Sports and Games Archive
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Was Loyola really different?
Posted on 15 March 2009 | 25 CommentsIn the 1980s, a popular claim was that Loyola School was different from other schools. Whenever a Loyolite was quizzed by friends or relatives as to why his school did... -
25 Years Ago: 1983-84
Posted on 30 December 2008 | 12 CommentsLast year on 30 December, I began the “25 Years Ago” series based on school magazines, by writing about 1982-83. Let’s move a year forward and see what Loyola was... -
Painter of Signs: Giles Francis
Posted on 15 March 2008 | 26 CommentsIn junior school in the early 1980s, we were assigned to either of the two clubs, Sparrows and Magpies. But on Sports Day and for inter-house games, we were free... -
25 Years Ago: 1982-’83
Posted on 30 December 2007 | 17 CommentsNewspapers like the New York Times and The Hindu offer a history section where they cull out news reports from the archives and present slices of the past. For Loyola,... -
It Happened in Loyola
Posted on 15 August 2007 | 9 CommentsI invited Jiby John Kattakayam (1998), a master at retelling stories, to share two original, unpublished Loyola anecdotes for my blog. – Ashok A Long, Long Lunch Break There was...