George Floyd and what is happening around – by Jerry Godinho
I have received countless calls, emails, texts, and messages on all social media channels as to my response to the death of George Floyd. I do apologize for my delayed response. I am helping my wife battle cancer. At the beginning of this week, I got a text that a dear friend from my youth […]
Miss Marie Bonnaud…The Boys from BCS
…. 7th April 1990…. MS Scandinavian Star a passenger and car ferry plying between Olso Norway and Fredrikshavn Denmark, experienced a heart wrenching maritime disaster orchestrated by way of a planned sabotage by a few of the vessel’s crew members. This resulted in a fatalistic fire resulting in 159 deaths… One of the root causes […]
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 […]
“Chicken on the Menu” and “Angle to Angling” – by Indi [Gurrinder] Khanna
Two articles by Gurrinder [Indi] Khanna – enjoy! Chicken on the Menu In 1975 at a young 22 almost straight out of University and a Masters in English, I found myself up on Panniar Estate (High Ranges) having been despatched there by the Malayalam Plantations Agents in Cochin. Born and with my entire formative years […]
When Friends become Family – musings on the Batch of 1970 – by Vivek Bhasin
Writings 14 April 2019 When friends become FAMILY (by a certain Lefroyian from the Class of 1970) It’s the 14th of April 2019 0945hrs Swedish summer time up in the cloudless blue as I fly between Stockholm and Helsinki on a Finnair Flight… I suddenly have this explosive surge to write a few lines that […]
Spotlight on OC RAHUL GODRA
Jerry Godinho interviewed Rahul Godra [Old Cottonian] and has blogged about Rahul’s spiritualism and what led Rahul to startup “Resplendent Soul“: I realized that a lot of people were looking for the depths of Indian thought, but could scratch only the surface of it. I felt like I could facilitate their outer and inner […]
Respect, for OC Girish Minocha
Jerry Godinho interviewed Girish Minocha [Old Cottonian] and has blogged about his story of success: I have a deep respect for Girish Minocha. He is humble, down to earth, spiritual, aware of his surroundings and believes in giving back to society. He started his business, knocking door to door to build clients. He graduated from […]
For starters…. [from Peter Stringer]
Stories by photographs Spread the news – Get Involved! Best regards, Peter
Gerald [Jerry] Godinho interviews Old Cottonian ROHAN CHARANJI
Gerald Godinho [also an Old Cottonian] interviewed Rohan Charanji. Here is an excerpt [see below for link to full interview]. THE FUTURE OF HOSPITALITY: ROHAN CHARANJI. Rohan, welcome to my series on Millennials. Tell my audience something important about you? “I was born in India, educated at Bishop Cotton and studied in Switzerland and London. I […]
I imagine…
I imagine …. “The thing I imagine myself being in the future doesn’t exist yet” as I know there is a check list of unfinished business that I need to do in today’s world before I enter the lofty gates of tomorrow’s future. My elders always talk about “those good old days, those golden days” […]