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The Huddle 2022

October 4, 2022October 11, 2022 Stephen JothirajFeatured

The Huddle 2022 is the Alumni Meet in a new format. It has got exciting programs and inventive menu.

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Just a “Thank You” Note – from Helen Josh

August 5, 2022August 5, 2022 Joshua JFeatured

I have, now for over 5 years, been a self-proclaimed “Honorary SV-ian”. So, I deem myself qualified to write about SV and SV-ians, thus here we are. I nagged my way into getting my article in here, for which I will forever be grateful. This[…]

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He is His Father’s Son

April 26, 2022May 3, 2022 Joshua JFeatured

Jeremy celebrated his birthday on April 25th. Weeks in advance, Jocelyn was already enquiring about Helen’s address. She and Anila were planning on a gift for Jeremy. ———————————————— Four years ago Jeremy was born. 2018. Since Josh and Helen were living in Gurgaon at that[…]

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Jack is Getting Married Tomorrow

April 19, 2022April 21, 2022 Joshua JFeatured

Jack is getting married to Abi on April 20th. The wedding is in Coimbatore. Over the past year one of the people in our community who’s embodied all the tenets of stoicism (at least in public) is dear Jack. Jack once mentioned that he and[…]

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Happy Birthday Dear Helen

February 26, 2022February 26, 2022 Joshua JFeatured

February 27th is Helen’s birthday. Although not an alum, Helen – like so many of our alumni’s spouses – has become a permanent part of the alumni family. While some of us have gotten to know Helen only in the past year or so, those[…]

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The Four Yorkshire Men Sketch – And it’s Relevance to Boarders

February 3, 2022February 3, 2022 Joshua JFeatured

As boarders, it’s sometimes easier to romanticize the sufferings/hardships from our childhood days – away from home under the watchful eyes of the warden/housemother, no bathrooms, terrible toilets that often bore evidence from days past, the eagerness with which one pounced on a kadalamittai or[…]

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The Edison Daniels Lecture on Life – An Introduction

October 5, 2021October 5, 2021 Stephen JothirajFeatured

In many ways, the culture at our school was a unique one. It was not the one that our parents identified with nor was it connected to where our parents then worked. It was unique. And we as boarders were part of it for ten[…]

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Reverie of a Homemaker – A Poem by Hephzibah Florance

December 10, 2020December 10, 2020 Joshua JFeatured

With lock down going on and on Never seem to end till we part, it seems; I sit inside my house with kids all day long, Playing, cooking, cleaning, washing and now teaching too, A new role added to the already existing maid job. Now[…]

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Introducing Dani – The Edison Daniels Lecture, 2020

December 2, 2020December 5, 2020 Joshua JRustle in the Backyard

Thank you, George, for that wonderful introduction to the annual Edison Daniels Lecture. I am Joshua from the class of 2005. My order in the agenda for today is between George who you just heard from, and Dani who will be speaking next. I will[…]

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The Dohnavur Post – Download Old Issues Here

November 21, 2019December 18, 2021 Stephen JothirajFeatured

The Dohnavur Post is a newsletter run by the alumni of Santhosha Vidhyalaya, Dohnavur, India. This Newsletter‟s purpose is to create a virtual Coffee House for the alumni of the School. This would be a place for us to shout a Hello or say Wow or just keep in touch as we keep busy[…]

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