The Bombay old boys are having a get together in South Bombay on 6 Sept 2008 at 830pm where the Board of Governors will be in attendance.

Venue will be in South Bombay and will be intimated to those who RSVP to rao@khandelwalindia.com

Please indicate in your email whether you will be accompanied by your spouse or significant other.

Please also encourage all Doscos in Maharashtra, Goa and Gujarat to try and make it. They too can respond to the same email address.

For those who do not have access to email, please ask any friend to RSVP on your behalf.

Looking forward to seeing you all on Sep 6th,

P Advani G Khandelwal

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For the past several weeks a group of old boys have been meeting in Delhi to play field hockey on Sunday evenings. They are recruiting more players from the old boy's community in Delhi. Most of the games are held at Siri Fort Sports Complex. If you are interested in playing, get in touch with Kunal Sharma at kunal473@hotmail.com.

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A DSOBS dinner is being held in Mumbai on December 6th, 2008. Interested doscos should give positive affirmations to rao@khandelwalindia.com He will send out the location nearer the time. This drinks and dinner function will be in South Bombay.

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The number of offers tied to the Dosco Affinity Card continues to grow. The latest partnership is with the Oberoi Hotels and Resorts. Click for more information.

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Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has lavished praise on Abhinav Bindra, the country's first individual Olympic gold medallist. Mr Singh said that Bindra's achievement- he claimed the men's 10m air rifle shooting title - was a "golden performance". The Indian President, Pratibha Patil, has also lauded Bindra's feat. India, winners of eight hockey gold medals, had never won an individual Olympic title before Bindra's success. Read the BBC story for more information. Bindra was in Doon between 1993 and 1995.

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Raman Kapoor 69-J Class of 63 produced a music album which was launched recently in the capital and is being distributed worldwide by reknowned Music Co. T-Series. The name of the album is "Kyon Toone Dilko Toda". "Sixty going on 17" was the caption on an article by Indian Express. You can order a copy at T-Series webstore.

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11th DSOBS Inter House Golf will be held on 20 Sept 2008 -

For further details of the Inter House Golf and appeal towards the "Navodaya - John Martyn School initiative" please see the annexures.

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Vineet Virmani (ex 260-J Class of 1957 - DSOBS President 1980 to 1982) passed away on 12 July 2008 .

A prayer meeting will be held on Tuesday 15th July from 3.30 p.m. to 4.30 p.m.at Chinmay Mission, 89 Lodi Road, New Delhi.

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The Dosco Agra weekend is coming up. Don't miss the opportunity relive your Doon life with your buddies in a fun and relaxing manner. The annual weekend has been extremely successful in past years and there's no reason to believe that it won't be the case this year too. The weekend will be hosted at the ITC Mughal in Agra and will be between July 4th and 6th.

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Read the May 2008 Rosebowl. This issue sports a new design and includes lots of news and feature stories. It highlights the recommendations regarding nominations for the position of Vice President to the DSOBS, a story on Jack Gibson, an article on Lt. Col on E.J Simeon and more. And don't miss Mani Shankar Aiyar's perspective on whether Doon should go co-ed.

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Ashok Sapra (batch of 1961) passed away , after a brief illness, in hospital on Wednesday the 11th of June. His funeral was on the 12th forenoon at Lodi crematorium. The community extends its heartfelt condolences to Vijit and his entire family.

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There's a NY Dosco Get-together on Friday 20th, 2008 at AVA Lounge, Rooftop @ The Dream Hotel, 210 W 55th St., New York, NY. we will be Kanti Bajpai (Headmaster) and Sati Puri from the Alumni Board will be attending. The last two were a big success. Don't miss this one and bring your partners as well.

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The singing passion of Raman Kapoor finally emerges from the shadow of his business profile. The sixty year old Raman makes his debut into the Music Circuit with his First Album ' Kyu Tune Dil Ko Toda ', an Album of Love Songs of a typical heart-broken lover. This Album of Love songs, composed by Nikhil Kamath and Satish Sharma, is a compilation of nine tracks that has taken him almost two years.

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The highlight of this year Board Exams was the excellent performance of Gaurav Sood 24-H who topped the All India ISC (Class 12) Board Exams with an awesome Average of 99%. He scored 100% in Maths & Chemistry, 98% in Physics & English, 95% in EVE, and 94% in Western Music & Economics.

In ISC from a total of 67 boys , 88% got over 80% while 25% got over 90%. The class average was 85.4%

ICSE boys (Class 10) bettered their last years average percentage of 84.6 to 85.2. Out of a total of 92 boys, 86% scored over 80% while 50% got over 90%. Abhishek Sharma 300-H and Vibhas Pahuja 272-O topped the ICSE in school with 96% marks.

In both ISC and ICSE exams no boy got less than 60%.

In the last few years the school has shown a steady upward rise in the Academic performance. The year 2003 seems to be a turning point in the Academic Performance of the school. Before this the average percentage of ISC and ICSE was in the mid seventies. However from 2003 the average percentage rose to the eighties and this year both had above 85%.

We like to congratulate the boys and staff of the school for the excellent results

The school now also offers the boys the option of doing the International Baccalaureate (IB) course in lieu of the ISC and the first batch of boys will be sitting for this exam in May 2009.

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Bawa Jay Singh (206-JB '97) has recently taken up the position of Business Head for Gurgaon for his property brokerage Agni Property in New Delhi. The company aims to simplify the buying, selling and leasing process for retail or business real estate in Gurgaon and Delhi. For more details, contact Jay on jay@agniproperty.com +91 124 4064444.

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