Author: Captain Vivek Bhasin (L-1970) 17th Feb 2023 When Cottonians meet…The Sky turns cobaltThe Sun’s warmth is complimented by the brotherhoodbonded 163 years ago..7000 feeton the Mighty Divine Himalaya… It is indeed amazing how our togetherness as young lads at our fabulous BCS…be it 3,5,10,11 and even 13 years instilled in us the spirit of...Read More

It was an honour for our current BCS School and Vice Captains to see inside the corridors of power and meet our Old Cottonian who holds office in the Himachal Pradesh Government. Mr. Rohit Thakur, Education Minister (OC) and Mr. Anirudh Singh (St Edwards), Cabinet Minister for Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, Government of Himachal...Read More

“BCS taught me how to be mentally strong and physically fit which plays an important role in cricketing life too.” The Old Cottonians held their annual lunch at Delhi Golf Club recently and this year our young cricket star Mayank Dagar was able to be there – here he remembers his BCS school days and...Read More

New families and boys induction day: Classes 3 – 8 The Director, Simon Weale, today introduced the boarding staff, matrons and teachers of the Junior and Middle school at The Lodge. The new boys, that have come from all over India, start their exciting journey – finding new friends and their new bed in the...Read More

Bishop Anand Chandu Lal 1934 – 2022 Today one of our illustrious Old Cottonians and previous Governor of school was honoured with a memorial service in Shimla. Bishop Anand Chandu Lal sadly passed away last December. Headmaster Mr MP John represented BCS at the service along with our boys who sang in the choir –...Read More

Good luck to our outgoing Class 12+ Cottonians who are off to their first board exam, today is their ISC English paper – wishing you all the best boys. Their exams will finish at the end of March when they will have their traditional leaving dinner. Chapel service before their examRead More

The Old Cottonians held their annual lunch in Delhi on Sunday 12th February at the Golf Club hosted by Jaspal Sawney. It looked a lot of fun and there was a good international turn out with 125 Cottonians gathering and of course they sung the school song. Making friends for a lifetime #Connected Mayank Dagar,...Read More

Welcome back to Mr Ashish Pal Chauhan (Old Cottonian) and his family as he joins his old school as an Assistant Housemaster looking after the senior boarders at Bishop Cotton School, Shimla. Together with his son Tanish, this will be the 3rd generation of Chauhans from Kotkhai at BCS and now the 8th member of...Read More

BCS students told not to fear failure by US author Mukul Sheopory On Tuesday 7th February 2023 students from Bishop Cotton School, Shimla (BCS) were given a creative writing session from an American business author in the Irwin Hall. Ruskin Bond, Raaja Bhasin, Raghuvendra Tanwar and Mukul Sheopory are just some of the authors to...Read More

Author Mohnish Kapur 2022 This is the first time I am writing for the school and I am proud to write about a great evening. We boys from the 2002 batch celebrated our 20th reunion with some of our Great Gurus of life “our teachers”. Firstly, I would like to say these member of school...Read More