From the wine country of Bordeaux to the Pillars of Hercules . . .

”from the wine country of Bordeaux to the Pillars of Hercules, on the autopista desde Gibraltar hasta Malaga” …The month of November in Sweden is a month of darkness, and for some, time to reflect on the setting of autumn and the onset of winter. It is that time of the year when the windows […]

School days stories / David Mitchell

In March, 1941, when I was 7 years old, Bill and I had to go away to boarding school at Bishop Cotton’s School in Simla. My mother took us on the first journey by train to Calcutta, an overnight stay in a hotel and then two days of trains up the Ganges valley to Delhi, […]

School days stories / Richard D’Abreu – Peter Maidment – Jim Lee

Here are the stories of : – Richard D’Abreu – Peter Maidment – Jim Lee as a bit of nostalgia of their school days. → Richard D’Abreu: Peter Maidment, Jim Lee and I have been corresponding by email and chatting on Skype for about three years and we decided that it would be a great […]

Ambassadors of Bishop Cotton School (Old Cottonians)

The Meaning of ‘Ambassador of Bishop Cotton School’ A person who represents himself as a distinguished representative of Bishop Cotton School is aware that his grounding and formative years in that great institution are the basis of how he conducts himself in society, be it Public or Private. He has earned the right to be […]

Back from the Mists of time: YOGA COUNTRY? Is it? / by Vivek Bhasin

Back from the Mists of time: YOGA COUNTRY? Is it? …yes many moons have passed since my words adorned the sacred walls of the OCA website. Stark winters, killer summers, gushing monsoons( at least this year) followed by rivers of sweat and perspiration , body odour from men that would kill a skunk in a […]

“They don’t kiss in the movies” – chapter 1

I had written a novel “They don’t kiss in the movies“.  It talks of my first two weeks at BCS in 1948.  The book is self-published and is available only through me. Here is chapter I. The book is a love story, set in India in the early 1950s. It was a time of innocence […]

BEST YEARS OF MY LIFE [at Bishop Cotton School]

The Best Years Of My Life: My parents settled in Lahore decided to try for my admission at B.C.S where a nephew of my Late Father, Rustom Boga studied in the late 20’s. I was admitted to the Preparatory School situated at Chota Simla in March 1945 and recall Boarding a train at Lahore on around the 10th March,1945 […]