BCS No 1 Boarding school in the Country
Bishop Cotton School, Shimla is ranked India’s No.1 Boys Boarding School in the EducationWorld India School Rankings 2014. followed by The Scinda School, Gwalior and The Doon School, Dehradun. For the past six years EducationWorld has been publishing the annual EducationWorld India School Rankings with C fore — the well-known Delhi-based market research and opinion polls […]
Letters from Gay Niblett and Peter Stringer / OCA UK
Thank you for all your information, keeping us up-to-date with the various Chapters in India. It is good to hear how well they are flourishing, keeping the spirit of BCS burning strong. I am adding two reports from Peter Stringer, now retired, long-standing Hon. Secretary and myself. Please keep the information flowing. Both the old […]
OCA Canada Updates / OC Boat Cruise
Updates and OC Boat Cruise of the Thousand Island on Saturday July 19th 2014 3 pm. On behalf of all OC’s in the Greater Toronto Area, we want to welcome you to join us on a boat cruise leaving from Gananoque on the Canadian side, visiting Boldt Castle on the US side and the Thousand […]
We congratulate RUSKIN BOND
Congratulations to Ruskin Bond (class of 1952) on receiving the Padma Bhushan award. All OC’s should feel proud of his remarkable achievement. This follows a Padma Shri award that he received in 1999. Photo from “The Indian Express”
BCS Won the SLATER DEBATES 2014
XIX Revd. Dr. Slater English Debates 2014 Finals Bishop Cotton School wins XIX Revd. Slater English debates 2014 Participating Teams: La Martiniere Girls, Lucknow La Martiniere Boys College, Lucknow Mayo College, Ajmer MayoCollege for Girls’ The Doon School, Dehradun St.JamesSchool, Kolkata Auckland House School, Shimla The SriRamSchool, Gurgaon Vasant Valley School, New Delhi The Aitchison […]
OCA India News / April 2014
It has been decided to issue Identity Cards to OCs through their respective Chapters. They may approach their Chapter Secretary who will send the requisition to the OCA (India) and the said cards will be issued with an identification no for a small fee. This would facilitate their entrance to the school premises. We have […]
Justice Tarlok Chauhan sworn in as Additional Judge of HP High Court
It was a proud day here in Shimla when a lot of Cottonians, including the Headmaster, were present at the swearing-in of Tarlok Chauhan (Ibbetson 1969-78) as an Additional Judge of HP High Court. With best wishes, Ravinder Makhaik
Lance Jones celebrates his 90th birthday
4th January 2014 at the open invitation for all Old Cottonians UK to celebrate the 90th birthday party of Lance Jones (L 35-39), wife of late Bobby Reed (R 41-46) Sheila, Maggie & I attended with a large gathering of his relatives and friends in the local pub at Pirton, HERTS. Daughter Lorna and son […]
School days stories / Richard D’Abreu – Peter Maidment – Jim Lee
Here are the stories of : – Richard D’Abreu – Peter Maidment – Jim Lee as a bit of nostalgia of their school days. → Richard D’Abreu: Peter Maidment, Jim Lee and I have been corresponding by email and chatting on Skype for about three years and we decided that it would be a great […]
Phenomenal escape from a doomed SU-30
This message was seen on a FB Group posted by former BCS HM Mr. Kabir Mustafi: “Himachal fighter pilot gets Vayu Sena medal. By: Baldev S Chauhan August 15, 2013 15:26” Baldev Tiger Chauhan is an OC but also long time journalist. Balbir, Baldev’s elder brother retired as one of the top IAS officers in […]