An absolute pillar of Bishop Cotton School : John William Winston Whitmarsh-Knight
An obituary found by Vivek Bhasin on the Dulwich College website published in the annual Alleyn Club Yearbook A wonderful obituary to John Whitmarsh Knight who I still feel floating in all our midst… On His teaching assignment at BCS Simla he described this..”as the happiest and most fulfilling period of his life …” Although […]
Cottonians & BCS do not need to benchmark themselves –
Cottonians & BCS do not need to benchmark themselves against any other School.. The pillars of success bow in obeisance to Nakul Anand Veteran Hotelier of the global ITC Hotels.. These pillars are humility, dedication, hard work and the spirit and soul of Bishop Cotton School Simla. Keep on walking Nakul. Every Best Wish Vivek […]
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 […]
Mission Aconcagua Completed / Karma Tenzing Nyangmi
Completed. Here’s me at the summit of #Aconcagua (6,962 meters or 22,840 feet above sea level) after an intense 13 hours of climbing where we started our climb directly from Camp 2 with no acclimatisation. Due to weather conditions we had to change and complete our entire climb from Base Camp to Summit and back to Base […]
Nakul Anand (Lefroy House) has been named World Hotelier 2019
Yet again a Cottonian from our beloved BCS steals global headlines! Nakul Anand (Lefroy House) – ITC Luxury Hotels – has been named World Hotelier 2019! What an amazing award for a superb Cottonian! Nakul is a leading icon in the global world of hospitality. He has under his belt, over four decades of exemplary dedication […]
He is a fantastic & successful Cottonian with the greatest of humility
Taljinder Singh [Curzon 1987] Quoted from https://www.todaystraveller.net/ Tireless Crusader: An Interview with Taljinder Singh, Area Director, Mumbai Hotels & General Manager, The Taj Mahal Palace “Taljinder Singh, Area Director – Mumbai Hotels & General Manager, The Taj Mahal Palace, walks us through what it takes for the The Taj Mahal Palace Mumbai, to remain at […]
OLD COTTONIAN Sodhi Vikram Singh – Sri Anandpur Sahib Wale – receiving and honouring the Archbishop of Canterbury
Sodhi Vikram Singh- Sri Anandpur Sahib Wale receiving and honouring the Archbishop of Canterbury who is the Head of the Church of England-Protestant Church at the Darbar Sahib Complex of Harmandir Sahib. He is on a visit to celebrate the 550 years birth celebrations of Guru Nanak Dev Ji. Sending out a strong global message […]
Sandeep Mansukhani summits Mt. Elbrus!
BCS on highest point of European continent Mt Elbrus just as BCS comes up for our 160th year on 28th July 2019 (Founder’s Day) Sandeep Mansukhani summited Mt. Elbrus highest peak of Europe 5642 mtr/ 18505 feet today 27th July @ 07:10 a.m and successfully planted the BCS flag along with the Indian flag. Congratulations!
Two videos of Bishop Cotton School Simla – produced by Sam Mathews.
Wonderful!What else can one say. Brings back huge amount of memories.Gentleman has done a great job and yeoman service!Cheers!Indi [Gurrinder Khanna 1969 Batch]——- This was a great send. Love the school and proud to be a COTTONIAN.Tejindar Randhawa, Roll no.864,Curzon house1977.——- So many shots in these videos took me down memory lane. Also made me realize […]
Karma Tenzing: Another Old Cottonian summited Mt. Everest. Congratulations!
Karma Tenzing [Curzon House Prefect ‘97] with the BCS flag on the summit of Mount Everest at 1:05pm on May 15 2019. “Overcome Evil With Good” CONGRATULATIONS! [Above received from Ashwani Singh Virk with thanks] It gives me great pleasure and pride, as would all fellow Cottonians feel, in informing you that Karma Tenzin Nyangmi, […]