Woodstock School Alumni Magazine Vol CIV, 2011

88 - Quadrangle
Jason Steadwell's '87 wedding in Mexico
Class of 1987
LORRIE DOMAN-SHEYDAYI & family
are doing well. I had a great time at the
WOSA/NA reunion in Ft Collins! Next
yr in Seattle, Jul 20-22, we’ll host one of
CHAOS’s 25th reunions. Can’t wait to
see everybody! Mark your calendars &
buy your tickets!! MERRYN GLOVER
APPLEBY & the family are taking a 7
mo sabbatical travelling around the world,
to return home in Apr; she participated
at the Writers’ Conference held at WS in
Sep & conducted several workshops with
Anna, Susanna '87 and Matthew Hurley
students. SUSANNA TAYLOR HURLEY
was thrilled to be able to take her 2 college
age kids to India for 2 wks last summer!
It was great to see everything after 14 yrs,
also good to still see some familiar faces at
WS! Since Feb AVALON PINTO has been
transferred back to Oman working in the
interiors. Linette & Savannah continue to
live in Goa, where Savannah attends gr 2. I
go home every alternate mo to be with them.
MARCUS SHAW moved back to WS in Jul
to work with the Alumni & Developm’t Office.
It has been an incredible experience for
our whole family! Please come
visit! BONZI CROTTY moved
to Chapel Hill NC summer 10
& LOVES it! Jill working for
GSK & I am CEO of our home.
Declan started KG & loves it.
We can walk/ride/scoot, or drive
to school. The twins are still
happy balls of fire, in school 3x
a week. Love my life. TARUN
CACHRA is still living in NJ &
working in NYC. My elder son
has just started HS (yep we are
getting old), had an opportunity
to attend the class of ’86 reunion
in Jul which turned into a class
of the ’80’s reunion. Got to see
a lot of familiar faces from the
past, although MANOJ AG-
GARWAL, VIJAY KANCH &
I were the only ones from the
Class of 87. Sheba & ANDI
EICHER are completing 10 yrs
of HIV/AIDS care work in the
Mumbai/Thane area. Asha (10)
& Enoch (8) are blossoming -
Asha loves the violin & Enoch
sings & plays the keyboard. Come & visit us
in Thane! We blog at: andi-sheba.blogspot.
com. ANAND SINHA, Ratna & their 30
mo old daughter have decided to unsettle
and move from Gurgaon to Patna. He has
recently accepted a position with the Gates
Fdn to lead their health systems project in
Bihar.—Contributed online
Class of 1988
ANDY MALHAN is in Delhi, running a
graphic design & visual communication studio.
Last yr I did a photography course with
the legendary OP Sharma & it has breathed
fresh life into my work - I’m doing much
more photography than before. I just got
back from a shoot on the outskirts of Karnal
where I spent the day wading through rice
paddies & kneeling in muddy water to get
the right shot, all the while worried that I’d
slip & wreck my camera! I’m thoroughly
enjoying this - it’s reconnecting me with the
2 things I am most passionate about: people
& nature. RAJESH PANDAY, wife Yuko
& cocker spaniel Coco are trying to live a
tranquil life away from the hustle & bustle of
the world’s fashion capital, in a small town
called Abbiategrasso, 20 km from Milan.
We moved into a wonderful apt in a recently
restored 14th century convent (now apartments
only) with frescoes on the outer walls
& an ancient Italian portico. I run a small
communications consultancy that tries to put
responsibility & accountability back into the
sordid business of marketing & PR. ERIC
NORD & wife Andrea continue working at
Penn State U as researchers in plant ecology.
Son Joel (11) is into making music & fencing
& daughter Emma (8) enjoys dancing &
cooking. They are looking for college biology
teaching jobs. MOHANA RAO is in the
UAE, running Ideal Management Essential,
a Business & Marketing consultancy since
06. Started a bespoke & prêt-à-porter jewelry
line in 07; launched the new collection
from MOHANA - La Primavera online now.
SONAM CHODEN DORJI writes, paints &
travels,. Has 3 kids.Tenzin Wangchuk (18)
& daughters Drayang (10) & Tsherim (4).
We live in Thimphu, Bhutan, working with
husband, businessman Wangdi Jamyang; we
are in the process of inaugurating Bhutan’s
first pharmaceutical co & have established
a bio-research wing where many new & interesting
insect/plant fungi are being studied
for further development - cure for cancer?
MANISH ACHARYA lives in McKinney TX
with wife Pragya & 2 kids (Ahan & Zoya) &
Chase (9 mo yellow lab) & works for Essilor
of America in business developm’t. ROHINI
DATTA has been in Mumbai since graduation.
Finished my BA & MA in English Lit