Congratulations Varun Gaur for GALLANTRY

71st REPUBLIC DAY of INDIA Arun Gaur 2005 batch (10th) is being awarded the Sena Medal bar for [the second time!] gallantry ops on the Kashmir valley – on the 26th of January 2020 by the President of India. It’s a rare honour as bar in military terms means he has received the same award […]

“How can any Ole Boy forget?”

Early last evening I took a call from Arthur Jones (L 43-48) who lives in Cambridge to say watch BBC2 at 8 pm & follow Michael Portillo – Indian Railways journey – Amritsar to Shimla. Very nostalgic as both Arthur & I used to make the journey from Lahore (now Pakistan) along the same route. […]

Spotlight story : Humayun Khan [Rivaz 1941-1947]

Humayun Khan was born in 1932 to a Pashto-Hindko speaking family in Abbottabad, Hazara Division in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP, now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa). His father was a District and Sessions Judge at the judicial commissioner’s court in NWFP, which is now known as the Peshawar High Court, and his mother was a homemaker. […]

OCA Lunch – Mumbai Chapter

LUNCH – OCA MUMBAI CHAPTER on Sunday, February 7, 2016 at 12.00 noon The OCA Mumbai Chapter Lunch will be held at The Willingdon Sports Club, Keshavrao Khadye Marg, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400034 on Sunday, February 7, 2016 at 12:00 PM. Donation for Lunch: OCs Rs.2,000/- College going OC’s Rs. 500/- OC s’ wives and girl friends […]

An appeal to help J&K

Dear Old Cottonians We make a fervent appeal to all OCs around the world to donate generously to those ravaged by the floods in J&K.  Mr Junaid Azmi Mattu can give give specifics as to how donations may be channeled either by the OCA or by individual members. Regards BM Singh [President, OCA India] Dear Fellow […]