The passing of a Brother Cottonian

The Passing of a Brother Cottonian. It is with a very very heavy heart that I inform the OCA: Narendra Nath Khanna “Nini” ( Mountain ) Lefroy Class of 1968 passed on, on 13 January 2018. MOUNTAIN was a gentle soul and lived a quiet sedate life in Nasik.. In School he was that dashing […]

OCA India annual lunch 2018

​​​​​​OCA (INDIA) 1, Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi – 110 016. Tel: 011 – 4209 2302 Web site: www.oldcottonians.org E Mail: ocaindia@yahoo.com Date: January 11th, 2018 LUNCH – OCA (INDIA) NEW DELHI on Sunday 11th February 2018 at 12.00 noon The OCA Annual Lunch will be held at 1, Sri Aurobindo Marg, Hauz Khas, New Delhi […]

Passing of Mary [Ramani] Varughese

Dear Anna, Thank you for your message which has come as a shock and a surprise. Emotions overwhelm you on such occasions. My earliest memories of Ramani, which is the name we knew her by until she changed to Mary, is of a little girl immaculately turned out playing in the garden just above the […]

2017 Christmas letter

A 2017 Christmas Letter.. Confession :I took away some grapes from a vineyard in Chile… “School’s out for the Summer .. “ pelted Rock Legend Alice Cooper with a Boa Constrictor around his neck. The dude was the son of a clergy man and his real name was a something- something Furnier; the band in which […]

Today is Billy Gill’s first death anniversary

Dear All, Today is Billy Gill’s first death anniversary. I have been hunting for information about the gentleman and what I have obtained is grossly inadequate but entirely complimentary. To anyone I turn, all that I am able to glean about this life is his abiding interest in cars and the single malt whiskey club. […]

Vivek Bhasin writes again “Dear Headmaster Sir”

Good Evening to you. It’s late at night and I shiver with excitement ( the crispness of November adds a zest of life running through my body..)sitting on my bed in the Sixth Form cubicle writing to you.. It’s surely is the last day of the year or sooner than later it is.. I stare […]

OC Bittu Sahgal – Speaks at Aravalli Utsav

Old Cottonian Bittu Sahgal was one of the speakers at the Aravalli Utsav @ India Habitat Center, Lodhi Road, New Delhi on November 9th 2017. For those who were there, a great evening in the company of one of our illustrious Old Cottonians!

OC Vijay Stokes – “The Swadeshi Apple” article

It’s an enviable view that Vijay Stokes has from his family home, Harmony Hall. It crests his very own hill in Kotgarh, 3 hours north-east of Shimla, and on a clear day he can see snow-capped Himalayan peaks ring the horizon while the Sutlej river snakes through the valley below. Pickaxe in hand, and dressed […]

OCA Northern Chapter / Meet up at Jalandhar

Jalandhar Meet – OCA India Northern Chapter Dinner Date & Time: 3rd November 2017, Friday – 8:00pm Venue: Hotel Regent Park Gujral Nagar, Near TV Station, Jalandhar City, Punjab. Tel: 0181-5040505 Contribution: Single – Rs.2000/-, Wives – Rs.1000/- Dress Code: Formal/Semi-Formal All those who wish to attend please send confirmations early to the below listed: […]