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Chaddi Dosts' meet over breakfast

 


A few classmates and friends of the 1977 batch of Basel Mission High School, Dharwad found some time to meet over breakfast at a hotel in Dharwad on 29 February. In fact, in recent years it was the second such hurried meeting while the last one happened on 28 February evening last year.


GTG about 13 years back: The first ever GTG of the batch took place at Dharwad almost 13 years ago. Then it was resolved that we keep meeting at least once a year. All those who participated in that event were more than jubilant to endorse the same. However, for reasons not known the annual event but for once in Bengaluru never took off as planned.


Thanks to Vishnu Yaligar: For this time the credit for organizing the sudden get-together goes to Vishnu Yaligar, a former head of the HR Division of several reputed companies. He made a few calls to old buddies and spoke in typical rustic Dharwad slang compelling some of them to rush the next day morning.


A delayed start: Vishnu Yaligar, the ideal host had turned up at the venue much before 09 AM, as he suggested all others to do so. Slowly a few of them started to assemble one by one. Ashok Shiramgond, Hosamani, Shashikant Angadi and Vijaykumar Lande managed to make it. Dr Prakash Tewari gave a surprise by turning up although he had mentioned a busy schedule on the day. But, myself and Sunil Nadkarni, who had hinted about the meeting were inordinately delayed as we were ready but struck in the TechFarm Resort waiting for Sanjeev Kulkarni, the resort owner and 1976 batchmate to pick us up.

GTG idea blossoms once again: After a formal exchange of courtesies, we had enough of chit-chat recollecting the good old memories, who's where and doing what. In between there was also a murmuring and mention about some of the old pals having left us forever including Rajendrakumar Lande, Anil Kamble,  Raju Arvade, Salauddin Amminbhavi and Sunil Menkudle. The idea of another get-together resurfaced time and again. Hopefully, it will start happening soon and much before we start losing one another.

-Manohar Yadavatti

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  1. Anonymous3 March 2024 at 18:32

    Very nice to know such meeting still happens and you people are connected with each other. Kuppuswamy

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