A month back if anyone had told me that our footwear project would come to this level, I would have said "Not Sure". But many deserve the credit for carrying
out this project in a great way. Without our Chief hunter Mary Preethi nothing would have started. For many of us,the article in Hindu about school children walking barefoot was nothing more than a news item and some would have skipped that article.
Our Chief Hunter thought otherwise. She wanted to do something. She spoke the journalist who had written that article and she found the school in Saligramam.
It was General Carriappa Hr.Sec. School. She went that school and took a list of students who needed those footwear. Really great Preethi.
Next is our Secretary Harish. He is the main man of SWAT. One person I really started to admire in college after my close friend Vignesh. I think Harish has the in-born quality of a great leader. It is really impossible to work with me and Gajan if you don't have the patience. Harish has a lot of that. Harish has grown in our department from a reticent boy and volleyball player during the second year to a icon and leader in the final year. Only few of us knew the difficulty we had in getting the footwear from the shop and that too at 12.30 midnight. But he enjoys everything without any fuss whatsoever. Great da. One additional gossip : Many
of department girls(especially juniors) are ogling at him. But this fellow is not at all responding.
Next person is our print partner and future CEO of TrueCopy Corporation(Since 1983). He is Aravind. He is the romeo of our class for different reasons. Everyone in my class would agree to that. He also went with Harish to the footwear shop to get the
load. He came with me to the "Khadims" Showroom in perumbur to finalise the order.At every stage in this project he was the constant one and either me or Harish accompanied him.Fondly called as "xerox" Aravind or truecopy Aravind is indispensable in all our SWAT projects.
Madhangi and Sivaranjani's work in this project cannot be left out. They worked with preethi from the beginning and they too deserve the accolades.
On the day of the event and during the previous night, we really got some great help from both the Ashwins of St.Peters and Karthik on the day of the event. They really helped us to complete everything quickly. With some astute and smart thinking from all the three, we were able to finish things.
Our ever reliable Treasurer Ragu attended the event in spite of his tightest of schedules and I was really happy that he was there. I have to mention my close friends who have helped in publicizing the event Dhana, Gautam, Sethu and Raman.
All our donors deserve the most Special accolade for their generosity and faith they've shown in us. I should thank all our members who have donated to this project.
We saw something called happiness in those students which they don't get all the time. Many factors are responsible for that. But we can help them in some
of their problems. This was one of those. All I want is this has to continue. Yes We can.
@harish:::Many of department girls(especially juniors) are ogling at him. But this fellow is not at all responding.
ReplyDeletemachi be careful......
@ash::It is really impossible to work(harish) with me and Gajan if you don't have the patience.
ReplyDeleteritely said...i hv never seen that much patience,,
that too i dont even have a single percent when compared with him
@aravind::He is the romeo of our class for different reasons.
ReplyDeleteOOAD la centum eduthathuku karanam enna???
@Aravind::Fondly called as "xerox" Aravind or truecopy Aravind ....
ReplyDeletedo this for SIFAR too da
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ReplyDeletekudos to mary preethi,sivaranjani,madhangi,both ashwins a lot
ReplyDeleteand the THIRD ashwin(puna puli) usually called as VICE PRESIDENT (romba thanda thanadakkam unakku)
(but ethukku da ella photo luyum pose kudukura ,overa irukku,,atha konjam koraichiko for next time)
without our VP's efforts especially, this amazing event would hvn't happened so easily
thanks a lot gautham
ReplyDeleteI know it's too late but just come across your blog and this post. Really surprised to see my name in it too (hoping I'm that Vignesh) :) But I know most of these ppl and could vouch on all that you said about them. You should do more of this writing, Ashwin.
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