Deepak Krishnankutty
Carlton, Was out of the country at the time and have just got to know about Gina. Please accept my sincere condolences. I also wish you the necessary strength and courage to get through this difficult time. We will all miss her...
Carlton, Was out of the country at the time and have just got to know about Gina. Please accept my sincere condolences. I also wish you the necessary strength and courage to get through this difficult time. We will all miss her...
Amar
RIP Gina! Strength and peace Carlton, friends and family of Gina. Love.
RIP Gina! Strength and peace Carlton, friends and family of Gina. Love.
Debjeet
Thank you for the music..will miss you everytime we go to Opus...however the spirit carries on..
Thank you for the music..will miss you everytime we go to Opus...however the spirit carries on..
Arun Mathew
Gina, Amazing to read and hear how you touched so many people in such a short time. Your were really special and we will miss you. Carlton, pray in this a terrible tragedy you find the courage and strength to pull through.
Gina, Amazing to read and hear how you touched so many people in such a short time. Your were really special and we will miss you. Carlton, pray in this a terrible tragedy you find the courage and strength to pull through.
Anil
I met Gina & Carlton just once in Bangalore while I was visiting there from Berkeley, California and staying with Stanley & Yvonne pinto, my longtime friends. I talked much more with Carlton but I could tell Gina was the sweetness and the strength in the equation. Since then I have communicated via email with Carlton mostly and have been following their incredible successes with Opus and Trumpit. One time in 2007 I was to visit Goa and when Carlton heard about it he offered me the use of their house & car, such generosity was almost overwhelming and I stupidly did not take advantage of it then but had hoped to see both of them in Goa in the future. I never got to know Gina until I read all these incredible messages on this blog about and to Gina. I had hoped to see her next time I came to Bangalore and I think I will still see her presence when I do get there hopefully soon. Take good care Carlton!
I met Gina & Carlton just once in Bangalore while I was visiting there from Berkeley, California and staying with Stanley & Yvonne pinto, my longtime friends. I talked much more with Carlton but I could tell Gina was the sweetness and the strength in the equation. Since then I have communicated via email with Carlton mostly and have been following their incredible successes with Opus and Trumpit. One time in 2007 I was to visit Goa and when Carlton heard about it he offered me the use of their house & car, such generosity was almost overwhelming and I stupidly did not take advantage of it then but had hoped to see both of them in Goa in the future. I never got to know Gina until I read all these incredible messages on this blog about and to Gina. I had hoped to see her next time I came to Bangalore and I think I will still see her presence when I do get there hopefully soon. Take good care Carlton!
Annie
There's no change, There's no pace, Everything within its place Just makes it harder to believe that she wont be around! Rest In Peace,Gina.You have toiled a lot. Rest In Peace.
There's no change, There's no pace, Everything within its place Just makes it harder to believe that she wont be around! Rest In Peace,Gina.You have toiled a lot. Rest In Peace.
Anoopa
Eleven days is how long it's taken me to come here and write this. I've always been inarticulate when it's most important to talk; it's a gift. A gift, unfortunately, unlike all your great ones Gina. I'm not going to list them. Everybody knows, more importantly you know. I'll miss our discussions about Neil Diamond and I'll never forget how you "cured" me of my potential hip-replacement surgery! That memory is one of my all-time happy moments. If we could all handle life with half the style, sense and charm that you did, I think we'd be doing very well for ourselves. At least I'm going to try. Goodbye for now, and see you soon in that great gig in the sky you've no doubt got going. So much love.
Eleven days is how long it's taken me to come here and write this. I've always been inarticulate when it's most important to talk; it's a gift. A gift, unfortunately, unlike all your great ones Gina. I'm not going to list them. Everybody knows, more importantly you know. I'll miss our discussions about Neil Diamond and I'll never forget how you "cured" me of my potential hip-replacement surgery! That memory is one of my all-time happy moments. If we could all handle life with half the style, sense and charm that you did, I think we'd be doing very well for ourselves. At least I'm going to try. Goodbye for now, and see you soon in that great gig in the sky you've no doubt got going. So much love.
Rhea
Dear Carlton, I have suffered the loss of a loved one before and most of the times “Time heals all” has proved to be true. Not this time though. I have been carrying on with life in a dazed manner ever since this happened, trying to immerse myself at work and distract myself from the reality. Fat lot of good that has done! Every time I close my eyes, I see her smiling. There is a real ache in my heart and a sinking feeling in my stomach gets only worse when I think of the ones she left behind – you, the Campos family and all the thousands of lives she touched. Gina and Karen have been the sisters I never had. I will be eternally grateful to Shaks for introducing me to this wonderful family. I met Karen in the year 2000 when you guys were staying in Cook Town (David’s house) and through Karen I met her wonderful family. Over the years, although I did not spend a lot of time with GC (our nickname for Gina and Carlton), you guys have always had a special place in my heart. I didn’t realise it while it was happening but I was so awed by Gina and her superwoman traits that I see traces of her in my life all the time. My house has always had mattresses on the floor and comfy cushions as I saw that was what Gina had done to her house. My house always has a fully equipped larder, if you may, which not only has food but has a stock of all the things that one may need starting from toothbrushes and soaps to mosquito repellents. I went and bought crocs in different colours when I saw Gina’s. I became more confident, more able to deal with things that life threw at me, keeping in mind Gina’s amazing strength. As I said earlier, she and Karen are like the sisters I never had, although Gina was a much older sister that I respected a lot and was scared of a lot of times and Karen more of the buddy and partner in crime. Gina did things for me that made her slip effortlessly into that older sister slot. Whether it was making coffee and whipping up a quick breakfast en route to getting ready for work because Amma was late while we lazed around on the mattresses, making cocktails for us herself at parties or rolling her eyes as Karen and I sneaked upstairs behind Auntie Marie’s and Uncle Eugene’s backs to smoke. She got really mad once at Komi because she burnt her hair trying to light a cigarette on the gas stove. Another time I was talking to Vivek at Opus and asking him about a serial number I was asked to enter on the My Opus Radio website and Vivek said that was something they had started earlier but it was no longer needed or something to that affect. Gina was talking to someone else at that time and she turned and cocked her eyes at Vivek and said, “So give the number to her na baba, since she is asking for it.” Sigh, Gina, the protective sister. I remember how her face lit up when I complimented her for My Opus Radio and told her how I have got half of my office hooked on to it. No matter the intervals between me meeting her, I always got a big warm hug. When I left a post on her FB page complimenting her on the Triplets, I did not expect her to reply back in between all the mayhem but she did, as warm and sweet as ever. When I met her in Hyd for Karen’s birthday this year, I spent a good 1 hour with her generally chatting and then watched F1 at home. I am sure glad of one thing though. For Karen’s birthday party, I had too many cocktails and I told Gina what I thought about her and how much she means to me and how amazing, Opus, O Tel and the radio station is. She was smiling (I am sure I embarrassed her with all the things I said), but God I am so glad I at least told her a little bit of how amazing I think she is and how much I have been inspired by her. She will always be with me, I am sure of that. I have never been surer of anything else in my life before. Her smile, her warmth and her strength will be there with me always. I feel blessed that I have known Gina and I have been touched by her and her goodness. She is not gone for me because she will always live in my heart as long as I live. Love you Carlton. You make her proud!
Dear Carlton, I have suffered the loss of a loved one before and most of the times “Time heals all” has proved to be true. Not this time though. I have been carrying on with life in a dazed manner ever since this happened, trying to immerse myself at work and distract myself from the reality. Fat lot of good that has done! Every time I close my eyes, I see her smiling. There is a real ache in my heart and a sinking feeling in my stomach gets only worse when I think of the ones she left behind – you, the Campos family and all the thousands of lives she touched. Gina and Karen have been the sisters I never had. I will be eternally grateful to Shaks for introducing me to this wonderful family. I met Karen in the year 2000 when you guys were staying in Cook Town (David’s house) and through Karen I met her wonderful family. Over the years, although I did not spend a lot of time with GC (our nickname for Gina and Carlton), you guys have always had a special place in my heart. I didn’t realise it while it was happening but I was so awed by Gina and her superwoman traits that I see traces of her in my life all the time. My house has always had mattresses on the floor and comfy cushions as I saw that was what Gina had done to her house. My house always has a fully equipped larder, if you may, which not only has food but has a stock of all the things that one may need starting from toothbrushes and soaps to mosquito repellents. I went and bought crocs in different colours when I saw Gina’s. I became more confident, more able to deal with things that life threw at me, keeping in mind Gina’s amazing strength. As I said earlier, she and Karen are like the sisters I never had, although Gina was a much older sister that I respected a lot and was scared of a lot of times and Karen more of the buddy and partner in crime. Gina did things for me that made her slip effortlessly into that older sister slot. Whether it was making coffee and whipping up a quick breakfast en route to getting ready for work because Amma was late while we lazed around on the mattresses, making cocktails for us herself at parties or rolling her eyes as Karen and I sneaked upstairs behind Auntie Marie’s and Uncle Eugene’s backs to smoke. She got really mad once at Komi because she burnt her hair trying to light a cigarette on the gas stove. Another time I was talking to Vivek at Opus and asking him about a serial number I was asked to enter on the My Opus Radio website and Vivek said that was something they had started earlier but it was no longer needed or something to that affect. Gina was talking to someone else at that time and she turned and cocked her eyes at Vivek and said, “So give the number to her na baba, since she is asking for it.” Sigh, Gina, the protective sister. I remember how her face lit up when I complimented her for My Opus Radio and told her how I have got half of my office hooked on to it. No matter the intervals between me meeting her, I always got a big warm hug. When I left a post on her FB page complimenting her on the Triplets, I did not expect her to reply back in between all the mayhem but she did, as warm and sweet as ever. When I met her in Hyd for Karen’s birthday this year, I spent a good 1 hour with her generally chatting and then watched F1 at home. I am sure glad of one thing though. For Karen’s birthday party, I had too many cocktails and I told Gina what I thought about her and how much she means to me and how amazing, Opus, O Tel and the radio station is. She was smiling (I am sure I embarrassed her with all the things I said), but God I am so glad I at least told her a little bit of how amazing I think she is and how much I have been inspired by her. She will always be with me, I am sure of that. I have never been surer of anything else in my life before. Her smile, her warmth and her strength will be there with me always. I feel blessed that I have known Gina and I have been touched by her and her goodness. She is not gone for me because she will always live in my heart as long as I live. Love you Carlton. You make her proud!
Meghana (formerly Dhawan) Mundkur
It’s taken me quite a few days to write this, Gina is inspiration enough so I can’t say I was looking for inspiration, I guess I was wondering about how to put down in words thoughts about the force that is Gina, yes, I use the present tense because she will always remain a force in all our lives, whether you spent 5 minutes, 5 days, 5 years or even 5 seconds with her. I finally moved to Bangalore 9 and odd years back (childhood dream really!), almost immediately I met Gina and Carlton, went on to do a play with Carlton, which led to friendship and the play led us to doing very strange things, like distributing flyers of the play on commercial street. The day we all got together to do that, I remember being very awkward about the whole thing , Gina (who was around of course) looked me square in the face and said “Don’t be silly, its only giving out flyers, it’s not rocket science”. Fearless, passionate, support system, the ‘spine’ of almost everything and someone who just never gave up - picked herself up, dusted herself off and walked on; from the first time I got scolded about handing out flyers to having coffee with her over a meeting, I will always think of Gina with immense respect and being a woman and the example she set for our ‘breed’, I will also in some way aspire to be half as competent/successful as she was. Carlton – We’re all here for you, so many of us, we will defend your silver lining, it might seem like a very distant reality, but that day will come. Till then and everyday in between, we will stand with you. I might not know a whole lot but I know one thing, with Gina by his/her side God’s ‘job list’ has never been so in order before!
It’s taken me quite a few days to write this, Gina is inspiration enough so I can’t say I was looking for inspiration, I guess I was wondering about how to put down in words thoughts about the force that is Gina, yes, I use the present tense because she will always remain a force in all our lives, whether you spent 5 minutes, 5 days, 5 years or even 5 seconds with her. I finally moved to Bangalore 9 and odd years back (childhood dream really!), almost immediately I met Gina and Carlton, went on to do a play with Carlton, which led to friendship and the play led us to doing very strange things, like distributing flyers of the play on commercial street. The day we all got together to do that, I remember being very awkward about the whole thing , Gina (who was around of course) looked me square in the face and said “Don’t be silly, its only giving out flyers, it’s not rocket science”. Fearless, passionate, support system, the ‘spine’ of almost everything and someone who just never gave up - picked herself up, dusted herself off and walked on; from the first time I got scolded about handing out flyers to having coffee with her over a meeting, I will always think of Gina with immense respect and being a woman and the example she set for our ‘breed’, I will also in some way aspire to be half as competent/successful as she was. Carlton – We’re all here for you, so many of us, we will defend your silver lining, it might seem like a very distant reality, but that day will come. Till then and everyday in between, we will stand with you. I might not know a whole lot but I know one thing, with Gina by his/her side God’s ‘job list’ has never been so in order before!
Meghana (formerly Dhawan) Mundkur
It’s taken me quite a few days to write this, Gina is inspiration enough so I can’t say I was looking for inspiration, I guess I was wondering about how to put down in words thoughts about the force that is Gina, yes, I use the present tense because she will always remain a force in all our lives, whether you spent 5 minutes, 5 days, 5 years or even 5 seconds with her. I finally moved to Bangalore 9 and odd years back (childhood dream really!), almost immediately I met Gina and Carlton, went on to do a play with Carlton, which led to friendship and the play led us to doing very strange things, like distributing flyers of the play on commercial street. The day we all got together to do that, I remember being very awkward about the whole thing , Gina (who was around of course) looked me square in the face and said “Don’t be silly, its only giving out flyers, it’s not rocket science”. Fearless, passionate, support system, the ‘spine’ of almost everything and someone who just never gave up - picked herself up, dusted herself off and walked on; from the first time I got scolded about handing out flyers to having coffee with her over a meeting, I will always think of Gina with immense respect and being a woman and the example she set for our ‘breed’, I will also in some way aspire to be half as competent/successful as she was. Carlton – We’re all here for you, so many of us, we will defend your silver lining, it might seem like a very distant reality, but that day will come. Till then and everyday in between, we will stand with you. I might not know a whole lot but I know one thing, with Gina by his/her side God’s ‘job list’ has never been so in order before!
It’s taken me quite a few days to write this, Gina is inspiration enough so I can’t say I was looking for inspiration, I guess I was wondering about how to put down in words thoughts about the force that is Gina, yes, I use the present tense because she will always remain a force in all our lives, whether you spent 5 minutes, 5 days, 5 years or even 5 seconds with her. I finally moved to Bangalore 9 and odd years back (childhood dream really!), almost immediately I met Gina and Carlton, went on to do a play with Carlton, which led to friendship and the play led us to doing very strange things, like distributing flyers of the play on commercial street. The day we all got together to do that, I remember being very awkward about the whole thing , Gina (who was around of course) looked me square in the face and said “Don’t be silly, its only giving out flyers, it’s not rocket science”. Fearless, passionate, support system, the ‘spine’ of almost everything and someone who just never gave up - picked herself up, dusted herself off and walked on; from the first time I got scolded about handing out flyers to having coffee with her over a meeting, I will always think of Gina with immense respect and being a woman and the example she set for our ‘breed’, I will also in some way aspire to be half as competent/successful as she was. Carlton – We’re all here for you, so many of us, we will defend your silver lining, it might seem like a very distant reality, but that day will come. Till then and everyday in between, we will stand with you. I might not know a whole lot but I know one thing, with Gina by his/her side God’s ‘job list’ has never been so in order before!