Tributes to our Mosaboni Colleagues!

Dear Fellow friends,

Just to let every one know that we have lost following friends and our heart goes with their families. I have started jotting down their names here and pay our respects to our fellow colleagues on behalf of myself and on behalf from all of Mosaboni fraternity, some may know them some may not. Few of them I do not have a family photo, sooner I get it will place on my blog.

It is not necessary that I or U may know them personally, but the fact being they all worked for the same goal at ICC.

The ones, I have been told, who are not with us:

1. Late D K Sen - Diamond Drilling Engineer, (settled in Calcutta, when tragedy took place),
2. Late Dr. S. Ramarathnam -Geologist, Rakha Copper Project, (settled in Banglore, when tragedy took place)
3. Late Desmond Ross - Mosaboni Mines --- (Refer photo on blog),
4. Late Edward O'Shaughnessy - Garage Foreman, Mosaboni- (Refer photo on blog),
5. Late B L Khandelwal - Mining, (settled in Jaipur, when tragedy took place),
6. Late Mrs A K Ghosh, wife to Mr Amal K Ghosh - Chief Electrical Engineer, (settled in Calcutta, when tragedy took place),
7. Late Mrs S K Gulati, passed away on 09th July' 1994 (Malanjkhand), wife to Mr S K Gulati - Chief Mechanical Engineer,Mr Gulati is settled at Indore, India.
8. Late A P Banerjee, - Chief Safety Officer, MSB, passed away in Jan' 2003 (settled in Ghatsila, when tragedy took place), his son is working in Bombay & Mrs A P Banerjee settled in Calcutta, India.
9. Late G C Mittal - Mining, (settled in .................., when tragedy took place).
10. Late B B Sarkar - Mining., (settled in Tata Nagar when tragedy took place).
11. Late L N Mishra - Mining, died in an unexpected road accident on Surda Mine turn off.
12. Late A K Singh - Mining, died due to his ailment, blood cancer, some time in 2007/08.

Nostalgia by Photos of Mosaboni Days - HCL/ICC

Ghatslia Rly Station

Well for every town, city, or a place, the most important mode of transport are Bus, Taxi, Air and Train. For all of of us, Ghatsila Station had been a long dent in our hearts, either to see off our friends, relatives or our own travel either for business or personal travel (like leaving for home on leave etc).
This photo taken from the collection of Ruchita Prasad. Looks to be better out look, as at least steps to platform looks newly built.

Ghatsila Railway Station - What a great smile !

View of Ghatsila Railway Station Platform 1

I have taken these photos from the collection of our colleagues children Rekha Dev & Dolonchampa Chadhuri and bring back to us Nostalgia of this place, which I believe will always be remembered in our hearts.

Mosaboni Post Office

Next very important place was Mosaboni Post office, where all our letters used to come and delivered by postman to every home, flat, bungalow or hostel old or new, long tom etc. and same for out going letters both business or personal.

I can only see, a cycle/scooter shed added in front of it.

One of my friend Mr. M L Dhar used to live diagonally opposite this post office in the bungalow. His father retired from Mosaboni during our times there. As you face post office, on the left was a two floor, home of our contractor Ram Rich Pal whose son's Lalu Lal and Kailash Agarwal carried on the legacy and business with Mosaboni Group, for tail disposal, to road construction to buliding roads etc.

Facing post office on right was a road or main artery leading to mine general offices / mines and south side road lead to Pathargora Mine, Surda Mine etc to Ghatsila Railway Station or Tatanagar.

Some of the other landmarks close to post office were: Near by grocery shops, JTQ Flats, ICC Flats, Mines Club, Church, MSB Stores (Mr Chaudhary was head clerk, if people recall was also the person whose son / and his employee's used to deliver newspaper and magazines to our homes. And another bifurcation of that road lead to Recreation Club, Middle School and St Joseph Convent School etc at the far end and yes.......

Mosaboni Mine Bakery Owner's son

 
Mosaboni Mine popular Bakery (a always great smile from owner' son who served us, with our purchases), possibly that smile always make me still feel as if, I am in Mosaboni. How about children, they will certainly remember this man and some may remember his father.

We were leaving Mosaboni for good in Dec' 1989, and I recall coming to his shop for settling our bills, as children used to pick up cream rolls, biscuits etc, on the face value of signed chit by there parents. He was nice to hand over my bill, and I left with him my address for home town, just in case any bill he forgot to charge us. Later, I remember we got a lovely letter, that we left our address, and in his apologetic  letter had one or two bills of ours to be paid, which he had misplaced then and now found it. My parents sent him money order, and he acknowledge my parents with lot of thanks.

Last time I met him was when we came back from Zambia in  1992 on our first holiday, and he had not forgotten us, and with folded hand smiles and gave me lot of thanks once again. I believe his business is still running, as you can see him giving a smile, and his shop is having good to display for selling. This shot was taken by Amrit Pal Singh recently on his trip to Mosaboni.

Nostalgia of Mosaboni Colleagues!!

Late Edward O'Shaughnessy on left and Late Desmond Ross smiling in the centre

I on behalf of Mosaboni Community, pay our tributes to Late Edward O'Shaughnessy (Mosaboni Garage Foreman) and Late Desmond Ross who are no more with us, and there legacy is being carried on by there children. I did got mail from Elvis (His family is settled in London, UK) & Roger Ross (family now settled in Bangalore, India and as his brother in Delhi, India) which I have pasted below:

Elvis O'shaughnessy January 2 2011 at 9:44am  

Hi ya, yes would like to send and so you put them in your memory blog. 

Elvis

Roger Ross January 10, 2011 at 3:45pm  

Hi Uncle & Aunt y,
First of all thanks for your wishes and yes we all do remember you all. How can we forget Mosaboni friends. Face Book  has brought us all together once again and also freshened our memories. As for me I  am based in Bangalore and the rest of my family is in Delhi mom stays with Adrian . I am working as a hair designer cum hair trainer for all India for a company called Cavin Kare . Roger Ross.

Kendriya Vidyalaya, SURDA

Lot of children had been to this school, who wanted to pursue CBSE Exams system. this will bring back memories of there school although building now is in very bad shape. I was told that school was closed, but has been again opened to facilitate children living in and around Mosaboni areas.

See the second photo with lot of litter scattered around school boundary.

God bless all, as most of our children have settled and are doing fine.

Talwar Uncle and Aunty