Another year moves along, and with it comes another beautiful monsoon season in the Nilgiris. August has always been a month of mist-covered hills, overflowing streams, cherished memories and the anticipation of reunions among Stanes alumni spread across the world.
🌧 Weather in Coonoor
Coonoor continues to enjoy its characteristic southwest monsoon weather. Frequent showers, cool temperatures ranging between approximately 14°C and 21°C, drifting mist and lush green hills have once again transformed the Nilgiris into one of India's most picturesque landscapes. Visitors are advised to expect intermittent rain, occasional fog and slippery hill roads while enjoying the beauty of the season.
💧 Water Situation – Karnataka & Tamil Nadu
Although the southwest monsoon has brought welcome rainfall to several regions, concerns over water availability continue in parts of southern India. Reservoir levels and rainfall distribution remain uneven across Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, with some districts recovering well while others continue to face localized drought-like conditions. Farmers continue to closely monitor rainfall patterns as the agricultural season progresses.
🌊 Cauvery Basin
The Cauvery remains central to the livelihoods of millions across both Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. As every monsoon season, reservoir storage, inflows and rainfall continue to influence water-sharing discussions. Timely rains across the catchment areas remain the key factor in ensuring adequate irrigation, drinking water supply and maintaining harmony between the basin states.
🌍 Around the World
Internationally, the geopolitical landscape continues to evolve. Developments in the Gulf region remain important for global energy markets, international trade and the large Indian expatriate community living there. Likewise, the Russia–Ukraine conflict continues to influence world politics, energy supplies, food security and economic conditions. The hope everywhere remains for diplomacy, stability and a lasting peaceful resolution to ongoing conflicts.
Despite the challenges around us, life at Stanes continues to bring people together through shared memories, photographs, friendships and stories spanning generations. Every old class photograph tells a story, every familiar face rekindles a friendship, and every contribution helps preserve our school's rich heritage.
We warmly invite all alumni to continue identifying classmates, sharing memories, contributing photographs and recording the remarkable history of Stanes Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School, Coonoor for future generations.
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| Stanes Then Pictures from 1980-81 Posted below |
CLASS 11 1960
Standing: 1.
Margaret Sundara; 2. Louisa Hart
Sitting
1.Philomena 2. Hema Samuel; 3. Averil Boesinger ; 4. Mrs Barnard Principal 5.
Janet Dowley 6. Sreemathi Seshadri 7. Bhanumathi Margabandhu
CLASS 3 1960
Top row from L 1. Ramesh Yesuthasen 2. Name Forgotten 3.
Donald Meggi 4. Jerome Balraj 5. Narayanmurthy 6.Peter Godfrey 7.Kasim 8. Richard Skully 9. Gerald John 10, Harichand 11. KK Rajan 12. Ranjan Chacko 13. Ravi Punch 14.Nandakumar Devaraj
Middle Row standing:
1.Krishnamurthy 2. Glenn Clarke 3. William
Swasbrook 4. Sheik 5. Neville
Dixon 6. Richard Scully 7. Name Forgotten 8.Jenifer Swain 9. Name Forgotten 10. Hemavathy 11. Susheedi Pathodian 12.Pamela/ Colleen Jude
Sitting : 1. Shanthi 2. Mercy Samuel 3. Girija Nagarajan 4. Usha 5. Vijayalakshmi 6. Mrs. Bernard 7. Miss
Kanaga 8. Giegie George 9.Sara Bapat
10. Name Forgotten 11 Fathima 12. Ingrid Scully
Floor :1. Balasubramaniam
J B 2. Shanker 3. Eric
Cornelius 4. Name Forgotten 5. Hillary Edwin 6. Name Forgotten 7. Ralph Forgard
8. Pussy 9. P.G.Mathew
10 Gopinath
* CLASS IV 1960*
Last row: 1. Vijayakumar Subramaniam, 2. Sheiger
Kanniah, 3. Name Forgotten, 4. Name Forgotten, 5. Vijaykumar Thomas, 6. Edward Peters, 7.
Ivan David 8 Ramamurthi 9. Roby Mani, 10. N. Krishnan Joghi, 11. Rajkumar
Samuel, 12. Name Forgotten, 13. Peter Greene.
3rd row Standing :1. Vimala Kurian, 2. Joyce Swasbrooke, 3. June
Walsh, 4. Collette Pell, 5. Maureen Swain, 6. Pamela Jude, 7. Name Forgotten, 8. Glenn
Furnell, 9 Colin Charlesworth..
2nd Row Sitting : 1. Shobha
Panikker,2. Ruby Swain, 3. Janaki Devi
Suganchand, 4. Irene James, 5. *Principal
Mrs. Barnard, 6. Class Teacher Miss Noronha,* 7. Brenda, 8. Colleen Archer, 9. Name Forgotten, 10. Janaki Bellan.,
CLASS Vl of
1960
Back Row (Standing) 1. Ninan Zachariah, 2. Vijayakumar Kanniah (Joshua),3. Ralph Swasbrook, 4. Justifus Paul, 5. Denzil Furnell, 6. Nanak Berumal, 7. Kalyanaraman, 8. George Rowland, 9. Ramprasad Ramachandran, 10. Jacob Kunenkeril,
Third Row (Standing) 1. Audrey John, 2. Maureen King, 3. Iris Walsh, 4. Gilda Ignatio, 5. Wilcy Wilson, 6. Delphine Carter
Second Row (Seated) 1. Geetha Vaidyanathan, 2. Saraswati Tinatti, 3. Katherine Stewart, 4. Jennifer Godfrey, 5. Mrs. N. Bernard (Principal), 6. Miss. Gwen Sanders (Class Teacher) , 7. Susheela Jaithmull, 8. Nargis Narayandas, 9. Indu Panicker , 10. Jeane Furnell.
Front Row ( Ground) 1. K. C. Venugopal Nair , 2. Richard Greene, 3. Archibald Hutton, 4. Eric Sopher, 5. Venkatesh Raju, 6. Gopal Vaidyanathan, 7 Jacob Mani.
3rd Row:1. Malcolm
Archer, 2. S Kumar 3. Wren Johnson 4. Christopher Hart 5. Raghubir Singh
6. Stephen Thomas 7.
Manohar Prakash(from wellington,
died while swimming in grand anicut while swimming) 8. Raj Kumar Narayandas
2nd row: 1 Amelia
Dowly,2. Cynthia Walsh 3. Gomathy Margabandu, 4 Doris Knight,5. Christine Brown
6. Irene David 7. Loretta Johnson 8.
Beryl Fegrado ,9. Anjela Roberts , 10. Nirmala Panikkar.
1st sitting:1. Hilda Pithavadian, 2. Indra Ramachandran,
3. Santa Rani Santhanam,4. Mrs N.
Bernard (Principal),5. Miss. Rozario (Class teacher) 6. Hema Nair, 7. Crystal Godfrey, 8. Anne Thomas.
Sitting Floor 1. Jim Mani, 2.
Shanthilal Jaithmul, 3. Ishwar Subramaniam,4. Tushar Dutt 5. Pattuingam ( Pattu)
HERE.
Pictures are available for viewing at http://stanescoonoorphotoalbums.blogspot.com/ , Catch up with stories and memoirs on http://stanescoonoorstories.blogspot.com/ , that site is waiting for your attention too!! Bring out the poet in you at http://stanescoonoorpoems.blogspot.com/
that site is waiting for your attention too!! Bring out the poet in you at http://stanescoonoorpoems.blogspot.com/
We, Stanes Coonoor Alumni have created a google group,
those of you wishing to join this group may send a mail on stanescoonooralumini@googlegroups.com giving your name, year of entry into Stanes, year of leaving, class upto which studied and email id,we shall add you to the group. http://stanescoonoorblog.blogspot.in/p/blog-page.html
also the School's Official Facebook page is https://www.facebook.com/StanesSchoolCoonoor?ref=br_tf
