The Playing-fields of Shimla

I’d like to share one true-life story penned by Ruskin Bond here, which I think is beautifully written – Sarabjit [Sabu] Singh The Playing Fields of Shimla t had been a lonely winter for a twelve-year-old boy. I hadn’t really got over my father’s untimely death two years previously; nor had I as yet reconciled […]

Jam & packed

­For WE Buchanan and his Shimla-born son Colin, the quality of a town was defined by the quality of its public realm — a maxim ignored in Himachal RAAJA BHASIN As a typecast Parisian, with both flourish and conceit in his pocket, the gentleman’s opening statement was: “Don’t you know that man discovered fire and […]

OCA HP Chapter contributory dinner Oct 29th

Old Cottonians Association  HP Chapter Cordially invites you to  OCs Dinner at Marina Hotel Shimla 29th October 2022 7:30 PM onward Contribution: ₹2000 Singles, ₹3500 Couples. Dress: Formal RSVP [whatsapp] +91-9816013000 Don’t forget there’s also the OCs Week at BCS 28th ~ 30th Oct 2022

OC Week 2022 – Info & Invite

Dear Old Cottonians The Director, Head Master, Faculty, staff and young Cottonians take the greatest pleasure in inviting all of you back to your fabulous Alma mater to partake and enjoy the Old Cottonian Week from 28th October to the 30th October, 2022. It has been a very difficult two years with Covid and we […]

BCS Golf Event April 2021

BCS ONLY GOLF EVENT NALDEHRA GOLF COURSESAT 17th & SUN 18th  April 2021. Open to all Old Cottonian Golfers. All interested can get in touch. Chetan Singh at mobile 9811020062 / email chetanpioneersports@gmail.com Manav Singh at email manav@imperialholding.in 

Class of 1969 Reunion

The class of ’69s reunion story actually started two years earlier in 2017 when, sitting in my office one morning and looking at our class of ’69 VIth form group photograph, it struck me that out of a class of 29, 10 of our classmates had already gone to the happier hunting grounds…. …Classmates with […]

Shivalik Hill Drive : OCA Northern Chapter. 21st Sept 2019.

OCA Northern Chapter is organizing a Shivalik Hill Drive from Chandigarh to Simla on 21st September 2019 coinciding with the OCs Week Celebrations at BCS. To participate : Contact any of the numbers above or write an email to Shivalik Hill Drive Important documents : OCA Shivalik drive Supplementary rules 2019 OCA AFFIDAVIT2019 Entry Fee […]

“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. […]

Message from Peter Stringer

Opening my computer in far off Whyteleafe to see the happy group of the batch of 1969 reunite after 48 years with family in Simla, will brighten my day. It gives me pleasure far beyond words to know the Spirit of BCS lives on. Our daylight hours have started to shorten & hope the monsoon leaves the […]