ESTO VIRReflections of the batch of ‘86

About The Book...

Although the sweet memories of school-days need no reminder, this Coffee Table Book tries to encapsulate those wonder years, not just for us Xaverians of the batch of ‘86, but for friends and family as well. Hopefully this book will find a place of pride in each of our homes... And each time we turn these pages, those glorious years would “flash upon the inward eye” (much like those Daffodils of Wordsworth)... And always remind us to BE A MAN...

Joy To All !!

ESTO VIRReflections of the batch of ‘86

Batch of 1986

Achman Trehan, Alok Jain, Amit Khanna, Amit Vohra, Anwer Kamil, Atul Khandelwal, Atul Tandon, Azhar Usman, Deepak Dayal, Dipender Benjamin, Divya Baweja, Gautam Kapur, Gurmeet S.Anand, Harvinder S.Arora, Johny Joseph, Manavjeet S.Grewal, Manish Aggarwal, Manoj K.Jain, Manu Mehra, Milan Aggarwal, Navin Dhingra, Navin Jain, Peeyush Jain, Rajat Bansal, Rajeev Jain, Rakesh Bhagat, Rakesh K.Jain, Rohit Khullar, Sai Krishna Poplai, Sameer Seth, Sandeep Chopra, Sandeep Grover, Sanjay Sethi, Sanjeev Bajaj, Shekhar Sharma, Shiv Bhambri, Vikas Ahuja, Vikas Chandhok, Vikram Bahri, Vipul Mehra

XII E

Ajay Bassi, Ajay Kapoor, Ajay Kunnath, Amartya Basu, Anil K.Agarwal, Anjam Goel, Arun Subramanian, Asit Mehrotra, Atul Bhargava, Charles Nazareth, Chintu Gulati, Deepak K.Jain, Dhiren Vasa, George Joseph, Harkirat Sawhney, Herman Baxla, Himanshu Modi, Ishmeet S.Satara, Jagmeet S.Sethi, Jasmeet S.Sethi, Kapil Mehra, Maneesh Goyal, Manoj Kumar, Mohit Rastogi, Nitin Bajpai, Pankaj R.Kumar, Pawan Mohan, Raj Jain, Rajiv Bansal, Ravinderjit S Ahluwalia, Rohit Gupta, Sagar Sapra, Sandeep Jain, Sanjay Khosla, Satnam S.Takkar, Sharat Trehan, Subodh Kumar, Sudhir Singhvi, Sumeet Khanna, Sumit Bhutani, Surinder S.Oberoi, Vaibhav Bhatnagar, Vikram Mathur, Vipin Vig

XII D

Ajay Joseph Michael, Aman Nangia, Amit Sharma, Amrinder S.Nain, Anirudh Bhattacharya, Anoop Aggarwal, Anoop Khanna, Anup Jindal, Anuranjan Gulati, Arpit Aggarwal, Atul Jain, Francis Ekka, Francis Regis Tirkey, Gautam Chandoke, Gautam Verma, Gurpreet Singh, Hashmatullah Khan, Kunal Gupta, Manish Batra, Manu Gupta, Nitin Gupta, Prabhat Khanna, Prashant Dass, Puneet Monga, Rahul Sharangapani, Rajat Bhatnagar, Rajiv Garg, Rajiv Jain, Rohit Chawla, Sachin Goel, Sandeep Nayar, Sanjay Bajaj, Sanjay Jain, Sanjay Kundu, Second Row Shantanu Pal, Sheetal Dawar, Srinivas Kuruganti, Sumit Khanna, Tanmaya Aggarwal, Taranjit S.Kukul, Uday K Aggarwal, Vishal Oswal, Vivek Mathur

XII C

Alok K.Gupta, Aman Mehta, Amit Mehta, Amit Wali, Anand S.Sengupta, Anil Tandon, Anup Samson Francis, Ashish Grover, Ashish Mittal, Atul K.Mittal, Bhupesh Nagpaul, Cecil Celistine Bara, Dhiraj Julka, Irvinder S.Khurana, Jasvinder S.Khurana, K.Subramanian, Kalyan Tiwari, Kulvinder Singh, M.Ramesh, Malay Banerjee, Manu Prithvish Sobti, Rahul Chutani, Rajeev Arora, Rajeev Kumar, Rajnish Kacker, Rishi K.Arora, Sandeep Bose, Sandeep Manchanda, Sandeep Roy, Sandeep Sehgal, Sanjay Jain, Sanjay Kumar, Sanjay P.Tripathi, Sanjev Gopal, Sanjiv Mohan, Shamim Ahmad, Shubhabrata Saha, Sougata Karmakar, Sudeep Oommen, Tarique Shamim, Upendra Bhatia, Vijay Nair, Vipin Ramani, Yogesh Kapoor

XII B

Ajay Ahuja, Aman M.Hingorani, Amit Tuteja, Amitabh Sood, Ashit Sawhney, Ashutosh N.Agarwal, Ashutosh Singhania, Abhinav mathur, Chander S.Khanna, David N.Panna, Deepak Sabharwal, Francis Xavier Probha, Harprit Singh, Janak Mistry, Kamal K.Kapoor, Kumar Mohit, Lokesh Sachdeva, M.Venu, Manish Bhardwaj, Manish K.Dhawan, Manish K.Gupta, Pranav Kapoor, Prashant Dhawan, Rajeev Puri, Raman Gupta, Ranjeet Anand, Rohit Jain, Sabyasachi Paldas, Sanjay Huges, Sanjay Juneja, Sanjay Khera, Sanjay Kumar Chugh, Sanjeev Agarwal, Sanjeev Jain, Uday Baijal, Vijay Kamra, Vinod K.Pillai, Vipin Kalra, Vipin Sharma, Vivek Mario D’Cruz

XII A

About some we were fairly sure, for they always knew what they wanted to become, while about others we were not so sure as they floated carefree in the dreaminess of youth... It is extremely satisfying to note that each of us of this Batch of ‘86 is an achiever in his chosen field.And true to the promise that each Xaverian held, we have delivered across various professions, throughout the globe.

As they said in school, “Every boy a winner!”....... Now is the time to acknowledge our school and teachers for the faith they reposed in us to make this statement true.

St.Xavier’s School, Delhi

Top Row (L-R) Sabyasachi Paldas, Amit Tuteja, Janak Mistry, Kamal K. Kapoor. Sanjeev Jain, Francis X. Probha, Harprit Singh, Sanjay K. Chugh, Sanjeev Agarwal. Fourth Row : Ashit Sawhney, Deepak Sabharwal, Rajeev Puri, David N. Panna, Ajay Ahuja, Vijay Kamra, Manish, Bhardwaj, Lokesh Sachdeva.

Third Row : Manish K. Dhawan, Chander S. Khanria, Vipin Kalra, Amitabh Sood, Sanjay Juneja, Ranjeet Anand, Raman Gupta, Aman M. Hingorani, Prashant Dhawan. Second Row . Mr. S. K. Sharma, Ashutosh Singhania, Kumar Mohit, M. Venue, Sanjay Khera, Vinod K. Pillai. Ashutosh N. Agarwal, Pranav Kapoor. Rohit Jain, Fr. John Ari, S. J. Seated : Mr. Harpreet S. Salariya, Mr. S. Bhargava. Mr. S. K. Malhotra, Mrs. A. Dere (C. Teacher), Br. Ittoop S. J. (Principal), Mrs. M. E. Mathew. Mr. S. Pal, Mr. M. L. Kaushik,

Mr. R. Khanna. Camera Shy Manish K. Gupta, Sanjay Hughes, Uday Baijal. Vipin Sharma, Vivek Mario D’ Cruz.

XII A

Top Row (L-R) : Vipin Ramani, Kulvinder Singh, Rishi K. Arora, Sudeep Oommen, Sandeep Roy. Amit Mehta, Alok K. Gupta, Bhupesh Nagpal. Fourth Row : Sougata Karmakar, Malay Banerjee. Jasvinder S. Khurana, Shubhabrata Saha, Yogesh Kapoor. Anup S. Francis. Tarique Shamim, Manu P. Sobti, Ashish Mittal.

Third Row Amit Wali. Rajnish Kakker, Irvinder S. Kharbanda. Ashish Grover, Dhiraj Julka, Vijay Nair, Sanjiv Mohan, Sanjay P. Tripathi, Shamim Ahmed. Second Row: Mr. S. K. Sharma. K. Subramanian. M. Ramesh, Cecil C. Bara. Rajeev Kumar, Atul K. Mittal, Anand S. Sen Gupta. Sandeep Manchanda. Mr. R. Khanna.

Seated : Mr. Harpreet S. Salariya, Mr. S. K. Bhargava, Mr. S. S. Sharma (Class Teacher). Br. Ittoop. S. J. (Principal), Mrs. A. Dere, Mr.B. Miranda. Fr. John Ari. S. J. (V. Principal) Mr. M. L. Kaushik. Camera Shy : Sanjay Jain. Rahul Chutani. Kalyan Tiwani, Aman Mehta, Sandeep Sehgal.

XII B

Top Row (L-R) : Anoop Aggarwal, Anoop Khanna, Sheetal Dawar, Rohit Chawla. Tanmaya Aggarwal, Sumit Khanna, Sandeep Nayar, Hashmat-ul-lah Khan. Fourth Row : Amit Sharma. Srinivas Kuruganti, Francis Regis Tirkey, Francis Ekka. Rajat Bhatnagar. Gautam Verma, Anup Jindal, Sachin Goel, Amrinder S. Nain.

Third Row : Prashant Dass, Aman Nangia, Anuranjan Gulati, Atul Jain, Arpit Aggarwal. Prabhat Khanna. Sanjay Jain, Vivek Mathur, Sanjay Bajaj. Second Row Shantanu Pal, Ajay J. Michael, Rahul Sharangapani, Manu Gupta, Nitin Gupta, Rajiv Jain, Taranjit S. Kukul, Sanjay Kundu, Kunal Gupta, Rajiv Garg.

Seated : Mr. Harpreet S. Salariya, Mr. S. Bhargava, Mr. S. K. Malhotra, Mr. S. Pal (Class Teacher), Br. Ittoop, S. J. (Principal), Mrs. N. Verma, Mr. S. K. Sharma, Mr. R. Khanna, Fr. John Ari, S. J. (V. Principal), Mr. M. L. Kaushik. Camera Shy Anurudh Bhattacharyya, Gurpreet Singh, Manish Batra, Puneet Monga.

XII C

XII D

Top Row (L-R) Sumeet Khanna, Sharat Trehan, Satnam S. Takkar. Pawan Mohan, Ajay Bassi, Jagmeet S. Sethi, Vipen Vig. Jasmeet S. Sethi, Deepak K. Jain. Fourth Row : Himanshu Modi, Chintu Gulati, Arun Subramanian, Ravinderjit, Sanjay Khosla, Sandeep Jain. Maneesh, Goyal. lshmeet S. Satara. Kapil Mehra. Sagar Sapra.

Third Row : Sudhir Singhvi, Rajiv Bansal, Atul Bhargava, Pankaj R. Kumar. Manoj Kumar, Anil K. Agarwal, Vaibhav, Bhatnagar, AnJain Goel, Sumit Bhutani. Second Row George Joseph, Asit Mehrotra, Harkirat Sawhney. Dhiren Vasa, Ajay Kapoor, Amartya Basu, Raj Jain, Vikrem Mathur, Mohit Rastogi, Subodh Kumar.

Seated Mr. S. K. Sharma. Mr. Harpreet S. Salariya, Mr. R. Chopra. Mr. J. Thomas. Mrs. A. Dere. Br. Ittoop. S. J., (Principal). Mr. S. Joseph (Class Teacher), Mr. S. S. Sharma, Fr. John An, S. J. (V. Principal). Mr. M. L. Kaushik, Mr. R., Khanna. Camera Shy . Ajay Kunnath, Charles Nazareth, Herman Baxia. Nitin Bajpai. Rohit Gupta, Surinder S. Oberoi.

XII E

Top Row (L-R) : Deepak Dayal, Divy Baweja, Alok Jain, Gautam Kapur. Rakesh Bhagat. Shiv Bhambri. Fourth Row : Rajat Bansal, Manish Aggarwal. Sanjay Sethi, Sameer Seth, Anwer Kamil. Achman Trehan, Sandeep, Grover.

Third Row : Vikas Chandhok, Sanjeev Bajaj, Vikram Bahri, Harvinder S. Arora, Rohit Khullar Peeyush Jain, Manu Mehra, Rakesh K. Jain. Second Row Fr. John An, S. J. (Vice Principal). Manoj K. Jain, Shekhar Sharma, Amit Vohra, Rajeev Jain, Vikas Ahuja, Navin Jain, Sandeep Chopra, Vipul Mehra, Sai Krishna Poplai,

Seated : Mr. S. K. Sharma. Mr. Harpreet S. Salariya, Mr. S. K. Maihotra. Mr. R. K. Chopra (Class Teacher). Mrs. N. Verma, Br. Ittoop, S. J. (Principal), Mrs. M. Hala, Mr. J. Thomas, Mr. M. L Kaushik. Mr. S. Joseph. Camera Shy Amit Khanna, Atul Tandon, Gurmeet S. Anand. Milan Aggarwal,. Navin Dhingra. Atu? Khandelwal, Azhar Usman,

Dipender BenJainin, Johny Joseph, Manavjit S. Grewal.

Prep C, 1973-74Class V B, 1978-79

Class VIII E, Year 1981-82Class I E, 1974-75

Class VII B, 1980-81 Class V A, 1978-79

Class VIII B, 1981-82Class VI A, 1979-80

It’s Yesterday Once More...

Principal Headmaster

RectorFr. P.T. Augustine, S.J.

Principal - 1st April 1980 to 31st Mar. 1985Fr.Parakatt

Born on 21st October 1941 at Arakkulam, Idduki (dt) in Kerala, he joined the Jesuit Society on 1st July 1960 and was ordained a priest in April 1973. He obtained his B. Sc. degree from Ranchi University in 1976 and M.Ed. from Xavier’s University, Cincinnati, USA in 1977. He was appointed Headmaster of the Junior School, St. Xavier’s school, Delhi in 1973 where he remained until 1975. He was the Vice-Principal of the Senior School from 1975 to 76 and later the Principal from 1980 to 85. In 1985, he was appointed Pastor, Barbigha, Bihar. From 1990 to 1996, he was Rector of St. Michael’s school, Patna. From 1997 to 2003, he was the Counsellor, Atma Darshan, Patna. He passed away on 5th Sept. 2003 at Atmadarshan - with his boots on.

Fr. Shaju Varghese, S.J. Fr. Jose Jacob, S.J.

The Men Who Led Us ... And Those Who Lead Today

Bro Ittoop Pallipadan S.J.Born on 11th May 1937 at Mala, Thrissur, Kerala, he joined the society in 1955. He did his M.A. in Sociology from Mysore University in 1980 and completed his M.Ed. from Loyola University, Chicago in 1983. He was the Hostel Superintendent of St. Michael’s School, Patna from 1968 to 75. He held the same post at St. Xavier’s School, Jaipur from 1975 to 79 and 80 to 81. He was the Vice-Principal of St Xavier’s, Delhi from 1983 to 85 and Principal from 1985 to 1992. Later he became Principal of St. Joseph’s School, Baramulla from 1992 to ‘97. He became the Administrator, Loyola Sadan, Lucknow from 1998-2004 and from 2005 onwards he is the Administrator, Shanti Sadan, Allahabad. Bro. Ittoop is an eminent Jesuit with qualities both of head and heart. While in Xavier’s, Delhi, he was deeply concerned about the development of each individual. He handled all the problems in a humane manner and was appreciated by all for his good humour and warm rapport with everyone. He received ‘Raja Ram Mohan Roy Award for Teachers’ in 1991. He initiated the process of computer education in Xavier’s.

Principal - 1st April 1985 to 1st Dec. 1992

...Still Fight OnThese Timeless Warriors...

Economics TeacherNow Co-ordinator of

Discipline

Mr. S.Joseph

S.U.P.W. / Electrical GadgetsMr. R.Khanna

H.O.D. SportsMr. S.K.Sharma

From Left to Right: Sanjay Khosla, Rohit Gupta, Ravinderjit Singh Ahluwalia, Mr.Basil Miranda, Vikram Bahri, Amitabh Sood, Deepak Jain.

Mr.Miranda(Right) with Mr.D’Mello, another stalwart

Junior School Art Teacher

Vice Principal 1994-2001

Mr. S.Basu

Mr. Basil Miranda Born on 30th June 1936 at Manapad, a small fishing village near Kanyakumari, he had his early education at St Michael’s College (run by American Jesuits), Batticaloa in Sri Lanka. While at school, he was a member of the School Band and played the saxophone and the trumpet. He also learnt to play the piano and the accordion. He joined Xavier’s in 1965 as a Biology teacher. Since he joined the school, he was in charge of the Church Choir as well as the School Choir. Other than music, he is interested in painting and calligraphy. Till the day he retired, he played the accordion at the school assembly daily. From 1971 onwards every year, he also took part in the ‘Festival of Choirs’ organised by YMCA. He was the H.O.D. of Biology Department and in 1994, he was appointed Vice-Principal. He was a man for all seasons - be it Music Fest, Play Festival, Club Activities or any other school function, his help and support was a must. Post retirement he is back at Xavier’s in his new role as Head of the Prep Department.

She joined Xavier’s in May 1980, as a young girl who was awaiting her B.Ed. results. She continues to teach as H.O.D. Chemistry, and has served under 8 Principals over the last 31 years. Her son Akshay and daughter Ashita are also Xaverians. She is now a proud grandmother and plans to admit her grandson Aditya at Xavier’s in 2016, the year she is due for retirement. The nucleus of her family truly lies at Xavier’s.

Physics TeacherChemistry Teacher

Still the same formula of success in the labs !

Mrs. Nishi AroraMr. A.K. Das

Appointed by Late Fr. Parakatt in July 1984, he was given charge of classes 11th A, B and C. He still has very fond memories of his First Batch (..our batch), and remembers them as a bunch of intellectually hungry students. He still remembers names like Deepak Sabharwal, Taranjit Singh Kukkal, Manu Sobti, Rahul Chutani, Amitabh Sood, Dhiraj Jhulka, Prashant Dhawan, Sanjay Jain, Aman Hingorani and Ashutosh Nath Agarwal. He recalls that Manu and Rahul were close friends and hopes that they are still in touch with each other. He also recalls Manu Sobti in a play staged by Tagore House, Prashant Dhawan in an English play in the role of a Captain of a ship and Atul Mittal in ‘Taj Mahal ka Theka’. He also remembers that Xavier Probha, David Panna, Anoop Francis, Tarique Shammim and Hashmat were members of the school Hockey and Football teams.

Mrs.P.F.MartinMrs.Monica D’SouzaMrs.Marina James ThomasMrs.M.E.MathewMrs.Kanta KapoorMrs.H.HallaMrs.C.EdwineMrs.Agnes Beckwith TulletMrs.A.JosephMr.S.PalMr.R.Paul

Mr.P.M.ThomasMr.P.K.JosephMr.M.D’MelloMr.J.MartinMiss M.PereiraMiss J.MurphyMrs.Usha NandaMrs.T.AroraMrs.S.GoyalMrs.S.FloryMrs.R.Robinson

Mrs.M.DayalMrs.M.BhargavaMrs.Lily JacobMrs.L.AbrahamMrs.Kanta KapoorMrs.K.TandonMrs.Jama D’SaMrs.I.MalveaMrs.G.BhattMrs.Elizabeth MathewMrs.Ann Thomas

Mrs.A.ParekhMrs.A.LazarusMrs.A.KhanMr.V.K.SareenMr.S.K.MalhotraMr.S.K.BhargavaMr.K.D.ThomasMr.Jose PaulMrs.V.SharmaMrs.Usha MohanMrs.Surinder Kaur

Mrs.S.ShamaMrs.S.KrishnanMrs.RegisMrs.R.JacobMrs.P.BenjaminMrs.N.UmrigearMrs.N.MeclarenMrs.M.DhingraMrs.Leela JacobMrs.LakraMrs.Fertado

Mrs.D.E.JonesMrs.Anne JoseMrs.A.V.BhatiaMrs.A.GhildyalMr.T.ManillaMr.S.S.SharmaMr.Roshan LalMr.M.L.KaushikMr.J.ImleyMr.H.S.SalariyaMr.D.N.Zutshi

Mrs.T.Thomas

Mrs.Sosama MathewMrs.Sarla DasMrs.R.S.Kariya

Mr.R.K.Chopra

Mrs.P.Gupta

Mrs.M.JeremiahMr.U.JosephMrs.S.RangrassMrs.Marlene D’Souza

Mrs.K.VermaMrs.J.BalaMrs.D.SinghMrs.C.PintoMrs.A.DereMr.S.BasuMr.J.ChaudaMiss Liza Arakal

Mr.B.Miranda Mrs.P.Scott Mrs.P.Washington Mrs.R.Tuteja Mrs.S.Kohli Mrs.S.Sehgal Mrs.Sheela Noor Mrs.U.Tangri

Mrs.V.Nagpal

Mrs.P.NazarthMr.R.Bhaskar

Mrs.N.Dutta

Mrs.A.Ramiah

Mrs.Shrivastava

Mrs.Dhupar

The Bricks In The Wall

Excerpts from Baksheesh and Brahman: Asian Journals - India By Joseph Campbell, Robin Larsen, Stephen Larsen, Antony Van Couvering “In no hotel that I have visited in India have the fixtures been in perfect repair – except, perhaps, the Hotel Cecil in New Delhi.”

“Did you know that the beautiful building that housed our school was once a hotbed of glamour and politics “

Of Princes, Partition & Politics Hotel Cecil during its heydays Image courtesy imageofasia.com

Our Glorious School Building

The school is based over the grounds and the building of one of the three top-most British hotels of Delhi, Hotel Cecil, on Rajniwas Marg in the Civil Lines area of Delhi. Situated in an 11-acre (45,000 sq.m) park, it was an upmarket hotel with over hundred rooms, green lawns and a swimming pool.

The Patna Province of the Society of Jesus bought it (including the premises and the services of the hotel employees) from the siblings Mr. Edwin Hotz and Mrs. Pauline White, who were of Swiss/English extraction, and was granted permission by the Commissioner of Delhi to convert it into a residential school for boys.

During the Raj era, the princes would arrive in their fancy cars with royal pomp and show, which often led to traffic chaos. The maharajas stayed in their palaces around India Gate. Those who did not have their own palaces, lived in hotels such as Maiden’s or the Cecil Hotel in the Civil Lines.

A disgusted Jinnah decided to give up politics & stayed behind in London after the second round table conference in 1931, to focus on his law practice. He was eventually persuaded to return and rescue the Muslim League in 1934. In February of that year, the Raja of Salempur organized a dinner for him, at the CECIL HOTEL IN DELHI, where he was reintroduced to the Muslim leaders of the country.

The Spartanburg Herald Monday Morning September 1942Chief of British Forces in India Asserts Allies” Are Going to Fight It Out”New Delhi Sep 28, 1942 - (AP)

“ Fresh from a long series of Allied conferences , General Sir Archibald P. Wavell drew a broad and confident picture of the war’s outcome today with the assertion that the United States, Britain, Russia & China are “going to fight it out”.Wavell voiced this calm appraisal at a dinner given for him by American and British Correspondents at the New Delhi’s rambling CECIL HOTEL.

The Heritage Block

Snob’s Row... now Sahyog

Hotel Cecil... now the Jubilee Chapel

Sketch Courtesy: Mr.Miranda

Sketch Courtesy: Mr.Miranda

To begin with, the School started from the five buildings of Hotel Cecil. Work soon started on the five storied school building. In the process many of the old buildings were destroyed. However, some are still in use like the Father’s Residence, the Chapel, the Hall, the Snob’s Row and the Swimming Pool.

The School was inaugurated on 6th January, 1960 by Archbishop, His Excellency James Lenox, the representative of the Vatican in India. Fr. Francis Loesch, the First Rector, keeping in mind future expansion, bought adjacent land from Gujrati Samaj and the Bombay House, from where the Prep Classes functioned.

The senior and junior school buildings were ready and occupied by 1965. Fr. Thomas Kunnunkal took over from Fr. Thomas Athazhapadam, the first principal. Fr. Kunnunkal was later awarded the Padamshri and was responsible for much of the pattern the school adopted in the later years.

Where the Eagles still dare...

TRRINGGG !!! The sweet sound of freedom

The Chariots of FireSome things never change. The ‘ action ‘ outside continues to be more exciting than the ‘ Black-Board ’... which by the way, is black no more !!

The ride back home continues to be a ‘ Baptism by Fire ‘ !! But as they say....... there is no gain without pain !!

Paying attention at all the right places...

Stairway to Heaven

In this Picture: Ashutosh Nath Agarwal, Sai Krishna Popli, Ajay Michael, K.Subramanium and Deepak Jain at the then Basketball Court, now being transformed into a Tennis Court

Who can forget those cool, dripping sticks of joy, bought just before boarding the bus, for the ride back home.Orange Bar was by far the chart buster..... it was also the cheapest. Choco-bar was only for ‘ special occasions ’

The Ice Cream Saga

...the Canteen

Ravi - still the undisputed champion of...

The flavour of the gen-next.

One thing mum’s tiffin could never compete with !

It was around 1984 that the hole in the wall ( ... which made a hole in our pockets ) became a cafetaria. Jostling for space and Bread Rolls ( not necessarily in that order ), was fiercer than competing for marks in school.

Who can forget those mouth watering Kachories, dished out by Fateh Chand from his cart just outside the school walls. His Legacy was carried forward by his son, Hari Chand and now his grandson Rahul, who is seen here mobbed by the kids.

Beyond The Walls

...so does that of the lass seen from the classFateh’s lure still endures

Fateh Chand Hari Chand

While the actual pitch can be seen in the background, the yards between these two neem trees was where the Hand Cricket action was, during break time.

This Badminton Court behind Mr. Imlay’s carpentry workshop was popular for many things, other than playing baddy !!

While the front gate ( near the assembly area ) has now been walled, the Back Gate continues to provide ‘ BUNKING ‘ opportunities.

When GOD closes one door, thankfully there’s always another!

The ‘Sutta’ Zone

The Cricket pitches

The current LibraryMrs. Ghildyal seen here issuing books to students as Mr. Robinson looks on

The Ball-Room of the erstwhile Hotel Cecil was converted into a library for the senior school in our days. While the library has been shifted to the senior school main building, this space has now been converted into a chapel.

The Tango of the Body, Mind & Soul

The Junior School Sick Room is now bang opposite the Headmaster’s room, so you better not be feigning any sickness.

What may not be well known is that Mrs. P. Nazareth, poularly known as ‘Sister’, was actually a trained nurse with a degree from Lady Irwin Hospital. She was employed by Fr. Loesch as a nurse for the hostel which then existed. Later when the hostel ceased to exist, she moved into her new role as Secretary to the Principal. Her son Charles Nazareth, was the Deputy Head Boy of the batch of ‘86.

The Junior School Sick Room on the Ground Floor now houses a library.

For those who are really.... Sick !!Reading.... the magic cure

The venue of all the music and dramatics action has now shifted from the Shah Auditorium to the Millenium Hall, which was constructed in the year 2000, at the same place where the Open Air Theatre existed during our times.

Xavier’s encourages healthy competition among students in various activities and for this purpose the students are divided into four different Houses. Their loyalty to their respective houses remains even after they pass out from the school. It is for this reason that, in the major competitions like Music Fest and Play Fest Ex-Xaverians guide their juniors to retain the supremacy of their respective houses year after year.

The House system was started in our school in 1960 itself and the Houses were named after colours. In 1961 colours changed into the names of animals and the Houses were known as ‘Lions’, ‘Leopards’, ‘Panthers’ and ‘Tigers’. In 1971 the Houses were re-named as ‘Bhabha’, ‘Gandhi’, ‘Nehru’ and ‘Tagore’. In 1973-74 the 1st Inter-House Music Fest was held in the Heritage Hall. In the same year, the 1st Inter-House Play Fest was organised near the swimming pool.

If there is one field in which numerous Xaverians have excelled, it is undoubtedly music. Fr. Richard Curry S.J. is rightly considered the ‘Father of Music’ in Xavier’s. It was he who founded the church and the school choir and laid the foundation for music in Xavier’s.

Mr. Rajeshwar Paul who was our first music teacher composed the Hindi school song. The legendary Mr. Paramvir founded the Glee Club and the Music Theatre Workshop, which went on to produce musicals like ‘Mikado’, ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’, ‘Kids Stuff’ and ‘Joseph and His Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat’ .

And the show goes on...

In 1985 the school kickstarted the process of becoming a co-educational institution by admitting girls in the Prep grade. With this ended the glorious days of XOBAD & ESTO VIR .

Voila! Girls in classrooms

The new reason to smile

I still remember one cold wintry day during morning assembly in junior school, I answered the call of nature in my pants (albeit, only a wee bit), rather than going to the loo and inviting the wrath of the prefects, teachers and the headmaster for breaking the discipline. - as recollected by Amitabh Sood

In 10th(..or was it the 11th ??) I used to sit next to the window with a clear view of the entrance to the loo. As was normal before Diwali, there was a loud explosion in the loo & within seconds I saw a completely shaken K.D. Thomas running out ....there appeared to be a wet patch near his zipper which he was trying to pull up... clearly he had been disturbed ‘DURING’ his business!! - as recollected by Deepak Jain

Wonder what rules apply here??Loos seem to offer a wonderful space to all the revolutionaries to relieve their angst. I remember in class six it was a scribble that got Mrs. Robinson’s goat. I think it was Sunil Mittal who was forced to stand outside the VP’s office for a week, a silent tag of humiliation around his neck.In the year thereafter the scribble was replaced by the sutli bomb primed to do its job, a while into the period after the recess. Many a pen nibs must have snapped and ink spilt at the sound, not just KD’s piss. The bangs grew in frequency each year as the ranks of the Guy Fawkes grew. It made them mad and made us swell with pride and wonder. A few Diwali’s later Anupam Arora got the brunt of it, me being the patsy this time. The same treatment was meted out to him. Now its the chance of the Maoists. PC is purging them with the catholic ferocity of Itoop. Off course the triggers for the acts were ignored then as now.

- as recollected by Tanmay Aggarwal

Just when one had mastered the art of ‘seeking help‘ from the fellow brethren during exams...

...they took us to room #304 and literally turned the chairs on us.

The class room Room #304

The Inner Child Remains Ageless..In this photo ( from left ) : Sanjay Khosla, Vikram Bahri, Deepak Jain, Amitabh Sood, Ravinderjit Singh, Rohit Gupta

Of ‘Passing-Out’, U.S.S.R., Silver Jubilee Celebrations, Making of the Book, Parallax error….& MORE !! very little ‘attention’ was ‘paid’ & just like school again…we had great fun. I particularly remember a drive in Vikram’s car with Vipen Vig, Rohit Gupta & Sanjay Khosla when we went scouting for a ‘suitable’ location for our proposed Night-Out, in & around Gurgaon, when the consump-tion of beer per K.M. was way higher than that of petrol !!

As the final Exam approach on the 10th & 17th Dec,2011, it is that sinking feeling all over again…..so much to ‘cover’ and hardly any time left. As I immerse myself full time in ‘The Book’ with Amitabh Sood helping with my ‘revisions’ I am hoping that just like school, eventually, WE WILL SURVIVE !!

Looking back at those wonder years at school, though it wasn’t quite the Summer of ’69….they really were the best days of my life. And although everything around has changed, some things have survived the onslaught of the last quarter century.• I still measure 6’ head to toe• We still have a Gandhi as our Prime Minister….well, almost !!• We are still the reigning World Champs in One Day Cricket• Amitabh Bachchan & Fateh ki Kachori still rock ….not necessarily in that order.

I wonder which of these would survive till Anno Domini 2036 the year of our Golden Jubilee !!

Deepak Jain(Editor) December 1st, 2011

P.S. : In case you are wondering about the ‘Parallax’ angle…on a recent visit to the school, I realised that thisexperiment continues to be a real pain in the neck !!

12.2.86The last day of • Morning assembly, with bleary eyed, toothpaste spluttering, nightwear clad Bhais & Bens looking on from Gujarati Samaj.• Spending a significant part of the day in a uniform.• Observing ‘Silence in the Corridors’• Gobbling down ‘tiffin’ before the eagles dared.• Those disgusting rides in that contraption called a DTC bus in sweltering heat/bone numbing chill/pouring rains.• Having to survive in an environment totally deficient of PYTs …..by far the most difficult to achieve.THE LAST DAY OF SCHOOL…..or life as we knew it then !!

Cut to present…..actually a couple of years before present….2009 A.D.• When names like U.S.S.R. & Czeckoslovakia evoke no response from kids.• Rotary Dial telephones are found only in museums.• When Dharam is no longer Garam... does anyone care about this one ??…sorry Hema Ji !!• ONIDA TV & Maruti 800 are no longer neighbour’s envy & DEFINITELY NOT owner’s pride.• When Nirula’s Def.Col/ Chanakyapuri are no longer COOL….do they still exist ??

Driving past school, thoughts fluctuating between ‘Then’ & ‘Now’, I often wondered where my fellow Batch mates were & more importantly…how they looked. Curiosity got the better of me & I formed a group on Facebook to locate guys I survived with at school. I was soon looking at some familiar , some semi-familiar & must confess, some COMPLETELY unfamiliar faces. As the numbers swelled I had a Eureka moment of my own….what if we got everbody from our batch together for our Silver Jubilee.

It is one thing having a Eureka moment & completely different taking it to ‘ Successful Commercial Production’. This is where Mssrs. Gurmeet Singh Anand & Vikram Bahri stepped in by getting us all together & forming a Core Committee to plan the celebrations including a Coffee Table Book about our school…another brilliant ‘khurafaat’ of Vikram’s mind….what an idea sirjee !!

Over the next few months we met alternatively at Gurmeet’s Jaguar Showroom at Janpath and Vikram’s Green Leaf Hotel at Jasola…..and just like school,

made it big at the Delhi Sub Junior’s level in school! That my memory fails me (as all names don’t come to mind), I feel really pissed,Got some, forgot some, so respectfully may I submit, nobody please feel missed!Where all teachers are mentors, friends, companions, guides – more like dad and mum,Such is our school, which teaches us: never to take a step back, not even to gain mo-mentum!

Amitabh SoodCurrently residing in Delhi, is self-employed, still an active tennis player, playing for India on the Inter-national level and is still scared of skeletons.

tackling the nearly impossible integration problems as ‘Betaji’Not knowing that Maths or No Maths, they always had an alternative career option: being a ‘Netaji’!Who can forget the ‘Rear Admirals” as Bhaskar Sir called the backbenchers in his Hindi class,Whatever be his nomenclature, it was a laugh riot and we all actually did pass.All adorning the class walls were christened by Mrs. Martins as ‘Wallflowers’,For lack of proficiency in English Grammar as per Wren & Martin, in broad daylight, they all saw stars!Be it serene Mrs. Dere’, suave Mr. DeMello, rugged Mr. Imlay or the gorgeous Sanskrit wali Mrs. Sharma, We did everything else in their class, but hardly concentrated on the ‘likhna’ or the ‘padhna’!Vivid images come alive of the Cricket Field, Basket Ball Courts and Tennis Courts with the Teachers’ residence block overlooking,In my humble Grand Slam set up, while winning the School Tennis Championships, under Salaria Sir, I had many a smoking tennis strokes cooking!Under the watchful eye of Sebastian Sir, all aqua babies were in the pool,God knows who did what in it, but I surely

nounced, it was not just brush, paints and canvas, but all his heart!Came along a musical genius, Sir Paramvir, with looks so debonair,Who not only taught me the piano but also gave the school many a magnum opus with Broadway like flair!Basics in Indian music imbibed from Paul Sir, here,Got me to sing and perform in Yuv-vani on AIR.Under Nishi ma’am, performing danger-ously explosive chemical experiments, we were a potential threat to blowing up the school,In spite of this, we all thought, that in our starched (not often), white (rather stained) lab coats, we looked really cool!In Das Sir’s Physics Lab, doing experiments of parallax error, surrounded by ammeters & voltmeters,None of us (except maybe some) thought that we could be Einstein-like world-beat-ers!With versatile Miranda Sir, dissecting un-der the watchful eye-sockets of the articu-lated skeleton,We all had our own horror moments, so we gave the Ramsay Brothers’ comedies, the royal shun!Mr. Malhotra addressed all who failed in

Shyamu’s Five KG Blow!!

My tryst with Xavier’s started in the year 1973, The ride was absolutely rosy and trouble free.Who can forget the 40 degrees swelter-ing heat, Where in the DTC buses, all sweaty and grimy, we were roasted like meat!Or the deep-deep winter morning in the bus while going, Though heavily padded in sweaters and blazers, our noses still flowing.In school our Principal, Brother Ittoop, was like Mr. Weatherbee, But unlike him, our brother was friendly, helpful and quite fit, like a role model should be!Subject periods formed the ritual every-day, with each bell sounding like a ‘re-lease’ of life,Went through the rigmarole, happily/dismayed, still less mundane than being married & having a wife!The break was a God-sent, such a breath of fresh air,We all played hand cricket, Frisbee etc. with gay abandon and no despair!Nostalgia springs up memories when my father gifted a painting to school – his very own piece of art,And in the school assembly he an-

Chopra’s ball that slipped away

Mrs.Chalti Phirti LAASH

EPND’s Global appeal

MEMORIES OF A XAVERIAN

Santu’s Panipat Airlines

Just for LaughsA priest is called ‘Father’A Bishop ‘Your Grace’A Cardinal ‘Your Eminence’A Pope ‘His Holiness’But, only a 36-24-36,in a bikini, is called‘Oh My God....

examination time.

- Anirudh BhattacharyyaCurrently based in Toronto, he has been a New York-based foreign correspondent for eight years.

His column American Jalebi ap-pears every fortnight in The Hindustan Times. The views ex-pressed by the author are per-sonal.

you and you sound like a toad in heat. I’m not sure how that’s ac-tually helped me but it certainly helped the glee club. I loved the extra-curricular activi-ties, quizzing, debates, one-act play competitions, some sports and wouldn’t mind spending hours after school for those pur-suits. Which, of course, under-scores the truism that school is a great place for kids if you take studying out of the equation. So, basically, what I’m trying to say is that lessons you learn in school are awfully useful in life later on. So, now that I have established my bona fides, somewhat at least, someone out there behind Doxa Online should solve my problem for me and get me registered. Sigh! If only I could have had my integration (or was it differen-tial?) problems solved for me at

and other con jobs, I ensure that I do not do so. I may still be uncom-fortable, but, at least, I’m only left scratching my head and not other unmentionable parts of the anat-omy. While I have complained about my problems during the winter, you may wonder why Delhi’s summer didn’t impact me as much though the mercury goes higher than the bribe paid to the average Minister for any contract. Simple enough, there was always the possibility of a surprise physics test to send chills down the spine. Also, never sit next to the guy whose tiffin box constantly con-tains beans, garlic and onions for lunch (you know who you are and I‘m still holding my nose). Also, be certain that when you go for an audition for the school glee club, that doesn’t just happen to be the day puberty has mugged

stuff around me absurd, in a nice, humorous way, and was trying to stifle a laugh (out of politeness, fear of the almighty scale or be-cause my lips were frozen too and laughing would hurt too much). Unless, of course, it was stand-ing on one foot out in the sun in the 42-degree heat, during the course of a particularly imagina-tive punishment devised for the entire class. But that sort of tor-ture also helped with life as I lived it, since it gave me the fortitude to withstand hours of having to report Parliamentary proceedings in India. There were other lessons that I learnt at school that have re-mained with me (except those learnt taught in classrooms which have permanently seeped out). Among them is to never wear wool next to the skin, especially not when you have sit at a desk for hours at a time. So, now, when I attend conferences, conventions

(actually in, where it was heated and warm), I’d tell them to “Be a man” (which my female counter-parts resented, for some reason) and freeze with dignity. (By the way, is Esto Vir still relevant after the school went Coed?) So, I was that guy, one of a se-lect few, who looked somewhat blue, could take no notes during the first period, would keep blow-ing on the fingers to get them to thaw, and would keep really really quiet, since my tongue was frozen too. Or if you need another clue, that guy who seemed a little absent-minded. I’ve always been a bit of an abstract personality (and I often go off onto tangents and have to use brackets to explain them, as you may have noticed [one of the lovely things I learnt at school was that you can use brackets within brackets]). Ac-tually, that was because I found

always look somewhat retarded. Try again.” Let me help. It was easy enough to know me in the winter months. I was among the select few who commuted from the depths of South Delhi to Raj Niwas Marg. Braving the 7.05 am chill (that time is etched in my memory), we would board the school bus. Of course, prior to the start of the winter, the relevant authorities at DTC would ventilate the vehicle and remove each window pane from it, leaving us snot-nosed brats contemplating the forma-tion of icicles on our exposed parts. I have to thank them, for the experience of those months of freezing allowed me to sturdily do stand-ups before the television camera even in the minus 20 de-gree Celsius temperature in Iowa in 2008, where the first US Presi-dential caucuses are held. Yes, every time my colleagues would shiver and tremble and want out

are happy I’m with them in spirit, but they were probably terrified that I’d still be there with them in person in 2011. So, the result? Nothing. Nada. Maybe the database doesn’t recognize me. Maybe the data-base has been programmed by a former prefect who still holds a grudge about the way my tie was knotted. Or not. Or maybe, they’re just trying to figure out who I am. Perhaps I’m a nefarious spy trying to infiltrate DOXA to lay bare its darkest se-crets, like why XOBAD had to be killed off and where the body is buried. I can imagine the conversation. “Wasn’t it that fidgety backbench-er who looked slightly retarded?” “Nah, can’t be. Teenagers almost

Xavier’s Jalebi Special

I have tried, unsuccessfully, over several days to register online for the DOXA alumni directory. After each attempt, I return to a blank, unfilled form, staring accusingly at me. As with the integral calculus equations in school, I have a feel-ing that this problem defies reso-lution or at least, each time I try, I’ll just go back to where I started. I’ve tried various remedies. Spelt my name in different ways. Hey, it’s a long name, perhaps the da-tabase can’t accommodate so many characters. (Try living in North America and spell your name out to lobotomized call center support people who have difficulty with the name Al and you’ll understand what Esto Vir’s all about). I’ve even tried differ-ent years for my batch. I’m pretty sure it was 1986, but I’ve played around some since given my level of attention in school I may have graduated some other time. In fact, I’m sure the good folk at SXS

Snippets on Mrs. Martins

’Go & become a Wallflower !!!!” ---- Martins screamed all the time.

- DJ on Mrs.Martins

Anybody remembers the famous comment - “Oh! I get my bras from Australia!” Still cannot

fathom why she would proclaim this trivial fact in a class full of adolescent guys ...

- K. Subramanium on Mrs Martins

I had 2 options and had to think quick and react fast:1st option was to break hard and risk skidding and hitting the Auto and possi-bly dying in the event, orthe 2nd option of taking a chance by accelerating even harder.

Well the 1st was a non-op-tion, so I took the second.All this while, Manav was almost hysterical, going,”o-BC, O-BC, O-BC!!!”, and I did not dare blink an eyelid fearing the worst.We missed the Auto with milliimetres to spare!

When we came to a halt, I turned around to experience horror writ large on Manav’s face which had gone white. He seemed to be in a bit of pain too. In his fit of horror, he had actu-ally dug a pencil that he was holding in his right hand right into his thigh.

So there it was, scary, a stunt never to be repeated (hope Manav remembers it after two and a half decades), but hay, the HCF at Nirula’s was devoured like it was the last one on earth! - Deepak Dayal (Currently based in Melbourne, ‘his love for Bikes & Ice-cream Sundaes remains undiminished)

HCF ke liye kuch bhi karega!!

I remember Manavjit Singh Gareval and have a funny story to share with you guys. We were probably in 12th at the time and he challenged me to ride the scooter/ mobike from Nirulas (Defence Colony) to the Ring Road (near Moolchand Hospital). The challenge was that I had to ride non stop and without slowing down, in one of the back roads. What follows, my dear friends, was terrifying, downright stupid and hilarious, all at the same time.So Manav challanged me to ride from Nirulas to the Ring Road without stopping. This road had 3 roads crossing perpendicularly and as such this was a foolish thing to try (to say the least)!...but yours truly accepted the challenge; after all there was a Hot Chocolate Fudge at stake that no hot blooded teenager should pass over. So I straddled the bike with Manav sitting pillion and kick started it with a few charg-ing rev’s to announce my intention of following through on a daredevil stunt!..... and off we went flying into the never never land of adrenaline, courage, palpita-tion, and outright stupidity.We went through the first crossing, without slowing down or stopping, and heaved a sigh of relief.Guys, remember this was like Russian Roulette, not knowing what was waiting for us at the next crossing.Well the second crossing approached, and this time we felt better as we had done it earlier, but the trepidation remained. With bated breath we went past this one as well. By now we were both sweating away (on a wintry day), and were fully’ adrenalised’.

Well as we approached the third road with my visions of the HCF and Manav with visions of loosing the bet, horror struck!

...as we entered the crossing, we saw an ‘Auto’ approach the crossing as well, and we thought, “shit this is it......we are now about to meet our life’s end!”

The fee structure in 1973-74..Inflation clearly hadn’t kicked in yet !!

Remember when Mr.Chaudda went ballistic on Sudhir Sin-ghvi...7-8 slaps ??....’are u a khalifa ..phataaak..goonda...phtaakkk..& so it wentIt all started at the end of the 5 minutes break when there was pandemonium in the class & Sudhir Singhvi stood guard outside. As he saw Mr.Chaudda approaching the class, Sudhir shouted ‘Aa Gaya, Aa Gaya’ . The warning had it’s desired effect & order was restored in the class-room as Mr.Chaudda entered.A livid Mr.Chaudda caught Sudhir by his collar near the en-trance of the class & screamed are you a Gunda ??….phat-tak…slapped him hard….a Khalifa ??....phattaak,phattak…phattak slapped him till his cheek turned Red…..There was stunned silence in the room by now.A still enraged Mr.Chaudda thundered ‘When you go home & your father comes back from work, do you tell your mother - Baap aa gaya..phataak..they haven’t taught you any manners eh ?? The killer DON line was “Kya isi ke liye tumhare ma baap tumhe school bhejte hain?” with a gentle (yet vicious) pinch of the lower lobe of the left ear! -Nitin/Subbu/DJ on Sudhir Singhvi/Mr. Chaudda

The secret behind Vikram Bahri’s success

DateJuly 20115th August 201110th December17th December

Venue Chelmsford ClubNuDelhiTarudhan Valley, ManesarSt. Xavier’s School, Delhi

Rocking Performance by the Xavier’s Band at NuDelhi

Chelmsford Club, July 2011.. this is when the celebrations began.

The Events Calendar:

From Left to Right: Deepak Jain, Rohit Gupta, Vikram Bahri, Gurmeet S. Anand, Sanjeev Bajaj, Sanjay Khosla, Vipen Vig, Amitabh Sood.

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The Core Committee

Celebrat ons of the Batch of 1986

We would like to thank our friends, without whose support, the Silver Jubilee Celebrations would not have been possible...

Vikram Bahri , Gurmeet Singh, Harvinder Singh, Sanjay Khosla

Sanjeev Bajaj , Satnam Singh Takkar

Deepak Jain, Jagmeet S Sethi , Mohit Rastogi , Nagender Jain (GOLU),Rakesh Jain, Rohit Gupta, Sudhir Singhvi , Vaibhav Bhatnagar, Anoop Jindal, Sagar Sapra, Vipul Mehra, Raj Jain

Amitabh Sood, Divya Baweja, Harkeerat Sahni, Lokesh Sachdeva, Pranav Kapoor, Sanjay Jain, Sanjeev Gopal, Sumit Kumar, Kapil Mehra, Vipen Vig, Alok Jain, Anjam Goel, Sanjay Bajaj , Jasvinder Singh Khurana

Gurmeet Singh AnandGurmeet is one of the biggest success stories from the St. Xavier’s family. An industrialist with a clear vision and a confident personality, Gurmeet was a prefect in school (probably because of his notoriety, the school administration wanted to ensure discipline in the volatile ranks). Gurmeet graduated from Khalsa College, and since has attended many international summits, conclaves and delegations. He’s a member of many prestigious trade bodies and philanthropic organizations. His family owns many industrial units involved with the automobile industry. Gurmeet personally heads the Jaguar Landrover dealerships in Gurgaon, Delhi, Jaipur and Chandigarh. Amongst his many laurels is the fact that he’s a father of two very bright kids, Raunaq and Baani. Raunaq is currently studying engineering at Berkeley CA. Gurmeet’s lovely wife Rani plays a perfect host and entertains many of his friends at their wonderful abode in Pushpanjali Farms.

Vikram BahriVikram is our no-nonsense awesome leader, a gracious host, a trusted friend and a “You-don’t-wont-to-mess-with” opponent. Among the many qualities Vikram has, is his ability to lead from the front. A successful businessmen heading companies in logistics, paper, hospitality and real estate, Vikram graduated from Hindu College after his St.Xavier’s stint, went to do his MBA from Philadelphia University, and specialized in International Business from Harvard University. Vikram has achieved many notable milestones which includes being featured in fortune magazine. In school, Vikram was a keen sportsman, playing cricket, tennis and basketball. His passion for music was well known in school. He played the guitar on many occasions in school events, and later he became part of the XRC - Xavier Rock Clan. A complete family man, Vikram enjoys his time off from work with his lovely wife Promila, and two teenage boys, Vidit and Viraj. He continues to play an active role at the Harvard Club of India, the Hindu College Old Students Association and as the Trustee of the Golden Jaipur Hospital. Vikram believes in philanthropy, and supports many philanthropic endeavors all over India.

Sanjay KhoslaPhenomenal cricketer, renowned for his wristwork, a superb athlete and a basketball player, right from an early age, Sanju showed an incredible sporting talent and is known for his flamboyant batting and equally agile fielding and quick balling. Sanju’s softer side drew (and continues to draw) a lot of female attention. A complete human being, a trustworthy friend, Sanju is a friendly father to two lovely girls Ekta and Aditi. Sanju’s lovely wife Seema continue to play a warm host for many a wonderful evening at his beautiful house at Noida.

Harvinder Singh Arora (Harry)Style icon, most dependable, a friendly and gracious buddy, Harry has always stepped up to the occasion and never looked back to support his friends, alma mater and family. Harry has always been a style icon right from his days in Xavier’s school, he was known for his fashion sense, immaculate sense of dressing and eloquent communication skills. Harry now heads a successful automobile business across the NCR, the immensely popular brand Auto Cars (India). Harry has two lovely daughters Harjas Singh and Ekas Singh and son Avraj Singh. His beautiful wife Benita has played host to many a wonderful evenings. It’s always a pleasure for friends, teachers and associates to meet up with Harry, because of his camaraderie and incredible sense of humor.

Sanjeev Bajaj

Satnam S Takkar

Rohit Gupta

Sudhir Singhvi

Deepak Jain

Mohit Rastogi

Rohit Gupta after passing out from school did his graduation from Bhagat Singh college. Thereafter he started his career as stock broker in 1989. In 1993 got married to Bhavana and was blessed with a son, Daksh in 1995. He is a Director in RBC Financial Services pvt. Ltd. which is a member of NSE, BSE, MCX, NSEL & NSDL.

Sudhir has been one of the most popular students in the batch 1986 with a steady academic record. He was involved in theater, music and sports at various school events. Sudhir was a proficient athlete and a great footballer and represented school in various debates and theater events during his school days. Equally popular amongst teachers and students, Sudhir was a perfect student. Sudhir now runs a successful international precious jewelry business and transcends the Indian and international scene with ease. His communication ability has found success not only India but all over the world.

Best friend to everybody, Sunny was a keen sportsman in school, a legendary leg spinner and a steady bat on the crease. Very fond of organizing and leading events at school, he was one of the founder creator of St. Xano, the most successful high school western music extravaganza. Sunny supported many charitable and philanthropic agendas right form an early age. Sunny leads his family business of TechFab with many retail stores, wholesale distribution and now manufacturing.

After Graduating in Commerce from the prestigious Shri Ram College of Commerce, Delhi University, DJ pursued Chartered Accountancy with the Internationally renowned Accountancy Firm, Price Waterhouse . A four year stint with Tata Motors,Delhi followed . At present he is Director (Operations ) at Sunder Lal Jain Hospital, Delhi, a group of Super-speciality hospitals. He is also closely associated with various NGOs including the Rotary International.

The most affectionate and friendly person in the batch of 1986, Mohit has always shown highest degree of character and sincerity in his dealing with his friends teachers and peers. Mohit was one of the first people to initiate contributing towards making this celebration successful. Mohit runs the Ram Chandra Krishan Chandra brand of textile in the National Capital Region. A complete family man with a loving wife and children, Mohit is an epitome of a gentleman.

Very few memories can be fonder or ever come closer compared to the years spent in St. Xaviers. So when

Amitabh [Sood] told me to pen down memories along with a brief profile in not more than 250-300 undoubtedly it becomes a challenge. Born and bred up in civil lines in close proximity to school [fortunate indeed !!] I have spent

equal no. of hours during and off official school timings.Be it the after school practice for one act play festivals , musicals such as Jesus Christ Super Star / Demons of Bara Tooti [under Barry John &ParamVir] or the early morning basket ball coaching under Mr.HarpreetSalaria – School was a second home for me. Looking back, can’t help getting nostalgic about lazy summer day’s spent in the library , nerve wrecking excitement of Xavier’s fete , feverish practice sessions for Niesen memorial basketball tournaments , DTC bus no. 139 to Batra cinema , anxious moments before the show in green room of shah auditorium green room ,

Mr.Malhotras math’s classes “BachaeJi…..” Mr.Kaushik’s “both of you three.. “ Mr. Imalay’s SUPW workshop , Ravi’s canteen , Fateh’skachori’s…….Whew !! when you start recollecting it’s right there ……..still so fresh yet so far.

Life after school has been exciting but can not be compared to the fond innocent carefree years. Having graduated out of Delhi Univ. with Eng. Hon’s I chose to partner with my brother to pursue electronic security systems as entrepreneurs. Today by the grace of god and hard work am director on board with two jt. Venture co’s. Chubb Alba Control Systems Ltd. [A UTC Fire & Security Co. ] and Alba Urmet Comm. &

Security Co. Over the last more than two decades have achieved core competency in security solutions and building sales team’s.

Have strong belief in God ,middle class upbringing , family values &India’s future potential. Consider myself fortunate to have a caring family , loving wife , and two teenage son’s. Love my early morning jog’s.

Message to all friends and well wishers – Life is simple , beautiful and needs to be enjoyed in it’s simplicity - let’s not complicate it with false belief’s, ego’s and materialistic vices.

Vipul Mehra

Rakesh Jain

Sagar Sapra

Nagender Jain

Vipul Mehra was a keen student excelling in every subject in school and was quite a performer with huge popularity among students and teachers. He was someone you can depend on, he was someone who could be a best friend to many. Vipul was destined to become a success in whatever he did. True to the blessings of his teachers, Vipul now runs a very successful business of education in Delhi, and has huge popularity among his friends and business associates.

Rakesh joined St Xavier’s in 11th but was quick to make friends for a life time. A sincere student with an animated sense of humor, Rakesh successfully made friends with the most serious and the most notorious. A student with a very pleasant personality, Rakesh was one of the favorites of all the teachers and students. He lives in lovely home in Civil Lines with his lovely wife Ekta and two young sons Sambhav and Uday. Rakesh like always, has been the biggest support of the St Xavier’s school events.

One of the brightest students in the batch of 1986, Sagar maintained a very quiet and serious profile which endeared him to many within and outside the class room. A favorite of his teacher and the front bencher of the class, Sagar mastered in each and every subject, and true to his destiny, he’s now a very successful international banker. He is now in Singapore and one of the biggest international supporters for the celebration of batch of 1986.

Nagender Jain was rightly called the Boss of Jain Corner ( Jain corner being a popular store in Shakti Nagar, was a common name for all the students coming out of Jain colony, Pratap Park). Nagender with his adorable smile, friendly attitude and deep sense of warmth, has always been loved by his friends and teachers.

Contact Information

Janak Mistry9810945237janakmistry@yahoo.com

Ishmeet Singh Sataraishmeet.gunit@gmail.com

Hashmat Ullah Khan173 Lanark Avenue, Ottawa, On, Canada6133556669hashkhan@gmail.com

Harvinder Singh Arora9811024411harry.singh@autocarsindia.com

Harpreet Singh001 215 510 0755hsingh@intellicom.com

Harkirat Sawhney9810000381harkirats@hotmail.com

Gurpreet Singh9871466279gurpreetsingh41@hotmail.com

Gurmeet Singh AnandE 7 Pushpanjali Farms, Bijwasan, New Delhi, India9810047155gurmeet@amp-india.com

Gautam Kapur9810066654

Francis Xavier Probha16/92, First Floor, Subhash Nagar, Delhi, India9212233280fxprobha@gmail.com

Feroze Abbassifa@renukaexports.com

Divya Baweja9811010677dbaweja10@yahoo.com

Deepak Jain6/20, Roop Nagar, Delhi, India9810029173dj.sljh@gmail.com

Deepak Dayal (Danny To Some)42 Home Street, Bayswater North, Melbourne, Victoria, Australiadayaldeepak@gmail.com

Chintu Gulati9810126006steelworks@sify.com

Atul Kumar Mittal9324288302akumar102@vsnl.com

Atul Khandelwal9873978415sanyafashion@yahoo.com

Atul BhargavaFlat No 144 , Meharnaaz, 91, Cuffe Parade, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India919819139585atulbhargava@yahoo.com

Ashutosh Singhania9312209404ashsad@indiatimes.com

Ashish GroverF 105 Prashant Vihar, Delhi, India9910984441ashishgro@gmail.com

Arun Parti9811905134starsales@now.com

Arpit Agarwal1002 Marathon Era III, Ganpat Rao Kadam Marg, Lower Parel West, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India9820056170arpit.personal@gmail.com

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Published bySt.Xavier’s School, Delhi - Batch of 1986

EditorDeepak Jain

Associate EditorsAmitabh Sood

Neelanjana Jain

Special acknowledgentGeetanjali Sood

Special thanks to Management and staff of St.Xavier’s School

Delhi Old Xaverians Association (DOXA)Mayank Paraswani and Prateek Gandhi

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The School EmblemThe Coat-of-Arms of St. Xavier’s School, originally designed by Fr. Thomas M. Mackessack, S.J., is majestic and meaningful. The beautiful symbolism contained in it provides a wealth of meaning and inspiration. At the top of the shield is emblazoned the lotus, the flower par excellence of India, signifying our country. On the left below, the moon-like checkered and inverted crescent is taken from the coat of arms of the House of Xavier, symbolizing the special patronage of the Apostle of India, St. Francis Xavier, after whom our school is named...

The third emblem in the crest is the sun like Jesuit sigillum or seal that indicates our school is conducted by the Society of Jesus, by Xavier’s fellow Jesuits. The sun like seal contains the name of Jesus, represented by ‘IHS’, the first three letters in Greek of the name of Jesus, surmounted by a cross. The sun is a symbol of the light of knowledge and the quest for perfection. The inscription written at the bottom proclaims that St. Xavier’s school was founded in 1960. Our inspiring motto, Esto Vir (Be a Man/Play the Man), is taken from the parting instructions of King David to his son and royal successor, Solomon. On the outside, an eagle can be seen holding the shield with its wings. Since the eagle is famous for soaring high, it is used as a symbol of ‘trying to reach the heights’, reminding Xaverians of the watchword of St. Ignatius of Loyola: ‘Seek the Greater Glory of God’ (A.M.D.G = Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam). Like the two lions, standing on their legs and supporting the shield with their forefeet, every Xaverian must protect and proudly proclaim the noble ideals of the Republic of India and its rich heritage.

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