On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 4:47 PM, ashok _ <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 6:17 AM, ss <[email protected]> wrote: >> My own "Alma Mater" (what a quaint olde Brit imposed Latin expressionne :) ) >> is "The Bishop's School" in Poona where my life was closer to the lifestlye >> led by Billy Bunter rather than Acharya Pathshala where many of my "native" >> peers studied in "the vernacular". Bishops was started in 1864 under the >> aegis >> of the Anglican Bishop of Bombay specifically to educate the children of >> British army officers. > > Doc ... I am also a Bishops School Poona alma mater. Fondly remember > the "flat" and the meticulous monitoring of nail, dental and > follicular hygiene ... > > During my time many of the anglo indian teachers (who were in the > majority among the faculty) began emigrating to Argentina and > Australia ...I wonder how many of them are left now in the faculty.
There is a book by Farukh Dhondy (cant remember the name, it had Poona in the title ) which was interesting to me because it had a chapter about the school. Ashok
