CMS College Campus Video

Video clip credit to Mr. Allen Jacob.

Teachers retired from college this year.

Write up in Mathrubhumi Newspaper.

Write up in Malayala Manorama

Letter from Ananad Varma

Dear All,
The first time I went to an south Indian restaurant in Jalandhar I used my fingers. The waiter looked at me critically and said, "Fresh off the South, are you?" I blanched. My fingers, which a second before had been taste buds savouring the food a little ahead of my mouth, became dirty under his gaze. They froze like criminals caught in the act. I didn't dare lick them. I wiped them guiltily on my napkin. He had no idea how deeply those words wounded me. They were like nails being driven into my flesh. I picked up the knife and fork. I had hardly ever used such instruments. My hands trembled. My sambar lost its taste...
It is true that those we meet can change us, sometimes so profoundly that we are not the same afterwards. I am sure that we all must have changed so much so that we barely understand each other... Don't you guys think that it's better we meet up somewhere sometime (in the near future) before we start further changing away from your true self..?
Regards,Anand.

Cute Ad

You must have seen this cute ad of Vodafone. Now checkout the original song from which Vodafone have copied music.-------------------------- Some information regarding the advt.
The Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI) has issued a formal warning to Vodafone India regarding an advertisement which features a pug dog running after a bus. The board also sent a warning to Nirvana Films which made the advert for Vodafone.
In its notice AWBI said: “The pet dog was made to run, gallop and chase the school van for a long time on a public road. Thereby, the dog was made to undergo severe pain and suffering due to the exhaustion caused by chasing (the bus).” AWBI lawyer S.R. Sundaram said: “The final film should strictly follow the script submitted at the time of pre-shoot permission for the animal performances. It is also directed that the performing animals should not be subjected to any cruelty, failing which the AWBI will initiate legal proceedings under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960.”
The pug dog, called Rocky is the Vodafone Essar brand icon and has been used in a series of adverts promoting the rebranding of Hutch as Vodafone.
The film company refutes the complaint saying that the film was made in South Africa and that they have a “post-shoot fitness certificate duly signed by the veterinary doctor”
The AWBI has ordered the company to remove the section of the advert that it objects to and resubmit the advertisement for approval.

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Wow! See the size of the Masala Dosa Anil Kumar is having? And don't forget to send the caption.

Students in Campus

Photos from Sheeba Ajith's collection.

Thirunakkara Pooram 2008

The statue of Huge Gorilla infront of Josco Jewellery as part of Thirnakkara Pooram 2008.The moving stautes of Kalabhavan Mani, Baiju and Biju Kutten looks as if they are real men.

Memories of CMS College

Above - CMS College teachers appealing to the public to cast their votes to Mr. Suresh Kurup ex student of CMS College.

To get an enlarged view of the photos, documents,... Just keep the mouse on the image and click on it and the zoomed matter will appear.

Our Cricket / Football Stadium

Our Hockey Ground

English Teachers

Students performing Oedipus Rex

Writer Meena Alexander in Campus..

Biography
Mary Elizabeth Alexander was born in Allahabad, India, on February 17, 1951. Although christened Mary Elizabeth, she has been called "Meena" since birth, and, in her fifteenth year, she officially changed her name to Meena. Not so much an act of defiance as one of liberation, Alexander writes: "I felt I had changed my name to what I already was, some truer self, stripped free of the colonial burden" in her autobiography, Fault Lines (74). Representing her own multi-lingual nature, "Meena" meanings in 'fish' in Sanskrit , 'jewelling' in Urdu, and 'port' in Arabic. Alexander and her family lived in Allahabad, yet returned every summer to Kerala where her mother's parents resided.
In 1956, the Sudan gained independence and asked other Third World countries for assistance in establishing its government. Alexander's father applied for a job with the Sudanese government and the family relocated to Khartoum. From age five to eighteen, Alexander traversed the waters between the Sudan and India, between Khartoum and Kerala, and between her immediate family and her grandparents. Once she was eighteen and had received her degree from Khartoum University, Alexander left her Sudanese home for Nottingham University in Britain. It was here that she earned her Ph.D., but her tie with India was not broken. She returned to Pune to her grandparents, and ended up working at Delhi University, Central Institute of Hyderabad, and Hyderabad University.
It was in Hyderabad that Alexander met her husband, David Lelyveld. In 1979, the two moved to New York City, where they still live with their two children: Adam Kuravilla Lelyveld (b. 1980) and Svati Maraiam Lelyveld (b. 1986). Alexander is currently a professor at Hunter College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York and still takes trips back to Kerala annually.
Literature
Meena Alexander's literary career began early, at the tender age of ten, when she began writing poetry, and while her poetry might be her best-known work, her works span a variety of literary genres. Her first book, a single lengthy poem, entitled The Bird's Bright Wing, was published in 1976 in Calcutta.
Since then, Alexander has published seven volumes of poetry, including River and Bridge; two novels: Nampally Road (1991) and Manhattan Music (1997); a collection of both prose and poetry, The Shock of Arrival: Reflections on Postcolonial Experience; a study on Romanticism: Women in Romanticism: Mary Wollstonecraft, Dorothy Wordsworth and Mary Shelley; and her autobiography, Fault Lines.
Establishing Identity in Fault Lines
Fault Lines is Alexander's autobiography. Not only an unraveling of her past, the book also highlights themes that occur in Alexander's poetry . As a result of her family's relocations as a youth, Alexander struggles in Fault Lines to forge a sense of identity, despite a past full of moves and changes. Thus, this work revolves around the theme of establishing one's self, an identity independent of one's surroundings. In her autobiography she writes: "I am, a woman cracked my multiple migrations. Uprooted so many times she can connect nothing with nothing" (3). In fact, the title itself suggests a questioning of lines, boundaries, definitions of oneself. As Alexander writes, "I am a poet writing in America. But American poet?...An Asian-American poet then?...Poet tout court?...A woman poet, a woman poet of color, a South Indian woman who makes up lines in English...A Third World woman poet...?" (193). Alexander searches for her own identity and self-creation amidst a world that strives to define, identify, and label people. These definitions of race and nationality prove difficult to defy.
The tension surrounding self-identification emerges in a scene where Alexander's son, Adam, encounters a man who asks him: "What are you?" Adam, of mixed heritage, chooses to identify himself as neither American nor Indian, but, rather, a Jedi knight (172). Alexander asks: "What did my first-born wish for himself? Some nothingness, some transitory zone where dreams roamed, a border country without passport or language?" (172). Even choosing a cultural identification has its boundaries and borders by which to abide.
Early in her youth, Alexander's mother tells her she must never take a job; that her work is to raise her children (14). Alexander's choices obviously took her in a direction different from that which her mother had taught her, choosing both a career and a family. Thus, the process of self-creation for Alexander has numerous facets: creating an identity despite a patchwork past; fighting against definitions demanded by greater society; and, also, fighting against traditions and definitions enforced within the community.

To see her books : - http://books.google.co.in/books?as_auth=Meena+Alexander&sa=X&oi=print&ct=title&cad=author-navigational&hl=en

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Guess what Raju Harilal is up to?

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Now all of you can comment.

Sorry friends! Earlier the blog setting was in such a way that only gmail account holders were able to write comments. Now I have changed the setting so that no need of G mail. Any body can comment. So start sending comments.

Munnar Then & Now

See Munnar in 1990 and after 18 years, on 24 Feb 2008.

News Paper Writings - Anup Kurian

Write up in Malayala Manorama.

Write up in Kuwait Times.

Javeen's Article in Malayala Manorama 18/02/2008

To read the article put the mouse on the artcle and click . You'll get the zoomed article. Javeen (Economics 1989-92) is currently Minicipal Councillor at Kottayam Municipality.

Comments from our friends

Cool collection of photographs!
For a moment, I rewound 20 years backwards…
You, Raju (looking bloated in the latest!), Shinu, Kunjandi, Anoop, Kozhi……those baggie pants, ankle high shoes….it was fun!
Regards,
Pakkaran.

The blog has come out really nice. All those photos really brought back memories about the good old times. We are planning to come down for vacation in December this year and will attend the get together.
Regards
Hema Cherian
New Zealand............................................................................................................................................................................................................... A very good collection of pictures. Anxshy,Dubai .........................................................................................................
Amazing effort from Kiran's side...Now, what we need is some good publicity. As we have mentioned that this is a get together for students who were in CMS from 1985 to 1995, we need to get our juniors and seniors involved in the process. It would be a good idea to nominate representatives from each year/batch?. Can't we get more visibility for this blog on google and other search engines? Also can we have separate pages for people from other batches, rather than getting all their pics and snippets into Kiran's page ? or if our juniors and seniors have created blogs of their own, can that be linked to ours? Also how abt starting an 1985-1995 page on orkut too? That way it becomes much more easier for all of us to communicate, and for new members who are interested to join...I can go on and on , but what we first need is to have a real meeting ....what say u guys??? Raju Harilal. .............................................................................................................................................................................................................Waiting for the get together . Manesh, Doha.

Man, I had fun looking up your blog....fundooo...I am glad that at least one person is taking the time and effort to do something and to organize a get together....I will most definitely make it to the get togther on 28th Dec...

Ajith Nayar

Superb blog abt CMS college - Shahid, Moderator CMS College Community.

The blog is outstanding. Truly a great job! We'll make a grand gettogether with all the available buddies. - Antony Lucos

Get Together on 28th December 2008

Friends we have decided to have the get together of CMS College late 80's and early 90's on 28th of December 2008. The venue (of course in Kottayam only) and details will be published later. Please be in touch with me through this site. You can mail me at kiranmusiczone@yahoo.co.in or kirancatwalk@gmail.com We are expecting a lot of our friends. Why this much late is because people who are outside will get plenty of time to plan their visit and December is the time when NRIs will come down to Kerala. And most of our friends are NRIs.

Director Anup Kurian

Hope you all know Anup Kurian (remember The Sword (Kathi) of Anup Kurian). He is now a very famous Director. He has won amny awards:-
Aravindan Puraskaram for the Best Debut Director In India, Asian New Talent Prize - Shanghai International Film Festival - 2005 , Best Picture & Special Jury Prize - International Film Festival of Mumbai (IFFM/MAMI) - 2005 ,"Gollapudi Srinivas National Award" for Best Debut Director, Fukuoka International Film Festival, Japan - 2005Official Selection , - London Film Festival - Closing Film - Asian Film Festival, Auckland Let's feel proud of him.So three cheers for him. Anup Ki Jay. In the picture below see Anup (standing) with his friends in CMS in 1989.

Snaps of College

Our college's Great Hall & chapel. Won't you get a nostalic feeling?

Then & Now

See these snaps. Same place in 1990 & after 18 years in 2008.

Vidyasouhardom

Korah Sir(Secretary Alumini Association), Korulla Isaac -(Cuckoo Sir) current Principal, Dominic, Gigo - Vattoli.

The 2008 Old Students Meeting was held on college campus today. Compared to other years the particpants were more but not many from our batch. From our batch I could see only Javeen and his wife (both from Economics). From our seniors I met Antony (Lit) , Teddy & Gigo. That's all.

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Trip to Ooty 1989

Check out these cool snaps.