Newest book by Ravi Rikhye
Ravi Rikhye Curzon 1962 batch needs no introduction to many OCs. For those who are reading about him for the first time, here is what he has to say in the Introduction of his latest book “Analysis of India’s Ability to Fight a 2-front War 2018” : I’ve spent 58-years studying defense, either full-time or […]
Dr. Mathew Zachariah – some updates
Dear All, Dr Mathew Zachariah passed away a little over a year ago as a result of kidney failure. He left BCS at the end of 1959. He was a courageous man to write his biography and like all lives this account is an interesting one. I am taking the liberty of forwarding a few […]
Bishop Cotton School Simla – on top of the world
Sandeep Mansukhani reached the highest point on planet Earth – summit of Mount Everest at 8,848 mtrs / 29,029 ft above MSL – at 07:57 HRS on 21st May 2018. Congratulations! The flag of Bishop Cotton School Simla proudly held by Sandeep.
Sandeep Mansukhani – Everest 2018 – UPDATE:
Message from Sandeep’s wife Harsimran Mansukhani: Yes it is confirmed…..it is going to be 21st May 2018 when Capt Sandeep Mansukhani will be making his final summit push. It took years of training, hard work and endless sacrifices for him to get there but what matters will be next seven days. Those seven days when […]
On the WAY, the PATH, on the Camino to Santiago de Compostela
Vivek Bhasin : Extracts from my incredible 350 kilometers walk on the Camino Frances “On the WAY, the PATH, on the Camino to Santiago de Compostela” 20 April 2018-02 May 2018Galicia, an autonomous community in Spain’s northwest, is a verdant region with an Atlantic coastline. The cathedral of regional capital Santiago de Compostela is the […]
“How can any Ole Boy forget?”
Early last evening I took a call from Arthur Jones (L 43-48) who lives in Cambridge to say watch BBC2 at 8 pm & follow Michael Portillo – Indian Railways journey – Amritsar to Shimla. Very nostalgic as both Arthur & I used to make the journey from Lahore (now Pakistan) along the same route. […]
2017 Christmas letter
A 2017 Christmas Letter.. Confession :I took away some grapes from a vineyard in Chile… “School’s out for the Summer .. “ pelted Rock Legend Alice Cooper with a Boa Constrictor around his neck. The dude was the son of a clergy man and his real name was a something- something Furnier; the band in which […]
Vivek Bhasin writes again “Dear Headmaster Sir”
Good Evening to you. It’s late at night and I shiver with excitement ( the crispness of November adds a zest of life running through my body..)sitting on my bed in the Sixth Form cubicle writing to you.. It’s surely is the last day of the year or sooner than later it is.. I stare […]
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 […]