Cover Story: 11 August, 2013 | Hindustan Times
The Thinking Group 1980-1987
Row 1 Professor Randhir Jain (Pol Sc), Dr. Anil Sardana SBS, Sydney R Rebeiro, Professor Hari Mohan Sharma (currently, Head Department of Hindi University of Delhi)
Row 2 Professor K.B. Gupta (SCC/ SOL), Dr. Iris Paintal (Lady Irwin), Dr Ranjana Srivastava (CIE/ UNICEF), Dr Reeta Sahney, Dr Neelu Khanna (CVS) Ms Sushma Munjal, Dr P Sood (Shyam Lal) and Professor Gulshan Taneja (RLA later Secretary The Thinking Group).
Venue: At 16 C DDA SFS Masjid Moth, New Delhi 110049 (Dr Reeta Sahney’s Residence) 02.02.1985.
Seated Sushma Munjal, Gulshan, Roma and Ms Meenakshi Rani (now, Chief WarLaw SC and renowned astrologer).
DUTSC: Delhi University Teachers Sports Club, 1969-1990
The Delhi University Teachers Sports Club was registered in 1976.
Patron: Vice Chancellor
President: Dr SS Sareen SBS
Vice President: Dr D S Claire SGTB Khalsa
Founder Secretary: A P Gupta
Joint Secretary: Vimal Dhawan ARSD
Secretary (1972 – 1990): Sydney Rebeiro SBS
Below photograph is from the Club Prize Distribution.
L-R Secretary – Convener Sydney Rebeiro, President Dr SS Sareen, Tej P Arora, Delhi L G Krishan Chand ICS Retd (Rohini Nayyar’s father) and VC Professor Dr R C Mehrotra. The Chief Guest arrived, accompanied by the Vice Chancellor and Sydney Rebeiro followed by Club President Mr SS Sareen. Location: Tagore Hall, University Enclave, March 1976.
Sir Maurice Gwyer Trophy Cricket Tournament for DU Staffs, Bharat Sewa Trust Chief A R Shervani bats for the Tourney!
Row 1 Kneeling: Ashok Chadha, Anil Sardana and SR.
Row 2 Standing: S S Sareen, Kailash Bagadia, Tej Arora
Centre Pro VC Professor P C Mukherji, Vimal Dhawan and Professor Gurbakhsh Singh.
Independent India’s First Postmistress
MARY ISAACS REBEIRO
(1904 – 1983)
Celebrating The pioneering First Postmistress of India and her distinguished Family
Mary Isaacs Rebeiro
22 October 1904 – 2 November 1983
The first lady to head a Post Office (Kashmere Gate, Maiden’s Hotel and Mori Gate, from 1940) in an all – male Postal environment when less than 1% of India’s Organised Sector workforce was female and 16% Indians were literate
Affectionately called dak khane ki memsaab by the thousands she served, especially among illiterates and the weaker sections
In times when Post Offices were the main, often only, such centres she served Delhi’s prestigious St. Stephen’s Hospital, The Indian Express, Queen Mary’s, Maiden’s/ Swiss Hotels, Chief Commissioner-Magistrates/ The District Courts, Carlton’s (commissioned 1922 by Viceroy Daniel Isaacs who also founded Delhi University 1922) Jagat Narain Seth (owner of Ritz, Novelty and Jagat Cinemas) ace photographer Kulwant Roy and eminent writer Nirad C Chaudhuri, diplomats and foreign tourists in elite Civil Lines – Kashmere Gate – Mori Gate
Daughter of distinguished Anglo – Indian parents Sarah Rose and Revd JS Isaacs (Jt Commissioner Lahore/ Delhi’s Revenues Officer 1920s) niece of Principal Eric Isaacs MA, sister of Grace, Stephen Isaacs MA IAS, John Isaacs MSc, George Isaacs (DE Telegraphs) and Theophilus Isaacs (Electrical Engineer, Sheffield UK) and cousin of Brigadier Sam Isaacs, beloved wife of John Rebeiro (Delhi 1909/ Delhi Improvement Trust/ DDA) cherished mother of Jeanette (Church High, now DPS/ Presentation Convent / Trinity School of Music London 1940s)
Oldest worshiping family of the oldest Church (1836) in Delhi, St. James since 1910.
The Isaacs’, The Dountings and The Stimpsons (UK) The Josephs (Delhi – Bombay) and son Prof Sydney Rebeiro MA (Delhi) / Cambridge UK / Kentucky USA Res: A 681 Sarita Vihar, New Delhi 110076 R : 26953434 O : 27666665 sydneyrebeiro@yahoo.com and sydneyrebeiro@gmail.com
Marking the Family’s Centenary in the Capital City Delhi 1909 – 2009