While reading Hilla Guzder’s article ("We have created history,” Parsiana, August 2004) on the Holiday Programme for Youth (HPY) I was shocked to see no mention made whatsoever of Dr Ketayun Madon, the first director of HPY.
I was in HPY in 1987, its inaugural year. The program was excellent and it dealt with various aspects of religion, history, social interaction and character building. Madon, ably assisted by Diana Marfatia and Kamal Damania, did a magnificent job of molding 70 teenagers. We had religious instruction classes, career guidance, trips to Sanjan and Navsari, and much more.
Most of us joked about being......