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. […]

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 […]

First Class Cricketers killed in World War 2 & Some distinguished OCs from 1926-1928

Dear All, I am taking the liberty of forwarding an interesting piece of correspondence concerning an Old Cottonian, Vivian Chiodetti who passed out in 1912. Please read the exchange of mails that follows this note. I happened to glance through the list of names from 1864-2004  http://www.oldcottonians.org/ocs1863-2004_listing.htm A quick read is interesting and lists some very distinguished people. For the […]

Letter from Peter Stringer

While I was Secretary of OCA (UK) for over 25 years, I regret now, for not being Internet connected. Slowly catching up with OCA web news I find to have lost opportunities to gather & exchange interesting contacts. Now old news comments & views from Mike Weatherfeild who was a class mate, in Prep School […]

Lefroy House 1954 and a table tennis game in progress circa 1954

Dear All, I am forwarding, as attachments to this mail, two photographs forwarded to me by Baldev Hundal. His comments are indicated at the bottom of this mail. Boring table tennis!! I had requested Baldev to identify the faces in the Lefroy House photograph. His efforts have enabled me to piece a little more in […]

Information on past staff and teachers

Gentlemen: I am writing an article to explore the qualities of outstanding teachers. After much thought and introspection, I decided to use my BCS student experience as a guide for analyzing the qualities of good teachers. Any thoughts you might have on what makes a good teacher would be most welcome—especially if you can draw […]

New author on the block (OC Surinder S Ahluwalia)

Hi Folks, I have now become a published author, though I have taken the route of self-publishing on Amazon Kindle (less hassles than with publishers). My novel can be purchased for a paltry Rs. 200 in India or for USD 2.99 in the US. It is also available in most countries of the world at […]

OCA congratulates Umesh Pande on his appointment

We congratulate Umesh Pandey, a Cottonian of 1990 batch, for his recent appointment to take over as Editor of The Bangkok Post as of 1st Aug this year. Way to go Cottonians. Three cheers!