Hello from V. Seetha!!!

Hello everyone, I am Seetha Viswanathan (was known as V. Seetha at SVC) and with this post I officially become a blogger.  I am really excited and must thank Enarkay for remembering me and introducing me to this blog and of course thanks to Vimal for inviting me.  Ever since Enarkay told me about this blog I have been sitting and reading all the blogs for hours on end. My son had to drag me away from my computer so I could feed him dinner. I noticed several of you celebrated your Silver Wedding Anniversaries, my hearty belated congratulations to you all!!

Like Enarkay said we lived on Church Road until 1968 and then we moved to RCM PG Hostel Warden's Quarters after my father became the Warden there. I went to SVC from baby class to mid VII std.  However I have two different sets of classmates.  My memory is not as great as some of you guys. I was with Snigdha, Bharati Panda and Sharada until VI std and then had to repeat VI std. This was because I failed Maths, by one mark, :((, and Mother Superior would not promote me, :((, :((.  So I ended up with Faiyaz, Tasneem, Aruna etc.  The one feature of the school I distinctly remember is the huge stage. I was a big part of all the Parent's Day plays we had every year. I remember singing Christmas carols during Christmas. I also remember one particular song (I don't remember whether it was just a song we learnt or whether it was part of a play). It went some thing like.....

Where are you going to my little maid?
Where are you going to my little maid?
I am going a milking Sir she said,
I am going a milking Sir she said!!

Of the teachers I remember Miss Shamim Banu, Sister Roslie, Sister Margaret and Mother Superior, how could I forget her, :). I noticed that some of you got a chance to meet Miss Shamim. I was glad to see her in pictures posted in this blog. She has not changed at all. Hopefully I will get to meet her too. She was a phenomenal teacher. I will never forget the fun picnics we had to places like Gopalpur, Chilka Lake etc. Ahhhhh!!! the stroll down memory lane feels so good! I used to look at the picture of all of us sitting on the lighthouse steps and wonder where everyone ended up at. Yes, that very bad picture that Enarkay posted was mine. I will see if I can get it restored and post it again. Tasneem, I remember you the most of all my classmates. As a matter of fact I use various versions of your name (and Miss Shamim's name) as passwords for several of my accounts at work, :)).

My father was a lecturer at Khallikote College but in mid 1970 he got a job as Assistant Professor at REC Trichy, so we moved. I was halfway through VII Std then. I have never gone back to Berhampur again. I have been trying to arrange a trip back to BAM with my sisters and my brother, but so far we have not been able to take time off at the same time. My whole family has such good memories of Berhampur ( I have one very traumatic memory - subject for a blog all by itself).

I went on to finish my bachelor's in Chemistry in Trichy and then worked for an an organization called ICRISAT in Hyderabad until 1984.  I then moved to the US to complete my Master's and PhD and have been here ever since.  I now live in NJ and work as a pharmaceutical Scientist.  I have two boys, Vasanth, (24 yrs. old) who is in law school and Sreyas (15 yrs. old) who is in 9th grade.
Looking forward to more blogging!!
Seetha