The Old Cottonians Association of Bishop Cotton School Simla India
Posted in Articles, News, Post, Spot Light on Aug 19th, 2010
Congratulations BCS! Bishop Cotton School, Shimla India was ranked 4th in India’s Most Respected Boarding School for 2010. Here is the letter to the Head Master Mr. Roy Robinson: Dear Sir Congratulations! I’m pleased to inform you that your school ranking has moved up from 10 last year to 4 this year among Boarding/Residential schools [...]
Ruskin Bond, born in 1934, recently celebrated his 76th birthday. His latest book, titled “Mr Oliver’s Diary” …is the imaginary story of Ruskin’s years in Shimla’s Bishop Cotton School in a diary format supposed to have been written by the school head master.
Mayank Anand [BCS Lefroy 1985-97] Actor ~ Writer ~ Artist was born in Kaputhala Punjab and spent his early years in Shimla, he studied at Bishop Cotton School and then went on to Mumbai to attend St. Xavier’s and then to Knox College in Illinois USA. Here are a few links to Maynak’s book, Love [...]
Four Pigeons…… This is the story about Four Pigeons. This is a factual story. This is what really happened a few days ago. This is what started in Bishop Cotton School a few days ago… We made it up to the gates of School; 25th March 2010; 0815 is when chapel started. An Old Cottonian [...]
I well remember my first roll call as an eight year old at Bishop Cotton School when I was placed in Rivaz House. This was before we had a prep school in Chota Simla. After a tearful parting from my mother, I was introduced to the Rivaz Housemaster. He showed me to my place at [...]
Dear Editor, I have been induced by recent correspondence with some of my contemporary OCs to write a few words that can be shared with those who remember me during my years at BCS. It was a priviledge to have spent time at the School in those halcyon days during the early ’40s. I have had the good fortune to [...]
BCS: Some thoughts relating to the future – Does the school have a future as a high-quality institution? Vijay K. Stokes Rivaz 1948-1954 What is wrong with this picture? Now that the successful School Sesquicentennial Celebrations are behind us the school needs to focus on its future. This write-up raises some issues that, hopefully, [...]
Christmas Letter 2009 (Vivek Bhasin Lefroy 1961-1970) Where are all of we….? …. Should have started and ended this letter before the dam burst, before the fireworks lit up the London Sky and before the Three Kings following the bright bright star finally arrived. Sorry Folks! I’ll try to make sure schedules are maintained from [...]
Posted in Articles, News, Post, Sesquicentennial on Dec 11th, 2009
SIMLA OLD COTTONIANS’ ASSOCIATION (UNITED KINGDOM) 2009 WINTER NEWSLETTER Chairman’s Christmas Letter Dear Old Cottonians We are drawing to the end of a most extraordinary year in the history of our School and our Old Boys’ Association Before going further I would like – on behalf of your committee and me – to wish [...]
150 Years of Bishop Cotton School – An assessment of the past … and the future? Vijay K. Stokes Rivaz 1948-1954 The students with whom I should have graduated in 1956 celebrated their Golden Jubilee in 2007. Over three days in Shimla, classmates and their spouses socialised in the mornings and evenings at a hotel, [...]
