Two years and 1,058 crowd funded phrases later, the Parsi Bol team of Sooni Taraporevala, Meher Marfatia, Farzana Cooper and Hemant Morparia are back with the second edition of the book this time with an audio CD. While the first edition of the book has the voices of Dolly and Bomi Dotiwala, veteran singing starts of… Continue reading Parsi Bol 2: Book decoding Parsi-Gujarati lingo gets second edition
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Winning: Adil Jal Darukhanawala and Mercedes Benz in India
On Saturday March 12, over 150 die hard petrolheads gathered at the Mercedes Benz showroom at Shaman Auto in Kalina. The occassion was the launch of the fantastic tome Winning ! Mercedes Benz. It goes without saying that Adil Jal Darukhanawala the author behind this collector’s item is truly the father of Automotive Journalism in… Continue reading Winning: Adil Jal Darukhanawala and Mercedes Benz in India
Ancestral Affairs: A Parsi writer and his take on India’s partition
Saam Bharucha, a Parsi lawyer from Bombay, has been sent to the princely state of Junagadh to be the legal adviser of the nawab there. The year is 1947 and there are talks about British plans to divide India. The nawabs are in distress. Whom do they support? Do they go to Pakistan? Bharucha realises… Continue reading Ancestral Affairs: A Parsi writer and his take on India’s partition
Parsi Bol 2 Launches on March 15, 2016 in Mumbai
Boman Irani Launches Parsi Bol 2 Complied by Sooni Taraporevala and Meher Marfatia Date : March 15, 2016Time : 5:30-7:30 pmVenue : Kitab Khana About the Event :Fans of the bestselling, out-of-print Parsi Bol can look forward to fresh phrases in this expanded edition (Parsi Bol 1 and Parsi Bol 2) which has an accompanying… Continue reading Parsi Bol 2 Launches on March 15, 2016 in Mumbai
Rohinton Mistry Awarded the Order of Canada
Those also receiving the honour — author Rohinton Mistry, U of T president Meric Gertler and philantrophist Helen Vari — will be presented with insignia later this year. Some 69 Canadians are to be honoured this year with one of the country’s highest accolades — an appointment to the Order of Canada. They join more… Continue reading Rohinton Mistry Awarded the Order of Canada
Cyrus Mistry Wins Sahitya Akademi Award
Novelist Cyrus Mistry and poet Ramdarash Mishra were among the winners of Sahitya Akademi award announced here on Thursday. Six books of short stories, six of poetry, four novels, two books each of essays, criticism and plays and one of memoirs have won Sahitya Akademi awards, an official release said. The awards were recommended by… Continue reading Cyrus Mistry Wins Sahitya Akademi Award
Zerbanoo Gifford and Farida Master at the Ripon Club
Over 100 people filed up the 3rd floor of the Ripon Club on Wednesday December 16, 2015 for a book reading event organised by the Jame Jamshed newspaper. An Uncensored Life: Zerbanoo Gifford authored by Farida Master was recently released at the Times Lit Fest and at the Ripon Club, both Zerbanoo and Farida enthralled… Continue reading Zerbanoo Gifford and Farida Master at the Ripon Club
Ancestral Affairs by Keki N Daruwalla: First Read
There has been no news from Zarine for over ten days. I am worried. Resentments have been building up from her side. Resentments, in any case, are not hard to work on. I had put Rohinton, our son, in a boarding school at Lawrence College, Murree. Zarine had argued and fought. We need to make… Continue reading Ancestral Affairs by Keki N Daruwalla: First Read
Princeton’s Great Persian Book of Kings: Book Review
Imagine a 948-page book so large that, open, it stretches 3 feet across. Imagine further that as you read of heroism and intrigue, romance and war, bloody battles and festive celebrations, every so often you turn the page to find not columns of words but a painting in colors as rich as its composition is… Continue reading Princeton’s Great Persian Book of Kings: Book Review
