About 50 years ago, we started our journey with like-minded ex-students, fired by a zeal to serve our Alma Mater. From the very beginning, what held us together was our unfailing friendship, which developed during our hostel life. Together we faced our examinations, inter-school contests, exhibitions, football and cricket matches, and many other challenges. We were at once rivals and friends — often at opposite sides in competitions but finally always a member of the same team. We were boot-strapped but there were always enough dreams and laughter to go around. Perhaps because we shared so much of each other’s lives that even today, we carry a bit of our friends within ourselves. The boys of Narendrapur now live and work in cities across the world. But we are still a team.