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Camino de Santiago – pilgrimage 2025

Vivek “ Bonnie “ Bhasin

9th April 2025

The twin spires of the Cathedral at Santiago de Compostela are calling me again … beckoning me to come into the bubble of his special world ..his peaceful world … I have shed my bespoke suits, my fedora hats and the bouquet of that special tree..

  I need to walk on … reflect on … and mentor my own self … as a special person said ..  “ in the end you only report to yourself ..…” .. never STOP walking …

” Ultreia et Susseia  Go Further-Go Higher    On camino road from Karlstad to Oslo to Madrid to Salamanca to Zamora to Ourense to Santiago de Compostela “ St. James in the field of stars ..”

29th April 2025

My Camino Via de la plata started in Seville Andalusia and continued through the heart of Spanish Extremadura, entering Castile de Leon with a left turn at Granja de Moreruela connecting to Via Sanabres in Galicia and arriving at Santiago de Compostela in NW Spain …  it was one of my strongest and most arduous walks through extremes … heat, rain, wind, snow blizzards and even falling into a river … the body often protested but my mind fought against these odds …  i walked slow, heavy, enthused, energetic, tired with my back pack and my sticks …but finally I walked in to Santiago with a cool Irish Dude from Dublin and a laid back Canadian from Jasper Alberta…

The way that stretched from the south to NW Spain taking nearly 1,700,000 steps / 1200km …on camino road …

As Gandhi said …

“Life is too short to increase its speed …”

The yellow arrow, the camino shell and my body .. just moving forward taking with me my CLOSEST DEAREST and TRUEST.. All of Yo.. never STOP walking  …Ultreia et Susseia… go forward .. go higher ….

Bonnie Walker ..

Life Journey: G S Khanna (Indi)

Gentlemen,

Hi!  Saw the post on the OCA site just now and could not resist responding immediately.

I write a blog A Tea Planters Tales | From the days when planting was a way of life.  While my stories are mainly about my experiences during my planting days, within those tales you’ll find a couple about my growing up years in school.

Here is the Attachment. Thought this was the best way to introduce my self to you.

Cheers!

G S Khanna (Indi)

Rivaz 1959-69

Life journey : Yashvardhan Singh

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My name is Yashvardhan Singh. I am an Old Cottonian from the 2014-15 batch. I joined school in 2007 and cleared my ISC – Grade 12 board exams in 2015. I was the School Captain for the year 2014-15 and was among others awarded the Full School Blazer for Academics and elevated to the Spartan Club as well. I was in Rivaz House.
Currently, I am a practising advocate in the Supreme Court of India and I have finished my Masters in Law (LL.M.) from National Law School, Bangalore.
I recently went to Kathmandu, Nepal for a law conference on human rights. In Nepal I also  had the joy of meeting three of my batchmates – Shobhit Agarwal, Ashish Agarwal and Sahahrsha Singh from Bishop Cotton Simla. They treated me wonderfully well and I have just written a short article recounting my experience. I wanted to share the same with you and the OC community. I have attached a Article for OCA on Nepal Trip 
Thank you.
Regards,
Warmly,
Yash.
Yashvardhan Singh
Advocate – Supreme Court of India at Delhi.
Former Law Clerk-cum-Research Associate to Justice Hrishikesh Roy, Judge – Supreme Court of India- 2022-2023
Masters in LAW, NLSIU, Bangalore, 2022
LLB- Delhi University, 2021
B.Sc. – St. Stephen’s College, Delhi- 2018