My years (six and a half, 1995-2001) spent in Harihar, a small two-road town near Hubli, were unique in many ways. One of the unique things was the close relationship between everyone, the students, teachers and non-teaching staff. I still have fond memories, and occasionally meet the non-teaching staff from Harihar.
Raghavendra, Rajesh, Rajasekhar, Mr. Joshi (who passed away, was the librarian), Capt. Murukesan, Dr. Gopi, Karibasappa (aka Amitabh Bachhan), Parmeshwarappa, Pavan, Yuvaraj, Mehboob, KT Nagaraj, Umesh, were all like family, and we frequently went out for parties in the "best" restaurants in town- Narthaki was one- as equals. We also had a couple of picnics in rural Rajanahalli (river Tungabhadra) and Kondajji ( a hill-lake) nearby.
Many students from batch 1 to batch 4 that I was fortunate to interact with closely, are still in touch, from Dubai to Singapore, and in between. That feels great. Just in the last year, I have met Savitha, Sharmistha, Sunil Kataria, Shweta Agarwal, Nishka and Vikram, and before that, Achint, Padmapriya, Jogeswari, Dheeraj Mohan, Smita, Vidya TC and Swapna a couple of times at least..also Anushka Mishra and Zargar Basharat, though they are from recent batches that weren't around in my time (we met online first)!
Playing Golf (and learning from Sadanand who came from Belgaum) regularly was another unique feature. The caddies were among the best and taught us a few tricks! Made a few fast friends there, like Yashad Gaur, and my own colleagues Dhanapal and Vijayakumar, with whom I have played in various places.
Raghavendra, Rajesh, Rajasekhar, Mr. Joshi (who passed away, was the librarian), Capt. Murukesan, Dr. Gopi, Karibasappa (aka Amitabh Bachhan), Parmeshwarappa, Pavan, Yuvaraj, Mehboob, KT Nagaraj, Umesh, were all like family, and we frequently went out for parties in the "best" restaurants in town- Narthaki was one- as equals. We also had a couple of picnics in rural Rajanahalli (river Tungabhadra) and Kondajji ( a hill-lake) nearby.
Many students from batch 1 to batch 4 that I was fortunate to interact with closely, are still in touch, from Dubai to Singapore, and in between. That feels great. Just in the last year, I have met Savitha, Sharmistha, Sunil Kataria, Shweta Agarwal, Nishka and Vikram, and before that, Achint, Padmapriya, Jogeswari, Dheeraj Mohan, Smita, Vidya TC and Swapna a couple of times at least..also Anushka Mishra and Zargar Basharat, though they are from recent batches that weren't around in my time (we met online first)!
Playing Golf (and learning from Sadanand who came from Belgaum) regularly was another unique feature. The caddies were among the best and taught us a few tricks! Made a few fast friends there, like Yashad Gaur, and my own colleagues Dhanapal and Vijayakumar, with whom I have played in various places.
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