He is a fantastic & successful Cottonian with the greatest of humility
Taljinder Singh [Curzon 1987] Quoted from https://www.todaystraveller.net/ Tireless Crusader: An Interview with Taljinder Singh, Area Director, Mumbai Hotels & General Manager, The Taj Mahal Palace “Taljinder Singh, Area Director – Mumbai Hotels & General Manager, The Taj Mahal Palace, walks us through what it takes for the The Taj Mahal Palace Mumbai, to remain at […]
A christmas letter to Mrs King sent from a prisoners war camp in Marienburg (Poland today)
Webmaster OCA I am sending you a treasured letter from my friend Mike King whose Father Charles King (Ibbetson House, School Capt 1928) a Rector was taken in as POW in Nazi Germany during WWII. ((A very close and wonderful friend of mine based in Baumberg Germany translated the first page. I can also understand […]
Invite for the inaugural dinner of OCA Amritsar
OCA Amritsar solicit your gracious presence for its Inaugural Dinner on the 14th of December 2019, along with your spouses, details as follows: Venue: Green Acres Haveli, No. 1 B, Green Acres, Airport Road, Amritsar. (Farm house of Dr. Santokh Singh, one of the organisers, who has very kindly allowed us the use of his […]
Class of 1969 Reunion
The class of ’69s reunion story actually started two years earlier in 2017 when, sitting in my office one morning and looking at our class of ’69 VIth form group photograph, it struck me that out of a class of 29, 10 of our classmates had already gone to the happier hunting grounds…. …Classmates with […]
Diwali greetings!
Dear All,Belated wishes for Diwali but they come with the same degree of warmth and sincerity had they been delivered yesterday. These wishes are accompanied by the one thing that we as aging adults will need most are good health accompanied by the capacity for a hearty laugh in the days ahead. I mention that the […]
Gurmit S. Sehmbey’s 1950-61 BCS photo archive
Sending you some pics from 1950 something to 1961 my Dads pics [Gurmit Singh Sehmbey]… more will send later. I think one of them is a wedding at Woodville palace Sukhminder S. Sehmbey The photos are from a personal collection, sent by Sukhminder via Arun Sawhney but without details of the year in which taken […]
Punjab flood relief update
Fellow Old Cottonian’s It gives me great pleasure to inform that in response to our appeal for contributions for the Punjab Flood Relief Fund a number of OC’s from India as well as abroad have sent in their most generous and in-valuable contributions, details of which I will be mentioning below. Firstly I express my utmost […]
Gurdev Singh [BCS Teacher] passed away
As just seen at Mr Kabir Mutafi’s Facebook post Kamini said Rohit Singla has posted that Capt. Gurdev Singh passed away early this morning,. I have just spoken with Ranjit and he has confirmed. Details will be swirling soon but for the moment, I may dare hope that the flag is at half mast and […]
OCA Mailing List – an update
Keeping your OCA Profile / Contact Details UPDATED helps us continue to communicate with you and send you news and articles specific to BCS and the OCA. FOR OCs ALREADY on the Mailing List:We appreciate that you take a minute and update your own details/OCA Listing via the link sent to you earlier today by […]
BCS Teacher Leela Goel [née Advani] passed on
Leela Advani [later married name Goel] passed on at the age of 91 at New Delhi on 23rd September 2019 of old age complications. She was cremated at Lodhi Crematorium Delhi on 25/9/19. “Miss Advani” as she was known at BCS, taught English during 1953~55 and went back to Lucknow in ’55 to do a […]