Fw: Re: Koi Hai Posting re St Andrews School Darjeeling

[Atul Mohunta]

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Subject: Re: Koi Hai Posting re St Andrews School Darjeeling

Atul Mohunta
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[Anita Chatterjee]

hi rajiv

u wont believe but this is anita grewal..now chatterjee

what a surprise to read your mail

great that i have located you..yes steam pudding..money pudding..frogs eggs..all so familiar and such happy memories.

please do write and i will give you lots of news next time

am in mumbai ...my son rahul is 18 and studies in trinity college hartford connecticut...i play and teach the piano along with running the house..my husband subir is a film director and fortunately very successful...advertising films ..tho he hopes to do a feature soon..he is a good black and white photographer and had an exhibition in kolkata..i paint..water colours and soft pastels..so thats things in a nutshell..

gotta go

lotsa love

anita

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To: Atul Mohunta <atul_m...@rediffmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Koi Hai Posting re St Andrews School Darjeeling

I tried to send you an email through the Group Owners section but it would not let me.

Great pictures! I will have to have a look and see what I can find too. I remember I got my first camera a Fulviewflex whilst at school and I took a lot of photographs which were in a box somewhere.......... We should tag the pictures with the names of those we recognise - although I am not sure how one would do that. I am in touch with Lorna Hay (by snail mail - I will get an email address off her) - and through her of course her younger brother and sister - have searched for Donald Churchill a number of times - had an address for him in Newcastle under Lyme but have not found any trace of him yet. Am in touch with Rohit Gurtu. I met Mrs Bee at Cranbrook many years ago as it was near my college - but lost touch. Miss Biswas is somewhere in Australia. Miss Coutinho I believe has retired from Darjeeling - I had an email address for her but it is no longer in use. James and Frank Rorrison are in the UK - I met their Mum Mrs Rorrison who was briefly our Matron - many years ago when I was up at Hawick but have lost touch. I am also in touch with Lucinda Gibbs - who is living in India and met Alex in Dublin but couldn't meet up with Willie. I am in touch with their Dad as well as we are both members of the Old Paulites Association here. I saw some very sad pictures of the school on the internet and thats what got me searching to see what was on the net about St Andrews - a pity that it has been allowed to go into the state that it is now. Good to see that Khem, both Sanjays, Gigi and Bunty are on this site. I did not realise that Rikhye had a St Andrews connection........

I was looking through some second hand CDs the other day and came across Amahl & the Night Visitors - does anyone remember going up to St Pauls to see that?

I was talking to someone about the food the other day too - Snow pudding, Money pudding, Steam pudding, Frogs eggs - "Yes please a very very very little please.......!!" Rohit and I were talking about what fun we had when I gave the school chicken pox - and remembering the Barley Water we had to drink in the quarantine ward!

Feel free to post this on the group site. Rajiv

On 27 Jan 2010, at 05:16, Atul Mohunta wrote:

Hi,

I too was in Hillary House. You can see the School Photos in 'st-
andrews-darjeeling' (google groups)
I recall you attended St Paul's too. Your father was a Polo player in
Kolkata. An article was written in IW or some other magazine about him.
Right ??

BTW : Mrs & Mr Gibbs will visiting Delhi on 29/01. A get together is
happening at The Imperial Hotel.

Keep in touch with your location.


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Dear Rajiv,
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My name is Bunty and we know each other.I have copied in some more
people maybe you are already intouch with them.
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let's stay intouch
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regards/Bunty
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>> From: rjinl...@o2.co.uk
>> Subject: Koi Hai Posting re St Andrews School Darjeeling
>> Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 21:27:33 +0000
>> To: amari...@hotmail.com
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>> Hi
>> I understand you are trying to contact St Andrews Darjeeling
students - I was there from 67-69 (Hillary House)
>> The school itself is now in a sad state - used by a charitable trust
to house monks I believe - see picture below
>> Rajiv Jaitly
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[sanjay tandon]

All you friends out there..... thanks alot for all the onfo... and sharing of thoughts... yes ... i still remember the baked pie and money pudding that we had at St Andrew's.   My kids still cant get over this funny concept ( as they call it ) -- the money pudding !!!!  Also do you fellows remember the small bottle of Kaventors milk that we had to have every morning at breakfast ...... well old days are here again in a new group !!  keep writing. 
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[Atul Mohunta]

Last night I recalled some sort of Shopping we used to have.
Shopkeepers from the town used to come to the School and we'd buy
things from them. Anyone remembers this?? Skating at Gymkhana Club? I
fractured my arm and was treated in DDMA for 3 days.

On Sun, 31 Jan 2010 10:25:40 +0530 wrote

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All you friends out there..... thanks alot for all the onfo... and
sharing of thoughts... yes ... i still remember the baked pie and money
pudding that we had at St Andrew's. My kids still cant get over this
funny concept ( as they call it ) -- the money pudding !!!! Also do

youfellows remember the small bottle of Kaventors milk that we had to

have every morning at breakfast ...... well old days are here again in
a new group !! keep writing.
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SANJAY TANDON ---
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Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2010 11:40:44 +0530
>Subject: Re: Fw: Re: Koi Hai Posting re St Andrews School Darjeeling
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>To: st-andrews-sch...@googlegroups.com
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hi rajiv
u wont believe but this is anita grewal..now chatterjee
what a surprise to read your mail
great that i have located you..yes steam pudding..money pudding..frogs
eggs..all so familiar and such happy memories.
please do write and i will give you lots of news next time
am in mumbai ...my son rahul is 18 and studies in trinity college
hartford connecticut...i play and teach the piano along with running
the house..my husband subir is a film director and fortunately very
successful...advertising films ..tho he hopes to do a feature soon..he
is a good black and white photographer and had an exhibition in
kolkata..i paint..water colours and soft pastels..so thats things in a
nutshell..
gotta go
lotsa love
anita

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On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 5:12 PM, Atul Mohunta

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[Dilpreet Banerjea]

Hey, hey, hey......Rajiv you have Lorna Hay's address. That is such great news. Been trying to locate her since forever. Thanks for bringing back all those great memories with your reminders.

Had gone to St. Andrews last Summer with the Sukarchakia clan and family, and was shattered to see the state it was in. Unfortunately we did not get to go inside though maybe that was just as well.

So what do you do these days ? Lovely to hear from you.

Will write in again.

Gigi 

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[RJ]

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I dont remember the shopping except when we used to go to town - chocolate fudge lolipops from Madans Stores, trips into Lekhraj and Easter Eggs from Glenarys - in my minds eye even the Easter Eggs at Fortnums and Masons in London don't quite compare to the confectionery that Glenarys produced and displayed - perhaps its a child's memory playing tricks - but it is a very certain memory nonetheless.  Even the patties there beat what you can get here hands down....

Yes the skating was pretty special too on a Sunday at the Gymkhana Club Rink after the service at St Andrews Church with Padre Le Blonde - I remember pulling out the splinters from the falls......... - interestingly he and Mrs Avari don't feature in any of the photographs - I remember putting my hands into his pockets to find boiled sweets and one of the things that he told us which made a great impression at the time and that I have never forgotten - always remember that when you point a finger at someone - there are three pointing back at you............  He of course is buried up at St Pauls on the knoll below Bishop Foss Westcott's grave.

I think I have a picture of the Ayahs somewhere too - Sophie, Jethi - can't remember the others - was it the night Ayah who polished the shoes and the brown sandals we used to wear.  I also wonder if the those drippingly wet and dank caves behind the gym still have the chamber pots and whether there are still tadpoles in the concrete bird bath on the steps outside the gym............

Angela Coni's email triggered another memory - meeting Mrs Bees sister outside the Gymkhana Club where she lived and giving us sweets!

The other thing that always triggers a very strong memory of St Andrews is music from The Sound of Music - I remember the school going down to the Capitol cinema to watch it.  I understand it is no longer a cinema and that the Rink Cinema is now a big shopping complex.

In fact I think that the only thing that lives on from St Andrews apart from us and our memories and the skeleton that is now the school building are the names of the houses - Hillary, Hunt and Tenzing - except that they added a fourth house - Everest later on.

Good wishes to you all

R

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[RJ]

I meant to add that the names of the houses were subsumed into the Primary Wing of St Paul's School - which is how it lives on.....!!

[iqbal sukarchakia]

Yes, Atul, I remember the in house shopping . Remember the tuck cupboard on the right when entering the dining room . There was a table for eggetarians also . Iqbal Sukarchakia ( Billy ) --- On Sun, 31/1/10, Atul Mohunta <atul_m...@rediffmail.com> wrote:

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[Dilpreet Banerjea]

Hey who remembers the fire drills ?

And night jaithi would sneak in aloo rolls for Lorna and myself. Other times it was plums or imli with chilly powder. Nothing to beat those rolls - chapattis that were cold, aloo cooked with their skin, but they were heavenly.

Gigi Sukarchakia

[Atul Mohunta]

was starting to believe that the Shopping was my fantasy.
I was one of the first eggetarians. Ya, remember the tuck cupboard too.
My Complan was a regular feature there. Not that it made a difference
to my physique. I've attached a pic of the eggetarian table. In the pic
: Mandy Arora, Atul Mohunta, (can't recall the guy next to me),Sandy
Arora.

A guy called John Ronson is looking for St.Andrews School. Early 60s.

Cheers,
Atul

On Mon, 01 Feb 2010 11:52:55 +0530 wrote

>Yes, Atul, I remember the in house shopping . Remember the tuck
cupboard on the right when entering the dining room . There was a table

for eggetarians also . Iqbal Sukarchakia ( Billy )--- On Sun, 31/1/10,
Atul Mohunta wrote:From: Atul Mohunta
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PMLast night I recalled some sort of Shopping we used to have.

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[Dilpreet Banerjea]

Hi Sanjay ,

Where are you these days ? Remember you and your sister and parents very clearly.

Gigi Sukarchakia now Banerjea

[Khem Singh]

Yep we walked down to the rink for skating on saturdays - and then again the same trudge down for choir on sundays. 

 

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[Sanjay Issar]

Hi,

Does everyone remember "Fiede et more" our school motto and our song. What was the grace we sang before our meals??...........and yes, how can I forget the Treacle tart.

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[Ghanerao Tours]

Sad news indeed - Sanjay - and my condolences to the family. Do call and let me know if anyone heads towards Rajasthan - my mobile number is 9829017427.
Best
Khem

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Subject: RE: Koi Hai Posting re St Andrews School Darjeeling

Dear  All,
 
It was indeed very sad that our dear friend Atul let us at an early age.  Atul & I were very good friends, both our parents being from the tea gardens at Darjeeling.  When I heard the sad news, I really could not believe it.... i visited his home sometime back .... life is short and let us all pray for his family ... he has a young wife ,  a son who is working with a finance company in Mumbai, a daughter who is in 2nd year college in Delhi.  Atul used to keep in touch with all of us .... lets now keep in touch with each other &  keep others in touch ( whose mail ids we do not have ) .... take care.  bye.
 
sanjay  tandon.
 28.3.2012.
 

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Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2010 11:40:44 +0530

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[sanjay tandon]

Dear  All,
 
It was indeed very sad that our dear friend Atul let us at an early age.  Atul & I were very good friends, both our parents being from the tea gardens at Darjeeling.  When I heard the sad news, I really could not believe it.... i visited his home sometime back .... life is short and let us all pray for his family ... he has a young wife ,  a son who is working with a finance company in Mumbai, a daughter who is in 2nd year college in Delhi.  Atul used to keep in touch with all of us .... lets now keep in touch with each other &  keep others in touch ( whose mail ids we do not have ) .... take care.  bye.
 
sanjay  tandon.
 28.3.2012.
 

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[sanjay tandon]

Dear  All,

Since Atul Mohunta left us .... we all seem to have lost touch with each other .... if nothing lets just say hello to all ..... keep responding .... just for old times sake ..... how many are we all in this group ? 

sanjay  tandon.

[The Ghanerao Safari]

Hi Sanjay,

Good to reconnect.

rgds

Khem

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[Gigi Banerjea]

Hi everyone !

Trust all of you are well.

Gigi

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[RJ]

Likewise ! We ought to try and find others to add as well…..
Rajiv