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Going strong on a glorious path

lSesquicentennial celebrations
Last Updated 05 July 2015, 14:30 IST

Bishop Cotton Boys’ School is basking in the sesquicentennial glow. With the school completing 150 years recently, it has reached an important milestone and looking back with pride.

The school has to its credit an exhaustive list of alumni who have gone on to contribute substantially to the country and make a significant difference to society.

The recently concluded  year-long celebration offered moments of nostalgia to the old students.

On the occasion, some of the old boys of the school  got together to pay a little tribute to the institution.

Young advocate Karan Joseph, who passed out of the school in 2004, got together with his schoolmates, Aditya Sondhi and Romil Turakhia, and compiled an anthology of stories from students of the school from the 1930s to  2015. It  was called ‘Pucca Sahibs’.

“It’s a fun read and has stories that one wouldn’t normally get to hear. It captures moments that these people have from school, in their classrooms and with their closest friends,” explains Karan.

 He  says that the school has made him what he is today. “The institution gave me countless opportunities and moulded me into what I am today. Some of my closest friends are from this school and some of the jokes we still share are those from our school days.” Popular musician and theatre artiste Christopher Avinash, who passed out in 1990, says that his fondest memories are of his school days. “There wasn’t a single teacher or principal who didn’t spank me. I was very mischievous and got into trouble all the time,” he recollects. He points out that the he used to hang around the Tower Bell and tuck shop in school. “I don’t think the bell existed anymore; we would always want to climb up there to ring it,” he says.

Musician and short filmmaker Preetam Koilpillai’s first tryst with theatre and experiments with musical notes began in school.

“It is unlikely that I would have pursued music in a big way if it wasn’t for my first music lessons in school. I was first introduced to theatre in class 11 and there was no
looking back after that,” he narrates.

Bengaluru has its fair share of management ‘gurus’ and management consultant CN Kumar has carved a niche for himself in this sphere. He passed out of this school in 1970 and observes that despite the opening of many international schools in the City, Bishop Cotton Boys’ School continues to hold its premiere position with a lot of parents wanting to admit their wards there. “I am regularly in touch with friends from school and we get together quite often. The friendship that we shared in school has now extended” to our families as well,” he concludes.

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(Published 05 July 2015, 14:30 IST)

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