The Dear Departed – by Ateek Gupta

THE DEAR DEPARTED IT FEELS LIKE YESTERDAY THAT YOU LEFT GOD TAKING YOU AWAY FROM ME WILL ALWAYS BE HIS GREATEST THEFT I DO NOTHING NOW BUT WEEP BECAUSE THERE WAS A PROMISE YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO KEEP NOW MY LIFE IS CLEAVED IF YOU WERE HERE I WOULD HAVE FELT SO RELIEVED NOW I […]

My days at BCS By Nitish Grover

In response to your mail I am giving below a link to something I wrote on Linkedin regarding my days at BCS. I joined BCS in 1966 in class one and left in 1971 at the end of class VI after which I studied at Frank Anthony , New Delhi where I passed my ISC […]

Some thoughts from an OC – Suresh Sethi 1961-66

Suresh Sethi  E-mail: sureshsethi49@yahoo.co.in My poems have been published in: Poetry, Australia : Australia Five Poets Magazine            Journal Of South Asian Literature:USA The Canadian Forum      : Canada                                          Queens’s Quarterly        : Canada The New Quest               : India Indian Literature              : Sahitaya Academy–India The Penguin Book Of Indian Poetry: India 2012  Signatures                : National Book Trust […]

We like to hear from OCs

There are about 960 OCs registered on this mailing list, of which approximately 30% regularly open and read the emails that we send out. This dedicated readership is what keeps us going and makes it worthwhile to do what we do at the OCA Website. Only a few, very few, OCs send in their writings […]

HS BAWA [Rivaz 1971 Batch] – gone too soon

This is to inform you that H S Bawa (Sweety),Rivaz-1971 Batch passed away  this morning. Sweety was a good cricketer,athlete and was awarded the Full School Blazer and inducted into the Spartan Club. Sweety was a great human being who loved his family and his friends.May God grant strength to his family to bear this […]

Two Old Cottonians

Sorry to be the messenger of sad news Two Old Cottonians My brother John Stringer  (Lefroy 1942-45) taken by COVID19  – Sunday 17 May 2020 we mourned his loss – his funeral was this afternoon at St Richard’s Chapel Surry & Sussex Crematorium . John was born in Khanai Balochistan (now Pakistan) on 24 July […]

The Oceans – by Vivek Bhasin

How cool You feel Walking on Soft Sand White Gold Smiling sure Windmilled hair Wind Whispers Sometimes Roars Seagulls flock Busy business Feet Wet Shells whistle How Great You Feel Knowing all Memories return Love found Embracing you Hugging me Heartfelt Goodbye Love lost Nothing around Blue Sea Not Knowing Lookouts posted Gleaning across Miles […]

George Floyd and what is happening around – by Jerry Godinho

I have received countless calls, emails, texts, and messages on all social media channels as to my response to the death of George Floyd. I do apologize for my delayed response. I am helping my wife battle cancer. At the beginning of this week, I got a text that a dear friend from my youth […]

Contribution by OCA-India to give relief to Covid 19 victims

Greetings from OCA-India. I would like to take this opportunity to inform you that with the support of the OC’s mentioned below, the OCA-India has collected a little more then 5 Lacs as contribution towards assisting the Chairman of the Board of Governors of Bishop Cotton School to provide relief to the victims of Covid […]