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Good News, Bad News – Things I always regretted not to have done
Good News, Bad News – Things I always regretted not to have done (the last day of 2008) Let’s start with, as one of my crazy Chief Officer’s used to say to me..The Good News…….’’The good news you little Himalayan … Continue reading
More sad news… Usum Nimmanhamin passed-away Dec 26th 08.
From: Sukanya Dear Friends, It is with deep sorrow to inform you that your friend USUM has passed away peacefully last night at 7.30 pm. He became unconscious about 9.30 pm on Christmas Day and the doctors tried to revive … Continue reading
Trivikram Singh [Chand] Koti passed-away in Shimla
TV Singh [Ibbetson 1948-1956] passed away at Simla on 24th December 2008. Trivikram was the Rana Sahib of Koti State and is survived by his wife, mother and a daughter and son in law in Australia and a son and daughter … Continue reading
Obituary – Rupinder (Ruby) Randhawa
Obituary – Rupinder (Ruby) Randhawa With great sadness and deep regret we wish to inform you that Brajinder Mohan Singh (Curzon 1957-63) lost his sister-in-law Rupinder (Ruby) Randhawa in The Taj during the recent incidents at Mumbai India. … Continue reading
Of Simla, Delhi, Calcutta, Bishop Cotton School, Indian Railways, Game Reserves……
An interesting article on the internet. The Price family section contains personal accounts of different aspects of life of the British in India from the early 1920′s to partition in 1947 during the British Raj. It includes memories of Simla, Delhi, … Continue reading
The DODA Chronicles – part II
Chronicles of Doda! ( Translated from the original Hindi by the author) Ibbetson House 23rd March 1961 My dear Mummy, I have finally arrived in my new school! The train journey was very nice specially the Puris we ate … Continue reading
An invitation to OCs of the 1960s. Read on..
And, do I have the time to read all this, when all I do is read the headlines in the papers! And that too, if they have a picture attached to it! No pictures here today, Pal ! … Continue reading
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Chronicles of a Ziginare……Gypsy……..Explorer…Bandit
…lets come straight on to the locale. S-S-Shave-Shampoo; all done, with Tuscany splashed across my back, I step into the melee of Manila. One has to be careful here as I negotiate bends, curves and blind alleys..who knows when fleeting … Continue reading
