Author : Vinita Deshmukh      Blog : a postcard from vimal      Date : 1/7/2013 2:23:00 PM

'Sharing with all of you some memorable moments from Viraj and Angela's wedding reception in Pune. '

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Author : Vinita Deshmukh      Blog : a postcard from vimal      Date : 1/7/2013 1:17:00 PM

'Thanks Alpana for coming from Sangli to attend my son Viraj's wedding reception on Dec 29th at Raga lawns in Pune. Friends, Viraj married his LA based girl friend Angela (of Indian origin) on December 19th in Bakersfield, California. I really wish Vimal had come too! I also thank Ashu for attending it.'

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Happy New Year Folks

Author : Venu Nabhi      Blog : a postcard from vimal      Date : 12/31/2012 2:00:00 PM

'Wishing all of you guys a very prosperous 2013.Venu'

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21st Dec 2012: Auld Lang Syne

Author : Stanley David      Blog : a postcard from vimal      Date : 12/18/2012 3:29:00 PM

'Hi Folks,Long time--no new post on the blog --so I thought maybe the year end is a good time for some musing --its a good time to ponder on the Inca / Mayan prediction about the 21st of Dec 2012 --when the world as we know it is predicted to end. Full stop. The End.I have no intention to start a religious or a scientific discussion  on the subject. Suffice to say, if it ends, goodbye  --nice knowing you, folks, in this life and all that jazz. As the old Hindi film hit goes(...)'

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Meeting 3 Super Juniors from SVC

Author : Vimal Parmar      Blog : a postcard from vimal      Date : 11/15/2012 5:27:00 PM

'11 Nov 2012: SVC Mumbai: Update...!It was great catching up with 3 SVCites... today evening...!3 super juniors... We had a great time.Looking forward to a bigger group next time.SVCites Jai ho...!!R2L:Sharbani - 1996 batchManikanth - 2003 batchSoumya - 2000 batchThatz me... 1977 batch..!'

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SVCites > Juniors & Seniors

Author : Vimal Parmar      Blog : a postcard from vimal      Date : 10/28/2012 2:12:00 PM

'Yesterday I got to meet lots of SVCites...!Not just Smita and Sushmita but 3 juniors too…!!Juniors have helped in forming an “SVC Alumni – Global” group on Facebook. Many of you have already been tagged.Believe it or not, I am also in touch with Smita's son and Sushmita's 2 daughters...!SVC > One BIG extended family...!! Love you folks... May the tribe increase...With the juniors: L2R > Sushant; Arvind & SoumyaAnd of course.. next pic... thatz Smita & Sushmita'

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Mug Gar Aai Haseen!

Author : Faiyaz      Blog : a postcard from vimal      Date : 10/22/2012 5:55:00 PM

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Happy Birthday, Vimal

Author : Stanley David      Blog : a postcard from vimal      Date : 10/20/2012 4:25:00 AM

' Happy Birthday, Vimal --and thank you for giving us this gem of a blog-site to keep all of usSVC-ians connected.Yes, some of us are regular --and some of us stroll in once in a while.Yet, all of us know where to meet when we want to meet.Thank you, Vimal.'

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A Book by our Friend Ranjana

Author : Vimal Parmar      Blog : a postcard from vimal      Date : 10/18/2012 6:58:00 PM

'THOSE WHO DID NOT DIEImpact of the Agrarian Crisis on Women in PunjabAuthor: RANJANA PADHIIndependent writer and activist http://www.sagepub.in/browse/book.asp?bookid=1784&Subject_Name=&mode=1'

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Of all the States - Odisha!

Author : Faiyaz      Blog : a postcard from vimal      Date : 10/16/2012 5:58:00 PM

'INDIA: A 17-month-old baby boy was sold by a mother for Rs5,000 (Dh350) to pay for a new mobile phone, a pair of jeans, few new tops and cash cards for her phone.In the extremely curious case in the Indian state of Odisha, the court directed the police to find the child and hand him over to social services since the mother was clearly not capable of handling the responsibility of a child, reports Hindustan Times.The mother of the child ins 20 years old and a poor daily wage earner. (...)'

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Bar Fai!!

Author : Faiyaz      Blog : a postcard from vimal      Date : 10/3/2012 3:31:00 PM

'Iti si hasee Iti si khushi Ita sa tukda chand ka....'

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63 years ago… this is the place where it all started…

Author : Vimal Parmar      Blog : a postcard from vimal      Date : 9/9/2012 5:33:00 PM

'63 years ago… this is the place where India's milk revolution took birth...R.I.P… Dr. Verghese Kurien… http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verghese_Kurien'

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L2R: Rayla, Olga & Thelma

Author : Vimal Parmar      Blog : a postcard from vimal      Date : 9/5/2012 4:43:00 PM

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Author : Vinita Deshmukh      Blog : a postcard from vimal      Date : 9/5/2012 12:31:00 AM

'Dear  Friends,Sorry for not blogging for so long but was caught up with several commitments that left me panting at the end of the day. Now I am a bit free and promise to get back to blogging. I am delighted to inform you that my second book `The Mighty Fall' is ready for release at the hands of Rajdeep Sardesai and Medha Patkar on the occasion of the 5th Prakash Kardaley Memorial lecture being held in Pune on September 8. Following is the synopsis of the book which is priced a(...)'

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not proud to be an indian today

Author : alpana      Blog : a postcard from vimal      Date : 8/15/2012 4:04:00 AM

'      15th august has rolled around and the band playing in the school opposite my house seems muted. there is no blare of patriotic songs either and the mood is subdued. just yesterday i visited a friend who said-" this year i don't feel very patriotic and really don't want to hoist and salute the indian flag. our town is going nowhere and we will have finally lived a futile life, trying to make a difference and not succeeding. do we want our children to fa(...)'

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Memories... memories...!!

Author : Vimal Parmar      Blog : a postcard from vimal      Date : 8/11/2012 8:28:00 PM

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A Big Thank You Faiyaz Bhai

Author : Louis J Rao      Blog : a postcard from vimal      Date : 7/23/2012 9:00:00 AM

'                                         The ace photographer with his model - Faiyaz with Henry at Burj Khalifa                                        A very memorable trip  which came as a surprise ....... I was returning from Milan back to Bangalore , little was I awar(...)'

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Henry's article in Gulf Today about Rajesh Khanna

Author : Louis J Rao      Blog : a postcard from vimal      Date : 7/23/2012 8:33:00 AM

'ROMANTIC INC BY HENRY JACOB July 19, 2012 ;;;The news of Rajesh Khanna’s death comes as a shock to millions of his fans. More so to a close family friend, who recounts an incident involving the actor when his family had gone to Bombay, as Mumbai was then known, for a wedding in 1971( Corrected  from oroiginal  ). It was a big entourage which had put up in a guest house – a huge bungalow with a sprawling(...)'

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The Dexterous tea-picker

Author : Naresh      Blog : a postcard from vimal      Date : 6/29/2012 7:19:00 AM

'Daughter Manisha engaged in tea leaves picking @  OOTY .An  AGBSc educatee  looking forward to Seetha's munificience in fixing her at ICRISAT .'

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Quick Gun ..MURUGAN

Author : Naresh      Blog : a postcard from vimal      Date : 6/11/2012 7:26:00 AM

'SOJOURN AT UDHAGAMANDALAM !!!'

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