ERIC INDRA NATH WAUGHRAY

Subject: URGENT – OCA – ERIC INDRA NATH WAUGHRAY DOB 27 JAN 1932 – SAD NEWS Dear Puneet Singh and Gursant Sandhu My father (above) was an OCA member for many years. I am writing with some very sad news, namely to inform you that he passed away on Sunday 8 May aged 84 following […]

Alumni Sports League

Alumni Sports League is an Intra-Alumni Association Engagement event which aims at establishing a culture of Sports Leagues among alumni in leading schools across the country. Through this, we aim to harness the massive passion and unifying power of sports towards a common cause of working together for many more future collaboration opportunities. This highly engaging event […]

Ashok [Eggy] Goyal passed on

We were informed that Ashok Goyal, Ibbetson batch 1972, passed away at Dehradun the morning of May 11th 2016. We will add any further information if it becomes available to us. The Old Cottonians Association mourns this untimely death of a fellow Cottonian.  

OCA UK Newsletter 2016

Dear OCs How quickly our Annual OCA(UK) lunch seems to come around. I must really be getting older – certainly our younger members resemble more my grandchildren. However, there are still some tough old birds about – like Lance Jones in his ninety second year and still rooting for Arsenal – and that takes some […]

BCS sets an example

Rainwater harvest by Northwest: How this school in Shimla has emerged as an example for other residential schools. Bishop Cotton School in Shimla tides over water scarcity by harvesting rainwater, setting an example for other residential schools located in hilly regions. Shimla school goes from students bathing every other day to swimming daily! Mathew Jacob, […]

Photos from Saturday March 19th 2016 / Bittu Sahgal and OCs

The dinner on March 19, 2016 which was hosted by Royina Grewal and her daughters, friends of Bittu Sahgal. Royina has a fabulously large place and it was warm and cozy. The Grewals and the Sahgal families are close and have been for over 40 years. Royina was gracious and generous to host the evening. […]

Speedy recovery Dick D’Abreu

We just got to know that Dick D’Abreu (Curzon 1936-46) has been very unwell for the past few weeks. He was taken to hospital by The Flying Doctor service to Perth. They put in a stent for his heart, and was sent to the ICU ward. Dick went  home 3 days later, only to have his […]

Spotlight story : Humayun Khan [Rivaz 1941-1947]

Humayun Khan was born in 1932 to a Pashto-Hindko speaking family in Abbottabad, Hazara Division in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP, now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa). His father was a District and Sessions Judge at the judicial commissioner’s court in NWFP, which is now known as the Peshawar High Court, and his mother was a homemaker. […]

The MITRE / Nov 1961

Many thanks to ANUPAM SACHDEV for sending in this 1961 copy via Vijay Khurana: Click here to read The MITRE / November 1961 issue MESSAGES RECEIVED: For the history buffs…Found an old copy as I was cleaning out my parents place….Pompeii [Anupam Sachdev] ———— Such pieces revive wonderful memories. This is one issue of The Mitre […]