The group arranges to start praying.
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Everyone concentrating.
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Prafulla Bhaina chnanting the mantra and others following him.
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The outer hall of the Lord Shuva temple at Vedavyas.
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Friends preparing to pray at Vedavyas for a friend.
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Rashmikant and Laxminivas
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Mihir, Sadasiv, Prasanna and Upendra.
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Niyati is all smiles to receive the memento from Dr. Mohapatra.
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Sadasiv, Surendra, Ramesh, Sachi and Rasmi. Rare chance to sit together after 30 years.
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Prasanna during morning hours on 12th.
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The end of the small formal function.
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Mama, Niyati and Sadasiv's daughter receives the memento on their behalf from Dr. D N Mohapatra.
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Usha is all smiles to have received it from Dr. D N Mohapatra.
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Getting craved images of Lord Jagannath, Balabhadra and Subhadra was Prafulla Bhaina's ides. He gets one from Dr. D N Mohapatra.
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Dr. Mohapatra hands over one to Upendra.
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Rasmikant and Nalini Jatania, memento and Dr. DN Mohapatra.
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Umesh Chowdhury and wife receive it from Dr. D N Mohapatra.
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Dr. Mohapatra also hands over the memento to Surendra and Rukmani.
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Sudarshan and wife get it from Dr. D N Mohapatra, Director, IGH, RSP.
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Sachi receives the memento from Dr SKR Prusty, a physician from IGH. Dr. Prusty was a couple of years junior to us in MKCG.
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Ramesh and his wife receive the memento from Dr. CM Rao, a Chest Physician in IGH. Dr. Rao was a couple of years junior to us in MKCG.
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Nikunja and his wife receive the memento from Dr. Amulya Acharya.
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Pranati and Prasanna get it from Dr. Jagannath Behera who was like Dr. Uma a batch junior to us at MKCG.
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Manju mentions of certain anectodes of MKCG days.
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Nirmal and Manju get it from Dr. Uma Devi who now is working as Joint Director in IGH.
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Mihir grts it from Dr. Hemalata Satpathy, yet another senior student from MKCG- the same batch as Dr. D N Mohapatra.
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Dr. Arun Kumar Mohanty and Laxminivas.
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Dr. R R Mohapatra, a senior from Dr. D N Mohapatra's batch after a long stint in ITBP has set up practice in Rourkela. He presents the memento to Gita Padhy.
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Dr. Jayakrishna Patnaik, another senior batch syudent presenting the memento to Baikuntha.
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Dr. PN Patnaik, CDMO, Sundargarh and a senior batch student from MKCG presenting the memento to Baidyanath and his wife.
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Ajoy introducing himself to the guests of the evening.
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Ajoy Upadhyaya being presented a reunion memento by Dr. D.N. Mohapatra, Director, M&HS, Rourkela Steel Plant.
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Prasanna not able to place Rabi, our batchmate from Cuttack who came to meet Surendra DAsh, Gita Padhy's husband.
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Mama in action2
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Mama in action1
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Mama in action.
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The function started with a Lord Jagannath Vandana by Prafulla Bhaina and was later followed by a solo dance recital by the intellectually challenged daughter of Niyati and Sadasiv.
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Another view of the gathering.
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The gathering listening to Mihir who presided.
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The gathering.
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Sadasiv talking nonsense and Prasanna and Prafulla Bhaina laughing.
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The small formal function. On the first row the guests from left Dr. R Rajguru Mohapatra, Dr. D N Mohapatra, Director, Medical and Health Services, RSP, Dr. Premanada Patnaik, CDMO, Sundargarh, Dr. Jaya Krishna Patnaik, Cytologist, IGH and our own Uday.
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Rasmi seems to be engrossed seeing the pictures taken by Ajit 5 years back at Puri.
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They are batchmates too. Manju and Amulya.
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The great Gazia has softened. His face has become smoother and Laxmi looks more romantic and fasionable with lesser hair.
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Dr. Radhanath Satpathy, Head of Paeditrics IGH was kind enough to bring his lap-top and projector to show us the pictures of FRIENDS-2000 taken by Ajit and sent to us through a CD.Prasanna, Uday and Upendra are the on-lookers.
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Where have the hairs gone? Ramesh and Baikuntha.
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This guest n the left of Sachi is another Surgeon fro IGH., Dr. Jagannath Behera. He was a year junior to us.
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Finally the guests started tickling in. Nirmal with Dr. Amulya Acharya, now working as a Surgeon in IGH, Rourkela and incidentally, his wife Manju Panda's classmate in MKCG.
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Nirmal, Manju and Ajoy
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