Remembering – by Vivek Bhasin
R E M E M B E R… the day I clambered on the Kalka Mail aged five. Mr Das Gupta was the Calcutta party escort.. ..the train chugged in to Kalka and it was bitter cold the 1st of March 59 years ago.. We changed to the hill train and chug-chugged up through 103 […]
The outdoors, Solitude: Pictures from Äcksjön Sweden by Vivek Bhasin
Äcksjön Sweden Walked 12 km (so far 150 km since I got back on 20/3) through deep forests past frozen lakes and narrow meandering paths … incredible but slow … close to 5 hrs so it was tough but exhilarating..
The Wrong Doers – by Vivek Bhasin
What did I do wrong… did I break bounds and wreck the fence and let the lambs out? So hungry wolves might ..encircling pounce? What did you do wrong… did you jump the light on amber turning red wishing to get home to tuck your child to bed? What did they do wrong… with a […]
The “STICK IN“
The “ STICK IN “ Location: School Dining Hall Time: Sunday immediately after Breakfast. Action: Master on Duty asked to leave. Action: Close all Doors Instruction: “All Stand “..As silent ghosts Duration: Three Hours. Reason: Behaving like miscreants against the Sanawarians during the First XI Soccer Match ( we won 10-1), and staring with lustful […]
A christmas letter to Mrs King sent from a prisoners war camp in Marienburg (Poland today)
Webmaster OCA I am sending you a treasured letter from my friend Mike King whose Father Charles King (Ibbetson House, School Capt 1928) a Rector was taken in as POW in Nazi Germany during WWII. ((A very close and wonderful friend of mine based in Baumberg Germany translated the first page. I can also understand […]
Mike King: Another precious letter
Attached is a letter from Mike King’s father, Charles King, to his youngest brother Noel who left BCS in 1934 to move to England with his parents. He was a Captain in the British Airborne Forces and saw action at the Battle of Arnhem and was actually present at the Japanese surrender in Rangoon in […]
The Mike King letters [Mike King : the Son of “A son of BCS”]
Mike King a very dear friend of mine based in the UK is a die-hard fanatic of BCS! Even though he could not go to BCS his Father and Uncles did. Mike regularly attends the OCA (UK) reunions and stays in touch with me regularly, sending snippets of excellent news and information strongly focused on […]
Part of the Soul Train – by Vivek Bhasin
Part of the Soul Train One-Six-ZERO ( 1 6 0 ) …is no ordinary number is no simple number is not that a complicated number is not a serious number is not a humorous number. … it is a number that signifies something more special than ordinary simpleness complicatedness and seriousness. Possibly with some humour […]
When Friends become Family – musings on the Batch of 1970 – by Vivek Bhasin
Writings 14 April 2019 When friends become FAMILY (by a certain Lefroyian from the Class of 1970) It’s the 14th of April 2019 0945hrs Swedish summer time up in the cloudless blue as I fly between Stockholm and Helsinki on a Finnair Flight… I suddenly have this explosive surge to write a few lines that […]
OC Capt. Vivek Bhasin’s [Lefroy 1970] visit to BCS
Sent by email to Head Master Tuesday 02nd April 2019 Head MasterRoy Robinson Esq;Bishop Cotton SchoolSimla. Dear Roy, Good Evening Sir. I wish to express my utmost gratitude to you for giving me permission to visit School today 02nd April 2019 to address the Assembly and read today’s lesson from Paul’s Chapter 12. Further you […]