I had given this suggestion right in the beginning, and requested all for a short biographical paragragh on themselves for the Blog. To make it easy for each, I even wrote a few lines about every classmate - living or deceased - as I remembered him; and circulated the same while also posting the lines by specifically allocating individual frames for each on the Blog.
I recall Leo responding later saying not everyone would be comfortable sharing with others his story for the intervening fifty years. I respected Leo's view point and did not press the matter further.
Even so, Fr Cyril Veliath was the only one who obliged with his story - also backed up by pictures; and I posted his brief account promptly on the Blog for everyone's benefit.
Raphael too sent some pictures, and bits and pieces of his story surfaced in correspondence he had with individual classmates.
Leo's innovative initiative then followed - to send current photographs clicked during mutual visits to each other so that others could get to see how time had weathered each or not. Leo's pictures of Hector and his visit to Sigismund and Redmond at Palya/Saklespur were absolutely stupendous!
My own visits to the Maliakals' in Boston/USA and the Talwars' in Cardiff/UK and the Saldanhas' in Mangalore brought their respective living rooms alive into our Reunion domain.
Taking cue from Leo's pointer, it is possible some of us may cherish fears of not having achieved in the eyes of the world - as much perhaps as some others among us have. But for all we know, such may be the very ones who have been blessed by the Lord many times more - and in ways others can really fathom - than the so called material achievers of this world.
In this context I want to quote my eldest brother-in-law who told me even when still very young, that "The sum total of an individual happiness vis a vis that of another, is constant". Not many realize this.
So it would really be wonderful to have everyone participate in this "SAC class of 1960" family exercise - without prejudice, discrimination, competition, diffidence... or feelings of better or worse, great or small...
The Blog and the space reserved for each of you therein is still waiting - whenever you are ready.... !
Maxie
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On 7 June 2010 23:34, Peter Fernandes wrote:
Dear Fr. Walter and Harry,
Thank you very much for the detailed Final Programme of our Golden Reunion received through the Blog.
Since you have welcomed suggestions, I would like give one from my side. Only a few of us have introduced ourselves for what we had done and are as of today. Narration for the 50 years' gap since we bade farewell to each other and successive achievements to this day need definitely be given a chance for a general audition in order to know each other better. Since the number atttending would be around 27, I feel maximum 5 minutes be allotted and the rendering left as purely optional. The time slot for this audition could either be before the Group Photo or after Tea break or even before Dinner on the 1st day.
With all best wishes,
Peter
Thank you very much for the detailed Final Programme of our Golden Reunion received through the Blog.
Since you have welcomed suggestions, I would like give one from my side. Only a few of us have introduced ourselves for what we had done and are as of today. Narration for the 50 years' gap since we bade farewell to each other and successive achievements to this day need definitely be given a chance for a general audition in order to know each other better. Since the number atttending would be around 27, I feel maximum 5 minutes be allotted and the rendering left as purely optional. The time slot for this audition could either be before the Group Photo or after Tea break or even before Dinner on the 1st day.
With all best wishes,
Peter
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