Every Cloud Has a Silver Lining – by Nalin Sood
Hello friends. Hope you and your families are safe and you are taking good care of yourself .While we wait for this pandemic to come to an end, I just felt like sharing this personal experience with you all. Hope you will find some time to read this and reflect. The night before the Janta […]
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 […]
“Chicken on the Menu” and “Angle to Angling” – by Indi [Gurrinder] Khanna
Two articles by Gurrinder [Indi] Khanna – enjoy! Chicken on the Menu In 1975 at a young 22 almost straight out of University and a Masters in English, I found myself up on Panniar Estate (High Ranges) having been despatched there by the Malayalam Plantations Agents in Cochin. Born and with my entire formative years […]
OC Raghuvendra Tanwar [Lefroy 1970 Batch] – latest book released:
Description The central point that this volume makes is that much of what happened in Jammu & Kashmir in the critical first few years (1947-53) needs a more careful reassessment. It is argued that there were little voices of ordinary people that should have been heard but were ignored. The political discourse that took centre […]
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 […]
Respect, for OC Girish Minocha
Jerry Godinho interviewed Girish Minocha [Old Cottonian] and has blogged about his story of success: I have a deep respect for Girish Minocha. He is humble, down to earth, spiritual, aware of his surroundings and believes in giving back to society. He started his business, knocking door to door to build clients. He graduated from […]
New section: Writings / Musings / Memories
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I imagine…
I imagine …. “The thing I imagine myself being in the future doesn’t exist yet” as I know there is a check list of unfinished business that I need to do in today’s world before I enter the lofty gates of tomorrow’s future. My elders always talk about “those good old days, those golden days” […]