BITS Pilani Batch of 1989 – 1993 meet again in our Silver Jubilee year, 2018, back in Pilani to look back and reconnect.
BITS ’89 Batch Silver Jubilee Reunion Nov 2018 25 years since we graduated! Tradition is that there will be a batch reunion. But how? Doesn’t it take a lot of … effort? Co-ordination? Time …? In these pages is the story of the how, the what, the who… read on! The makings of a kickass…
The lead up BITS Pilani. The place that means so much, that influenced me in my young, impressionable years. As it did with every single student that passed through its corridors. For the last 25 years, it had taken a back seat in my mind – although always been on my wishlist to visit again,…
22nd Nov 2018 Fly Amsterdam – Delhi. Arrive Delhi 1:30 AM, meet Priya who arrives 1 hour earlier and waits for me. The giggling and silliness starts. We have a mini layover at a hotel, and Priya is anxious not to miss the lunch at the resort. I realize she’s been dreaming of Indian food…
22nd Nov 2018 – Day 2 Settling in and the evening I walk along the sunny, partially shaded path with Sheetal and Shreya – feel so warm and happy to be here with all of you! Priya and I go back to the reception to complete our registration and get our room keys. Pramad is…
23rd Nov 2018 – Day 3 We’ve been organized into batches for the 4 buses leaving for Pilani. Priya and I are in bus #3 supposed to leave @ 10am. A bus is supposed to leave at 8 am – only glad I don’t have to find out if it left on time 😛 At…
24th Nov 2018 – Day 4 The day starts early – around 25 of us set out for a “guided tour”(!!) of campus with Sundy at 7 am. As if 7 am is not bad enough, Sundy, Arvind, and a couple of others have already returned from an early morning run! Someone – Balaji? tells…
25th Nov 2018 – Day 5 Leaving Pilani once again. It is a bittersweet parting once again. End of an epic reunion, and the beginning of the rest of our lives, that the reunion has left a permanent impression on. The buses are ready, waiting to take us back to Delhi. I’ve woken up at…
Here is a collection of quotes from all of you who shared your thoughts over whatsapp, in the days following the reunion. 25th Nov 2018 All, thank you for a wonderful reunion. It was you who make this place very special than the place itself. While I was there only for a day and half…
— Jai Natarajan, 3 Feb 2019 In which feelings are felt to the lyrics of Simon and Garfunkel My mind’s distracted and diffused My thoughts are many miles away Excitement had been building for the past few weeks, fueled by updates, memories, vintage photos and travel plans. If cricket is an Indian game accidentally invented…
