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Friday, May 29, 2015

Visiting Bahrain after 20 years- Indian School, Water Garden, Adhari Park, Bab Al Bahrain, Zinj, Pepsi Cola Factory, Salmaniya, Segaya, Um Al Hasam, Tree of Life

Daniel in front of Bab Al Bahrain 2015

Visiting Bahrain after 20 years

It’s after 20 years that I finally came back to Bahrain. Though I’m an Indian from the state of Kerala, I was born and raised here. When I left Bahrain in 1995, I took along with me valuable and precious memories most of which I still remember today. However when I returned here in Feb 2015, I realised that a lot has changed in the last 20 years. The 1995 map that I had stored in my mind is no longer the one I saw now in front of my eyes. There have been so many changes. There are few things that still remain the same though. I was happy to see Sana building in Salmaniya. Then a few restaurants and cold stores too remain the same. Everything else has changed. I came here along with my family. I was meeting up with few of my old Indian School buddies, my relatives and old family friends. And yes we all had a fab time. Libu Babu George, our friend who passed away in 2014 was definitely missed.

Island of Bahrain now Kingdom of Bahrain

The last time I remember, Bahrain was called the Island of Bahrain and it was ruled by His Highness Sheikh Isa Bin Salman Al Khalifa. There was a Pepsi Cola factory where I lived near Zinj and of course we had the famous Pearl Of Barhrain standing strong as a major landmark. Bahrain was popularily called the Island of Pearls. I remember Shoe Mart and 21^st Century Games near to Dairy Queen. On both Fridays I went to Marthoma Church service being held at National Evangelical Church (NEC) along with my relatives. I have so many wonderful memories of church, Sunday school, choir, prayer meetings and vbs at NEC.

Water Garden, Indian School, Adhari Park, Manama 2015

Shawarmas, Salmaniya & Indian School

Indian School, Dairy Queen, Water Garden, Manama 2015

Well, this trip was a return to the past in one major way- we had shawarmas, burgers, sun tops, menu, etc-. We also visited our old parks like Water Garden and Adhari Park. We had burgers from Dairy Queen. We visited Manama, Bab Al Bahrain, Amwaj Island, Salmaniya, Segaya, Um Al Hassam. We went to see Saudi Causeway but it was closed as they were building a new tower. We did visit Tree of Life. But the most memorable place we visited was our old school, Indian School at Isa Town. We met few of our old teachers and sirs. Mrs Sequeira, Mrs Usha Jayakumar, Mrs. Laila Punoose, Mrs. Sreelatha, Mr, Vishwambharan, Mr. Abdulla from the Office, Mr Haji our Band Sir, Mr Benny our Volleyball Sir, etc-. It’s really God’s grace that we got to meet these teachers after so long. Many teachers left the school and few passed away like Mrs. Leelama, Mr Vasudevan, Mrs. Shangunni, etc.

Time was really short this time and so we have decided to visit Bahrain once more and visit more friends who we were not able to meet this time and visit even more places. Overall we all had a great time and Bahrain is a great place to visit.

Some pics of our Bahrain visit.

With Volley Ball Coach Mr. Benny, Indian School 2015

Daniel at Adhari Park, 2015

Saturday, June 22, 2013

My Bahrain Memories- Indian School Magazine Pushpanjali 93

My Bahrain Memories- Indian School Bahrain Magazine Pushpanjali 93 Photos

When I went back home to Kerala the last time, I found two Indian School Magazines- years 1989-90 and 1993. I also found a 1994 Newsletter.

I just saw the cover pages and I got tempted to open them and flip through each page. But with each flip my life went back to those glorious days of my life. For some time I was back in my school, running around the entire campus, playing with my friends, creating maximum havoc until the teacher came to the class, throwing chalks at each other, discussing our favourite cartoons, serials, movies and pop songs... well the list goes on. So I quickly snapped away from my trance because my present man was constantly reminding me to come back to the present real life. And so my sad return to reality became a reality! And this trance happens all the time, whenever I see anything about Bahrain, about school or whenever I have free time and have the luxury to travel all the way back to my Indain School years.

Anyway, this time I didnt have enough time so I decided to capture some of the pages of the book in my camera. And I just kept on clicking page after page.

Well, here are some of the pages I clicked and I am sure you ex ISB students will also be tranced back to your most memorable school life years. So go ahead...

Pages from Pushpanjali 93- Indian School Bahrain Magazine 1993