City to get its first private drama school; Field Marshall Sam Manekshaw’s grandson Jehan is co-convener. An hour before Jehan Sam Manekshaw is to meet Dr Bal Bhalerao, chief secretary of the Mumbai Marathi Sahitya Sangh at the literature society’s office in Charni Road, he sits in a swish cafe in Churchgate and admits that… Continue reading Mumbai to Get a Drama School
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Lady Jehangir Kothari Memorial Hall: Bangalore's own Tudor Taj Mahal
For those who regularly cross the Queens Road-Cunningham Road junction in the heart of the city, this stone building, halfheartedly bordering the road leading towards Shivaji Nagar, is not a rare sight. A few may even know that it’s called the Lady Jehangir Kothari Memorial Hall, but what marks it out as special is the… Continue reading Lady Jehangir Kothari Memorial Hall: Bangalore's own Tudor Taj Mahal
Sam Balsara: Madison is much more important than money
It was in the mid-nineties that India started showing up on the global business radar, and multinationals started looking at India with renewed interest. Advertising was no exception. It was the time when many Indian agencies were taken over by, or merged with, global agencies. It was, they said, just a matter of time before… Continue reading Sam Balsara: Madison is much more important than money
The Cyrus Cylinder Arrives in the USA
CNN’s Amanpour and the British Museum’s MacGregor – Complete Cyrus Cylinder Interview from Iran Heritage Foundation on Vimeo. During the launch event of the Cyrus Cylinder Tour of the US on March 5th, 2013, CNN’s Chief International Correspondant Christiane Amanpour interviewed the Director of the British Museum, Dr. Neil MacGregor, about the significance of the… Continue reading The Cyrus Cylinder Arrives in the USA
Revisit The Parsi Natak
The city’s Gujarati speakers of an older vintage will fondly recall the plays of Adi Marzban, the playwright and director who was synonymous with Parsi nataks from the 1940s to the 1980s. by Pronoti Datta | Mumbai Boss The nataks were usually comedies packed with double entendres, slapstick and nifty wordplay in Gujarati and performed… Continue reading Revisit The Parsi Natak
WZOT India Senior Citizen Center Navsari: An Overview in 2013
The Senior Citizen Center run by the WZO Trust Funds India is one of its most important activities. Below is a preface of a detailed brochure describing in text and photographs, the various activities of the center. "Aagar firdoze baroo-e-Zamin aast, hamin ast wa hamin ast wa hamin ast" (If there is paradise on… Continue reading WZOT India Senior Citizen Center Navsari: An Overview in 2013
Indian millionaire takes out advert looking for “slim, childless, meat-eating wife”
An Indian multi-millionaire has spent £15,000 on a full-page advertisement in The Times of India’s matrimonial section to spell out just how rich he is in an attempt to find a wife. By Dean Nelson "| Telegraph UK Despite owning his own private plane, sprawling palace, fleet of cars and superbikes, retired travel agency tycoon… Continue reading Indian millionaire takes out advert looking for “slim, childless, meat-eating wife”
