Category: Books

Minutes of the Oct-16 Tata Sons Board Meeting at Bombay House. There was not much time to think. Mistry messaged his wife, Rohiqa, that he may soon be sacked. There was probably no time to consult a lawyer. Surely, there were some board members who would side with Mistry? Mistry walked a few paces from… Continue reading Tata vs Mistry: Book Excerpt

Our dear friend and eminent author and Zoroastrian researcher Firoza Punthakey Mistree informs us about the limited edition book on the life of Vada Dasturji Firoze M. Kotwal A Must for Everyone Interested in Zoroastrianism and its People, Edited by Firoza Punthakey Mistree and Cashmira Vatcha Bengalli, the volume combines 19 selected articles on the… Continue reading The Collected Scholarly Writings of Dastur Firoze M. Kotwal

Our dear friend and first time novelist Nawaz Merchant who writes under the pseudonym Nev Merch informs us… At the Edgar Awards last week, my historical novel ‘The Rajabai Tower Mystery’ won the Mystery Writers of America’s prize for Best First Crime Novel. It will be published by Minotaur, an imprint of St. Martin’s Press.Writing… Continue reading Nawaz Merchant’s ‘The Rajabai Tower Mystery’ wins Mystery Writers of America’s prize

Dr. Khursheed Wadia, an Associate Professor at the University of Warwick in the U.K. was the winner of the prestigious W. J. M. Mackenzie Book Prize for her book Muslim Women and Power: Political and Civic Engagement in West European Socities. The Mackenzie Prize is awarded annually to the best book published in political science.… Continue reading Dr. Khursheed Wadia Wins the W J M Mackenzie Book Prize

This near-300-page volume is an encyclopaedic account of Ideal Jawa and Yezdi’s history and is overflowing with insights. Book reviewed by Ruman Devmane | Autocar India That The Forever Bike makes you huff, puff and grunt every time you attempt to lift it off the coffee table, is itself an exciting premise for anybody with… Continue reading The Forever Bike by Adil Jal Darukhanawala: Book review

In Tanaz Bhathena’s new YA novel, The Beauty of the Moment, Susan is new Canada. She’s not used to the cultural freedoms in this new country, she’s used to live in Saudi Arabia. Susan is reserved, wary of boys and determined not to get her driving license.  She is very bright and her parents have… Continue reading Author Tanaz Bhathena talks her new novel THE BEAUTY OF THE MOMENT

Lately I’ve been very caught up with the idea of immortality. Not the Jack Sparrow and Fountain of Youth kind of course, but the kind that makes someone unforgettable to more than their immediate generation. And the most potent experience of this attempt to make someone immortal is when the immortal almost rises, phoenix-like before… Continue reading A Book Reading of “Zenobia Mistri – A Teacher Par Excellence” by Shireen Isal

City writer Murzban F Shroff in his third book, crafts a collection of stories that can be read in five minutes It is difficult to imagine how the world can change in a minute. But on November 8, 2016, when news of demonetisation broke – through an unscheduled televised address – the world did change… Continue reading Short cut to fiction: In Conversation with Murzban F Shroff

A new book revisits the untold, illustrious life of a renowned academician, Zenobia Mistri, who steered a French revolution in Bombay When the late Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, the former President of India and veteran scientist, said he wanted to be remembered as a “good teacher”, it might have seemed strange that a man with… Continue reading Tracing the journey of a Parsi who brought French Revolution in Bombay