A Taste Of Rainbows: Kanishka Mallick
The three of us did not start out as great friends. Junior School rivalry and individual identity was based...
A Cold Hug: Kanishka Mallick
As winters arrive, inherently, whenever anyone says it’s getting cold, my first reactionary statement is, “we have grown up...
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– Warisha Kuhi (2021) This artwork has been shared by Warisha Kuhi with Oakgrovians Young & Old on email.
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– Ashish Bhadauria (2001) These paintings have been shared by Ashish Bhadauria on email and also posted on Facebook...
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A Taste Of Rainbows: Kanishka Mallick
The three of us did not start out as great friends. Junior School rivalry and individual identity was based...
The three of us did not start out as great friends. Junior School rivalry and individual identity was based...
As winters arrive, inherently, whenever anyone says it’s getting cold, my first reactionary statement is, “we have grown up...
Adieu Putu Da alias Shambhu Burman… Memory flashes back to Chakradharpur where my Father was posted in SE Rly...
October has always been like the start line of a race you know you are going to win. It...
The best and the worst part of boarding school are ‘seniors’. This is the set of people who mostly...
Weekends are for that 10 minutes of extra lazing on the bed in the morning, leaving the bed untidy...
– Warisha Kuhi (2021) This artwork has been shared by Warisha Kuhi with Oakgrovians Young & Old on email.
My siblings and I love to argue, no matter how stupid the topic. I am sure such is the...
Of all options, reform is the best way to correct delinquents and prevent future misdeeds. That is what is...
All the time, we remember our school, Without OG, Life is not cool Our voices will fill every nook...
We were quite unlucky in terms of attending marriages as we were studying in boarding school. And our parents...
Life is meaningless and purposeless If you never had buddies in the school, I can’t recall the day when...
During the time when the country is going through a tough phase of fight against COVID-19, and precautionary measures...
The sad news of Amit Sir has made me to reflect upon my association with him. Though it was...
It is naturally not very easy to adjust to any kind of lockdown. However, once you get used to...
Junior School was a visual lockdown. You could stand in the middle of the flat & virtually view the...
The Fart Bomb My batch for some reason had this special affection towards our Maths lessons… while every other...
Inspired by Kanishka Mallick Sir’s Lockdown series, I decided to share my bit. Escapade -1 (OGGS Batch -2008) After the end...
In a lockdown, many things get rationed. Hostel life in a way is a lockdown. You are free within...
पता नहीं आपकी आँखों पे ऐनक है या चश्मा, आठ साल के बच्चे को सब्ज़ी परोसते हुए, ‘मुन्ना सर’...
This lockdown was special in many ways. For one, this was an experience reserved for junior school kids...
In the mountains, Amid the clouds, Stands my Oak Grove, Tall and proud. With a legacy a century and...
Deepak Bist Smiling face with hope and all kinds of support, You came to me and stood beside me...
This may resonate more with people who got admitted to the school hospital at least 3-4 times for at...
One of the best memories I have from my school is how all of us celebrated the festivals and...
“Who goes to the hills, goes to his mother….” – Rudyard Kipling They once lived in a mountain their...
– Ashish Bhadauria (2001) These paintings have been shared by Ashish Bhadauria on email and also posted on Facebook...
As the scooty entered the meandering road of Mussoorie, the familiar scent of vegetation awakened in me, many memories...
There is a Hindi movie called “Dhundh”. It has Danny Dengzongpa in it. There is a song in...
Fancy Fair Preparations would start a week before. Ashish Dey, our senior and enfante terrible had a Fancy Fair...
First Day in Junior School We completed admission formalities at the school office and trudged up the steep climb...
Admission Time My early remembrances of the gloomy little stop was of a dilapidated building just opposite to where...
Excerpts from CHAPTER XXIII of a book written by Mr. G. Huddleston in 1906, dedicated to his colleagues in...
THE FUN FILLED GAME OF BOOK CRICKET Well, if you didn’t study in Oak Grove Junior School, you may...
“For once cricket has claimed you, it never lets you go.” This proverb goes so well with most of...
MR. XENODOCHIAL: Puneet Monga Sir How I wish I could go back to OG towards the end of the...
In boarding school, we had all the time in the world available to us but, sometimes, limited to zero...
THE COMPELLING NUMBER-CRUNCHER: Ma’am Kusum Kamboj Juggling with mathematical formula is always fun-filled bizarre, I never found any better...
One weather that reminds me of 248152 is the mid of September/October. Not that any other day, evening or...
Once in a while, and if we are lucky, we get to spend some time with a certain type...
- Shitanshu Kumar Sharad This video was posted by Shitanshu Kumar Sharad on his YouTube channel on September 08,...
July 15, 2019 I had spent a better part of my three years at grad school preparing. Not for...
My sister and I were born in Railway hospitals. That’s what most Railway men’s children were wont to do....
I have always had a fascination for the hard stone walls of OG. Here is an awkward ode to...
On June 1, 2019, Oak Grove turned 131. For all those who missed out on attending the event, we...
दूर दीवार पर इठला कर बैठी वो गिलहरी.. और हमारी बीती शैतानियाँ.. आसमान में चमकता वो अकेला आदित्य.. और...
It happened during winter. My memory struggles, as to what the year was. Rang De Basanti was playing in...
The man had only two emotions, He was happy when we were happy, He was angry when we were...
It happened when I was 8, close to the brink of crossing 9 in a limited number of days....
Once upon a time, there was a pack of boys who spent ten years together in a century old...
We love this school of ours, We’re Oak Grove’s children true; We’ll serve her in her darkest hours, and...
What is the definition of a royal? How do we come to be called a blue blood? It is...
How close are close friends, really? As in, literally. Distance wise. Probably, depends on person to person & relationship...
कुछ गालियाँ और गालियों से बुरी होती हैं. कुछ और भी खराब लगती हैं जब, वो कोई ऐसा शख़्स...
Pointless Life takes turns. Life also has its steeps & slopes. Many a times, life pops up a pushta...
Bed Of Thorns (remembering 2nd Oct, every year, 1988-1996) 2nd Oct, was a much awaited day, by everyone. Not...
Mr. Sumption taught the classics in the senior classes. Towards the end of the year he taught Ethics and...
When I was young, I lived there That’s where I spent most of my teen-hood Which gets it’s own...
This year (2018) on Founders Day, three sculptural masterpieces were unveiled at Oak Grove. Envisaged and created by Mr....
A puny six year kid being packed to school without consent Was the beginning of life’s best years that...
Echo Of A Song Not For Me Photographs, like paintings, are actually creations of the originator. The slight difference...
It is a poem which I have composed in my last few days in Oak Grove. This poem is...
On 1, Turner Road in Dehradun, there is a bakery. It is called Bustan. Sadi, a thirteenth century poet...
Oak Grove turned 130 on June 1, 2018. As has become customary for a few of us, we were...
MAROON FEVER GRIPPED GREEN VALLEY Without any doubt, every cricketing fraternity will say that there is no greater rivalry...
As the pious month of Ramadan advances with happiness and prosperity, I remember my Ramadan Days at Oak Grove....
April 20, 2014 It was a bit cold yet surprisingly warm Sunday in Mussoorie and I was supposed to...
Coming from a family that had just started to adapt to city life of Lucknow, I had my own...
Some songs can bring back so many memories… Today, I happened to listen to some songs that we girls...
HEXED MARBLES AND DOOMED SATURDAYS When a child is below 5 years, he/she receives maximum love and affection from...
A WELL-TIMED VICTORY FOR CLASS CRICKET TEAM (2010 BATCH) Our Class Cricket Team could have lost the final of...
CRICKET- A GHOST THAT HAUNTED JS BOYS’ DORM I was one of the owls in Junior School Boys’ Dormitory...
I still regret that day. It would had been better, had it not occurred. We were in class V...
LOVE GURU- UNDER THE SHADOW OF A CONSPIRATOR It was the occasion of Holi, and OG’s atmosphere was filled...
Here’s a small selection of images of Oak Grove in the 1970s – swimming pool, march-past, and group pictures...
For the batch of 2018 who recently stepped out to join us as ex-Oakgrovians, all the future batches...
Get-together with Oakgrovians Forever Uh! last night, I can’t even put out all my emotions to describe these two...
We entered the month of April, this month takes me back to OG life for many reasons. New session,...
We all are aware of the term “Nawaab”. If we do not wear our slippers by ourselves and look...
Evening Lights in the Valley Sitting on the wrought iron bench, That was half wet due to the mist,...
It was on this day, ten years ago, on 27th March 2008, that I left our Alma Mater and...
Here’s a collection of pictures from the Reunion of 1972 batch, held at Best Western Resort & Country Club,...
A sprawling Oak An ode to visibility Distinct from distance Despite trees, giant, surround it Its roots spread around the trunk Like...
For everyone here who has spun acorns & collected tiny branches . I received an invite from an old...
Things I miss about Oak Grove That boring morning PT. Miss Farzana waking us up (get up girls ..get...
From the train ride to Dehradun with fellow Oakgrovians, to all the celebrations over the next few days – this...
Nobody, including myself, believed I had a realistic chance of laying my hands on the cup. In fact, I...
A man who taught us never to lose hope, Not to worry much as life was full of scope,...
OG’s Dark Horse – Mr. K. Kumar Sir The very first night of OGBS wasn’t as horrible as we...
What to write and what not to… About the friends or the school at the hill top, There are...
These photographs are from the collection of Mahadev Duary (Soulshakers, batch of 2017). These were sent by him as...
– Ranajit Shee, Art Teacher, Oak Grove School (2017) These paintings were photographed at Ranajit Shee‘s residence in Oak...
Pictures around stories......Stories around pictures!! Thank you all dear ones who clicked these priceless gems!!Two pics 4 years apart!...
कुछ जगहें, बूढ़ी हो चली हैं या फिर बूढ़ा हो चला है उनका एहसास मैं हर साल वापस आती...
This playlist is a collection of video links of the 4th Worldwide Oak Grove School Reunion 2017. These...
This album is an addition to the earlier Reunion 2017 albums. These photographs were posted on the OGS Mussoorie...
Here’s a selection of portraits from the felicitation ceremony on October 29th, the third morning of the Reunion 2017....
These photographs are from the collection of Subroto Rakshit, Oak Grove School (1971 batch). These were shared by him on...
These panoramic photographs are from the collection of Shitanshu Kumar Sharad (2008). These were shared by him as an...
The road that led from one home to the other, Excited to meet old friends rather, The journey seemed...
Now I come to the hills of Mussoorie as a tourist. Back then it was home. Those days, we...
On the winding roads of life, We have learnt to manoeuver, The vehicle of our being; And yet through...
“Hey, silver guy!” Sitting at my desk, pretending doing something, I was startled. The department chair stood before me....
Every time While leaving those gates I promise myself, This is the last time; Next time, I won’t cry....
The 4th Worldwide Oak Grove School Reunion came to an official close on its third day, October 29, 2017....
October 28 was the second day of the 4th Worldwide Oak Grove School Reunion, 2017. To keep things simple,...
At Oak Grove School, Jharipani where I was born and brought up, Hockey had been a passion running in...
– Ranajit Shee, Art Teacher, Oak Grove School (2017) These sketches were shared as postcard prints by Ranajit Shee and...
October 27 was the first day of the 4th Worldwide Oak Grove School Reunion, 2017. Old Oakgrovians from all...
Being a small kid I was crazy about cricket, Not only playing matches but also watched on cricket set,...
I saw this young bespectacled boy, Standing a little away from the crowd, Clutching his bed-arch in the dormitory;...
School reunions can be boring affairs. A lot of people pretending to be what they are not, some old...
These are priceless pictures of the pages of Ajay Chopra‘s (1972 batch) autograph book. The autograph book contains messages from...
A LIVING LEGEND: MR.BHATT SIR I entered Boys’ School and was busy in thoughts of entering a new zone,...
A charismatic personality with eclectic approach and towering physique, For making OG champions in sports, he possessed all the...
MY OG SENIORS – MY ELDER BROTHERS We set foot in Senior Boys’ School with scary thought, Waiting for the...
“You are expected to learn at least five new English words every day, memorize their meanings, and use them...
It was after twenty years, in the year Big Ma’am passed away, that I started eating eggs again. My...
Hey Ram! Probably the most prolific death sentence that has reverberated in this part of the world. I believe, the...
If I ever write a story on my life, don’t get amazed if you find Oak Grove’s name a...
“The acorns lay on the moss covered ground Scattered all over like pennies that fall from an unkempt...
– Meenakshi Prakash (2019) These sketches have been shared by Meenakshi and Navneet upon request.
These photographs are from the collection of Mrs. Vinodini Joshi, Oak Grove School (1961-1990). These were shared by her...
When I think of Oak Grove School, my mind invariably fills with beautiful and nostalgic memories of my childhood...
– Utpal Abhishek (2016) These paintings have been shared by Utpal Abhishek on email and subsequently posted on Facebook as...
– Shambhavi Jha (2003) These paintings have been shared by Shambhavi on email and also posted on Facebook/Instagram as a...
O mother! Forgive me for my ignorance… Remember you took me for a lesson when I was still so...
My only link with Oak Grove was the fact that, back in the 1920s, my mother and her four...
Sunday was the day when a make belief world would be created in junior school when prisoners would role-play...
Going to Senior Boys School was a known surprise and an unknown certainty. We all knew what’s coming. As...
I joined boarding school in 1987. In class IV. Initial few months were as expected, not very smooth. Interesting...
MILLENNIUM ACHIEVERS 2000-2010 Walk along the Chunakhala Road towards Jharipani and here comes Oak Grove School, What are you...
Sitting in a circle on the valley grass with my boys, Here is a bunch of guys who doesn’t...
We are, we are the guys of OG 2000-10 A Batch, Burn your stamina and try to find our match,...
Adyasha, fondly called Hiya, captured these moments at the 129th Founders Day celebration that she came to witness with...
For everyone who attended the 129th Founders Day at Oak Grove, and for all those who missed being there...
A couple of days before the 2017 Founders Day, a bunch of us took a walk around Junior School...
Before the reunion of 2013, some of us were aiming to bring out a book of photos from the...
Here are seven pics. All except the seventh have one person in common, because he was fretting over minor...
दस बरस तेरी छाती से मैं चिपका रहा पंख तो तूने दिऐ पर उड़ने को न मेरा दिल कहा।...
Listen O’ Oakgrovians! Is our Oak Grove still the same, Where we played each and every game. As our...
मैं………हूँ! मैं साँस लेता पहाड़, धड़कती पत्थर की इमारत बचपन समेटे हज़ारों का, एक प्यारी सी शरारत मैं लड़कपन,...
For two consecutive years, our trips to Mussoorie for the Half Marathon have coincided with events at school. Last...
Mussoorie schools – the breeding ground of Olympic hockey champions Indian hockey owes much of its success during its...
At the behest of HMBS A tall, quiet, unassuming boy from Chittaranjan joined Oak Grove in July 1985. Pramod...
These panoramic photographs are from the collection of Shitanshu Kumar Sharad (2008). These were shared by him over several...
A day before Founders Day 2016, a bunch of us visited St. George’s College. Getting access was a breeze,...
This is a short story about a trip. A trip that began with a drive – A drive to a...
Normally, Sports Day at Oak Grove is scheduled for early October or so. But in 2015, it was our...
– Puneet S. Monga (1991) These digital illustrations were created by Puneet S. Monga and shared with the OG community on...
It was an October evening of 1988. The day was fairly uneventful. Mrs. Mathur was on duty. Nothing exceptional...
The trees start whispering as evening comes. Birds return, one by one, into their nests. And then, night falls,...
It is exactly 25 years to one of my most special memories of OG today. 25 years to a...
On the somber occasion of the 11th day of her demise, there was a prayer meeting held in Mata...
Personality of a mountain; Heart of a vast sea, Walk of authority, Discipline unquestioned. Rock eyes with steel cold looks, Voice was thunder, A smile...
– Tathagata Pal (2016) This selection of work has been shared by Tathagata Pal from the drawings and paintings he...
Oak Grove School This school was owned and operated by the East Indian Railway. The locality was called Jharipani...
Chapter Two My first day at school is clearly imprinted on my memory, although I have no memory of...
Early Memories The Auckland Taneatua Express stopped at the Hopu Hopu Military Camp siding at about 11am on the...
We always wanted to meet Greet each other in the same old tone, Hurling careless, loving curses. With soft...
पूछा जो किसी ने, क्या आप पहाड़ों से लौटे हैं? कहा मैंने, हर वर्ष शरीर अपना लिए, इसे आत्मा...
As luck would have it, the second day of this OG trip was a clear one. This is what...
My first memories of OG are of a rainy, foggy, green day. July 24, 1984 was the day I...
This is the land of robins and the singing thrush. In these dark woods of Oak and maple echo...
I want to live like an Oak in shadows Of snow crusted mountains: a young forest Of beech and...
They met by rushing coolies and tea stalls. Two ordinary men grown grey with old age: Stained shirts yellow...
These photographs are from the collection of Shitanshu Kumar Sharad (2008). These were shared by him on the OGS...
It is an empty feeling; been a long time since I saw you But then, you never left me...
These photographs are from the collection of Arindam Burman (1991 batch). These were shared by Ankita Mishra (1997) in October 2013,...
These photographs are from the collection of Arindam Burman (1991 batch). These were shared by Ankita Mishra (1997) in October 2013,...
…for time may never pause nor cease and yet somehow I find my ease seeds thus planted long ago...
Here are some scans from Diptesh Ghosh‘s collection of The Oakgrovian – the official school magazine of Oak Grove School....
I slowly learnt, with you, for you, To love the oak scented mountains. And once I had loved the...
A: Arrival: For the start of the new season, we would arrive just before the monsoons, from the burning...
– Binayak Mondal (2014) These paintings were made by Binayak Mondal while he was a student at Oak Grove. They...
– Binayak Mondal (2014) These sketches were made by Binayak Mondal while he was a student at Oak Grove. They...
My mother, Olga Vallint was born in Mogulsarai in 1920. Her father Alan was a yard supervisor with East...
In march 1967 it was beginning of spring in Jharipani, parents would return home on the very same day...
Addendum to ‘Tribute to Patrick – Mighty Oak’ A heartfelt thank you, dear friends of Patrick, for your many...
A Tribute to Patrick John Lear Corbett (1938-2011) On 8 March 1938 in the growing dusty railway colony of Moradabad, UP, amid...
The gauntlet was a strong leather glove worn by the Knights of King Richard & the Knights of Europe....
(our dearest friend, teacher and life long mentor) पहले दिन taxi के पीछे वो दौड़ा था Trunk और hold-all...
दुनिया एक आईना थी हंसो तो वापिस हंसती थी हमसे पूछो हमारे जंगले मे लंगूरों की क्या मस्ती थी...
ऐ वक़्त आज उसी पुश्तै पे चल बैठा जाए, फिर लंगूरों को उचलते कूदते देखा जाए … जहाँ दोस्तों...
Meeting friends after the halfway years: Some forced laughter among the real ones, Smart wardrobes and sucked in bellies,...
(Our tribute to the most loved teacher in school) Mr. Prashant Kumar Bagchi…. we love you, Sir!! He remembered...
Nervous about senior school Be it as a day scholar or a boarder, we detest going to school, the...
It’s been a while that I penned down my thoughts. Which reminds me of the time when for the...
This is a fantasizing view of reality as it unfolded; a semi-fictional, semi-autobiographical account of past events with hopefully...
You will look back to wonder if it was Just a stone house amidst a grove of oaks: The...
Ever since we joined the Junior School we would we watching, with great envy from the boundary walls, the...
This treasure trove of photographs is from the collection of Leake Brothers, four siblings who attended Oak Grove School...
The latest outburst and disgust expressed over changes in Oak Grove (2009), reminds one of protests in 1975-77 when...
The year 1968. Joined OG junior school. From the HM, Mrs.L.K.Gupta’s office was sent to Class One ‘A’ along...
Oak Grove used to be part of the Garhwal and then Nepalese Kingdom when it was annexed from the...
Jayashree, as most of what you wrote about is about “my” era, I can really empathise. As I’m fond...
I first heard about Oak Grove School from a neighbour of mine in a place called Chakradharpur. They were...
The other day an unusual thing happened. I grilled some food outside and decided to eat it inside, where...
When I joined OG in 1959, in the 8th standard, the school was undergoing a painful transition to Indianisation...
Carolyn, your memories brought back memories for me. The tuck boxes – wow – I remember that they were...
This is a collection of photographs shared by Carolyn Martin (1960s) on Facebook, also featured in another post by her...
Indian hockey owes much of its success during its formative years to schools of Mussoorie, which have nurtured as...
I was not in Oak Grove for very long – however, my short time with the school was one...
The bit about the “learning” stage as in 1995 reminded me of what kids we were in 1970 –...
On our way to school I was part of what was called the school batch. The train from Howrah...
This chapter may be skipped by the young, the squeamish and by the morality brigade, but this chapter portrays...
Tracing the origin, one must say that Oak Grove School has deep roots in British Indian history. Strange as...
This is a passage from an attempted ebook – In Gray and White. It is put here verbatim. The...
Till date, no one has given me a sound logic as to why the second Saturday of every month...
In school, far away from our families, the only means of news reaching each other was through letters. In...
I still don’t know why was it called Fancy Fair? In fact, unlike city schools we never even had...
Preparations would start as early as a month prior to the day. Cultural programs to be performed were selected...
I was meeting my school boys after a long gap in time. Walking in, just one look at the...
Since childhood, we had heard people humming around at home. Ma was a decent hummer. She would get these...
We had stepped into the bad world of Senior School where Class VI was the junior most class. We...
From the original blog Doug said… Thanks for posting this online for us all to read, Pop! Glad you’ve...
Letter #42: Retirement (1984-2016) 266, 2 St, Cardston, 3 Jan ’85 Dear Sasso, We spent September in England with Len...
College (1941-1942) March, ’41 had none of the heaviness of heart that accompanied the preceding nine years, for this...
Oak Grove Boys’ School (1934-1940) Although 1934 meant a new start in Boys’ School, the onset of March found...
Oak Grove Junior School (1932-1933) From the start of 1932, preparations began for my going to boarding school at...
The First Eight Years (1923 -1931) Apart from my nine years of boarding school, with three-month Christmas holidays at...
Writing these lines early in my 73rd year, I realise how time has changed my perception of things past....
– Faisal Mateen, art teacher, Oak Grove School (1995) This selection of work has been shared by Faisal Mateen from...
Silence!— Mute silence! We stand quietly for our grace. Such silence is terrifying. Never has this grace being given...
पता नहीं अंत किसका होगा बसंत का या नीड़ का परन्तु मैं बेघर हो जाऊँगा पता नहीं नया क्या...
