views on mobilizing for this good cause...

For details go to Facebook Kendriya Vidyalaya Kozhikode, which has a ton of photos................