The “STICK IN“

The “ STICK IN “ Location: School Dining Hall Time: Sunday immediately after Breakfast. Action: Master on Duty asked to leave. Action: Close all Doors Instruction: “All Stand “..As silent ghosts Duration: Three Hours. Reason: Behaving like miscreants against the Sanawarians during the First XI Soccer Match ( we won 10-1), and staring with lustful […]

Nostalgia, History / Batch 1957

The above is a chart prepared by the School in early 1958 for the 1957 batch results. You may put it on the OC News-letter to remind my classmates how brilliant we were!! 😀 Note: all 4 Lefroyans are in the middle coincidentally! Dr Santokh Singh, Lefroy house captain 1957

He is a fantastic & successful Cottonian with the greatest of humility

Taljinder Singh [Curzon 1987] Quoted from https://www.todaystraveller.net/ Tireless Crusader: An Interview with Taljinder Singh, Area Director, Mumbai Hotels & General Manager, The Taj Mahal Palace “Taljinder Singh, Area Director – Mumbai Hotels & General Manager, The Taj Mahal Palace, walks us through what it takes for the The Taj Mahal Palace Mumbai, to remain at […]

Gurmit S. Sehmbey’s 1950-61 BCS photo archive

Sending you some pics from 1950 something to 1961 my Dads pics [Gurmit Singh Sehmbey]… more will send later. I think one of them is a wedding at Woodville palace Sukhminder S. Sehmbey The photos are from a personal collection, sent by Sukhminder via Arun Sawhney but without details of the year in which taken […]

Mike King: Another precious letter

Attached is a letter from Mike King’s father, Charles King, to his youngest brother Noel who left BCS in 1934 to move to England with his parents. He was a Captain in the British Airborne Forces and saw action at the Battle of Arnhem and was actually present at the Japanese surrender in Rangoon in […]

“REUNIONS”

Came across this poem…. Thought I’d share it.. The heartthrob of the school, is a man grim and sombre. That lanky little girl, is now a weightlifter. The topper of the class, is a happy homemaker. Back bencher of the lot, is an entrepreneur. The flamboyant fashionista, became a dreaded lawyer. Oft ignored average Joe, […]

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 […]

Part of the Soul Train – by Vivek Bhasin

Part of the Soul Train One-Six-ZERO ( 1 6 0 ) …is no ordinary number is no simple number is not that a complicated number  is not a serious number  is not a humorous number. … it is a number that signifies something more special than ordinary simpleness complicatedness and seriousness. Possibly with some humour […]