Reunion Meet

This is a mild account of reunion meet that I figured over phone.


Last night(US time) we spoke to several people while they are gathering in the campus. Some folks hardly slept for couple hours. Rajsekhar(ECE) was driving people crazy. Prasad helped him till 1:30 in the night but at 3:00 in the morning Suman banged his door, time to pickup people from nearby train stations. KK etc arrived early in the morning. Some reached at Ramachandrapuram.


People spoke with high energy. I sampled in the morning afternoon and now in the late evening. Everybody was praising the arrangements. Kudos to all involved. I spoke to some spouses as well- they were very impressed with the close friendship and affection among the group. Moms said it was inspiring to the kids. 


It started with meet and greet at the breakfast. All moved to the assembly tent area and everybody introduced themselves.  Over phone I could hear Suman, Prasad, and Ramesh introductions. The speakers were really loud. Following the introductions there was a long session of group photo. No one wanted to talk to us midst the high energy activity but at my request Ramesh left his phone on. From the tent they walked over the campus to the auditorium where rest of the activities took place. From what I heard this was a great experience for kids and spouses more than the alumni. They paid tribute to lost friends followed by alumni family slide show and a magic show.


I didn't cover much of lunch. But heard kids enjoyed the afternoon session very well. They left the campus in the evening to their lodging. Prasad was exhausted of sleeplessness and day-long excitement but was eager to go to the dinner party at the campus. This was arranged just outside the campus to allow for drinks for high spirited folks. 


Samir says things are going extremely well. He never anticipated this amount of energy, show of affection, happiness in the group. Raju says he never felt happier. I was not able to get to Ramesh Chakravarthy and many others, it is understandable; no one talks for over a minute. Don't be a pest, I got to go, they say.


Feel free to write your experiences here so they all stay at one place for us to come back and read in the future.


Best,
GK