We begin these lines by saluting with reverence, our beloved alma mater – Hadas High School and our teachers.
Friends, great authors have a knack of shovelling a heap of thoughts in few words. We quote below a famous author, Christopher Morley who said :
“The three ingredients of a good life are,
Learning, earning and yearning.”
In retrospect, at the Hadas High School, we not only shared education but many good values of life such as responsibility, honesty, humility, perseverance, tolerance etc. Education at the school gave us a beacon, by which, we navigated our way through the winding lanes of our life.
Walking through the wilderness of life, we have left behind 25 long years since we passed out from the school in the year 1975. The pursuit of career distanced us from each other towards upwardly mobile life. However, reminiscences of the times we spent in our beloved school are very much fresh in our minds. Life at Hadas High school was indeed joyful. Thise were the days, let’s say!
Today, we are all shaking the time tree! One is often drawn back to the memorable times that leave behind them “footprints on the sands of time”. Alas, the footprints blur, memory fades! Today’s reunion will go a long way in helping us preserve those nostalgic memories among the most treasured things in our life. As we browse back, an extraordinary thing is happening today.
One more thought that strongly strikes our minds is that, how would it be if, we keep meeting again and again in future also. When communication technology has made networking all the more easy, we ought to stay in touch with each other. So, let’s think of broadening our ties, making our relationships more meaningful. Who knows, together we may be able work out something good for our alma mater, our society or our own children.
It’s a pity that some of us could not make it to today’s function due to the constraints of time or distance. All those who were contacted have profusely expressed their sentiments about the blissful schooldays and their desire to meet the batchmates. Let us take up the onus of contacting them, inform them that we missed them today and work out plans to increase the involvement of our friends of 1975 batch in the future meetings.
Wishing you a happy reunion and a happy life!
Your batchmates,
Rajiv Parkhi
Ashutosh Chitaley
Dhananjay Parande
(This letter was circulated among the batchmates on 13.01.2001)
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