We are saddened by the demise of Mr. Ram Advani

We are deeply saddened by the sudden demise of Mr. Ram Advani. We send our heartfelt condolences to his family and stand by them in this hour of grief. May his soul rest in peace – OCA India. Lucknow’s iconic bookseller Ram Advani passes away. Ram Advani was Bursar at Bishop Cotton School in the mid 1940s […]

Inder Pratap Lehra [Curzon 99 batch] passed on

Sad news to convey to all OCs that INDER PRATAP LEHRA [Curzon 1999 batch] passed away at his residence this morning at 7:30. Inder Pratap was the son of Old Cottonian [late] Taranjit Singh Lehra [Curzon 1969 batch]. We convey our condolences to the Lehra family. Cremation and last rites will be performed at Badungar […]

OCA Lunch – Mumbai Chapter

LUNCH – OCA MUMBAI CHAPTER on Sunday, February 7, 2016 at 12.00 noon The OCA Mumbai Chapter Lunch will be held at The Willingdon Sports Club, Keshavrao Khadye Marg, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400034 on Sunday, February 7, 2016 at 12:00 PM. Donation for Lunch: OCs Rs.2,000/- College going OC’s Rs. 500/- OC s’ wives and girl friends […]

Lopa & Greesh Ghai

From Vijay Khurana : Dear All, About two weeks ago, while on a visit to Bombay, I chanced to meet Lopa Ghai at the Royal Bombay Yacht Club. Lopa Ghai is the wife of our dear friend Greesh Ghai who passed away in August 1988 of a heart attack. He was 42.  He was, perhaps, the first […]

OCA INDIA Annual Lunch 2016

OCA (INDIA) 1, Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi – 110 016. Tel: 011 – 4209 2302 Web site: www.oldcottonians.org E mail: oldcottoniansassociation@yahoo.com LUNCH – OCA (INDIA) NEW DELHI on Sunday, 14th  February  2016 at 12.00 noon The OCA Annual Lunch will be held at 1, Sri Aurobindo Marg, Hauz Khas, New Delhi -110 016 on […]

OCA Reunion (batch of 1989) : update

OCA Reunion (batch of 1989) By Gursant Sandhu – Ibbetson House I am so glad that I could make it for the Old Cottonian’s 1989 batch Silver Jubilee celebrations in Shimla, 18th – 20thSeptember 2015. I would like to share my experience with you so I have written this short article. Firstly, I along with […]

OCs launch successful IT startup in Simla

We are pleased to pass on this news about two Old Cottonians, Vivek Parmar [Ibbetson 1981-93] and Karan Pal Singh Chauhan [Rivaz 1983-95; School Captain 1995] who quit their big city careers to startup in Himachal Pradesh. They are featured on the front page of India’ s leading newspaper Indian Express on December 26, 2015. Congratulations on […]

OCA “Tricky Taka” Football get-together

Old Cottonians from the batch 2008 & 2009  got together to start “Tricky Taka“, which is a state-of-the-art, artificially grassed football infrastructure designed to promote recreational football for fitness and health. As part of our initiative, we conducted an informal football gathering on 10th Oct 2015. After an overwhelming response to the first edition we would, […]

The Great Equaliser….

The Great Equaliser….. and a jog down the oceans of memory-a Cottonian hits specific lines of his Blog-Bloggers and all.. Confused .com ( Truthful Lies) Someone’s loss is the other one’s gain…Someone’s death is someone’s bread. As Heady said, it doesn’t mean if you do not hurt the lion and smile at him, he will hug […]