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SPOTLIGHT
Malavika Sarukkai
David Sopher
THE BIG BOOK
An Undefiled Heritage
ALUMNI EVENTS
Celebrating Together
THE BIG IDEA
Contents
4
Presidents Messages
School Update
10
12
Spotlight
David Sopher
15
Malavika Sarukkai
17
Pioneers
Fleur Ezekiel
19
Changing Tracks
Rajeev Samant
21
19
Ashwin Sanghi
23
Teacher Updates
25
In Memoriam
28
Reunions
32
Class Notes
34
Editorial Team
12
Business
Rohita Chaganlal Doshi (ISC 1975)
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Cover picture: History is captured through the lens of Raja Deen Dayal, circa 1901.
The girls of the new Cathedral Girls School are congregated outside the school
building with the Sisters of the All Saints Community who superintended from
1883. Photograph from An Undefiled Heritage
Presidents Messages
Dear Alumni,
To my fellow alumni,
Crystal Room, Taj Mahal Hotel, Mumbai, with our most
eloquent alumnus, Fareed Zakaria, as speaker. We are
very grateful to Fareed for being with us and helping us to
swell our coffers for this cause.
We also had a really great evening at Olive, Mahalaxmi,
Mumbai where spirits were high and the music sublime.
It was such fun! Thank you A.D.
We had a day-night cricket match against the School
team, which they won; but our day will come! This was
followed by the golf tournament and then the big evening
at the Turf Club which over 1,500 alumni attended on
November 13, 2010.
The 150th year celebrations ended on November 14,
2010, with a truly moving and magical evening Church
Service, followed by high tea at the Senior School.
We are especially deeply grateful to Chitra, Rohita,
Miel, Bibhash and Rama for their warmth and unstinting
hard work and also to the entire Executive Committee for
working so harmoniously and propping us up whenever
needed, making our tenure as Co-Presidents a pleasure.
We sincerely hope that more and more young alumni
will join us and take the Association to a new high. This
Association is but an extension of the finest day-school
in the country, and needs new blood to make it the finest
Alumni Association in India.
We have indeed been fortunate in having received the
warmth and appreciation of all those alumni who have
touched our lives over the decades.
Thank you.
Executive Committee Members 2011, from left to right: Viral Doshi, Bibhash Asar, Miel Sahgal, Prakash Thadani, Shyla Boga Patel, Vikram Kothari, Mukeeta Jhaveri,
Gautam Shewakramani, Udita Jhunjhunwala. Missing from the picture are Committee Members Rohita Chaganlal Doshi, Chitra Rajkumar, Amit Advani and Pragni Kapadia
Executive Committee
2010 - 2011
Office Bearers
President
Mukeeta Jhaveri
(ISC 1983, Savage)
Vice-Presidents
Rohita Chaganlal Doshi
(ISC 1975, Wilson)
Miel Sahgal
Treasurer
Chitra Rajkumar
(1956, Savage)
Secretary
Udita Jhunjhunwala
(ICSE 1984, Barham)
Viral Doshi
Committee Members
Amit Advani
(ISC 1994, Palmer)
Bibhash Asar
Gautam Shewakramani
(ISC 2001, Savage)
Pragni Kapadia
Prakash Thadani
(ISC 1969, Savage)
Vikram Kothari
School Update
School Update
Looking Back
Mrs. Meera Isaacs, Principal, shares the highlights of Cathedrals 150th year
The President of India, Shrimati Pratibha Patil, releasing a commemorative postage stamp of the school
4 The X-Cathedralite 2011
Ms. Vaz, Mrs. Ganguly, Mrs. Isaacs, Mrs. Khanduri and Mrs. Shroff with Homi Khushrukhan,
alumnus and Governor on the Board
School Update
School Update
Gifted, the school play showcasing school life through song and dance
Looking Forward
Q&A with Mrs. Isaacs
Looking forward, what are the most
significant changes in store for the
School?
As most of you know, we want to upgrade
the Infant School building, and also start
an international curriculum apart from the
Advanced Placements that are available at
the moment. God willing, all this will come to
pass. It will be my pleasure to share the good
news with our alumni and parents as and
when I can give some definite answer.
Which new educational programmes
are being introduced, and how would
that affect the teaching philosophy and
learning styles?
Would like to introduce the IGCSE and IB as
options to the ICSE and ISC. There would be
a shift in learning styles.
Which classes will have the IB
progamme? Will the ISC be retained?
What about the lower classes?
We are looking at the Diploma Programme
at the moment i.e. for Standards 11 and 12.
Yes, ISC would be retained unless it becomes
unviable. We already have an extremely rich
curriculum for the lower classes. We would
continue with it.
Will this be different from the
experience that most of us (who went
through the ISC/ICSE system) had at
school?
I dont envisage any difference. The extracurricular life is extremely rich and varied
and it would continue to be so.
What changes can we expect to see in
the existing school buildings and will
there be any new premises?
The Infant School is in need of a thorough
facelift The Middle School will have
a floor-and-a-half added in order to use up all
the FSI that is available. I am also
scouting around for new premises.
Celebrating
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alumni from fiv
evening.
ensured a fun
150 Years
Back to Schoo
l,
Olive
On November 10
, we had an incr
edibly
warm and won
derful evening
at Olive. It
was very specia
l as spirits were
high and
the air really elec
tric. The evenin
g had
ex-students from
every generation
and
era. We are so gr
ateful to A.D. Si
ngh for
making this po
ssible.
Gymkhana
Cricket, Police atch against the
icket m
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school team was
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pl ed at
The match was
day-night one.
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khana. The scho
the Police Gym
delicious
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and the evenin
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spread of idlis an
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camaraderie be
Olive 2011
thank you
List of Donors
ABD
Adhyanthaya, Surekha
Advani, Dinesh
Advani, Meena
Advani, Moleen Parsram
Advani, Prathibha
Khandelwal
Agarwala, Sanjay &
Nisheeta
Aggarwal, Rishi
Ajmera, Dhaval
Anand, Jyotsna Nevatia
Anonymous (2)
Arora, Nikhil
Ashokkumar, Chitra
Assomull, Anita
Bahadur, Indira
Bamboat, Sheri
Batheja, Vanita
Mansukhani
Batliwalla, Zarine
Bendre, Ratnakar &
Sanjeev
Bharucha, Hoshang,
Homi & Nargesh
Bhat, Rahul
Bhatia, Sundeep
Bhimbhat, Namit
Bhogilal, Nirmal
Bieri, Freyan Crishna
Billimoria, Jimmy
Bulchandani, Shonali
Chacko, Anna Thomas
Chainani, Kiran
Chand, Shivani
Chatterjee, Pamela
Chatterjee, Pria
Chawla, Divesh
Chinai, Darshana Ogale
Chinoy, Shonar Lala
Chowdhury, Martina
Esberger
Chyla, Joanna
Class of 1984
Cooper, Daryush
Crishna, Nyrika
Currimjee, Saeeda
DLima, David
Dadachanji, Behram
Daftary, Bharat Vinod
Daftary, Manu
Damani, Rakesh
Dastur, Kavsy D., Dara D.
Phiroze D.
Dastur, Shahin Adi
Davar, Sorab D.
Dempo, Nita
Deshpande, Deepak
Desiraju, Keshav
Dhanak, Mira Sagar
Dhanak, Sanjiv
Dinshaw, Kate &
Kaikhushru
Doshi, Rohita & Maitreya
Doshi, Suketu
Dubash, Arvind
Dubash, Jehangir Phiroz
Dubash, Simone
Dubash, Tanya
Dujodwalla, Vivek
Fazulabhoy, Mehlam
Gannon Dunkerley & Co.
Ghose, Ragini
Godrej, Burgis, Nadir,
Sohrab & Hormuzd
Godrej, Jamshyd
Godrej, Navroze
Godrej, Nisa
Godrej, Pheroza
Godrej, Pirojsha
Godrej, Raika
Goel, Mahesh
Gokuldas, Dilip
Goyal, Rakhee
Grewal, Alekh
Gupta, Aditya
Gupta, Atul
Gupta, Ravi
Haidery, Niloufer Kurwa
Harendra, Sandhya
Hemchand, Kuber
Inoue, Michiyo
Jacob, Rohan
Jaggia, Ritu
Jain, Girish & Aditi
Jain, Indu
Jain, Mudit
Jain, Renuka Calil
Jain, Tarang
Jaisingh, Indira
Jassawalla, Cyrus
Jejeebhoy, Jehangir R.
Jejeebhoy, Rustom J.
Jha, Rohan
Jhangiani, Namrita
Jhaveri, Anand
Jhaveri, Nikunj
Jhaveri, Saloni
Jog, Sunita Rajwade
Jolly, Arjun
Kachwala, Shiraz
Kahlon, Gurtaj Singh
Kaka, Porus
Kalpataru Trust
Kalra, Pankaj & Mitali
Anand
Kapadia, Capt. Sohrab S.
Kapadia, Ketan
Kapadia, Pragni
Kapadia, Rajesh
Kapadia, Rajesh M.
Kapadia, Surin
Kapur, Rajiv
Kar, Pradeep
Karanjavala, Shireen
Karodkar, Atish
Kataria, Tarun
Katgara Family
Kavi, Jyotika Row
Kazi, Dr. Khurshid Parkar
Kewalram Chanrai
Foundation Trust
Khan, Akbar
Khanna, Anupam Anand
Khosla, Shantanu
Khullar, Shalini
Khumana, Rustam
Kochar, Anjani
Kochar, Mrinalini
Kothapa, Vinod Kumar
Kothari, Monisha
Kothari, Suneet
Kothari, Vikram
Kumar, Anjolie
Kunjur, Sandhya
Lalkaka, Ratan
Lamba, Dev & Pareena
Lamba, Sanjeet
Lalvani, Mohit
Lamech, Mariam
Latif, Zahra
M.K. Tata Trust
Mahadevia, Nisha Khattau
Mahindra, Anand Gopal
Mahindra, Anuradha
Malkani, Falguni
Mansukhani, Anjula K.
Mathew, Amrita
Mehra, Manoj
Mehra, Sunit
Mehta, Russa F.
Mehta, Tina
Menon, Madhavani
Menon, Radha
Merchant, Aditya
Mirchandani, Anjali
Mirchandani, Deepak
Mirchandaney, Harish A.
(Harry)
Mirza, Imran
Mistry, Cyrus
Mistry, Dinshaw
Mistry, Hormuzd
Mitra, Achinta
Mody, Feroza J.
Mody, Mohammed Iqbal
Mohinder, Madhuri
Moochhala, Sophie
Mukhi, Vaidehi
Mulla, Jeroo
Murarka, Manoj
Nanavati, Ajay Vipin
Nanavati, Anil
Naoroji, Nadish
Narielwala, Jimmy
Nayak, Sujir Ananth
Nayyar, Vivek
Pandole, Farokh
Pardiwala, Dinshaw
Parekh, Siddharth Deepak
Parikh, Rajul
Parsram, Jagdeep
Patel, Geeta
Patel, Naushad
Patel, Sanjay
Patel, Shyla Boga
Patel, Sunil
Phatak, Vinit
Piparaiya, Rishi
Pohoomul, Gauri
Prakash, Kavita Mitter
Press, Rashna
Puri, Rajnish
Rai, Sanjay
Ramalingam, Harsha
Ravindra
Rohatgi, Rajeev
Sabnis, Rashmi
Kharbanda
Sahgal, Miel
Sahney, Rajiv & Jasjiv
Sahni, Sunil
Sanghrajka, Darshana
Sampat, Swaroop Raval
Sanghvi, Chetna
Thanawala
Saran, Aarti
Sarin, Ramesh Chander
Screwvala, Ronnie
Shah, Ajay
Shah, Amita
Shah, Bhowli
Shah, Sudha
Shahani, Neel Moti
Sheth, Ghanshyam
Sheth, Hemant
Shetty, Behroze Oomrigar
Shivdasani, Anushka
Shivdasani, Moina
Shivdasani, Pramila
Shroff, Cyrus
Shroff, Kunal K.
Singh, Sanjiv Paul
Singhania, Nawaz Modi
Sinha, Neel
Sopher, Simone Hillman
Srinivasan, Venkatraman
Subrahmanyam, Anila
Suri, Radhika
Tafti, Pheroza
Talwar Kapur, Priya
Talwar, Gaurav
Taneja, Priya
Taneja, Gayatri
Thadani, Vinay C.
Thirani, A.K.
Thakker,Sonali
Thomas, Sheba
Tolani, Rohet N.
Unvala, Farokh
Uttamsingh, Vikram
Vaidya, Laxman Deepak
Vakil, Firoze A.
Vakil, Dr. Farokh J.
Vakil, Dr. Meher J.
Vakil, Pheroza J.
Vandrevala, Jerxis &
Shireen
Vaswani, Ashok
Venkatrao, Anil
Venkatrao, Rishma
Wadhwa, Vivek
Waney, Arjun
Yoddha, Jyoti
An Undefiled
HERITAGE
Gita, Mridula and Viral
- Miel Sahgal
(ISC 1989)
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I Headmaster TA Savage and the winning Old Boys Hockey Team in front of the newly-opened boys school
building on Outram Road, photographed by Raja Deen Dayal in 1901.
IIThe Macdonald Medal for Leadership (Boys), instituted in memory of James Macdonald, Headmaster of the
Scottish Schools from 1867 to 1902.
III Artist Jehangir Sabavala (back row, second from left) with his peers on Poppy Day, 1936.
IV Headmaster James Macdonald (2nd from left), with Sir Jacob Sassoon (2nd from right), and one of the early
recipients of the Jardine Medal, Hannah Nissim, in 1899.
V Old Boys fund-raising dinners were formal, black-tie affairs.
VI During the Second World War, The Borderer magazine was published annually. Due to a shortage of paper,
limited type-written copies with hand painted covers were distributed.
Photographs from An Undefiled Heritage .
Spotlight
A L e g a c y
o f
L a n d ma r k s
David Sopher
Spotlight
Malavika Sarukkai
Alumna Malavika Sarukkai is a world-renowned, award-winning Bharata Natyam
dancer and teacher who has performed at major arts festivals from Khajuraho
to Edinburgh
gained much by way of
relationships (shes still in
touch with school friend
Yasmine Stafford and often
meets her other school
friends at dance concerts
and school reunions).
She remembers herself as
being an average student
whose mind was not
contoured by academic
studies, but rather by the
world outside. Yet, she
doesnt recall feeling like
a misfit in the classroom.
There were always students
who were competitive,
but one didnt feel the
pressure too much it was
possible to be left alone.
But if, say, a geography
or science lesson got too
dull, this Savageite wasnt
above taking some liberties.
Sometimes, on the pretext
of going to drink water, one
left the classroom. It gave
one a sense of bunking a bit
of class! she confesses.
She has come a long way since her
Standard 2 days when she would
wait for the silver bus, which would
pick me up at Nepean Sea Road to
take me to school on Malabar Hill.
So who was her favourite teacher
at Cathedral? I remember Mr.
Wagh who so painstakingly taught
us Hindi. He was patient and tried
very hard to ensure that we passed
the exams.
www.malavikasarukkai.com
s a performer,
Sarukkai is
phenomenally precise
As an actress, she is a
chameleon She is also
a master of coordinating
movement and music,
raved Pamela Squires in
The Washington Post
after watching Malavika
Sarukkai, (ISC 1974)
perform at the Kennedy
Center earlier this year.
Sarukkai, perhaps the
most celebrated Bharata
Natyam exponent in
the country today, and
the recipient of several
awards including
the Padmashree
in 2003 has
delivered inspirational
performances across
the globe, from London
to Japan, France, Brazil
and Spain.
Over the years,
Sarukkais body of work
has included exciting collaborations
with a range of artists, musicians,
writers and painters. Her dance
interpretation of S.H. Razas painting
Bindu, in particular, was acclaimed
by critics and audiences alike. When
we caught up with the ex-Cathedralite
she said that her mother had
influenced her decision to take up
dancing. She was instrumental in
sending me to Chennai to further
study the art of dance By the time
I was 16, I knew the thing I loved to
do most was dance It has been a
splendid journey with great moments
- Shikha Sethi
(Standard 9, 1998)
2011 The X-Cathedralite 17
Pioneers
Crowning GLORY
At the age of 18, Miss India, Fleur Ezekiel became the first Indian to compete
in the Miss World beauty pageant
- Udita Jhunjhunwala
(ICSE 1984)
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Changing Tracks
Grape
Expectations
Rajeev Samant, gave up a finance job in Silicon Valley to
lead a more balanced life and to be closer to nature
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(ISC 1998)
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When I returned to
Mumbai, I continued to
contribute a few articles
to newspapers and
magazines but I realised
that it wasnt exciting me
anymore. Between 2003
and 2005 I read over 30
books in order to research Rozabal
and in 2006 I ended up writing
The Rozabal Line. I couldnt find a
publisher for over 18 months but
when Tata-Westland published it in
2008, it became a national bestseller.
At that moment, I knew I was hooked
to my parallel career as a writer.
Does your career have a rhythm of
alternating between writing and
running your family business? Or
is there an overlap?
I have constructed Chinese walls
between my entrepreneurial life and
my literary one. I usually write early
in the mornings. By the time I get
into work, Ive discarded the author
Teacher Updates
Mrs. S. Kapoor
Mrs. Kapoor, who was also the
Barham House Mistress, taught
Geography for 20 years at Cathedral,
first from 1973 to 1980, and then
again seven years later, until she
retired in 2000. In between, she was
the first, and only, female teacher
at La Martiniere Boys College,
Lucknow. After Cathedral, Mrs.
Kapoor taught at Marble Arch, an
ICSE school in Andheri, and also
coached children in Geography.
This year is her first year of full
retirement. She has two sons and a
daughter. She no longer plays the
tabla due to her arthritis, but still
manages to beat the building kids at
table tennis every once in a while!
Ms. Ashwina Mullan
Ms. Mullan
taught at
Cathedral for
three years.
She was the
Standard 5 class
teacher for the
first year and
then taught English, History and
Geography to her Standard 7 class.
In 1985, she moved to Pune to
become Mrs. Madraswala. In Pune,
she soon joined Primrose Nursery
School. Today, Mrs. Madraswala is
Principal of Primrose. An athlete and
swimmer in her youth, she has no
time for much else, except reading,
which she still does with a passion.
Mr. P. X. Swami
Mr. Swami taught Hindi and
Geography in the Senior School
for close to two decades, retiring
In Memoriam
Mrs. Jean Cabral
Mr. J. N. Pande
In Memoriam
voice as she told the men, Get out
you hooligans and leave my school
children alone. She stood with her
arms held out wide against the door
with Mrs. Downey by her side. No
other teacher came out to help. They
stayed put in the staff room.
The men left as she walked
towards them, pushing them back
till they left our school. We were so
proud of her. Mrs. Downey and Mrs.
Cabral came into the classroom and
spoke to each of us, calming us. They
gave us all a small hug or a squeeze
on the shoulder and told us never be
afraid, stand up tall, do your best,
keep alert and no one will touch you.
After that we had a gate put at the
inner entrance of our school.
Another time, owing to an
appendix operation I was not allowed
Joan Dev
(1930 2011)
Middle School Head Mistress
orn Joan Margaret Parkinson in
Lancaster England, the young
lady who was School Prefect, Hockey
Captain, House Captain and an
accomplished seamstress to boot,
had an early calling to the teaching
profession. From playing school in
her backyard to Teacher Training
College in Leeds she always knew
what she wanted.
Unable to resist the dashing
Punjabi charms of Dharam Dev
Khattar who she met while he was at
Leeds University, she married him at
the young age of 21 and sailed off to
India. The clan not only embraced her
very quickly but encouraged her to
hold school and homework sessions
In Memoriam
Mrs. Ammon
Mr. Anand
ho doesnt remember
Mr. Anand, the school
photographer, a familiar face at
every sporting meet and event from
the time we joined school till the
time we passed out? Thats right;
Mr. Anand was associated with
the Cathedral School for over 50
years. You can still see Mr. Anands
familiar stamp, even today after all
these years. And strangely, while
we may think of Mr. Anand as
our own - as the Cathedral School
photographer, the one entrusted
with capturing so many of our
memories, my wife points out that
he was the photographer for her
school as well.
So its really saddening to know
Hemant Watsa
In Memoriam
Cathedral family on the same day as
her and shared scrumptious lunches
with her for the 18 - 20 years they
spent teaching at school. Bhagwan,
apart from his peons duties, ensured
that their lunch was heated in the
Home Science lab oven and laid out
on a tablecloth. That stopped when
he retired but Mrs. Ammon would
personally warm up everyones
lunch in the oven so that they could
continue to enjoy their meals in
five-star fashion. Friends and family
unanimously declaredher the perfect
hostess. Her recipes were legendary.
Even the lazy boys were able to
produce edible brownies and fried rice.
Jehangir Sabavala
Tribute to Mrs.
Subramanian from her 4M
(1980-81) students
Reunions
Class of '59
Reunions
the Class of 59 was unveiled by Annikki Matthan
each copy signed by all the classmates present!
The midpoint of our reunion was the Founders
Day Church Service at St. Thomas Cathedral. The
service was followed by the Alumni Dinner Dance at
Blue Sea, Worli and an opportunity to meet 700 other
schoolmates and (perhaps) old flames!
Class of '84
- Udita Jhunjhunwala
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Class of '60
Class of '85
- Jyotsna Singh
Almost 100 ex-students and six teachers participated
in this evening. In addition to the Mumbai crowd,
classmates from Dubai, the US, London, Delhi and
Panchgani attended. Given that some still resembled
how they looked whilst in school and some, very
different, someone put it very well when they said, It
was surreal and awesome to meet familiar strangers.
It was a real pleasure to have Ms. Hallegua, Mrs.
Mahableshwarwala, Mr. and Mrs. Kochar and Mr. Swami
join us that evening. Talking to them brought back
wonderful memories from school and even though 25
years had flown by, it seemed like just yesterday.
We sang the School Song and cheered for our School
Houses, as if we were still in school. At about 3 a.m.,
when some of us were losing steam, we were joined
by our friends from the Class of 1984 who also had
their 25th reunion the same evening and we partied
on. Thank you Cyrus, Neel and Anand for your help in
arranging such a memorable reunion.
I left at 4 a.m., thinking of all the good times school
represented for us, and how even though we have come
a long way, our school bonds will never leave us.
Class Notes
Class of 1947
Ratan Lalkaka (Palmer) did his
graduation from Wilson College and
then joined Air India for one year.
Then moved to Burmah Shell, where
he worked for 35 years. After retiring,
joined the Petit Trust as their CEO for
10 years and is now involved in trust
work after his retirement from there.
Married to Perveen Gazdar (also from
Cathedral), and he lives in Mumbai with
his two children and two grandchildren.
Alyque Padamsee (Savage) Ad-guru,
actor, playwright, producer and director.
Was the Chief Executive Officer of Lintas
and is still very active in the theatre
world.
Jangoo Dubash (Wilson) former
owner of Rogers and Co. Retired, he lives
with his family in Mumbai.
Habib Datoobhoy (Wilson) joined
the legal profession and used to
represent the Aga Khans interests in
Mumbai.
Farokh Bharucha (Savage) living in
Miami, worked for the US Coast Guard.
Ian Brown (Savage) was a Captain
in India Steamships, he is now living in
Toronto, Canada.
Bobby Jones (Barham) was an
excellent athlete, now living in Australia.
Fali Kumana (Barham) joined his
family business after school, now living
in Pune.
Farrokh Mehta (Wilson) formerly
in advertising, now an avid producer of
plays. He is married to Vijaya Mehta who
is very active in Marathi Theatre.
Foy Nissen (Palmer) anthropologist,
worked and retired from the British
Council. Is living in Mumbai.
Robin Omer is living in London.
And those who are, sadly, no longer
with us:
Solu Batliboi (Wilson); Soli Dastur
Coover Guzdar (Palmer); Jal
Jalnawalla (Savage); Zal Lalkaka
(Wilson); Trevor Miller (Palmer);
Jimmy Khatau (Savage) and Nari
Malani (Wilson).
- By Ratan Lalkaka as told to
Mitali Anand Kalra (ISC 89)
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Class of 1956
Pradeep Anand (Wilson) after
school, graduated in Engineering and
later did his Management Studies.
Worked with large corporates such as
Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd.,
Mahindra and Mahindra Ltd.,Videocon
Group etc., in diverse assignments and
locations in India though was mainly
based in Mumbai. Now retired, settled
in New Delhi. His interests are playing
bridge, reading and travelling.
Ruma Pal, nee Ghosh (Palmer)
finished her schooling from St. Marys
Convent, Nainital, graduated with
honours in Philosophy from Visva
Bharati University, got a law degree
from the University College of Law,
Nagpur, and a post graduate degree
in Law from Oxford. Married to
Samaraditya Pal, a Barrister, in 1971,
she practised as a lawyer for 22 years in
various courts in India particularly the
Calcutta High Court. Became a High
Court Judge in Calcutta in 1990 and
a Supreme Court Judge in 2000 from
where she retired in 2006. At present
she is on the Committee of Experts on
the Application of Conventions and
Recommendations (CEACR) of the
ILO and on the Executive Council of
various NGOs.
Thrity Saraf, nee Vazifdar
(Savage) is looking forward to becoming
a grandmother second time around
and helping her daughter Sabrina after
her delivery. She left for Maine in July
after experiencing the squelching heat
in decades, which made her think of
her friends in Mumbai who cope with it
every year! She met Rima in New York
last month and happily chatted away.
One of the topics discussed was her visit
to China a couple of weeks earlier. Had
the pleasure of talking to Dina via the
phone from California. She sends her
best wishes to the Class of 56.
Suguna Ramanathan, nee Iyer
(Savage) takes care of her husband
who is bedridden and seldom leaves
Ahmedabad. Does a little freelance
editing and delivers the occasional
lecture when invited. Life is very quiet.
Rishad Talyarkhan (Savage) lives
in London though he does try to visit
Mumbai every year. Now retired, is
recovering from a by-pass operation and
Class of 1959
Elijah (Ooky) Elias (Bahram) has
recently successfully concluded the sale
of the company he promoted, APW
President to Schneider Electric. We
suspect he will be doing a little more
than occupying that rocking chair which
he has recently purchased!
Viney (Vins) Sethi (Palmer) has sold
his palatial Mango House at Alibaug. The
grapevine reports having last seen him
in his hammock at Malibu Beach!
Ashok Ruia (Barham) is the
promoter of Phoenix Mills. After
opening The Palladium in Mumbai
with son Atul, he has recently opened
a new mall, Phoenix Market City at
Vimannagar, Pune and has big plans to
open malls and develop properties in a
number of cities in India.
Class of 1971
Joey Cohen (Barham) is married and
has a daughter, Melissa who is 14 years
old. Lives in London and works for a
French Bank as an Accountant.
Sarojini Linda Nambiar mother
of Arjun and Mrinalini Nair, both
in the U.S. Manufactures electronic
components, thermisters, temperature
sensing diodes in three factories in
Electronic City, Bangalore and exports
them to GE etc.
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Constructions Ltd. At present, is leading a
retired life and doing honorary work with
an Aids Foundation. A happy bachelor!
Adi Bilimoria (Wilson) started
his career with IBM in Sales and
Marketingand, later established and
developed an auto service franchise.
Currently invests in rental real estate and
trade derivatives and futures. Is married
with two children and lives in the USA.
Rajesh Desai is a Director of Desai
Consulting Pvt. Ltd., in Hyderabad,
whose activities include Investment
Banking, Private Equity Fundingand
Proprietary Investments. Can be reached
at rgdesai05@yahoo.com.
Arvind Somany (Wilson) is the
Managing Director of Soma Textiles &
Industries Ltd., Ahmedabad. Would love
to retire in a few years and travel the
world.
Bipin Gopalkrishnan entered the
Indian Police Service in 1982. Has held
various senior positions in Karnataka
State. At present, he is the Additional
Director General of Police and heads the
Prisons Department. Can be reached at
gkbipin@msn.com.
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Kiran Rane after completing a BSc at
St. Xaviers, Mumbai, he went on to do
Management Studies in the UK. He was
involved in the chemical manufacturing
industry.
Front row seated next to Mr. Jacob: Head Girl - Shirin Ghasvala
Second row standing left to right: Pauline Vieyra, Rita Arora, Radha Matthai, Carmen Dorcic, Vijaylaxmi Jannah,
Rhea Jefferies, Mehra Cambata, Czaee Daftary, Khushnam Bhavnagiri, Shabera Kachwala and Pervin Kavarana
Third row standing left to right: Hilla Katgara, Kunti Andhare, Madhavi Tongaonkar, Aditi Merchant, Radhika
Swaminathan, Sakina Tyebjee, Roxanne Ardeshir, Rishma Venkatrao, Tina Mehta, Sherna Chothia and Mehroo Nargolvala
Third row standing left to right: Husain Chaiwala, Jaidev Merchant, Slobodan Popovic, Ripujit Lal and Homi Bhabha.
Teachers in Standard 11B photo are as followsL - R: Mr. Patki - Biology, Ms. Hallegua - English, Mrs. Cherian - Biology, Mr. Sharma - Chemistry, Mr. Kuruvila Jacob Principal, Mrs. Gupta, Mrs. Patruni and Mr.Lobo - Physics.
L - R: Top row Ravi Patil, Fernando Menezes, Rakseh Bhansali, Jameel Tyabjee, Mohan Bangera, Pryam Jhaveri, Jal
Medora and Rajesh Jhaveri.
Mid-row: Rashmi Jamdhar, Minoo Antia, Jimmy Meher-Homji, Aun Fazalbhoy, Rajesh Chinoy, Ajay Bhushan,
Meherangiz Karanjia and Shaila Gokhale.
First row: Meena Shah, Shernaz Dadyburjor, Raksha Mehta, Sunita Pophale, Sanjog Batra, Durriyah Dawoodbhoy,
Vasima Adenwala, Sarojini Nambiar, Priya Sarukkai, Gita Philip and Vinita Bhavani
Standard 11C: Last row left to right: Koserali Najmuddin, Navneet Rugta, Gautam Thor,
Cyrus Taraporewala, Adi Bilimoria and Raman Kaicker
Middle row left to right: Manmohan Melville, Tushar Mehta, Nalin Parikh, Mohijit Saha, Rajesh Desai, Arvind
Somany, Bipin Gopalkrishnan, Kiran Rane and Rajiv Krishnan
Bottom row left to right: Sanjay Rai, Sudhir Kulkarni, Arvind Ruia, Rajan Parikh, Dinaz Cooper, Anita Gore, Harsh
Nevatia, Anil Maroo, Rajesh Anand, Rajiv Godiwala and Sanjay Shah
Seated: Arup Basu
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Kerman Wadia (Palmer) is a
housewife, married to Darius Khambata
(Palmer, ICSE 1975). They have two
children, Leah, 18 and Jehangir, 11.
Pesi Modi (Savage) is a practicing
lawyer. Married to Elaine, a former
professor in H.R. College, they have an
18-year-old son.
Sanjay Dube is the Vice-President
(Finance) of Tata Power - he has been
with the Tata Group for over 15 years.
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decoration magazine. Has never left
Mumbai!
Anu Munshi (Barham) lives in
London with her husband, Johann
Mulla-Feroze (ISC 1990). After eight
years at JPMorgan, she started her own
company, B&B Structured Finance Ltd.,
which provides training and consulting in
financial markets and derivatives.
Yash Kapur-Ghienne (Barham)
graduated from Grinnell College in
the US, she is currently in charge of
the Asian sales division of the Gabriel
Meffre Winery in the South of France.
Living near Avignon, she spends her time
between wine launches, business trips
and trying to find new reasons to visit
India more often.
Priya Kapur (Barham) was House
Captain in 1992. After graduating from
Wellesley College, USA she joined her
family business CAC Pvt. Ltd., which
specialises in the manufacture of
laminating adhesives for the flexible
packaging industry. In 2004 she took
time off from work to be a full-time
mother to her daughter Mahi and
son Dev who are now both part of the
Cathedral family. She is now working as
a Director in a family-owned finance and
investment company.
- Compiled by Sreeja Nedungadi
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Aliya Mody, nee Patel (Palmer)
left Cathedral in Standard 6. She did
her A Levels at Hebron, Ooty 94.
After her BA she went onto XIC for her
Post-graduation in Advertising. And
then spent five years in Advertising in
Mumbai at Ambiance Publicis. Moved
to the Bay Area, USA in 2004; she is
married and works as the Director of
Admissions at DeVry University.
Aditya Kuruganti (Savage) did
his undergraduation at Northwestern
University and then worked at Ernst
& Young for a little over four years.
Completed his MBA at Kellogg in 2006.
He is currently a Director at Salesforce.
com, and is married with a son who just
turned six months.
Gaurav Agarwal (Wilson) potential
Head Boy, left after ICSE in 1993.
Graduated with a B.Engineering from
University of Mumbai, and then did a
Masters in Engineering from UC Santa
Barbara. Joined Sun Microsystems
in Silicon Valley and then moved on
to Oracle Corp., at Redwood Shores,
to research microprocessor design
methods using nanotechnology. Is
currently pursuing a part-time MBA
at the Haas School of Business, UC,
Berkeley. Married, with the stork
expected in November.
Kshitij Morarka (Wilson) after
completing his ICSE from Cathedral
and a BCom from Sydenham College,
Mumbai, he went onto to pursue a
degree in Hotel Management from
Ecole Les Roches, Switzerland. Since
returning to Mumbai in 2003, he has
worked in various capacities across the
hospitality sector. Currently, he owns
and operates Mumbai Deli, a cafe
located at Lower Parel, Mumbai and is
also involved in real estate development
across the Mumbai Metropolitan
Region.
Fali J. Hodiwalla (Barham) left
school in 1993 after completing his
ICSE. Currently lives in Mumbai,
working as a Strategy Consultant.
Jehangir Pocha (Wilson)
after completing a BA (Hons.) in
International Relations & Business
Management at the University of
Western Ontario and a BAS (Hons.) in
Accounting at York University, he went
on to become a Chartered Accountant.
He is currently a Senior Manager at
Deloitte & Touche in Canada and has
worked with them for more than 10
years. He lives with his wife in Toronto.
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Shivalik Prasad (Savage) after
Cathedral, he went to the National
Institute of Technology, Rourkela, did
a Bachelors in Engineering and then
moved to Texas A&M for a Masters in
Operations Research Mathematics. He
worked for IBM New York and now runs
MapmyIndia, Indias first navigation
company (GPS, Maps) as an Executive
Director in Mumbai.
Zina Mody (Palmer ) after 13
glorious years at Cathedral (ISC 1995),
she read for a BSc Economics degree
at QMW University, London, returned
to Mumbai and worked with HSBC
for five years. Zina then quit to start
Flowers by Zina, a business that caters
to everything you would expect from
couture floral design and gift packaging.
Shivani Munshi Dahanukar
(Wilson) attended Sydenham College,
Sophia Polytechnic, University of San
Francisco (MBA) and completed her
LLB at the Government Law College.
Currently works in the IMFL segment
with Tilaknagar Industries Ltd., as the
ED.
Hormazd N. Sethna (Palmer) is
a medical anthropologist and public
health professional. He is a contractor
to the United States Department of
Defense HIV/AIDS Prevention Program
(DHAPP) to provide technical assistance
and programme management expertise
in HIV prevention. Married and father
to an adorable and adoring 10-monthold daughter.
Arnab Ganguly (Wilson) after
Cathedral, he got a scholarship
with Singapore Airlines and did
his undergrad in Singapore, joined
Autodesk (makers of AutoCAD, and
special effects software that you see in
Hollywood movies and video games)
and has been with them for the last 10
years. Is currently a Senior Marketing
Manager at Autodesk based in the Bay
Area, California.
Pia Deshpande (Palmer) is currently
an Associate at Weil, Gotshal & Manges,
a US law firm in London. She lives in
the hope of winning the lottery one day
(though she really does need to buy a
ticket first!).
Saahil Sethi (Palmer) is a BCom
from H.R. College, an MBA from
Sydenham College and a Certified
Financial Planner. Worked with HDFC
Bank for the last few years in their
Retail and Investment Advisory team
and is currently CFO of family-owned
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and maintaining their brand equity
through strategic PR functions. Her next
entrepreneurial venture is Chai Diaries,
speciality teas from around the world.
Aneesh Daga (Barham) is currently
working in London. After Cathedral,
Aneesh went to Jai Hind and then to
Columbia in New York.
Animesh Kejriwal (Palmer) went
to Carnegie Mellon for his Bachelors
in Computer Science. He worked for
Google in Mountain View, California
thereafter. In 2006 he moved back to
India and was working for Google India
from Hyderabad. He is married and now
runs Parksons Graphics, a printing press
in Mumbai.
Anirudh Damani (Palmer) graduated
with a double major in Economics and
Business Administration from Austin
College in 2005. He is currently the
President of Pioneer Energy Resources
in Dallas and has recently joined his
family business in India, involved in
construction, hotels and capital markets.
Arindam Ganguly (Wilson)
pursued a degree in Computer Science
and Engineering at the University
of California, San Diego. Currently
serving as Senior Web and Application
Developer at the California Institute for
Telecommunications and Information
Technology in San Diego, California.
Ashumi Sanghvi (Barham) Creative
Fashion Director of POA Style, a fashion
styling, personal shopping, image
consulting, luxury brand consulting
company in London. Previously worked
at Conde Nast International, Italian
Vogue, Harpers Bazaar and consulted for
British Fashion Council, Maxmara, The
Creative Archives. Associate and Bachelor
of Science Degree from Fashion Institute
of Tech, NY and International Fashion
Management Degree from Polimoda,
Italy.
Ashwin Jolly (Wilson) has completed
a BA at Northwestern in Chicago and an
MSc at Cass Business School in London.
He has worked at Deutsche Bank,
HSBC Global Asset Management and is
currently working in the Institutional
Client-Investment Solutions Division at
AXA Investment Managers in London.
Cyrus Framjee (Savage) is currently
a USD Interest Rate Swaps trader at
HSBC London. Did an MSc in Finance
and Economics from the London School
of Economics and before that a BA
in Economics and Statistics from St.
Xaviers College, Mumbai.
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in Mumbai started by her and her sisters.
Sameer Singhvi (Wilson) is
currently working with Salesforce.com as
a sales engineer.
Shalini Khemlani (Palmer)
graduated from HR College with a BMS
degree in Marketing and then became
a Graduate Gemologist from GIA, New
York. She now runs her own jewellery
store at Hughes Road under the name of
K. Arjan Jewellers.
Sharnita Nandwana (Wilson) did a
BA in Economics at St. Xaviers College,
followed by a second BA in Fashion
Design Technology at the London
College of Fashion. She was presented
with the London College of Fashions
prestigious Fashion and Textiles
Award, was named one of fashions
names of the future by Vogue UK and
worked with British fashion houses
Burberry, Preen and Giles Deacon. She
then decided to venture into the area
of sustainable fashion, and after a brief
project in Thailand and a life-changing
road trip through South-East Asia,
she moved to Bangkok in 2011, and
is now designing textiles and clothing
for the Mae Fah Luang Foundation, an
NGO specialising in ethically produced
clothing from hand-woven textiles. She
currently lives in Bangkok, where apart
from working, she is unsuccessfully
trying to get into seafood and failing
miserably at speaking Thai.
Shefali Mathur Christopher
(Savage) is a senior physical therapist
at the Duke University Sports Medicine
Clinic in North Carolina. She finished
her first Ironman triathlon in August
2010 and works with several pro
triathletes. She is currently involved in
sports performance research. Shefali
and her husband are expecting their first
child this November.
Shivani Saraf (Palmer) joined HR
College and went to St. Xaviers College
for her Bachelors in Management
Studies, after which she lived in Pune
for two years during her post graduation
in communication management at
Symbiosis. A branding/communication
specialist, she currently works with
the Piramal Group. The craziest career
decision she ever made was to quit her
job in Mumbai and take one up in Goa
where she lived for 10 months.
Shweta Diwan (Palmer) After
completing her HSC from St. Xaviers
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College, she pursued law from
Government Law College, Mumbai and
then joined the law firm Mulla & Mulla
& Craigie Blunt & Caroe and went on
to qualify as a solicitor in Mumbai as
also England & Wales. She continues
to practise corporate law at Mulla &
Mulla. She recently married her college
sweetheart.
Sumat Chopra (Wilson) graduated
from Carnegie Mellon University, after
which he worked as a Senior Associate
at Goldman Sachs, New York for five
years and in private equity in India. He
is now doing his MBA from INSEAD in
Singapore, USA and France.
Sunaina Hemrajani, nee
Singhvi (Wilson) completed her BA
in Psychology from Sophia College,
Mumbai and then went on to pursue an
MSc in Developmental Psychology from
Lancaster University, UK. Returned
to Mumbai and did a course in Special
Education training from the Spastics
Society of India and then worked for
about eight months with Sols Arc (a
therapeutic centre for children with
multiple disabilities), Mumbai. Got
married and has been living in Virginia,
USA for the last three years. Sunaina
is currently employed as a special
education teacher at a private school in
Washington DC and would love to catch
up with anyone from school in the area.
Sunny Gandhi (Savage) is a Director
of Sunraj Diamonds and is currently
manufacturing and trading cut and
polished diamonds. Sourcing of rough
diamonds takes him to Russia and
South Africa frequently. Manufacturing
jewellery for his friends is always
welcome!
Tarun Thadani (Savage) is the cofounder of Cool Chef Cafe (pub and grill)
and is always down to party.
Trilok Mahadevia (Palmer)
completed his BE (Electronics) from
Mumbai University after which he
worked for two years in consulting at
Ernst & Young and then as a Business
Development Manager for his family
business involved in energy and utilities
in Bangalore. He is now pursuing his
MBA at Rice University, Houston.
Tushad Dubash (Barham) completed
his schooling at Eton and then obtained
a Bachelors in Economics and Politics
from the University of Bath and a
Masters in law from the University of
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Adhiraj Harish (Wilson) graduted
from HR College with a BMS degree,
went on study at Government Law
College and is currently practising as a
lawyer at D.M. Harish & Co.
Aniruddh Narvekar (Savage)
graduated from HR College he joined
Dr. D.Y. Patil Dental College and is
currently based in Philadelphia pursuing
a Masters in Periodontics at the
University of Pennsylvania.
Anshul Doshi (Palmer) graduated
from HR College with a BMS, went on
to pursue an MSc in Marketing at The
University of Manchester (Manchester
Business School). Currently in Mumbai
working in his family business of
manufacturing and exporting garments.
Anshul Sonawala (Savage)
graduated from HR College with a BMS,
has been working in his family business
of bullion trading.
Arjun Sanghvi (Barham)
completed his Bachelors in Commerce,
worked with The Poonawallas as a
business development manager and
simultaneously completed a Diploma
in Business Finance and Investment
Studies followed by a Masters in Science
in Risk Management from the Cass
Business School, London. Worked in the
London property market till 2010 and
recently returned to Mumbai to join the
family business.
Aditi Doshi (Barham) graduated with
a BA in Economics and Statistics from
St. Xaviers College, went on to do an
MSc in Marketing and Strategy in The
University of Warwick, UK. Currently
works as an Assistant Brand Manager
(Marketing) at Kraft Foods, UK.
Mohit Bajaj (Savage) studied
Science at Jai Hind College followed by
Engineering from TSEC, Mumbai, he
worked with Infosys for a couple of years
and is currently in the last year of an
MBA degree from MDI, Gurgaon.
Aditya Jhaveri (Savage) studied Law
and now works with AZB & Partners,
Mumbai, a corporate law firm.
Abheek Bhattacharya (Barham)
completed his Bachelors degree in
Philosophy from Yale University in 2008
and has been working for newspapers
since then. Currently based in Hong
Kong with The Wall Street Journal where
he writes opinion articles and editorials.
Ameeka Pannu (Palmer) graduated
with a BSc in Neuroscience from
Brandeis University, USA and is
currently in her fourth year of the
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MD program at George Washington
University, Washington, DC.
Anant Goenka (Barham) graduated
in Business Administration with an
emphasis in Brand Management
from the Marshall School of Business,
University of Southern California.
After an inspiring summer course in
basic journalism at Harvard University,
he pursued a Masters degree in Print
Journalism as a Deans Scholar at
Annenberg School of Communication
and Journalism, USC followed by a stint
at Bloomberg in London. He is now
working in business development at
Spenta Multimedia, Mumbai.
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Compass) and will be commencing
an MBA at MIT Sloan School of
Management in 2012.
Rithika Merchant (Barham)
graduated from the Parsons School
of Design in New York worked across
Europe as a freelance artist.
Rohan Harris (Savage) graduated
from the University of Warwick in 2008
with a degree in Economics. Moved back
to Mumbai and spent the last three years
with HDFC Bank Treasury. Has recently
quit and is re-evaluating his life.
Sahil Sheth (Savage) graduated from
the University of Southern California.
Has since been working out of Germany
and Mumbai. Currently based in
Mumbai, he has started a company,
Bleses Trading, which deals in high-end
automobiles.
Sharlene Chichgar (Savage)
graduated from the University of
Nottingham. Continued to pursue her
Masters degree whilst working with
E.ON in the UK and Germany. Is now
based in Mumbai working in the field of
international relations and development.
Sonakshi Khaitan (Barham)
graduated from the University of
Pennsylvania with a Bachelors degree
in Economics. Currently based in
Mumbai, happily married and working
as a Corporate Social Responsibility
consultant.
Suhail Rajpal (Barham) completed
his Chartered Accountancy and Bachelor
of Law (General). Currently working in
the investment banking department at
the Royal Bank of Scotland in Mumbai.
Prior to that, was working with Ernst &
Young as a consultant in the tax advisory
department.
Taha Nabee (Palmer) graduated from
Franklin & Marshall College in 2009 and
returned to Mumbai soon after. For the
last two and a half years, he has been
working at Aromatan Cosmetics on a
start-up dealing with beauty care retail.
Tanushree Hegde (Wilson)
graduated from HR College and joined
Cyberdyne Technologies India Pvt. Ltd.
Took a sabbatical to follow her passion,
completing a one year programme in
film production at The New York Film
Academy. Currently working at Fouress
Engg India Pvt. Ltd.; actively involved
in its corporate responsibility initiative,
The One India One People Foundation,
which was started by her grandfather,
the promoter and owner of the Fouress
Group. Also serves as a member of
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