It was after three schools that I found myself in Yadavindra Public School, Patiala, where I studied in two stints, eventually passing out of the institution that I consider my school. What wonderful days, walking down across the road to attend school we lived in the Bhupindra Kothi by virtue of my mother, Mrs Inderjit Kaur, being Principal, Government College for Women, Patiala. We had to shift to Amritsar after a few years, but a couple of years later, we were back in Patiala, she was Vice-Chancellor, Punjabi University, Patiala, and this house was rather far from the school premises.

Class-fellows became life-long friends, and we share a bond that only a boarding school can give, even to those students like me who are day boarders. During the Golden Jubilee celebrations of YPS in 1998, I wrote and article in The Tribune. As you read it, you will realise that many of the people quoted in the article are no longer with us, but their memories don’t fade from our lives, just as our memories of our days in school are still fresh.

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