Mr Minoo Homi Batlivala

Many a time during my long residence at the St. Stanislaus High School Boarding, I just wished I could get away for good. From a small 5 year old among 250 boys (many were rowdy), to a rebellious teenager is one long road, especially with the hard knocks. But on that very last day when…

When I was little (six or seven maybe), the architecture and enormous structure of St. Peter’s Church held me in permanent awe. That awe included a kind of fear it generated, as if you were in the presence of a giant. Its interiors were even more awe inspiring, with its grand tall stained glass windows…

Bhubaneswar, April 17, 2013: Jesuits, the schoolmasters of Europe, are all set to launch their first university in India. The campus for the Xavier University will be ready by December near Puri, some 60 kilometers east of Bhubaneswar, capital of the eastern Indian state of Odisha (formerly Orissa). However, the first batch will start from…

Regret to inform all SSESA members that William Neelankavil, elder son of John and Volga Neelankavil ex-student of Holy Family High School, Andheri passed away tragically on Friday, April 19, 2013 afternoon. May his soul Rest in Peace. Funeral was held at 4pm on April 20, 2013 at Holy Family Church, Chakala, Andheri (E)

… seemed to have played themselves out. Or at least that’s how I saw it till some time ago. On further reflection, I found them to be a good mechanism to set or renew personal ambitions and goals. So, if the Ex-Student Association was a person; I wonder what this person’s New Year resolutions would…