The Playing-fields of Shimla
I’d like to share one true-life story penned by Ruskin Bond here, which I think is beautifully written – Sarabjit [Sabu] Singh The Playing Fields of Shimla t had been a lonely winter for a twelve-year-old boy. I hadn’t really got over my father’s untimely death two years previously; nor had I as yet reconciled […]
Camino de Santiago – pilgrimage 2025
Vivek “ Bonnie “ Bhasin 9th April 2025 The twin spires of the Cathedral at Santiago de Compostela are calling me again … beckoning me to come into the bubble of his special world ..his peaceful world … I have shed my bespoke suits, my fedora hats and the bouquet of that special tree.. I […]
Jam & packed
For WE Buchanan and his Shimla-born son Colin, the quality of a town was defined by the quality of its public realm — a maxim ignored in Himachal RAAJA BHASIN As a typecast Parisian, with both flourish and conceit in his pocket, the gentleman’s opening statement was: “Don’t you know that man discovered fire and […]
Letter from a Cottonian & member of BOG of BCS [Anil Mehra]
Dear OC’s No one forgets their school years . Memories of BCS grow stronger & each of us have our own memories, but there are many which are common amongst most of us. However, our zest to do good for the Alma Mater still remains our top priority. I also know all OCs wish to […]
Article on Fali Nariman’s school days at BCS
Posted by Mr. Lakhanpal on the OCA Mumbai Grp.Sent by Ms. Deepa Kennedy. Click for full view of photos
“Questions, Descriptions .. Answers and the Luminous Green Letters on white paperT R A L E E ( please..)- we pilgrim hitchhikers..”
Who are you Why are you here Where have you come from Where to …you go .. When did you smile When did the rain fade away.. When did it return with a hush When did the grass turn green lush When too did the 🍀 🍀 turn green three n’four leaf…? Questions .. We stood on […]
The 2022 Winter Christmas Letter – someday we will return..
..loads of snow over Swedenfrozen lakes in January..stubbornly determined long walks over ice I do trying to average around 13000 steps ..10km stubbornly determinedthrough pines those branches stooping low with the burden of snow ..stunning live beauty far far better than a photoshop postcardlooking up at the sky i see migratory birds in perfect line […]
“Living a Life” – memoir by retired IAS officer Ravi Sawhney, (Lefroy 1959)
Earlier this month, Former J & K governor N.N. Vohra unveiled “Living a Life”, a memoir by retired IAS officer Ravi Sawhney, (Lefroy 1959), in the presence of former foreign secretary Shyam Saran and former principal secretary to the prime minister, S.K. Misra (in 1990, when Chandra Shekhar was the PM. Our best wishes!
Seeing big in the tiniest of nature – another fab video by Sabu Singh
Walking past those who’ve gone before
with such a hot summer here at 60 degrees north past mid way into the Summer of ‘22 the lakes are glistening, the river flowing with its usual flood, slack and ebb, the roads dry and hoovered daily whistling wind and gentle leaves, I could neither feel nor smell any advance of thunder lightning nor […]