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It was in 1983 spring time that we found ourselves in Jammu Railway station; well found ourselves is a gross understatement since we had been dreaming about our few days of ‘study tour’ in the tourist heaven of India – the state that Nehru called ‘Paradise on Earth’. Well, we did not have to justify … Continue reading Paradise on Highway 1…… A Nostalgic Recollection by Josy

Am I successful in my career? I like this quote, attributed to Albert Schweitzer, the Nobel laureate. ...... ‘Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success.’ I am successful because I am happy doing what I do, working in teams with people I love to work with, adding value in … Continue reading Am I successful ? Am I happy ?

When I started on this amazing tour, I remember being as excited as a schoolgirl on a school excursion and it turned out to be just that. I came back feeling like a live wire, privileged to have set foot in such a brilliant continent, with the warm and fuzzy feeling that if I have … Continue reading A week of fun in the wilderness, celebrating life – Hakuna Matata!……Shanthi

“One’s destination is never a place but a new way of seeing things” The magic of Africa has always excited me and this coupled with our get together was something I could not afford to miss. The tiredness of a long journey vanished at Windsor on seeing our friends some of them after close to … Continue reading Kenyan Delights….by Pratap

The Savanna of Eden Safari in Masai Mara park was the highlight of the Africa tour – an experience unmatched and probably impossible outside of Africa at this time. We saw a vast expanse of land, that many wild animals call home. This land is mostly untouched by man, other than the tracks made by … Continue reading The Savanna of Eden

Let us start the story from the beginning - the planning. The incessant phone calls, the 24 x 7 chatting, even a flight to Mumbai for the VISA were all part of it. Long discussions, decisions taken, altered, some cancelled, the process continued. The classmates enjoyed it very much and so did their family. The … Continue reading Masai Magic…. by Vijayalakshmi

My first visit to Africa was in Nov 2016. Ninan and I decided to travel to Entebbe for an East African tour. Our friend Fazal who was based at Congo during that period, was the man behind that tour also. We had a week long drive through Uganda and Rwanda covering many places which changed … Continue reading My African Experience…… Satheesan

By Sreenivasan, Mumbai I wonder whether there will be any Indian  who had spent his childhood in the post Independent era and  not heard about Africa especially due to the South African connection of Mahatma Gandhi. I had a teacher in the Lower Primary class, Chellappan Sir. He used to narrate the geography, flora, fauna … Continue reading Impressions of the Dark Continent

Its Time For Africa ... ITFA 2018 We are just back from a grand College reunion at Nairobi called ITFA 2018. A big group of classmates from the 1984 Electrical Engineering batch from College of Engineering Trivandrum under the banner Nostalgia CET EE84 set course to Kenya for an African expedition. The interesting part was … Continue reading A wonderful reunion and expedition in Africa

 ITFA-2018, my memoirs………. D.S.Nagesh How the direct experience can turnaround our perception accumulated over the years based on hearsay: ITFA-2018 was an epitome of such twist. The name Africa couldn’t make a positive impact on me from childhood onwards, first of all as the Dark Continent from school geography books, then from Gandhiji’s bitter experience and … Continue reading ITFA-2018, my memoirs……….