Page 9 - Govind 70th Birthday Book

My memories of time spent with Govind in Trinity are infinite: playing croquet; tea time in his rooms (he always served the best tea, and sandwiches, and had the smartest of rooms); trips to Grantchester, and further afield to Oxford etc. Govind moved in a smarter set than I did: he introduced me to the high life of the Etonians and the Harrovians. However, we shared a small circle of friends which included Robin Byron
and Gordon Grimes (who are both in the photo).
During term time Govind and I went our own way as I was a lawyer and Govind an engineer. It was in the vacations that we ‘hung out’ together. I remember how quiet it became in Trinity at the end of the first week of December 1971. most of the College disappeared off to their homes, but Govind and I had no such luxury. We were left in virtual sole residence of the College. We cooked meals together, and ‘shot the breeze’. That miserably cold December in a deserted College together we followed the course of the India/Pakistan war avidly “on the box” (this was a revelation to me as we had not had any television in South Africa!). So our friendship became firmly established, and we remained best friends throughout our time at University. There has not been a moment in almost 50 years in which we have not kept in touch. When we talk it is as if no time at all has passed since those heady days in Cambridge.
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