The Daund Bunch

Malaysian staff of the IJM Pune-Solapur Project, at TJ’s Brew Works, Amanora Mall, Pune – Christmas Day 2012

Some pictures of my colleagues and friends at the Pune Solapur Project, for remembrance’s sake.

I tend to post pictures of scenery and surroundings minus the people in my blog. But I realize overtime that the people in your life are just as important, if not more. They’re the ones who make our time here in this world, memorable, especially family and close friends. Friends and acquaintances come and go throughout our lives. Some, you’ll meet again, later on in life. Some, you’ll never get to meet, ever again. Who comes and who goes are but for God to know. But some of the special memories that they leave behind, are invaluable, and makes us what we are today.

I am happy for what I’ve been through and for the friends and acquaintances that God sent along the way. Here’s a little something to keep those friends in the Pune-Solapur Project in my memory. We may perhaps meet again, who knows?


IJM group photo taken in October 2012, in front of our office at Kurkumbh, near Daund, Maharashtra
Let’s see how good my memory is… (with a little bit of help from the computer of course, hehe). From left to right:
Front row – Sitaram, Pawan Saini our trusty driver, dunno, Bharat Thakur, Ganesh Satre, Vivek, Ranjan Sahoo, Avinash Shetty, Samir Hazra, Suresh IT, Utilities Supervisor name forgotten;
Second row – Thangaraju (around since the birth of IJM), Saroj Jha, Arif Shaikh, Bhanu Pratap Singh;
Third row – Yours truly, Sugrib Rao (ex-Mizoram Project), Nageshwar Rao, Karthik;
The rest of the lot at the back – dunno, Montajul Islam (ex-Mizoram, driver), Umesh Kshirsagar, Nilesh Thorwade, Amit Pillai, Suryaprakash Sharma (ex-Mizoram), Sandeep Suryawanshi, Amit Saini, Milind Thorat, Shaikh Noor Rehman (alias Osama bin Laden ex-Mizoram project), Ganesh Girim Camp Supervisor, CL Chong, Harsha, long-time colleague Ajit, Ganapati Reddy long-time RBM survivor, Yogesh Malathkar, Chandramouli, Vikash Singh, Karunakar, Raghu QS, Ravi QS, Korra Ravi


Christmas Dinner 2012, at Mainland China Restaurant, Amanora Mall, Pune – clockwise round the table starting from the left – KF Woon, CL Chong, Manjit (Mrs Ajit), Ajit, Warren, Thanga, Mrs Thanga, Thanga’s son, Justin and Anu


Another picture of the Malaysian bunch at TJ’s Brew Works – from left – Ajit, Alex Wong, CL Chong, Thanga, Warren and KF Woon


Celebrating the brothers Chong and Woon’s birthdays, with SS Lee as guest, Daund Guesthouse, July 2012


Anu with Noor Aswanah, at Ajit’s Guesthouse, Daund, Deepavali 2011


Our neighbour and Anu’s best friend and her sister in Daund, Feb 2012


Another neighbour, with baby son Aryan


Farewell for us from the Daund bunch, at Ajit’s house with VP Gupta (right-most) as host


More pictures of the Daund bunch – from left – Dinda, Suresh, Ganapati, Samir, Chandramouli, Saroj, Promod Misra and Estipan


From left – Chandramouli, Harsha, Ganapati, Suresh, Thanga, yours truly and Venkataramana


The Terracotta Guardians of Mainland China, Amanora Mall, Pune