Mech71

The Dancing duo of mech71 - Gill and Mal F or any social group to thrive what is required is the active participation of members. The most active in India have been Marwaha and Manchanda in the North and Ramu down South while it has been Sudheer, Julka and Johri across the oceans for the longest period while several others have also played very active roles for briefer periods. A couple of members must take the lead to keep things rolling. perhaps this latter roll has been played by two members known most often by their nick names as Gill and Mal within Mech71. This archives photo from around 2000, recently dug up by Gill shows both dancing to the tune of Rajasthani folk Musicians on a dusky winter evening in New Delhi. May God Bless all in this group of Mech71 and add happiness in their lives and help them to add happiness in the world

T his blog post is written while  a Mech71 reunion is on in USA. It shall be reported here if and when details arrive. In the meantime Dinesh Gupta one of the most beloved and most  kindly human of our group (aside from being a Dr. in engineering and a highly respected Professor in his field) has sent this photo of a lunch that is underway at Niagra falls. He is a small dot in the photo on left last. The front cheerful photos on left and right are two of the bed rocks of mech71 KC and Johri on left and right and one in the middle with a cap is the Mech71 tycoon, Julka who shall be playing a collaborative role with this blogger for the Golden Jubilee next year in Nainital along with the Delhi stalwarts of Mech71 - Manchanda and Marwaha - hopefully. The event was organized by Sir Bittoo Gill, the Mech71 stalwart across the Atlantic and Pacific oceans depending on the direction one takes from Delhi. He has been organizing and taking the lead in most of the these annual events ever

E arlier in the day, I had sent this letter to a mech71 friend but it has useful content for others of the world and therefore it is published here in the public domain too (with slight editing to make it more suitable and useful for public view) A view of the home from where this letter was composed D ear Vijay A fter our discussion last night and a pleasant nap and bath, my mind reviewed our exchange of yesterday. They were spontaneous responses, well thrashed out there and nothing needs repeating but my mind went to one statement of yours to the effect – these are hard economic times and those who work for a living have to manage day to day – or something to that effect, and these were my thoughts on that Vijay, even I do not have much money, but feel comfortable primarily because if one has one’s home to live in, it does not cost much to live in India in simplicity which is the happiest and most graceful way to live in a world where many suffer from