24th October 2009 - The Scindia School

Qila Quotes | Message Board | 21ReminiscencesAny facilitywhich was notthere in schoolduring yourtime but is therenow?(Question suggested by Donald Francis Ex Je ’83)Certainly, horse-riding. In1976, some horses died andthis was stopped. I hear in1985, horses were againgifted by HH MadhavraoScindia! And do I hear, boystoday play Golf? That wasagain a very costly missfor my nicely-roundedpersonalityDonald Francis Ex Je ’83Golf has not yet beenintroduced. So, please don’tbe upsetEditor, Qila QuotesWhat the Old Boys of my generation feel enviousof the present residents of the School is the muchimproved living and infrastructural facilities,particularly the modern bath and toilet blocks. Ofcourse the IT learning and connectivity was noteven heard of in our days.Dr. Sudhir Singh Bloeria. Ex Mj ’62.I suppose we missed talking to our parents and ourloved ones every once in a while. We could only seethem in our vacations. We did not have the facilityof a PCO/STD booth or internet at school.Alok Ganjoo Ex Da ’85When we were there in school, we didn’t haveactivities like archery and shooting since they werenot so popular back then. The massive new mess isalso a welcome change from the old one that wasthere in our time.Sahil Mehra Ex Ja ’03The major facility which I missed during myschool days was the gym, which has been of greatimportance to me in my life.Vedant Garg Ex Sh ’07I missed a decent ‘Tuck Shop’ at school.Ujjal Ex Je’69I guess the new cafeteria system definitely can bethought of as one of the things that we didn’t haveat school when we were there. I remember whenwe were in junior school our cafeteria, which usedto be every Thursday, was provided by Mr. and Mrs.Star. I’m sorry to say but it used to be pathetic. Oneday I missed it and later Mrs. Star herself prepareda burger for me that evening and made me have it.That was the first time I had something worthwhileeating.Himanshu Jain Ex Rn ’05We had every facility available at that time.Rahul Mundra Ex Dl ’95a)Career counseling b) Emphasis on English c)Focus on specialization - in a particular sport ordebates or studies etc. and d) Reading the newspaper.Rajeev Merkhedkar Ex Md ’94The well equipped IT lab and the modern hostelswhich have recently come up at the school. Duringthe recent Nagpur SOBA get together we werereminiscing about the old time water heaters(garma) as compared to the new solar waterheaters installed on top of the hostels.Bharat Goenka Ex Sh ’72There was no internet, no STD facility, havinga mobile phone was not allowed. Hence, anoccasional trunk call from home was a rare treatwhich other hostlers deeply envied.Dr Jitendra Singh Ex Chaitanya ’72Where facility is concerned I believe there wereenough to make a person individually strongto cope with any kind of situation. When youhave more facility then a person becomes moredependent on it and grooming gets affected. Butcertain thing like the increased participation ofstudents in inter school competitions and theInternational exchange programmes which aretaking place now give better exposure to thepresent students.J P N Singh Ex Jp ’93I would say that we missed having TV and separaterooms for class XII students. But on secondthoughts I think living together in one dormwas a better idea as we spent more time amongstourselves than with the idiot box. As it is, after XIIwe all choose separate paths from our friends andhousemates.Rajiv Tyagi Ex Md ’79I do feel that Career counseling was non-existentduring our time. Having some sort of guidance inthis regard would definitely have helped me charta course for my career as I am sure it would havehelped all those who didn't have a family businessto fall back on.Krishna Anand Ex Rn ’76There were no girls in school then andunfortunately it’s still the same. The school couldmake a start by admitting local girl students asday boarders if logistics somehow do not permit tohave full time boarders straight away.Vishesh Malhotra Ex Jp ’79CaptainsSchool GamesCaptainFootballSquashCricketTable – TennisSkatingTennisHockeySwimmingRidingAthleticsBasketballChessArcheryAakash KumarTarang TripathiArjun SaraswatShubhankar TiwaryMayank MittalAditya KasanaVivek MukherjeeAakash KumarKaran KhannaVivek ShakyaAbhay Vikram SinghBishal Kumar DasKhagemba OkramRishi NehraSchool PrefectsSenior School PrefectRanojiSchool PrefectsDaulatJayappaJayajiRanojiJeevajiMahadjiMadhavShivajiArjun SaraswatShubhankar TiwaryVivek MukherjeeDev KhannaSuvrat JhavarSheetal VermaTarang TripathiKhagemba OkramYuvraj NeelakTushar AgarwalNishant RanaURL: www.scindia.eduOld Boys’ Site: www.scindiaoldboys.comDesigned by Studio Print | info@studioprint.asia | +91 99100 90095 | www.studioprint.asiaMembers of the Editorial BoardStaff Editor EnglishStaff Editors HindiEditor-in-ChiefChief Art EditorSenior EditorsAssociate EditorsCorrespondentsPhotographySpecial ThanksMs. Puja PantDr. B.S. 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