40th Year CET 84 Get-together Forty years have passed since we graduated from College of Engineering, Trivandrum, but the memories remain as vivid as ever. Our CET84 batch recently reunited for an unforgettable 40th Anniversary celebration, reliving old times and creating new ones. The festivities began on September 18th, with the Mens Hostel gang gathering … Continue reading Blast from the Past: CET 84 Reunion
Finally, our Europe 2023 tour has come and gone! Leaving us with lovely memories of warm summer days in Europe, enjoyable moments in time, beautiful memories for us to treasure, of the time spent together with friends from our youth. Visiting historic cities built on the banks of great rivers which witnessed the turbulent lives … Continue reading My fond memories of our EE84 Europe Tour…… Shanthi Ravindran
The Global Pandemic had disrupted every possible activity and it has indeed changed all our normal engagement models, whether its for work or for fun. After the cancellation of our European tour of 2020, we too looked at innovative ways to meet up and exchange our views and ideas and continue our fun. JP our … Continue reading CETEE84 VIRTUAL MEET March 20, 2021
By PRATAP KUMAR M S “If it weren’t for the rocks in its bed, the stream would have no song” Carl Perkins It is one thing to be caught in the turbulence of a river and another to sit on its banks and enjoy its flow, one provides an adrenaline rush and the … Continue reading CALL OF THE CELESTIAL MOUNTAINS – PART 3
By Pratap Kumar M S I woke up the next day morning, drew the curtains of my window and looked out. The weather looked gloomy. The overnight rains had left its mark on the narrow street in front of the hotel. The overcast sky was not a pleasant sight. The gate lights of the hotel … Continue reading CALL OF THE CELESTIAL MOUNTAINS – PART 2
by PRATAP KUMAR M S Fancy looking down at Mount Everest from an Aircraft…add to it a heart thumping experience of making the most difficult landing in the world, all this only to step out into a land of peace and silence. “WELCOME TO BHUTAN”. Mountains have many challenges to overcome, the terrain is rough, … Continue reading CALL OF THE CELESTIAL MOUNTAINS
സുഹൃത്തേഅദ്ദേഹം പോയി. അപരിചിതമായ ഏതോ ലോകത്തേക്ക് യാത്രയായി. പ്രിയപ്പെട്ട മുരളിസാർ.ഒരു സുഹൃത്തയച്ച പത്രഭാഗത്തിൽ നിന്നാണ് ഞാനറിഞ്ഞത്, ഫേസ്ബുക്കിൽ ഫോട്ടോയും കണ്ടു. 83 വയസ്സുള്ള ഒരാളിന്റെ മരണവാർത്ത.ഫോട്ടോ എനിക്കുമനസ്സിലായില്ല. എനിക്കറിയാവുന്ന മുഖം അതായിരുന്നില്ല. 1979-ൽ ആണ് ആദ്യമായി അദ്ദേഹത്തെ കാണുന്നത്.റാഗിംഗ് പേടിച്ചു വിറങ്ങളിച്ച മനസ്സോടു ഹോസ്റ്റലിലേക്ക് നടന്നു പോയി അഡ്മിഷൻഫോം വാങ്ങിയത് ഇന്നും ഓർക്കുന്നു. വാർഡ്ന്റെ ചെയറിൽ ഇരുന്നു ചെറിയപുഞ്ചിയോട് ഇരുന്ന മുരളീസാറിനെ അന്നാണ് കണ്ടത്. ചെറിയബൈൽബോട്ടം പാന്റും മടക്കിവെച്ചഫുൾകൈയ്യൻ ഷർട്ടും ഒരു കൂളിംങ്ഗ്ലാസും, ചുരുണ്ടമുടിയും, പിന്നീടെന്റെ അടുത്ത … Continue reading മറക്കാനാകാത്ത ചില ഓർമ്മകൾ…. സോമശേഖരൻ
Along this beautiful sea cost lies a sad story. The story of many George Floyids. This is Zanzibar which was a slave trading hub. Just behind the green bushes in the picture there is a sandy beach where the slaves kept in the slave chamber were brought and taken by boat to the ship docked. … Continue reading Origin of the Injustice: A tribute to George Floyd…………….Salin
Being a good child nothing much about schooling other than a few incidentsBeing a lazy soul there are few things which gives a sort of guilty feeling.My schooling started with the vidyarambham with the well known or supposed to be No 1. ആശാൻ of the village who was known as കൂടത്തിങ്കലെ ആശാൻ. His students did … Continue reading My School Days ….. Salin
My schooling began at a small lower primary school close to home in Jawahar Nagar, a colony in Kowdiar, Trivandrum. Those were halcyon days indeed! Being the youngest of three daughters, my parents decided not to send me to the convent that my sisters attended, which was fine by me. Mine was just the second … Continue reading Memories of my School days…….. Vijaya Govindarajan
Nostalgia EE 84 