Darpan comes alive
“Darpan,” an autobiography of the late Risaldar Sunder Singh, which portrayed both the society and history of his times (1895-1990), came alive as my mother spoke at the release of the book in Chandigarh. It is, indeed, an honest account of a person who lived his life by values that were far higher than those we see in our times. He risked a lot for the freedom of the country from the British Raj, lost a lot, and never asked for anything, much like his illustrious uncle, Baba Kharak Singh.
YPS get-together
The Aitchisonian Yadavindrian Old Students’ Association (AYOSA), ably led in Chandigarh by Jaspal Sekhon, has been making valiant efforts to get the old boys and girls of the school together. We meet this Saturday, in the evening at North Park. There will be a significant presence from by class—Gurpreet Bhattal, Rajbirinder Chahal, Tina and Sunil Jain, Birinder Gill, we all live in Chandigarh. What were we like in 1970? The old class picture is really interesting…