Mr. B.R. Roberts (BCS teacher) passed on

Dear All, I have a mail from K S Dugal, who is currently in the US, that Mr B R Roberts passed away yesterday, Thursday, April, 12, 2018. I have just received another message with the obituary notice which is sent as an attachment to this mail. There are many memories of this warm and […]

OCA Mumbai lunch

Dear Fellow OC’s, As informed earlier, OCA MUMBAI CHAPTER is organising MUMBAI OC LUNCH on SUNDAY, 4th FEBRUARY. Venue :- The Goose & Gridiron, Murzban Road, Near Sterling, FORT, South Mumbai. Programme :- Lunch & Drinks Contribution –  Rs. 2500 for single Rs. 4500 for a couple Please pay through online banking to Old Cottonians Association […]

Mrs M. Varughese departed

Sad day. Deepest condolences for a good woman and a wonderful teacher. She was virtue defined and I can still see her in that class room, which had a view of the Tara Devi Hill, teaching us the first lessons in arithmetic – how to add, subtract, multiply and divide in that order, over those […]

Information on past staff and teachers

Gentlemen: I am writing an article to explore the qualities of outstanding teachers. After much thought and introspection, I decided to use my BCS student experience as a guide for analyzing the qualities of good teachers. Any thoughts you might have on what makes a good teacher would be most welcome—especially if you can draw […]

We are saddened by the demise of Mr. Ram Advani

We are deeply saddened by the sudden demise of Mr. Ram Advani. We send our heartfelt condolences to his family and stand by them in this hour of grief. May his soul rest in peace – OCA India. Lucknow’s iconic bookseller Ram Advani passes away. Ram Advani was Bursar at Bishop Cotton School in the mid 1940s […]

The CALEBS

Thanks to Robin Nakai who pointed us to Today’s article by Jane Caleb in The Tribune Chandigarh edition: QUOTE… Posted at: Oct 4 2015 12:40AM Jane R. Caleb Six wars, and the peace of Dalhousie An English woman recalls the journey from London to Bangalore to have a feel of India, then Bombay before her […]

Kurt Mitson

Received from Mr. Robinson – Headmaster of BCS headmaster@bishopcotton.com OBITUARY Kurt Mitson was born in Kharagpur, in West Bengal on the 19th April, 1981. His early education was at La Martiniere College for Boys, Lucknow and he later graduated from Pune University. He was married to Banita Mitson. Kurt Mitson served as a Junior School Teacher […]

Charanjit Matharu – BCS teacher

Many OCs will remember Mr. Matharu who taught craft and clay modelling at BCS. There is an article by Reetica M Singh published on April 17th 2010 titled “Born to Succeed” A small quote from the article: When asked about his life in general, Matharu says he has lived and enjoyed every bit of his […]

Roshan Lal Vashisht – April 2010

The Hindi daily Dainik Jagrancarried an article on Mr. Roshan Lal Vashisht – a cutting of which was sent in by Karan Sarin. We hope tohave an english translation of the article posted here soon [Editor: See below for the translation]. Dear Brother Cottonians, For all those who missed the article, please find attached herewith […]