A recent survey:

We sent out a Poll on 24th May 2019 to 899 registered OCs on the Mailing List:  “On average, how likely are you to click the link in our Mailings and see the full article at the OCA Website?” 183 OCs participated / responded as of 29/5/19, and the responses are: NEVER OPEN OCA MAILS: […]

OC Raghuvendra Tanwar [Lefroy 1970 Batch] – latest book released:

Description The central point that this volume makes is that much of what happened in Jammu & Kashmir in the critical first few years (1947-53) needs a more careful reassessment. It is argued that there were little voices of ordinary people that should have been heard but were ignored. The political discourse that took centre […]

Karma Tenzing: Another Old Cottonian summited Mt. Everest. Congratulations!

Karma Tenzing [Curzon House Prefect ‘97] with the BCS flag on the summit of Mount Everest at 1:05pm on May 15 2019. “Overcome Evil With Good” CONGRATULATIONS! [Above received from Ashwani Singh Virk with thanks] It gives me great pleasure and pride, as would all fellow Cottonians feel, in informing you that Karma Tenzin Nyangmi, […]

Letter to, and reply from Mr. Goss

Letter to Mr Goss from Vijay Khurana and OCs: My dear Mr Goss, On behalf of my friends, the Old Cottonians, and myself, we wish you every happiness and good health on your 90th birthday. Congratulations. You were instrumental in affecting the lives of so many of us. You taught us a lot of valuable lessons […]

Executive Committee of OCA (India)

Please find given below the list of the members of the Executive Committee of OCA(India).All communications for the President or Secretary of OCA(India) may be sent at oldcottonianassociation@yahoo.com.   Executive Committee of OCA India Sr. no Name Designation 1 Mr. D.C Anand President  Emeritus 2 Justice R.S Sodhi (RETD) Immediate Past President 3 Mr. Davinder […]

OCA UK Newsletter May 2019

Dear Fellow Cottonians, I hope to see a good gathering for our Annual OCA (UK) lunch at the Bombay Brasserie on Saturday 29 June. We will also be hoping to see plenty from abroad, including Deep Anand, Dimpy Mehra, and Vivek Bhasin from India and possibly Humayun Khan from Pakistan, with nearer, Peter Johans from […]

Treasure trove of Photographs!

We have received a treasure trove of photographs [around 680]. This precious collection has been built by Kanwarjit Singh [Partap] Grewal over the years by photos he has in his collection, by those received from various OCs and some that he came across. Partap’s message and the gallery to his DropBox folders appear via this […]

URGENT ASSISTANCE REQUESTED: A Old Cottonian requires a Liver donor

A Old Cottonian urgently requires a liver transplant and is seeking a liver donor [blood type B+ve] and has requested to spread the word among the OCA Community. Our teacher Mr Gauri Shankar’s son RAJIV SHANKAR was at BCS 1962-1974 [Curzon] and has recently retired from Government service in Himachal Pradesh. Rajiv can be contacted […]

OCA Canada Dinner April 2019

On a wonderful spring day, 14 OC’s got together for a sumptuous, swank, Indian Khana. Sumit Arora planned the event, with all the young bucks half my age. We talked about a lot of stuff about boarding, how things were different in the 70’s, 80’s, 90’s and in the 21st century. It is amazing to […]