Mr. Mustaq Masih – passed away in 2020 – we just got to know.

Received from Vijay [Kuttu] Singh who received this news from Manjit Sehmbey: Article quoted from this link online: It is with great sadness and heavy hearts the family of Mushtaq Masih lost their patriarch on Sunday, October 18, 2020 at 8:59am. Mushtaq Masih was born in Northern India in 1935. He received his Bachelor of […]

BCS in Snow / 29thDec 2020

An Old Cottonian just forwarded to me pictures of BCS covered in snow. Have not seen such pictures in a long while Wishing you guys a Happy New Year and the very best in 2021 Warmly Vijay [Khurana] Click for larger view

FINAL LIST BCS GOLF TEAM INTERSCHOOL 20TH NOV JP GREENS 12 NOON

The Inter-school Golf event is being played at the Jaypees Green Golf Resort on Friday 20th Nov 2020. This event is scheduled to be an annual event of various Boarding schools. This event was postponed from the original date of 20th.March 2020 due to the Pandemic. There is an entry fee of approx.Rs.5000/ per player […]

Zoom Link to attend the AGM of OCA (India) on 28/09/2020 at 3:30 pm

Dear All, I’ am writing to inform you that the Zoom link given below would enable you to attend the forthcoming AGM of OCA India scheduled for Monday, 28th September, 2020 at 3:30 p.m. Ajay Thiara is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: OCA (India) AGM 2020 Time: Sep 28, 2020 03:30 PM […]

What are Old* Old Cottonians are up to these days?

They ZOOM!Here is an excerpt from one of the emails Over the last few weeks we have been, at the initiative of Anupam Sachdev, holding a few chat sessions over Zoom. The first one had just about the four of us and the second one three weeks later saw the number of participants rise to […]

PRESS RELEASE / Bishop Cotton School Shimla, children celebrate Independence Day virtually

PRESS RELEASE 17 August 2020 Independence Day celebrated virtually at Bishop Cotton School, Shimla Bishop Cotton School, Shimla (BCS) celebrated the 74th Independence Day last Saturday (15 August 2020) but this year, for the first time in history, it was celebrated virtually with the school community contributing remotely online from home (see BCS video links […]

BCS 161st Founder’s Day 2020

One hundred and sixty one years  today and my beautiful Alma mater remains steadfast on that spur of Simla looking towards the gap of Tara Devi, whilst the Heavens above look down and Bless our great institution… The history of Bishop Cotton School is entwined with the history of India and Britain. Our school founded […]

Rainbow over BCS

An incredibly beautiful photograph of BCS with a full arch Rainbow was sent to us today 27th April 2020, Mr. Aseem Kukreti [BCS Economics Teacher] is the photographer of this image. Thank you sir!