Woodstock School Alumni Magazine Vol CIV, 2011

Class of 82 in Bangkok- Parit Phandcharuneedhi, Philip
Simrose and Yao
& active children Alec (11) & Erin (9). We are
lucky to have a small group of WS grads in
the vicinity from across the generations, including
VINITA SUNDARAM HENRY ’81,
NATHAN TAYLOR ’79, RAHUL KUMAR
ALI ’90, NAUSHER ALI ’90, DANA SMITH
’92 & MAYUKH CHATTERJEE ’89. All are
welcome to visit! VIGYAN RANA has been
8 yrs in Dubai, Mgr Dir of Viacom dxb www.
viacomdxb.com providing wireless solutions.
Eldest son started in U MA Boston. Twins
boy & girl will be off to uni in 2 yrs. Looking
forward to reunion if one is planned. Wendy
& DUSHYANT MANCHANDA & 4 kids are
in sunny Las Vegas as he is busy in consulting
& tech support in the SF Bay Area. MEEN-
AKSHI VARANDANI lives in New York
& recently visited India. She plans to bring
students from Pratt U to India later this yr for
development & sustainability projects. Kylie
& ROB STONE have a busy (& noisy) life
with 5 kids at home from 9 to19, and a business
that doesn’t stop, thanks to the demand
for Australian resources. If you’re heading to
the western side of ‘down-under’, look us up
and say hello! KAREN HUNTER JONES
is an ordained priest & motivational speaker
in England. SHAHRAM SEPAHI lives in
Heidelberg West, AUS. CHAND MEHRA’s
daughter SACHIKA ’11 is in college in LA
this yr, while son continues at WS. VALMIK
MUNDKUR lives in Gurgaon while his 2 sons
continue their tennis training program in Italy.
For myself, I continue to live in New Delhi
with my wife & daughter as my son recently
joined WS in gr 11.—Anshuman
Class of 1984
SAM EBRAHIM works in UK in high tech,
designing/deploying tech to enable agile
workforce. Wife Sarah works as receptionist
at a physio. Adam is 7 & Noah 9. They
just moved into their renovated home closer
to London. PHIL FIOL & Amina are still
in Dehradun with daughters
Ashlyn (6) & Anna (4), where
Phil leads an int’l church/Bible
school. He hopes to meet with
Fenocians during WOSA 100
in Oct. JOE GILLESPIE has
sold a painting after attending an
annual art show for 4 yrs, proving
that perseverance pays off!
PAOLO GUIDOTTI transferred
to Bangkok from HK as Regional
Country Manager Indochina &
Indonesia for VF Corp (apparel).
TONY (SURIND) GULRAJANI
launched a new solar energy
vertical market initiative which
is going well, albeit with lots of
travel. He is looking forward to
Nov holidays in Bombay with Rashmi & son
Avi (3). SUE STONE HAKE deserves the Superwoman
Award: she has raised/is raising 10
children (toddler to 26 yrs), has 3 businesses
(online toy store selling worldwide www.jellybeantoys.co.uk,
a pet caring business with a
daughter & child minding) & still volunteers
as school governor & PTA Chairperson.
Whew! Two daughters got married over the
summer. SAJNI BAMMI KHANNA enjoyed
meeting with many other Delhi-ites like
Anshuman ’83 & KOHLI. KOHLI & Seema
proudly watched son Harit graduate from WS
in May. He was hoping for an invite to the grad
party but it got rained out. Harit is off to uni
while daughter Upsana is in final uni yr, with
Seema keeping home/business fires burning.
SISI LANCE is loving life in England & has
overcommitted herself to volunteer positions
at school & ex-pat women’s club. She &
Nicolas are excited to introduce their 3 kids
to India/WS for WOSA 100 in Oct. ALEX
MANTON is busy juggling his int’l photography
business, raising 2 boys post-divorce &
adding film-making to his resume. In Apr he
& his family had a small memorial service in
Mussoorie for his father, who recently passed
away. Alex has enjoyed visits at his Singapore
home with NILMINI,
MONISHA, ARJUN &
MONICA ROBERTS (S)
& welcomes more visitors.
SHABNAM MERCHANT
& Daniel starred in the
documentary Battle for
Brooklyn - www.battleforbrooklyn.com,
about their
7 yr (ultimately unsuccessful)
battle to prevent their
home from being destroyed
to make way for a sports
arena. CHRIS MEYER
has a new position as hospitalis
(hospital MD) in
Quadrangle - 85
hometown Brattleboro VT. They survived
Hurricane Irene but the town was in nat’l
news for flooding damage. Eldest daughter
just became a teen. JENNY WRAY OLSON
is in the middle of tenure review so has been
putting in long hrs as professor. Son Calvin
is learning to drive. She took daughter Livia
to NYC for her 13th bday & enjoyed meeting
with NARESH, JIGME & MADHU ’83.
ARJUN SARUP took son Ambar for his 1st
trip to London, where they enjoyed museums
& attended a huge airshow. They also
met with MARY, JIGME & Sisi. ANDREW
SHAMRAO & Mahi are doing well & enjoying
parenthood w/ Zareena (4) & Zimraan
(2). NARESH TECKWANI & family had
a fab time visiting Sisi’s family in Surrey
over Easter break. They partook in the Royal
Wedding festivities & enjoyed seeing SAM
EBRAHIM & PUCHKA ’85. Highlight was
attending a football match where son Nikesh
witnessed his beloved Gunners take down his
daddy’s Red Devils.—Sisi
Class of 1985
MANA KHANDVALA is currently working
as an architect in Philadelphia; husband John
keeps his architectural practice in NYC and
travels between the 2 cities. Our son Anav
(2) is a constant source of wonder and joy to
us. If anyone is travelling through the area
please contact me! Heather & AJAY PIL-
LAI have been happily married for 16 yrs &
have been blessed with Joel, Joshua, Josiah
& Jonathan. FARAH KHAN SIDDIQUI and
family celebrated son Ali’s graduation from
high school. CATHY MANN EVANS also
celebrated son Sean’s high school graduation.
PHILIP THURMAN has a HS graduate who
will be a freshman in College. Man, Froggies,
we are getting old. I have been having the time
of my life doing what I love to do and 21 yrs of
marriage to my best friend. Life is awesome!
SUNG HAN KIM and family were stationed
in India last year by a Korean Trading co to
promote and do market res for their products.
Cathy Evans '85 and family celebrating Sean's graduation