Challo School Challe Hum....
Monday, January 22, 2007
Blog dedicated to our own parsi panchayat school of Sir J J
Take me to Discussion Forum(check out what other JJiets have to say!!!
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आ वो बनाए स्कूल बहेतेर ये ब्लोग से! - अम्बेर
Each morning, when i wake, i pray,i place my hands in God's today,I know he will walk close by my side,My every wandering close to guide...
I went to school....for the first time when i was 3 years old (nursery) with those tiny tots crosses in green colour over white cloth...the first thing that i can recollect is the ground in front of Old Building..with 2 parallel bar one on LHS and the other on RHS....from 1982 till 1997 saw that ground almost daily!
Was not only sad when was leaving the school that i will be no longer coming to this lovely place but was sad because of the fact that the school was the then in the hands of barbers and barbarians...thats the Plight that doom over-ride the Pride that one would have for his / her school.....
Last week (13th Jan 2007) went to school and was very sad and disappointed to see each of our very own teachers (if one can remember Parvin teacher, Bakhtavar teacher, sudhakaran sir, anila teacher .. our dear aaya masi) were so down and deprived by the condition of school that were just waiting for the retirement rather than talking about the future....the nostalgic streets of shahpoor and chauta bazar our very own ground in Surat...but then no one can blame them because they have tried their level best but we all know for what reasons...the once Parsi school have now hardly 40 odd parsis in it...and condition of school going down by every day....
But then all said and done....we can't forget the masalla pow that we all had...the jelly pow and the pastries of Persian bekri! Let us re-unite through this blog and ensrue that the wonderful memories that we have does not wash away with the time. It is wonderful to see that our teachers are also taking interest in sharing their views over the blog. Lets ensure that we use the technology to it's optimum extent and be together.
Keep blogging and keep the our school alive through your feedback..Check out pictures of our school too!
To put your comments click on the comment link down on the page OR click me!-FEEDBACK/Discussion Forum!!!
Plus...there are lot of pictures behind the small (thumbnail) image seen on the page...you will have to click this image to see more....Note: You can view these pictures either by clicking the thumbnail image (recommended since here, pictures have comments associated with them)or can also view through the slide show... Whats more with active efforts from our ex-school mates we are getting more affermative and pictorial content on the blog! No matter how beautiful the blog has been decorated the core and important part is the content , and with such valuable pictures of our teachers from Seema Suneja the blog is taking perfect shape and is going in right direction. We should all thanks her for her effort of visiting school and getting these pics! Thanks Seema... keep blogging.
Was not only sad when was leaving the school that i will be no longer coming to this lovely place but was sad because of the fact that the school was the then in the hands of barbers and barbarians...thats the Plight that doom over-ride the Pride that one would have for his / her school.....
Last week (13th Jan 2007) went to school and was very sad and disappointed to see each of our very own teachers (if one can remember Parvin teacher, Bakhtavar teacher, sudhakaran sir, anila teacher .. our dear aaya masi) were so down and deprived by the condition of school that were just waiting for the retirement rather than talking about the future....the nostalgic streets of shahpoor and chauta bazar our very own ground in Surat...but then no one can blame them because they have tried their level best but we all know for what reasons...the once Parsi school have now hardly 40 odd parsis in it...and condition of school going down by every day....
But then all said and done....we can't forget the masalla pow that we all had...the jelly pow and the pastries of Persian bekri! Let us re-unite through this blog and ensrue that the wonderful memories that we have does not wash away with the time. It is wonderful to see that our teachers are also taking interest in sharing their views over the blog. Lets ensure that we use the technology to it's optimum extent and be together.
Keep blogging and keep the our school alive through your feedback..Check out pictures of our school too!
To put your comments click on the comment link down on the page OR click me!-FEEDBACK/Discussion Forum!!!
Plus...there are lot of pictures behind the small (thumbnail) image seen on the page...you will have to click this image to see more....Note: You can view these pictures either by clicking the thumbnail image (recommended since here, pictures have comments associated with them)or can also view through the slide show... Whats more with active efforts from our ex-school mates we are getting more affermative and pictorial content on the blog! No matter how beautiful the blog has been decorated the core and important part is the content , and with such valuable pictures of our teachers from Seema Suneja the blog is taking perfect shape and is going in right direction. We should all thanks her for her effort of visiting school and getting these pics! Thanks Seema... keep blogging.
You can also check group pictures! ...Click here to see more pics!
School is over for today, done over work n done over play.. at the close we come to say, thank u heavenly father...
Posted by Amber 1:25 PM
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Nice Blog. I am surprised that one of us did go back to the old days. I remember when I came to India I also visited the school and saw Sudhkaran. Was not able to meet anybody else.
Keep up the good work and let me know what is going on with you and others who we know.
gr8 work, was a gr8 nostalgic trip...but the school looks pathetic....bole to saari memory ki vaat laga dali !!!!! really feel sorry for the place thats been so close to all of us....
Peshi
are gr8 yaar..
that's what i call riuns of a gr8 place....
all those school days...the golden days of our lives...can't ever live as care-free as those days...
shu maja hati yaar..
remember all tose stupid things we used to do..
still remeber the very last day of our school..remember?
me, u, pritam n all were stiing at the world famous corridor of ours and thinking of missing our h.s.c. exmas just to have one more year at the school...
well these are the memories we are gonna cherish our life long and be assured man..togehter we are never too far away from those golden days..
do keep up the good work..
now that's what i call the ruins of a gr8 place.
well ...gr8 to remeber those golden days..
the joys, the fights, vada paus, jelly paus, samosa we shared..
those awesome rainy days...yeah the special efects on those uniforms...
are ane aapda ground nu to shu kehvu..
volley ball n cricket n chicks starrin at us from those corridors...hah ha ha ha..
mast re..
these r the memories that v r gonna cherish our life long...
and be assured my friend...togehter v r never way from such gr8 time...
do keep up the gud work...
what about the incident where if you can re-collect Adil Liti was going to call BHAILOG since his shirt was not seekable...hahahahah...
ankur and his girl friends fights....best was yet to come when u all bunk the class (10th std) and went to see movie!!! and chetan's mom came to the theater!!! that was horrible for chetan....remember that POLOME!!!
if you all can recollect the ideal cafe near chopati - mumbai? still today when ever i pass through that area i remember the time when we all use to come here...i use to order for pepsi+7up mix it and drink it as if some hard core drinker is boozing...and u all would drink petty beer...rather in pitcher...
U did an amazingly rocking job brother,
Thnks thnkz and thnkz for refreshing the memories of the old dayz....
I dunno from what batch are u from , Well, I went to india not to long ago but cudnt get a chance to look at da skool but ur pics were really heartbreaking .
WEll, Harsh but Truth indeed.
Thnx again
Keep up the good work, im gonna share this with my all friendz
ciao
Abraar
Yes I do agree the school that we joined as toddlers adn the one that we graduated from were on the two different sides of a spectrum buddy and the nose dives continues.
To everyone out there lets try see if we all can get together and do something worth while for our school?
Neat collection of pics !! each and every pic brings up that flash in my eyes as if i visited my old school and met all you guys !!
Sad to know about the conditions and goings at "our sirjj" but still lov and am proud of SirJJ.
Those golden days will be cherished forever..
Keep it up ! lets reunite !
Wonder if you have the snaps of our teachers as well.
I am sure you would not have left the school without meeting them.
Can you please upload it over here...I know I am asking a bit more as its not nice to upload someone else's snaps without asking them. If possible go ahead and do it.
Amber, a gr8 job you're doing. Keep it up. I've been a teacher in Sir J.J.English school since 1983 and still there.I can understand how you feel about the condition and the plight of the school because I feel the same too.It's not the same as it used to be in the 80's when Mrs. Savai was the Principal and Major Bamji to lend a helping hand.I will never be able to forget these two people.They were the best.
The students that we had back in those days were a world apart from the ones that we get nowadays.They had so much manners, discipline and resect for their teachers back in those days.
I may be able to come up with some old pics of staff and past class for you to put up in your blog if we can get in touch the next time you visit the school.
Keep up the good work.
thanx a lot mate for putting time and energy in buildin this particular forum ,till now when i go to sir jj and walk thru the corridors i still have tears in my eyes....i see the kids running past me ....i love that school ....and i was even more amazed to see that seema ma`am is in this too ,,,felt really nice..also heard about maria teacher`s demise god bless her soul.they say she went off in sleep...good for her....i remember her takin my poetry class and also a math when at a particular day we had division and substraction she todl us previous;y to get some choclates and i ate it b4 it even began....and yeah just for the record my mother was also in sir jj as an english teacher.aruna desai ..hope so seema ma`am sees this and recalls
bye take care
keep up the good work
abhishek
Thanks :)
it was great experience when I went to school,it was all inspired by this blog :-) seeing this I thought to visit the school again and to my surprise teachers were so happy to see me and they still remembered my name and the silly acts and just hugged me.. golden periods should never be washed from our memory
truely speaking after seeing this blog I really recalled my school days and was bound to visit the school again. To my surprise the teachers recognised me by my name and they even recalled my silly acts and hugged me too :-) Golden days should always remain fresh in our hearts
Thanks Amber
great pics yaar...
Eric
good to see so many ppl blogging... keep up guys n gals...n our respected teachers too...
hopefully we might b able to make a difference soon what say denish?
luv u all
May 15 2007
thanx for such monumental work
21 May 2007
viyank
Gr8 pics and the video too is fantastic.Sent them over to my best friend in the UK.She had wanted some pics of the school where I work.They came in handy. Thanks.
Sachin T
Hey guys i'm sure u've received the message from some usear about the pics.. I'm posting the link here as well
They're amazing.. Great work Ambs
Amber my man, you doing great job by keeping this blog. Hope to visit as often as i can & see if i can track any old buddies on here...
thinking about the school also brings in mind the ambience..there used to be small shops-an eatery where I used to buy candies and churan and wat not!!!, an auto guarage (nr the mosque) and poultry shop besides it..yeah and the big ground opposite the old building across the road.
I remember waiting for the bell to ring for the end of day, packing schoolbag, grabbing the water bottle and rushing towards the back gate to get nicely ensconced in my autorickshaw seat..used to travel through the stinking fish market of shahpore:)..all the way to the Railway Colony where I used to live.
I have never been to Surat again since the time I left..would love to visit my school again if ever I come back!!..nice to become a part of this group though!!..keep sharing memories.. and keep the spirit of JJites alive n kicking!
cheers- Vivek Khosla
thank you thank you and thank you...i was almost in tears seeing this pics...sirjj is probably one of the most loved school by its student
I just saw the recent pics of Sir J. J posted by Amber..really missing my those school days..I was there for just 2 years between 1994-1996 but still the school is in my memories.
Even get few of our retired teachers like Shehnaz teacher to attend. What do u guys say to this???_
-Eric Bhathawalla
I also remember parvin teacher, seema teacher, shehnaz(?) teacher, maria basrai, sharmin teacher, indira teacher (drawing?), mehta sir, Hutoxi teacher. Many of the teachers had a great deal of influence on me and instilled alot of confidence me.
Playing ball on the ground, cricket, monkeybars...those were great times.
I also distinctly remember coming via rickshaw (always overloaded) and entering through the front gates where they always had those big pots cooking food.
Amber, great job putting this blog together and if anybody recognizes my name, shoot me an email. I would love to hear from one of you!
-Snehal Gandhi
Everyone remembers these days as the golden days and I cannot agree more with it. If its possible lets have a get together wherein may be all can participate irrespective of the batch they are from..........what say.......for starters I am in touch with some of the guys from our batch.........
was talking with amber the other days bout the guys who left in between .. yr name did prop up then...
You have done a wonderful job. They were really the golden days of my life (although we used to curse when we were really enjoying it).
Its very sad to see the condition of the school that once used to be the no. 1 in the city.
Still remember the incident when few of us bunked the school and our very own SUJJAUDDIN SIR chased us to a building 1 km away form school. We took shelter in one of our friend's home and he literally came inside the house to catch us. It was a narrow escape due to the fact that our friend's mom sent us to the terrace for hiding. And than she scolded once sujjauddin sir left. Man..that was a close shave and one of the many inicdents to cherish...!!
Keep up the good work.
Pranav Motiwala.
Your name sounds familiar to me. I joined JJ way back in 1977 and graduated in 1989 (12th grade).
I remember Major Bamji poking his fingers into our stomachs if we did something untoward. I was scared and in awe of the guy.
One funny incident I remembered was once during PT (which I hated), I was monkeying around while doing the parade -laughing, chatting etc. I was surprised when I was summoned by the principal's office. There Major Bamji gave me a scolding of my life for misbehaving on the field - I nearly peed in my shorts. I could not, for the life of me, figure out how he came to know about that; I was sure someone had squealed on me, but who? Next week, during PT, I behaved like a good kid but at the same time, I was keeping an eye on people around me - trying to figure out how the hell did Bamji know. My gaze accidentally went upwards and what I saw stunned me - from afar, there was Major Bamji, on top of a building with a pair of binoculars, watching us :). I could not believe the guy :). He was fantasic - full of passion and discipline.
I remember the "JJ pin" you mentioned. I have had many scars on my chest due to the pin; I was never good at pinning myself :).
I had gone to JJ in 2006. Met a lot of teachers. Shehnaz ma'am had lost a family member (she is now the principal). I met Anita teacher, Mrs Devyani (Hindi teacher), Sujauddin (the PT sir - he incidentally thought I was a nosy reporter when I was taking photos of the school and asked me to get lost :)). I met Bipin Desai, Indira ma'am (Drawing teacher), Nirmala Jain etc etc. I even met good old Kakaji (the one who would ring the bell/gong signalling the recess breaks and end of school).
I met Madam Savai in 2006. She lives in an apartment at Parle point. Major Bamji is still alive although not in good shape. He is in Bombay.
Those were the finest years of my life - I realize it now, now that those days are no more. Good, wonderful, carefree days.
After I left JJ, my life had many twists and turns; many ups and down - more downs than ups :(. Today I was feeling nostalgic and chanced upon this site. It made my nostalgia even worse. I really miss those days and would do anything to go back in time and relive those moments again :).
i miss it very much
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Not sure if you would remember me but we were class mates in Sir JJ.
so many years have passed that it all seems like a distant memory now. I too have copies of both class pics which you have posted on the blog and surprisingly I was able to recall many of the names. Thanks for making this blog it brought back some really good memories. I am sure most of some time wonder abt a friend who ywe have not meet in years. I haven't visited India in 8 years but now when I visit India in dec I will make sure that I do visit school and may be catch up with few old friends. Do we have a group for the JJ alums where I can join?
Cheers,
Kunj
this is Prateek. I studied in Sr J.J. from 1991 (Higher KG) to 1996 (class IV). I really miss those days. Which catch are u from? And if you anyone who was in class I in 1993 please contact me at prateek.jackisback@gmail.com
It's a lot to ask, I know... but I'd really appreciate it. THNX!
I will be glad to receive any assistance at the start.
Thanks in advance and good luck! :)
Vakash Mistry
It's really very disgusting wat parents r doing..... if dey want better education nd if dey want that d school which was on top b4 nd want it at same place so they have to increase there quality of education...which only come when gud highly educated teachers get appointed nd for obvious it cost...so according to me as... a lay man parents strike is useless...ppl just watching d money nd not their children future....while doing so...they r teaching same to there children....
Best!
Shahil Khan