What does the Royal Wedding have to do with BCS?

Friday 29th April 2011-1153 hrs: Prince William married the love of his life Catherine Middleton at Westminster Abbey, London. They are now The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. And what a beautiful and spectacular ceremony it was. As always the British fine tuned the entire affair down to the last silk thread of Catherine’s stunning […]

BCS Boys create sea-diving history

Pranav Sardana, 10 and his brother Ayush, 8, both students of Bishop Cotton School, Shimla, [their mother is a Sky Diver and jumped for BCS for the 150th] have created history by qualifying for the junior open water diver course and bubblemaker course respectively. Pranav is the youngest boy from Himachal to obtain the license […]

Benchmarking other schools – by Vijay Stokes

Benchmarking Other Schools – Anecdotal input from a Doon School alumnus Vijay K. Stokes Rivaz 1948-1954 Rather than to continue to look for collaboration or guidance just from schools in the UK, such as Marlborough College, it makes sense to also benchmark what other well-known schools in India are doing—an exercise that may help BCS […]

Bishop Cotton School Shimla is ranked 4th Best in India

Congratulations BCS! Bishop Cotton School, Shimla India was ranked 4th in India’s Most Respected Boarding School for 2010. Here is the letter to the Head Master Mr. Roy Robinson: Dear Sir Congratulations! I’m pleased to inform you that your school ranking has moved up from 10 last year to 4 this year among Boarding/Residential schools […]

Open letter to Board of Governors, B.C.S. Shimla

I write to you with the attached letter, which was sent to each of the Members of the Board of Governors of Bishop Cotton School. It is my “last bugle call” as Chairman OCA (UK) but a “reveille” to all Cottonians with special emphasis on those Indians living in India, who can more easily make […]

Ruskin Bond’s latest

Ruskin Bond, born in 1934, recently celebrated his 76th birthday. His latest book, titled “Mr Oliver’s Diary” …is the imaginary story of Ruskin’s years in Shimla’s Bishop Cotton School in a diary format supposed to have been written by the school head master.

OC Week 2010 at BCS Shimla

THE OLD COTTONIAN’S WEEK CELEBRATIONS 2010 Programme Thursday, 3rd June   : 09:00 a.m. : Special Chapel Service in the Holy Trinity Chapel : 10:45 a.m.  : Games fixtures against the Old Cottonians : 07:30 p.m. : Dinner in the Headmaster’s Lodge Friday, 4th June : 09:00 a.m.  : Annual Speech Day : 11:00 a.m.  : Cricket Match between the OCA XI and […]

Four Pigeons

Four Pigeons…… This is the story about Four Pigeons. This is a factual story. This is what really happened a few days ago. This is what started in Bishop Cotton School a few days ago… We made it up to the gates of School; 25th March 2010; 0815 is when chapel started. An Old Cottonian […]

Ceramic plates for BCS – gifted by Bawa Ceramics

Dear Sir, As discussed, we are dispatching ceramic plates to the school  for the boys & staff to eat from.  With kind regards Bawa Ceramic BAWA GROUP OF COMPANIES Dear Mr. Bawa,  I write to confirm that we have received the plates and would like to thank you immensely for your generosity. With kind regards. Yours faithfully, […]