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Thanks to the reunion of the 1976 Batch classmates on 29 February in Dharwad the get-together also became an event to recollect the contribution of the late Justice GN Sabhahit's family in shaping the lives of many classmates. It looked not only surprising but astonishing at the way the late state high court judge played a pivotal role in transforming the lives of friends and classmates of his son Narayan G Sabhahit. Best and worst moments of life: To begin with the annual meeting had a kick start as usual with the usual exchange of pleasantries and courtesies. Addressing in the typical, rustic Dharwad style deploying all possible euphemisms pulling each other's leg went on for a while it took some time for all those who had committed to turn around. When the session was almost halfway through Narayan G. Sabhahit proposed the idea of expressing the best and worst moments of life so far. Although there looked to be some reluctance on the part of a few dissidents the idea was wel

  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