The 2001 batch of Women’s Christian College
After the film 96, there is a pervasive trend of organising the silver jubilee reunion on a grand and memorable scale. ‘Memorable’ usually translates to adding extra layers to the celebration, sometimes making it extended to include a stop at a scenic location beyond the campus, say, a dinner at a resort. Rarely does ‘memorable’ mean paring the celebration to its bare minimum and make it meaningful, not just to the alumni but the wider world.When they met for their 25th on their campus in Nungambakkam on July 10, the 2001 batch of Women’s Christian College embraced the rarer version of “memorable”, having the event guided largely by two factors, simplicity and ecological sustainability.Saranya Palanichami, a readily recognised name in sustainability circles, being part of this batch, one expected plastics to be shown the door. But the scale of the zero-waste consciousness she ushered in was beyond what was imagined.
The plants given to teachers and the ‘enthu pataani’ souvenir for alumnae.
| Photo Credit:
Kannal Achuthan
