Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Principal Hardyal Singh




Yesterday evening I recieved a surprise call from "Principal Hardyal Singh", our school Principal for the better part of our school tenure in 70s-80s. It was indeed a very pleasant surprise. He had been told about the school blog and so he called up to convey his appreciation. He told me that his son who had passed out from this very school and was in USA had mentioned about the blog and the kind of positive response it has been drawing even there. Sir recounted his tenure in "35 Model Chandigarh" with nostalgia and pride and termed it as one of his best tenures in the entire career where he could derive Job satisfaction and could deliver good results because of dedication of students and staff. He was very happy to note that many of his students have excelled in professional career and have carved a niche' for themselves. He has conveyed his "Blessings" to all of us through this medium. He has also promised to share some old photographs and material about school that is with him. I am sure these photographs and snippets from past will remind us of the Golden Days that we all spent in the 35 Model. I shall be putting up these pics in due course. I have requested Sir for his latest photograph for uploading on the blog and he has consented to give the same. In the interim I am giving out the contact details of Principal Hardyal Singh for those who may like to get in touch with him.
                                       Sh Hardyal Singh
                                       H No- 810, Ph-3B1
                                       SAS Nagar, Mohali
                                       Ph: 0172-2222135
                                       Mob: +91-9988730312 

Sunday, October 18, 2009

SCHOOL ANNUAL FUNCTION PHOTOGRAPHS

I don't know about others but the memories of our school Annual Functions in Tagore Theatre are quite vividly etched in my mind. I wasn't the one artisically inclined and thus the only time I went on stage to perform was to participate in a group song "Polly Wolly Doodle". However the various Skits and Plays enacted during the Annual Functions over the years are still fresh in my mind. Some of our friends had such an artistic acumen in them that they were invariably a part of some skit or play every year (and were allowed to skip classes and get away with not doing the Home Work!!!!). Harpreet Banga (1982 Batch) was one person I remember as a very active participant in cultural activities in school and was also a member of school band!!!!. He has taken great pains to locate some real jewels from his collection of school photographs. Hope they stir same nostalgic emotions in you all they have in me. Thanks Harpreet sir.

HARPREET BANGA AS KING CALIPH - 1976



FROM LEFT: HARPREET BANGA, SULEKHA & GURKANWAL BEDI - 1980




HARPREET BANGA & KALIKA MIDHA IN HINDI PLAY "ANARKALI" - 1980



FROM LEFT: KANWAR SAMEER, NAZISH, RITU GUPTA, DEVPREET GULATI, HARPREET BANGA, VIJAY SETHI
STATE SCIENCE EXHIBITION 1979

CLASS OF 1987


St John's Ambulance - Yr 1985


8th Grade


From left ; Achal Sarna(88 batch), Naveen Gupta(88 batch), Subhash Chander(88 batch), Sandeep Mohindra(88 batch), Kirpaljit S Kanwal, Neeraj Jetly(88 batch).
State Science Seminar
These pictures come from the colection of Mr Kirpaljeet S Kanwal of 1987 batch. As and when the names in the pictures are provided they will be annotated.