![Shri Pradip Dande [Nagarsevak, Amravati]](/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/DSC_0016c-scaled.jpg)
Shri Pradip Dande [Nagarsevak, Amravati] visited our Compost Station at St Stanislaus High School, Bandra this afternoon along with Shri Prakash Bansod and Shri Bala Gavai, Headmaster, Panchsheel Adivasi Ashram School … they have plans to replicate our Aerobic Bio-Digester Systems in Civic Wards & Schools in Amravati.
Exactly 14 days left for launch. Loads to do by way of technical, editorial and political work. Need to run the pilot starting tommorow.
Our alumni Minoo Homi Batlivala, Rtd. Director Engineering Services Municipal Cororation, Mumbai passed away peacefully on 14th Jan 2021 at the age of 91. RIP Minoo, Sir
In St. Stanislaus High School, then as perhaps now, there were boys from all communities and we were peaceful. Typical competitive behavior was but natural as in any other school. The typical school day began with the prayer in the shed (as we called it then – the space between the stationary and the Donnelly…
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Being a boarder also meant a rigorous religious upbringing. Morning prayers, 6.15 am Mass, Rosary, prayers before and after meals, night prayers, and during Lent who prayed most, We. Then there was being an Altar Boy, but all prayers to be learnt were in Latin. Somehow I managed and frequently assisted in mass from as…