On December 18th 2016 Pakistan Post issued a special commemorative stamp to honour the life and work of Dinshaw Byramji Avari, the pioneering hotelier and philanthropist. DINSHAW BYRAMJI AVARI PHILANTHROPIST (1902-1988) COMMEMORATIVE POSTAGE STAMP December 18, 2016 SALIENT FEATURES: 2016-14 Size of Stamp: 50.5 x 35 mm Size of Print: 47.5 x 32 mm… Continue reading Pakistan Post Issues Dinshaw Byramji Avari Commemorative Stamp
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Adil Nargolwala: 28 Marathons and Counting
When you meet this 47-year-old human resource professional from Delhi, his fitness will inspire you to make new goals for your health. Having made it to the Limca Book of Records, Adil S Nargolwala now aims to be the sixth Indian in the world to complete the Abbott World Marathon Majors — the six major… Continue reading Adil Nargolwala: 28 Marathons and Counting
The First Indian Woman to Go to Antarctica has Visited 180 Countries in 50 Years
A fantastic article on our dear friend and mentor Meher Heroyce Moos When you look at Meher Moos, affectionately called “Magellan” Moos, you see an elegant 72-year-old woman with rosy cheeks, salt-and-pepper hair and gentle wrinkles that gather when she smiles. What you cannot see is that these wrinkles have many a story to tell… Continue reading The First Indian Woman to Go to Antarctica has Visited 180 Countries in 50 Years
Go Home: A Book by Sohrab Homi Fracis
Exile on Main Street A book review by by Tadzio Koelb | The Brooklyn Rail Go Home is the story of Viraf, who, like author Sohrab Homi Fracis, is an immigrant to America from India’s Parsi community, a group that left Persia a millennium ago to escape religious persecution. When we first meet him in… Continue reading Go Home: A Book by Sohrab Homi Fracis
Eric Engineer, from Product Manager to VC to CEO
Invodo CEO and CS alumnus Eric Engineer loves the business side of the technology industry. “I was a double major: CS and Managerial Studies,” he said. “Those were the bubble years and people were talking a lot about entrepreneurship, but it wasn’t built into any of the Rice programs. I went to first Rice Alliance… Continue reading Eric Engineer, from Product Manager to VC to CEO
Laughter rings in the house again
Five years after Laughter In The House sparked magic at the box office, the golden oldies of Parsi theatre are back with a sequel By Anju Maskeri | Posted 05-Feb-2017 Burjor Patel, Rashna Karai and Sam Kerawalla at the rehearsal of Laughter in the House 2 at Tata Theatre; Pics/Bipin Kokate At 6.30 PM, when… Continue reading Laughter rings in the house again
Kolkata’s Parsi community on the wane
Lesser known in the city than in Mumbai, the community arrived here from Surat in the late 18th century Their rise here parallelled the consolidation of British power in eastern India and the rise of the city as the capital of British India Feb 5 Kolkata’s once flourishing Parsi community, which is now aging and… Continue reading Kolkata’s Parsi community on the wane
Jehaan Kotwal Wins Mahindra’s Youth Transport Personality of the Year 2017 Award
Jehaan Adil Kotwal, the young 26 year old CEO of JFK Transport wins the 2017 Mahindra Youth Transport Personality of the year Award. Besides this award Jehaan also won Castrol’s best Transporter of the year award. Jehaan recently was invited to speak on the panel at the WZCC Global AGM in Hong Kong. He was… Continue reading Jehaan Kotwal Wins Mahindra’s Youth Transport Personality of the Year 2017 Award
Transforming Lives :Tata Trusts digital campaign
Shireen Mistree a very dear friend points us to a new media initiative by Tata Trusts where she currently works in Strategy and Partnerships. Shireen writes We are pleased to share our philanthropic work through a new media to reach a wider audience. A digital campaign under the existing banner of #TransformingLives will spread a… Continue reading Transforming Lives :Tata Trusts digital campaign
