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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

The CALEBS

Thanks to Robin Nakai who pointed us to Today’s article by Jane Caleb in The Tribune Chandigarh edition: QUOTE… Posted at: Oct 4 2015 12:40AM Jane R. Caleb Six wars, and the peace of Dalhousie An English woman recalls the journey from London to Bangalore to have a feel of India, then Bombay before her […]

Nepal earthquake / Sandeep Mansukhani update

Sandeep’s wife, Simran, writes : Seeking your blessings for the safety of all out there stranded on the mountain and prayers for the families who lost their loved ones in this natural disaster. Regards, Harsimran Mansukhani  

Nepal quake / Sandeep Mansukhani

His wife, Simran, writes Seeking your blessings for the safety of all out there stranded on the mountain and prayers for the families who lost their loved ones in this natural disaster. Regards, Harsimran Mansukhani

Sandeep Mansukhani Mt. Everest Expedition 2015 – NEWS PAGE setup

Sandeep Mansukhani has started into the International Mount Everest Expedition [North] 2015. His communications, dispatches and updates will be transmitted as and when possible by him to his wife Simran Mansukhani – who in turn will pass it on to be added to this NEWS PAGE. 

Sandeep Mansukhani begins Mt. Everest journey

Time has finally arrived ….. Leaving today afternoon [5th March 2015] for Kathmandu ( Nepal) for the Mt. Everest (8850m/ 29,035) expedition north route. Keep me in your prayers for my health n safe climb. Subject to the comm link, I will keep updating my position on the mighty Everest through a dispatch, which will […]