OLD COTTONIAN Sodhi Vikram Singh – Sri Anandpur Sahib Wale – receiving and honouring the Archbishop of Canterbury
Sodhi Vikram Singh- Sri Anandpur Sahib Wale receiving and honouring the Archbishop of Canterbury who is the Head of the Church of England-Protestant Church at the Darbar Sahib Complex of Harmandir Sahib. He is on a visit to celebrate the 550 years birth celebrations of Guru Nanak Dev Ji. Sending out a strong global message […]
The Mike King letters [Mike King : the Son of “A son of BCS”]
Mike King a very dear friend of mine based in the UK is a die-hard fanatic of BCS! Even though he could not go to BCS his Father and Uncles did. Mike regularly attends the OCA (UK) reunions and stays in touch with me regularly, sending snippets of excellent news and information strongly focused on […]
BCS Flag on the Highest point in Europe
@sandeep_mansukhani holds up the BCS Flag atop the highest point in Europe – Mt. Elbrus. 27th July 2019 at 0710 HRS [LT]. A proud moment for all. Three Cheers!
Sandeep Mansukhani summits Mt. Elbrus!
BCS on highest point of European continent Mt Elbrus just as BCS comes up for our 160th year on 28th July 2019 (Founder’s Day) Sandeep Mansukhani summited Mt. Elbrus highest peak of Europe 5642 mtr/ 18505 feet today 27th July @ 07:10 a.m and successfully planted the BCS flag along with the Indian flag. Congratulations!
Old Cottonian Sandeep Mansukhani – next climb planned for Mt. ELBRUS
Sandeep Mansukhani summited Mt Everest on May 21, 2018 and made us all very proud. Three Cheers! Sandeep will be leaving on 17 July, 2019 to attempt Mt Elbrus, the highest peak of Europe. Mr. Mansukhani is seeking support from the OCA Chapters and from Old Cottonians who are able to assist in his venture […]
“Chicken on the Menu” and “Angle to Angling” – by Indi [Gurrinder] Khanna
Two articles by Gurrinder [Indi] Khanna – enjoy! Chicken on the Menu In 1975 at a young 22 almost straight out of University and a Masters in English, I found myself up on Panniar Estate (High Ranges) having been despatched there by the Malayalam Plantations Agents in Cochin. Born and with my entire formative years […]
Two videos of Bishop Cotton School Simla – produced by Sam Mathews.
Wonderful!What else can one say. Brings back huge amount of memories.Gentleman has done a great job and yeoman service!Cheers!Indi [Gurrinder Khanna 1969 Batch]——- This was a great send. Love the school and proud to be a COTTONIAN.Tejindar Randhawa, Roll no.864,Curzon house1977.——- So many shots in these videos took me down memory lane. Also made me realize […]
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, […]
When Friends become Family – musings on the Batch of 1970 – by Vivek Bhasin
Writings 14 April 2019 When friends become FAMILY (by a certain Lefroyian from the Class of 1970) It’s the 14th of April 2019 0945hrs Swedish summer time up in the cloudless blue as I fly between Stockholm and Helsinki on a Finnair Flight… I suddenly have this explosive surge to write a few lines that […]