Aban Mistry, a musician and scholar, known as the first woman solo tabla player in India, passed away in Mumbai on Sunday evening. She was 72. Mistry, one of the few members of the Parsi community to take up Hindustani classical music, was also the co-founder of Swar Sadhna Samiti, a Kalbadevi-based organisation dedicated to… Continue reading Tabla player Aban Mistry passes away
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Armin Wandrewala: SOOR Sanity On Our Roads: An Interview
Below is an article on Armin Wandrewala’s initiative “Sanity On Our Roads” called SOOR. Listen to her radio interview on Radio ONE here. Now, you can enforce traffic discipline on Mumbai’s roads Breach Candy-based Armin Wandrewala has started SOOR, an initiative that purports to get you, the citizen, involved in enforcing traffic discipline on the… Continue reading Armin Wandrewala: SOOR Sanity On Our Roads: An Interview
Yazdani Restaurant and Bakery: Where time stops for cutting chai
Mumbai’s Parsee cafés – bakeries run by the city’s Zoroastrian community – have long been an institution in the city. Most of them have been wiped out, replaced by identikit fast-food joints and coffee chains. But a few endure, run by eccentric owners. They are still frequented by those who yearn for a taste of… Continue reading Yazdani Restaurant and Bakery: Where time stops for cutting chai
Sooni Taraporevala: Photography Exhibition at Harvard University
Not very often does an occasion come where two legendary Zarathushti women photographers have exhibitions of their works on the eastern seaboard of the United States. However now is one such time. In July, India’s pioneering woman photographer Homai Vyarawalla’s retrospective opened at the Rubin Museum of Art in New York. And come October 25th,… Continue reading Sooni Taraporevala: Photography Exhibition at Harvard University
Jennifer Kotwal: Oprah Winfrey Inspires Me
Oozing with confidence, this model-turned-actor is chirpy as ever. Jennifer Kotwal, who started her career as a model at the age of 15, has over the years gained a name for herself. By Uthra Jayakumar | Deccan Chronicle Best known for her lead role in Kannada film, Jogi, this talented damsel is also well known… Continue reading Jennifer Kotwal: Oprah Winfrey Inspires Me
Jer Bulsara on her son Freddie Mercury
Twenty years after the death of rock’s most famous singer, and with a lavish book of rare photographs about to be published, his mother, Jer Bulsara, talks to Angela Levin about how she coped with his transformation from Farrokh Bulsara to Freddie Mercury. Freddie Mercury’s mother was watching the Olympic closing ceremony when her adored… Continue reading Jer Bulsara on her son Freddie Mercury
Bar bids farewell to Justice Kapadia
In times of trouble, do what you are obligated to do, he tells judges The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, S.H. Kapadia, retired on Friday. At a farewell function organised here by the by the Supreme Court Bar Association, Mr. Justice Kapadia, hailing from the Parsi community, said he started his career as… Continue reading Bar bids farewell to Justice Kapadia
