Here is a message from Vivek Bhasin
I am trying to coordinate a live feed through a famous news network during our sesquicentennial celebrations in Simla.
What I would need is max: 2 to 3 lines of good wishes/memories etc from OCs world wide that I would transmit over the airwaves….please respond by posting your messages here so I can pick these up and prepare them for the transmission.
Time is running…so the emergency request!!
Kindest Regards – Vivek Bhasin
i owe a lot to bcs and i want my son to feel the same.request more oc’s to feel commited and send their son’s to bcs and want the administration to take education in bcs to new heights.atleast at par with international standards.wishing all a very happy 150th year.
gurbrinder singh anand
[curzon 1980-1985].
sukhamrit singh anand
[2006-....]
I wish i was there to be a part of the celebrations.
Wishing all those who are working hard to make this event a success a very warm and heartfelt thanks. Perfect time and venue to meet all those we have always thought about but didnt have the oppurtunity to meet.Wishing a instituition the very best and thanking all the teachers who gave us the rudder to steer our lives to what we have become today……….thankful OCs……….looking forward to meeting all of the classmates and friends.
Lefroy
1964-1069
Great stuff. Wonderful to see the OC community live and kicking across the world. It is a matter of time , now that the OCA network and Internet are making us virtually talking and meeting, to have BCS return to earlier glorious days.
Must use this opportunity of 150 years celebration to see how OCA can help and we individually to bring back glory to BCS.
Lefroy 1969-1975
The years Spent at BCS are whats helping in life.
Also congrats & thanx to the organisers for the great work done.
Puneet Khanna
Curzon House
The School completes 150 years… And we 25!!! How time flies?
The Most memorable Years of my Life…!!!
Cheers to All!
Bhups – Class of 1984
For all those who’ve gone before…. like myself ,to those who’ve yet to come …like my son (who is in upper XIth form this yearat BCS and also the Curzon house Captain). A proud moment for us both.Look forward to the 200th year with my grandson.
Hardy
On the 150th Anniversary of BCS let me say Loud & Clear ‘THANK YOU BCS’, for the lessons & values that have made me successful, confident & PROUD TO BE A COTTONIAN.
Vikram Sodhi C-1962-71
Congratulation for shaping us in the most impressionalble years of our life and giving us the values to be cherished.
I sing my school motto loud and clear, overcome evil with good, for those who have gone before like me old cottonian, and to those who yet to come like my son Navjit studing in 7A, Curzon house. A proud moment for father and son on the 150 anniversary of BCS and completion of 100 years of Curzon House.
Aninderjit Singh (Kartara)
1980..1986 Curzon House
Navjit Dang C 2007..
I WISH U THE BEST OF LUCK FOR THIS EXCELLENT WORK
AMIT K ARORA
Congratulations to our good old school.
Compliments to all the organisers who are doing such a fantastic job.
I am getting nostalgic and wish I could just drop everything and go back to school for these celebrations.
I wish all those who are going have a great time; and keep up the Cottonian Spirit.
SM Singh
Singapore
Curzon 57 to 64
I hope all past, present and future OCs Have as happy and fruitful memories as mine. Classrooms, sports, wolf cubs, Kite flying, the chapel choir, acting in plays, watching the rains coming up from the South… I could go on forever. Congratulations BCS on thriving for 150 years and may the next 150 be even better.
David Mitchell, Florida, USA.
Junior school 1941-1943
Curzon 1944
I extend my warmest regards and celebrations to people who are putting in their best efforts to make this huge event happen.
kudos to you all..
Thanks Vivek
Lefroy 04
I was in school 41 thru 48, that’s eight years or half my life time at that stage of my life. BCS was like home. What I learned has stood me in good stead the rest of my life. I regret not being able to join in the festivities this October, but have been back several times in the past and will be with you all in though and spirit.
John McLaughlin, Michigan, USA
Prep School 41-43
Ibbetson 44-48
Once out of school, the School has been in a way the only constant outside our personal lives… binding us ALL cottonians together FOREVER by the time we spent there and the common cottonian spirit.
Thank you dear teachers and my dear school. I have gained a lot from you.
Dhiraj Jayani
Curzon 78-89
Best of luck Sir!
Best wishes and I am sure the celebrations will be a grand success.
rohit singla
1986-93
ibbetson
A historic occassion indeed, marking its 150th birth anniversary – the sesquicentennial ! Long live our alma mater…long live Bishop Cotton !!!
Mr. Vivek, Hats of to you…Common Friends its 150 Yrs and only 35 of us have responded…its a Big Big Day for us & Thanks to Mr. Vivek for giving us a chance to sing those proud & magical lines again. So send in your good wishes & shout tell the world who we are…i m sure none of us will forget, Lets do it once again : “WHERE EVER WE GO PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW WHOM WE ARE, SO WE SAY WE ARE THE COTTONIONS A MIGHTY MIGHTY COTTONIONS..& then.. YEEEAAAHHHHH…”, Yeppie..Woww…!
“LIGHT BLUE, DARK BLUE COLOURS OF OURS COMMON FRIENDS LETS MAKE OUR BEAUTIFUL BCS SHINE LIKE A STAR”.
GURVINDER SINGH KOCHHAR
RIVAZ HOUSE
1984-1996
Best wishes from Vijay Khurana, Arun Bhumitra, Shelly Bhumitra, Ajay Bhumitra and Shiv Kapoor.
“We sing of days now past and gone, we sing of days to be; A song to fire the mind of youth, and kindle memory”. We made a tryst with destiny when we joined BCS as students as far back as the 1960s, and the school has shaped our lives, our thinking, and built bonds that have endured the passage of time. We come back now to pay homage to that school, older and wiser, yet die hard Cottonians at heart.
While the school song describes us as “all those giants of yesterday, who’ve had their glorious hour”, we believe that our glorious hour is now, as we participate in the BCS sesquicentennial celebrations. BCS has given us memories and friends to last a lifetime, and for that we will forever be indebted to the school.
Every great Institution has a hymn, an ode that wraps up the experience of the place into a phrase. “Overcome Evil with Good” is the motto we took with us from our alma mater to the world. These words will always hold good in any age, place or time. It is great that this august institution has been around for 150 years and still spreading the good word. All of us – it’s protégés and the world are forever in its debt.
KARAN PAL SINGH CHAUHAN
RIVAZ (1983-1995)
BCS is where it all started – the life lessons that will perpetually accompany us on our quest for more, the friendships that will last a lifetime, the stories that will always keep us laughing, and a motto, “Overcome Evil with Good”, that will distinguish us as the most unique breed of boys that ever existed. Thanks for everything – we are truly obliged.
Kunal Moudgil
Karan Moudgil
Lefroy (1994 – 2000)
three cheers to our alma mater,which has completed a land mark in history-150 years and still going strong.
ten years -the best yrs ,have been spent in bishop cotton.the best relationships have bonded here.its been 43 yrs since i passed out,but my friends till date are from school days.to name just a few who have made my life more meaningful with thier support and friendship,arun bhumitra,sham sodhi,bhatti,gobey,uday,bhalaik,ranbir brar,raju marwah…it can go on and on.
k.vijay singh. lefroy.1966
BCS……a tremendous and an ever lasting School.It is hard to forget it and I am hoping to visit it after well over 60 years during the celebrations.It is here that I learnt friendship,hard work,respect for my teachers,determination and resolve,,,I could go on and on.Long live BCS.
Iftikhar Malik,Cotton House,Prep School,1944 to 1947.
Amazing & Awesome School where I spend my childhood and learned many things. I would like to congrats each and every cottonian for the Big Celebration of 150 Yrs of our School.
Cheers
DHARMENDER AUKTA
LEFROY (1998)
Congratulation and thank you Bishop Cotton School. Regret not able to be there and join in the celebrations. Greetings to all who have made it especially the Bhalaiks and the Stokes’s
regards
Vijay OP Bhalaik, Liverpool. England.
School Captain 1986
Rivaz 76-86
Here’s to good times….great friends…and the greatest school on planet earth….the years we spent in this great institution…made MEN….out of “us” Boys…wish I could be there to celebrate with you all….good luck to all the Cottonians out there….
Shubham Anand
Lefroy 82-96
At the onset of the Sesquicentennial Celebrations, more than ever, I reminisce some of the best years of my life, the years I spent at Bishop Cotton School.
Throughout my association with BCS and every time we get together in these later years, I continually cherish this association. I know, as my fellow Cottonians do, that we are always ready to stand by each other through thick and thin.
Let the Sesquicentennial honor our camaraderie and each celebration further fortify our strength. It makes me proud to be a part of this faction, a league extraordinare.
I am proud to be a Cottonian. Today. Tomorrow. And Always.
My best to my fellow OCs and their near and dear.
Guru Singh Chaudhri
Rivaz, 1980-1987
http://www.GuruSingh.info
http://www.FaceBook.com/SinghGuru
ON 150 YEARS OF OUR HOME , WHERE WE SPENT OUR FORMATIVE YEARS OF OUR LIFE.
THE SCHOOL WHICH HAS MADE US GROW INTO MEN WHO CAN TAKE ALL CHALLENGES IN LIFE.
THE HOME WHICH TAUGHT US , LOVED US, AND CONTINUES TO DO FOR LAST 150 YEARS .
FOR THOSE WHO HAVE GONE AND YET TO COME COTTONIAN
LET US ALL CELEBRATE TOGETHER TO THIS FOR OUR GREAT HOME AND THE INDIAS GREATEST INSTITUTION.
LETS ALL BE PROUD TO BE A COTTONIAN
ALL THE BEST TO ALL THE FRIENDS WE HAVE MADE IN OUR LIVES AT THIS GREAT SCHOOL
RAJIV BERI
RIVAZ
1972-82
Its been 24 years since our batch left BCS and in academic and professional pursuit settled across the world. Many of us will be in BCS for the Sesquicentennial celebrations but this great event has also bought all those who could not come closer to us and the great institution which nurtured us. Thanks BCS.
Arun Sawhney
Ibbetson, 1976-1986
What a fabolous idea !! I am very excited about your celebration.My best wishes for a grand success. I have my father ,and 2 uncles who would be present for the upcoming celebrations.I would love to be able to watch it here is the USA.Thank you for the effort.
Hooray! Hooray!! Best times ever!
Nihal Amin
R1990-96
@Simon Sehmbey
AS THE CELEBRATIONS ARE ABOUT TO BEGIN LET US CONFIRM OUR MOTTO
” OVER COME EVIL WITH GOOD ”
REGDS
T.S.SAWHNEY
71′ IBBETSON
263
Bishop Cotton School is second to no other. Heartiest congratulations to all those in School now, to all Old Cottonians -young and old- from all over the World and
Mr and Mrs Roy Robinson , Headmaster and all organisers for putting the show together.
Well Done to ‘CLASS of 54′who started the 50 year Celebrations.
All the Very Best.
Daljit Singh (Jaijee) -Barnes and Ibbetson 1947-54.
POSTED ON BEHALF OF Ved Seereeram
Hearty congratulations to the School on its 150th year. Thanks to all the boys, staff and OCs who will be making the celebrations possible. I would love to be among you on the appointed day to be sourrounded by the ambiance of a world class school, embrace the cool Shimla air and to be among old friends I grew up with. So many good memories after so many years.
Ved Seereeram (Trini) L 1961- 66