Summer of 99

Hey folks,
This is the school group photo of our SSLC batch (1999).I felt very nostalgic seeing this photo, so thought of dedicating a blog to my friends and teachers.After all its exactly 10 years since we wrote our final exams in SSLC .Here I try to jot down 1 fact which I remember as soon as I see the face.Please excuse and correct me if I get some facts wrong !!

Starting from top row ,left to right:
Harsha : Cricket we used to play in Saraswathinagar ground.
Satish : Very good in quiz, especially the sports quizzes.
V Kiran :
Prashanth Kasbekar : Eccentric !! Knew all questions and answers byheart (in order too !!) and could recite them even if you woke him @ midnight!! obviously one of the class toppers.
Manjunath (?!):
Chetan: Kabaddi ..what else ?
Ravindra:Used to visit his relatives near my house.
Girish:Took utmost care of his cycle,Was fastest runner among boys !!! I had tore his pants while playing kabaddi once :-)
Nityananda: Always being punished for one thing or other :-(
Avinash:We used to play cricket at his house.He was the one who introduced me to the world of TV video games.
S Kiran: Used to write beautiful ,concise essays !!
Nishanth:My closest competitor for best student award.Very popular and was very good @ quizzes.

Second row left to right :
Savita :
Sheeba:
Shwetha :
Divya S : Was a good dancer.I used to always tease her as "Annamman dance !!"
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Madhushree:
Bina Bailey : Needle like creature.The only being the world to complement me for my dancing skills :-)
Gayatri Hegde: Very silent girl..
Ashwini:
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Manju : Very very silent girl .. When ever we wanted to sit very quite we would say "Manju virus" and then would sit silently for around 15 min.
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Third row left to right:

Praveen : The great me :-)
Mahesh M: Oily nose ;-) We used to play our pranks so silently that one of our madam named us : silent mischief makers.
Seema : When I joined the school in 6th standard,I was made to sit beside her.She had not allowed me to keep the bag on the bench as I had snatched her position of bench leader :-(
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Sangeeta:
Divya M:
Prathibha: A good singer.There was a poem in our syllabus which she found very difficult to byheart (karunaalu baa ಬೆಳಕೆ) .In the next year,I was surprised she sang the same song and won the competition.I learnt 2 things then: a) There is some magic in music . b) when you like what you do, no task is difficult
Revathi:Once teachers caught us thinking that she was copying my paper but we were released(?!) as I was on first bench and she in the last bench in the exam hall.(FYI, I dont think I have ever allowed anyone to copy my papers :-(
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Prathima:Used to shout with a loud screechy voice.Fastest runner among girls.
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Vinodini :
T Raghavendra:Naughtiest boy in our class.
Vijay R:Was too proud of his gear cycle :-)

Teachers (left to right):
Jai Shankar : PT Sir : Intoduced some music which was played in taperecorder for going from assembly to the class ..
Narasaiah:Science teacher(physics): Was responsible for my interest in stars. ( well even now I have interest in ...err.... film stars :-)
Hemalatha : Maths teacher: When I joined the school in 6th standard, it was her class that I attended first.In SSLC, we used to practise dance @ her house.Ate delicious bread pakodas also..
Mary George : HM and Moral Science teacher:
Vijayalakshmi:Science teacher(biology): Strict and methodical.Made full use of black-board.She had the unique distinction of making everyone cry in the class.She doesn't know that she did not make me cry.( wierd but true )
Nagaveni: Kannada teacher : Would make us enact stories in class.
Subhashini: English teacher: Another strict teacher. I always messed up spellings of weather and whether and she would get mad everytime she saw the same mistake :-)
Sujaya :Social Science teacher: Well I got 96 in SS where everyone else hated the subject.She was a good singer too.
Ganapathi: Sanskrit teacher: Very soft spoken , kind hearted gentleman.
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Some teachers who are missing in the photo:

Subhadra : Science Teacher (chemistry),English : Was very friendly with students.
Sreejatha : Sanskrit Teacher: Who taught us अ आ इ ई of sanskrit.
Parvatamma : SUPW teacher: Well she taught us to make crafts !!


Some friends who are missing in the photo:
Raghunandan:
Archana :One of the class toppers.Very systematic. I liked her handwriting.Infact the way I write the letter "a" was copied from her :-)
Poornima: Next to my name in attendence. I used to hate standing next to her as I felt superiority complex due to my height.
Shreyas: This small stout fellow was very agile .
Naveen, Navya : Twins.
Brinda/vrunda : Classical singer ..
and many more...

UPDATE:
Since many are left out in that SSLC photo, I think it would be a good idea to upload our sixth standard photo too....