July 27, 2010The Glue That Binds ..... is 2 Years Old - Comments by Old Publicans
Dear Old Publicans,
Thank You for your emails and kind words about the Old Publicans website in response to my email and article "The Glue That Binds ...".
I am reproducing the emails that I have received over the last few days (in chronological sequence).
The Old Publicans website is a labor of love for our beloved school, and with your continued support and cooperation, I will keep it operational.
With kind regards. Administrator Notice: This electronic mail is intended only for the addressee(s). Any use, distribution, copying or disclosure by unauthorized personnel is strictly prohibited
Email from Jamal Nasser (Class of 1975)
From: J Nasser
Appreciate all your hard work...
Email from Syed Amir Haider (Class of 1974)
From: amir haider
May Allah bless us all and our efforts to stay together
Email from Javed Jabbar, Chairman, PAT (Class of 1961)
From: Javed Jabbar
Dear Ashraf Kapadia sahib, Email from Muhammad Syed ul Haque (Class of 1983)
From: M. Syed ul Haque
Dear Sir
Thank you very much for your kind email.
Certainly our website is a glue and binding force for all the publicans. I, indeed appreciate and grateful to you and all those who took part in launching this website and playing important role in aintain it.
I am always in search of publicans who have not joined hands with us yet. In todays Letter to the Editor, Dawn (July 22, 2010), Mr. S. Nayyar Iqbal Raza has I some of his experience. He is an oldpublican. I I know him and sure he is from very senior batch then mine. I haven't seen his profile in our website. I would like to have him and every publican be part of our net.
Thank you
Best regards Batch 1983
Email from Salman Alvi (Class of 1970)
From: Salman Alvi
Dear Ashraf,
Congratulations and hats off to you and your team to have created and maintained such a brilliant forum. Of course the 'Glue' of Publicans is very strong.
Great Job!
Salman Alvi
Email from Khawaja Fariduddin (Class of 1961)
From: ITD KARACHI PAKISTAN
Dear Ashraf,
Your email informing completion of two years of Old Publicans Website. It is indeed a great achievement and the credit goes entirely repeat entirely to you - Ashraf Kapadia for creating, for maintaining and continuously updating info on Publicans. In fact it may not be an exaggeration to say that you are the Glue that is binding the Publicans together through your exceptional Website.
Please keep up the good work.
Regards,
Farid (Khawaja Fariduddin - Class of 1961) Cell : 0300 8259999
Email from Mumtaz Ahmad Siddiqui (Class of 1972)
From: Mumtaz Siddiq
Dear Ashraf
I fail in accumulating the words to convey and match the wonderful work you have done. My Salutations and prayers, for giving a nostalgia which has been a joy for so many.
We are also thankful to your spouse for the understanding and support she has given you and in return allowed all of us an overwhelming experience.
This site is as like no other, a true work of love and passion.
May Allah bless you and bestow you with health and happiness.
Kind Regards
Mumtaz SIDDIQ Class of 1961 0345 5191999
Email from Masood Alam (Class of 1964)
From: masood alam
Dear Kapadia Assalamoalykum
Regards. lt colonel masood alam(retd)
Email from Ahmed Nadeem Shaikh (Class of 1986) From: Shaikh Ahmed Nadeem
great work
Email from Afzal Rahman (Class of 1962)
From: AFZAL RAHMAN
Dear Ashraf,
Email from Javed K. Siddiqui (Class of 1969)
From: Javed K. Siddiqui
Dear Ashraf,
Your efforts in keeping us connected are really commendable and we all appreciate "in silence", all your efforts, evident and not so evident to most of us.
Javed K Siddiqui
Email from Intisar H. Alvi (Class of 1971)
From: Intisar Alvi
Dear Ashraf
I have no words of appreciation for you. Whatever I may say would not reflect my feelings. You have really done an excellent job. The website reflects your attachment with the school and your creative skills. I hope that you will continue to look after your creation with same enthusiasm and dedication. I am sure you will receive all cooperation from all of us for strenghtening the binding of all Publicans (Old and Young). Intisar H. Alvi (1971)
Email from Qamar Adil Owais Kazmi (Class of 1969)
From: Qamar Kazmi
Dear Ashraf,
It is we the Old Publicans who are grateful to you for bringing all the Publicans together. During our get together on July 16, we were talking about and appreciating your efforts to keep uis all together. Keep it up. We definitely need it.
Regards, Adil
Email from Mazeena Rafi (Class of 1969)
From: Mazeena Rafi
Dear Administrator,
Email from Mirza Naseeruddin (Class of 1969)
From: Mirza
It is time to celebrate the 2nd year as a "party" & to thank the 8 in 1 team in a befitting manner. I beleive Anis is coming to Karachi for a few days on early August, so we can do it then. Again, I second Adil's sentiments. Email from Waseem Ghani (Class of 1963)
From: waseem ghani
Dear Ashraf,
It was good to hear from you & congratulations on the two years of constructive operations & maintaining the web site so wonderfully. The glue that binds us is Public School is a special glue In the manufacturing of this glue the ingredients used contained mutual respect, love , helping each other, respect of our teachers , getting to know each other on friendly & equal terms , seeing to each other needs, not only respecting each but extra care towards ladies , rising above self & suffer, if one can give comfort to a lady Publican, with our love & respect for each other set an example for the new generation. Acting like a well knitted family ,always be present for each other in the time of need. If all this is in the present binding glue than nothing can make it apart & this rare glue will be in great demand & will not only set the nation but this global village on the right path. Dear Ashraf, I am writing the second part of MY MEMORIES IN THE TIME TUNNEL 50 YEARS BACK along with some rare , priceless documents related to my classmates & schoolmates . Once complete I will send it for your review. Warm regards,
Email from Muhammad Nasim (Class of 1969)
From: Nasim muhammad
Dear Ashraf,
You are doing great and appreciated your sincere devotion to unite old friends, regards,
Nasim NY
Email from Syed Hidayat Hasan (Class of 1976)
From: Hidayat Hasan
Email from Azhar Hussain (Class of 1963)
From: Azhar Hussain
Dear Ashraf
I can only say: WELL DONE & KEEP IT UP
Indeed your continuous commitment and contribution is exemplary and unparalleled Warm regards and best wishes CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER THE HUNAR FOUNDATION Tel: +9221-34530342 Cell: 0333-2255439
Email from Syed Ayaz Mahmood (Class of 1974)
From: Ayaz Mahmood
Dear Kapadia Sahib,
Email from Ahmar J. Iqbal (Class of 1979)
From: Iqbal, Ahmar Jehanzeb
Ashraf sb
Email from Naseem H. Zaidi (Class of 1968)
From: Naseem Zaidi
Dear Ashraf,
My sincere regards and salute to your hard efforts, keep it up. Naseem Zaidi Class 1968
Email from Tahir Hanif (Class of 1981)
From: " Tahir "
Dear Ashraf Sahib Assalamualaikum Thanks for your kind email. I am sorry to write so late as I was travelling. I have not words to thank you for your extreme hard work & devotion with Publicans. May ALLAH Bless you. I met many class mates through this site. Tahir ( Class of 1981)
Email from Farooq Nadeem Siddiqi (Class of 1964)
From: Farooq Nadeem
Dear Ashraf Kapadia,
I have always been appreciating the hardwork you have put in and gluingour school mates. Two years back i used to miss my school but never knew that the bonds will again be united.
I belong to Class 10B of 1964 and becaue of your efforts I had a small get together at my home. We were 13 in numbers then but if u multiply it with 44 (as we were uniting after 44 years) the gathering was of 572 people (13 x44). It was a wonderful evening. Dr Arif Alvi left his meeting in NWFP and attended the party. Everyone was just laughing happy and remembering the old school days. We were acting like school boys and girls. We could hardly remember ourselves by faces but we remembered by the events and the teachers. Hats off to you.
Let me tell you one thing more very interesting. I was married in 1980 and since then I know a cousin of my wife. but in 2008 I came to know she is my class fellow (same clas same section). This happened all because of you.
I would like that we have one grand get together again.
Farooq Nadeem Class of 10B, 1964
Email from Nasir Waheed (Class of 1969)
From: Nasir Waheed
Dear Ashraf,
Thank you for providing us a window to look back in our wonderful years at Cant Public School. Without your efforts we would have only dreamt about the past glorious years. With your website and help of other Publicans who uploaded pictures of school years, we can now give a picture of our thoughts and dreams and share with our children as to how our years at the CPS looked by showing them the wonderful pictures of our school years.
Your commitment and putting the thought in action has produced a wonderful website. This is a beacon for all those who are thinking of good things should act upon their thoughts so that many such acts may materialize and goods things happen in our society.
Once again I thank you in making us proud and privileged to be a Publican. You no doubt have proved to be a very good Administrator. May our country have such administrators at the helm of affairs for good and better governance.
With warm regards
Nasir Waheed
Email from Syed Adnan Shafqat (Class of 1984)
From: Adnan Shafqat
Dear Mr. Ashraf (The Administrator),
Email from Saleem Ibrahim Kapoorwala (Class of 1969)
From: Saleem Kapoorwala
Dear Ashraf,
Great effort on your part, its takes a lot of commitment and resolve to pursue such an endeavour .
regards Saleem Kapoorwala Doha Qatar ( class of 1969)
Email from Salman Ahmad Siddique (Class of 1985)
From: Salman Siddique
Dear Mr. Kapadia,
Thank you for all your efforts and a start of a wonderful site that I believe will benefit us publicans for many years to come. The credit truly goes to you and your staff. I think the ideas only come to fruition with efforts and dedication from folks like yourself that have the guts to take time out of your schedule which I am positive is hectic.
In all honesty, since my departure from Public School in 1985, I was rarely in touch with anyone other than my father's (S. M. Siddique), fellow friends and teachers that occasionally come to visit him at home. On my visit to Pakistan in 2008, I was told by my older brother, also a Publican, Imran Siddique, told me about the golden jubilee celebrations which I happen to miss by one day. This initiated a search for my mates and i am happy to say that this website got me reconnected with my classmates and have met some of them in recent days.
I recently visited and met many Publicans in Washington D.C. at the house of Publican Mr. Qamar Kazmi and had the opportunity to meet with Publican Mr. Jabbar and found out about the activities of PAT in Karachi. Hopefully, I will get to meet him again on his visit to Philadelphia. All of this may not have happened, if it was not for this website.
I am sure you are getting many responses as a result of "The Glue That Binds" so I thought why not give you my two cents. We call it our "Alma Mater" that means "Nourishing Mother" and I will always be thankful to you for reminding me that.
Keep up the good work
Salman Siddique (Class of 1985)
Email from Noorul Haq Siddiqui (Class of 1969)
From: Noorul Siddiqui
My dearest Ashraf (aka Administrator) AOA,
Email from Masood A. Bhatty (Class of 1969)
From: masood bhatty
Dear Ashraf
Email from Shahid Karimullah (Class of 1963)
From: Shahid Karimullah
Dear Ashraf
What I honestly worry about is that after our generation is gone will this all that has been set up with so much of hard work and pains continue? Dedicated persons like you are not easy to find . For creating this website I salute you and for maintaining it I salute you once more.My appreciation is for your wife as well.
Email from Sohail Hameed Khan (Class of 1964)
From: Sohail Khan
Dear Ashraf Kapadia Saheb, Salam alaykum.
First of all, I must apologize for not writing to you earlier - I confess that I missed the email everyone is referring to due to excessive travel in the past couple of weeks.
The website is a GREAT piece of work, to say the least. The beauty of any product is really in it's details, the quality of your website demonstrates the effort and creativity you have put in the design - designing an application is an art and you have done a great job! I am a member of a couple of other associations/alumnae who have considerable resources available to them but have not come up with something even close to the Oldpublicans' website.
Thank you for this excellent glue that has brought all of us together again!!
With best wishes and prayers for you, Sohail Hameed Khan Class of '64
Email from Aamir Ahmed (Class of 1977)
From: A Ahmed
Dear Ashraf There is an old philosophical riddle: if a tree falls in a forest and no one hears it, did it make a sound? The creation of the Old Publicans as an organization, by its founding members, was a very good initiative indeed. However your efforts in creating the website, and maintaining it with such diligence and care, has made OP relevant to many more who would have remained oblivious of its existence, completely, or only come across it occasionally.
What your efforts have further done is to produce a digital, historical, archive of an excellent school, which shall remain for another generation even if the structures and buildings have suffered the inevitable ravages of time.
A publican three cheers to you: hip, hip, hooray!!! Warm regards Aamir
Email from Haider Yar Khan (Class of 1969)
From: Haider Khan
Dear Ashraf You are doing a commendable job; and are really successful in gluing us together. If somehow you see the response is not as good as you expect, dont worry, we all read mails coming from dear good old (young) "Administrator", appreciate it, think to reply but skip to next mail which is pushing us to attend and reply........... Ashraf is it possible to jump to a particular article in the attached magazine, because the sequential access at times causes loss of interest. Please keep up with good job Haider Yar Khan
From: muhammad mobin iqbal
Congratulations for completing successful 02 year of "Old Publicans" website. Remain Thankful.
Muhammad Mobin Iqbal (1978)
Original Email from Old Publicans-Administrator
From: Old Publicans-Administrator
Dear Old Publicans,
The Old Publicans website completes 2 Years of operations today, and I would like to take this opportunity to Thank You and other Publicans without whose support it would not have been possible to create, maintain, and operate the Old Publicans website.
When I launched the website 2 years ago, on July 22, 2008, it only contained information on 50 Publicans and a few photographs. Today, with your support and cooperation, the website contains information on 785 Publicans, 14 School Magazines, and hundreds of photographs and other memorabilia.
Some time ago, I had written an article titled "The Glue That Binds .....". This article narrates the story of the creation of the Old Publicans website, and was published in the 2009 Alumni Yearbook. I have now added this article in the "News & Events" section of the website. You can view the article by going to the news item dated July 22, 2010 or by simply clicking here.
I hope that the Old Publicans website will continue to be the glue that binds all of us together, and I look forward to your continued support, as well as, suggestions for improvement.
Thank You.
With kind regards. Administrator Notice: This electronic mail is intended only for the addressee(s). Any use, distribution, copying or disclosure by unauthorized personnel is strictly prohibited
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