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
By VIJAYALEKSHMY S “The mountains are calling and I must go” - John Muir Ladakh is all about mountains. The mighty mountains stretching on for miles and miles. And among the mountains, like jewels studded in a crown, lie the beautiful blue lakes. Day 5 : Hunder to Lukung Today, we were going to visit … Continue reading Living it up in Ladakh – Part 2
By VIJAYALEKSHMY S “Afoot and lighthearted I take to the open road, / Healthy, free, the world before me, / The long brown path before me, / Leading wherever I choose…” - Walt Whitman. Travelling has become a way of life for many of us. A trip, to an unseen land is not only an … Continue reading Living it up in Ladakh
By JAYAPRAKASH P After considering a few options, we decided to drive to Kaziranga National Park in Assam and then proceed to Miao in Arunachal Pradesh, to continue with our planned itinerary. Even though the distance to be covered per day for this deviation came to about 450 km, the highways in Assam were in … Continue reading DREAM ARUNACHAL DRIVE – PART 2
By JAYAPRAKASH P In January, 2015, our team of CET friends started discussions about the next major trip after the wonderful Ladakh Drive (done in 2013). All of us wanted to experience the Himalayan Mountains again. After a few rounds of discussions, the destination was finalized - Arunachal Pradesh. Arunachal Pradesh, the land of dawn-lit-mountains, … Continue reading DREAM ARUNACHAL DRIVE
NOSTALGIA CET EE'84 : Coming together after 25 years . . . . . . A dream come true It was indeed a dream come true. Coming together after 25 years since we left CET. It happened because some of our friends conceived this idea and went out of the way to make it happen. … Continue reading Silver Jubilee Reunion December 2009
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
