Awww bless...Thanks Sujil. I am sorry that you felt you had to clarify...but i still liked readign what you went through and you have very valid reasons for what you did. That period was very unnerving, not to mention sad. I dunno how the reunion would have been in such a gloomy atmosphere..It was extremely sad sitting here in UK. Full marks to you. I have some English friends come over..a couple and their daughter from Sheffield...and i am high on third wine...any need to mention?? WHy not...i never get to party with you guys..I would love to be dead drunk with my own people and get away with all the nonsense I do. :). Though this people also put up with my nonsense anyway. They have gone out to smoke...my building is smoke-free. SO i have nicked in to write to you guys. Sujil, bless you, your wife who took such lovely picture...and aww your son too. Arch
On 1/10/09, Sujil Pingulkar <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear Friends > > > I should say sorry for not dropping a email before i left. Actually i was > going to do that but my trip was on the verge of getting cancelled. This is > what had happened .....we had a major layoff in my company just before I was > planning to leave. Questions were being asked as to how i am getting a > months vacation when people were being let go. Fortunately i survived the > layoff :) I had planned to leave on Thanksgiving that's when we had the > terrorist attacks in Mumbai. My flight got cancelled for 4 consecutive days > and after a lot of drama i reached Mumbai on 2nd Dec. My sons birthday party > had to be cancelled and i had to immediately start working on rescheduling > that event as we had outsourced all the activity. To make the matter > worse we had this event in Borivali .......I was scheduled to leave for > Jabalpur from 16th to 22nd Dec. So with that week gone and with all this in > the works i thought i would not be able to meet anyone at a short notice. I > hate to commit and not show up. Now you will say how did you get time to go > around Mumbai and take some pictures. These were taken by my wife and not > me. So i could not answer Anil's question of the new buses. Like i said i am > planning to move to India for good hence i was also busy with getting some > work done at my apartment in City of Joy. So next time it should not be a > problem. Again I apologize for not being able to meet. > > > > > > For CEO Sameer - In 3 lines > > Economic and Terrorist Trouble. > > Trip had to be compressed time-wise > > Leaving no time to meet > > > > I have attached some pictures > > 2year birthday for my son Om > > Marble mountains at Bedaghat in Jabalpur > > Dhuadhar in Jabalpur > > > > -Sujil > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2009 11:02:33 +0000 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: The way our reunion is going > > > I disagree with HV here...as he expected :(. Sujil did not even send an > email saying he is in Bombay or is going to in the recent future...he is in > Mulund...I am sure..ppl would have met him. If not anything at least he > could have given his landline number...ppl would have just called if not > anything else. I think Sujil's schedule was tight...i wouldn't like to think > he didn't pay great thoughts to a possible reunion. And sometimes, one > thinks..arre recently so-and-so aake gaya, people are busy...now if i go ask > for another reunion...it would be bothersome. > HV, even in your case, Shilpa Mhatre, who lets admit is not regular in > emailing at all...also called you. People contribute to the reunion in their > own way. > This doesn't mean I am speaking on the behalf of irregulars. Some > irregulars as you say are not bothered at all. May be they dont find the > conversation interesting. But at one point talking about past, memories, etc > runs out. And I think some irregulars dont find any topic interesting..some > do..but their contribution sticks to reading and laughing. > If we dont even talk on larger topics..bache kooche regulars bhi gaayab ho > jaayenge. > Kya bolte sab? > Arch > > On 1/10/09, *Ramani Rajagopalan* <[email protected]> wrote: > > I do remember Sujil having mentioned about his trip a few months back. > He had also mentioned he had purchased a flat in City of Joy. But he did not > refresh everybody's memory about his visit before he started. He has done > that on purpose. > > HV - with your frequent trips to Mumbai, you are now recognised as a > resident Indian Vanian. Remember resident Indian Vanians do not reunite on > their own unless there is a visiting non-resident vanian. > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* hv priya <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Saturday, January 10, 2009 2:27:04 PM > *Subject:* Re: Mumbai Pics > > Anil, > I would say, may be it was good that Sujil didnt really do that........it > saved him of disappointment.....(sorry for my sarcasm).....but i was > disappointed not to even get a mere response (except a real few) to my email > about visiting mumbai in December....forget getting together..... > further more, i followed up with emails when I was leaving too.....still no > response....(will all due respects to all, who were busy with routines, > other priorities....etc...) > after returning.....when i sent pictures with taj...(high in topics of > gossip and discussions)...i got response...."nice picture's"", "hope you had > a good trip" etc..... > > duniya bhar ke topics ke ooopar emails likhna aur samanya gyan baantne ko > sab bahut importance dete hai, ignoring the basics of our reunion.....and > every opportunity to meet is to be considered as re-visiting the basics of > our friendship......(again...these are my thoughts....dont expect all to > agree).... > > let me tell you all something..its a fact...Ofcourse, i dont have > statistics to prove it.....(may be indu can help) > if you can merely give us a number of how many of ouf 88-89 batch have you > added up to our group id, all of us will be surprised, if you count the > number of us who are active in being a part of this. All others, let me tell > you, have stopped, even reading our emails and a lot of others, just open > it....and close it, just to keep the account active..... > > reunions, discussions about our old days, old pictures, old thoughts and > memories and instances from our childhood....updates of our recent situation > in life...etc......are the only topics of interest for all us ( in > common).....all others are just crap.....for the larger audience....and > thats why the reason for the inactive group!!! many of you may choose to > differ!! > > let me leave you all with this thought..... > > > On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 11:06 AM, Anil Nair <[email protected]> wrote: > > Sujil - Thanks for sharing the nice pics...why didnt you publish the fact > that you were visting mumbai....a mini reunion may have been possible :) > > anyways....take care and have a happy new year. > > Cheers > Anil > > > > On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 3:29 PM, subramaniam sreenivasan < > [email protected]> wrote: > > Lovely Pics > > The new BEST Bus looks impressive. Does it run everywhere, or just in the > city area? > > > ------------------------------ > > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Mumbai Pics > Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2009 21:33:35 -0500 > > > Hello Vanians > > Happy New year ... i know its a bit late. We came back this weekend from > Mumbai hale & hearty. Had lots of dosas, kababs, and other mouth watering > dishes on behalf of u'all . While the traffice has increased Mumbai > is vibrant as usual. See attached some pictures of local stations, Oval > maidan, New BEST BUS & Taj lobby! I hope these pictures would bring back > some old memroies. > > Here the temperature is bit colder about 0C than Mumbai but it should start > warming up atleast that what i am hoping. I have never got used to the > winters in the US. Anyway have fun and keep in touch > > Sujil > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Windows LiveTM Hotmail(R): Chat. Store. Share. Do more with mail. 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