‘The Bicycle Diaries’ details how 12 cyclists set out as global explorers from 1923 to 1942 Last November, tired of being cooped up at home, travel enthusiasts Bakcen George, Allwyn Joseph and Ratish Bhalerao decided to ‘work from cycle’. Carrying their devices and basic necessities, the trio cycled from Mumbai to Kanyakumari — a journey… Continue reading The Parsis who pedalled across the world
Category: Books
Timeless Mahindra: Tracing the roots of Mahindra to the new Thar by Adil Jal Darukhanawala
No matter how much you know about Mahindra or how many Mahindra vehicles you’ve owned, it’s only when you read Adil’s Timeless Mahindra that you’ll realise the ocean of information you missed out on exploring. Article by Arpita Mahendra | Financial Express If you are someone who loves to read about cars then there’s a… Continue reading Timeless Mahindra: Tracing the roots of Mahindra to the new Thar by Adil Jal Darukhanawala
Crossroads by Armeen Kapadia Basavaraju
Crossroads is a delightful window into the Parsi community. This collection explores the day-to-day conversations, emotional landscape and events that alter and shape the lives of different Parsis in modern India. These stories and essays reveal the community’s unique character and quirks and the issues that a vanishing community faces. This little gem of thought-provoking… Continue reading Crossroads by Armeen Kapadia Basavaraju
From Tendon Transplants to Eradication of Smallpox: What Pesi Did: A Surgeon’s Story
From Tendon Transplants to Eradication of Smallpox Engaging and lively memoir of an outstanding surgeon and humanitarian ‘What Pesi Did: A Surgeon’s Story’ by Dr Azmy Birdi tells the story of Dr Pesi Bharucha, based on a treasure trove of correspondence discovered after his death at the age of 98 in 2018. The book documents… Continue reading From Tendon Transplants to Eradication of Smallpox: What Pesi Did: A Surgeon’s Story
Mystery Murder Story Set in Colonial Bombay
Set in 1892, Murder in Old Bombay addresses issues prevalent at the turn of the 20th century which are very present today: discrimination against those who do not belong to our ‘in’ group, misogyny, inequality in attitudes toward women. It’s also a heart-felt appeal to the (tiny) Zoroastrian community to update our social norms–or face… Continue reading Mystery Murder Story Set in Colonial Bombay
Fluid Jurisdictions and Solid Perpetuities: A Review By Leilah Vevaina
Editors’ Note: Continuing HistPhil‘s forum on waqfs, Leilah Vevaina reviews Nurfadzilah Yahaya’s Fluid Jurisdictions (2020), while discussing her own research on religious endowments in India and the Straits Settlements. Vevaina writes: “This axis of what colonial authorities recognized as public, and hence, as charitable giving, versus familial hence private giving, was the key evaluator of… Continue reading Fluid Jurisdictions and Solid Perpetuities: A Review By Leilah Vevaina
“Timeless Mahindra” by Adil Jal Darukhanawala Hits The Stands
New automotive history book on the Mahindra vehicles by Adil Jal Darukhanawala explores the Indian automaker’s 75-year journey, from the CJ-3B to the Thar Chronicling a large and rich mass of stories of manufacturing and allied adventures, Adil Jal Darukhanawala’s new book titled “Timeless Mahindra” is now out. Simultaneously a celebration and a memoir of… Continue reading “Timeless Mahindra” by Adil Jal Darukhanawala Hits The Stands
