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Murzban F Shroff on his new book, Muses Over Mumbai: This is fiction born out of reality
One of the city’s most discerning writers is back to doing what he does best. Murzban F Shroff’s new book, Muses Over...
Author plans holiday home for street kids
Delhi Newsline - Delhi,India New Delhi, November 30: As a seven-year-old Indian migrant in London, Zerbanoo would sell tiny flags outside a hotel run by her Parsi parents. ...
A fine Balance: Theater
London's Tamasha theatre will unveil its long anticipated adaptation of the Rohinton Mistry novel A Fine Balance in January next year. The highly acclaimed novel, which was published in 1995 and...
K. F. Rustamji: I was Nehru’s shadow.
Book on police icon who protected a national icon released among distinguished gathering of policemen last evening.
The Possibility Of An Island: Book Review
If you’re not familiar with the name, Michel Houellebecq is the French novelist, now living in Ireland, who invited the ire of Islamists with his novel Platform in 2001, and whose work is peppered...
Writing is the music in the background of my life
Writing is the music in the background of my life - III Julie Rajan has an intimate chat with Pakistani, Parsi writer Bapsi Sidhwa on life, words and all the cracks in-between Why do you think it is...
For word’s worth
By Sunaina Kumar [ Saturday, October 22, 2005 09:40:23 pmTIMES NEWS NETWORK ] The author of four successful novels and many essays, Bapsi Sidhwa has spiced up her writing with her multi-cultural...
A radiant entry
Deccan Herald - Bangalore,India ... Cyrus writes about Mumbai. A city that is entirely captivating in its madness. Jingo, the protagonist, hails from a middle-class Parsi family. ...
From Parsi to Pakistani to Indian and more
Daily News & Analasys - Mumbai,India Born in Karachi and brought up in Lahore, she now lives in Houston, Texas. How would you describe yourself as an author? I always see myself as a Parsi first. ...
Bapsy Sidhwa comes to Bombay
Afternoon Dispatch and Courier INDIRA RODERICKS | Thursday, October 13, 2005 11:37:37 IST Internationally acclaimed author here to release fifth book.. Bapsi Sidhwa, the author of four...
The Holy Cow: A book review
... When confronted with 'NO NON-PARSIS' signs at Parsi temples, the author pines for 'the inclusive, casual nature of Hinduism' (p. 186). ... Continue reading at the Sikh Times
A slice of Lahore in Kolkata
Kolkata Newsline - New Delhi,India ... poet, Nabaneeta Dev Sen. The bookstore will also invite eminent Parsi citizens, many of whom have roots in Lahore. Once the book ...
The First Empire Builders
Guardian Unlimited - UK ... when President Bush talks of an axis of evil, his vision of a world divided by forces of light and darkness derives ultimately from Zoroaster, ancient prophet ...
Big City Blights
Calcutta Telegraph - Calcutta,India ... inertia. The narrative segues effortlessly from a middle-class Parsi housing colony to a far-flung slum on the outskirts of the city. ...
Sadak Chhaap
NDTV.com - New Delhi,India ... Meher Pestonji is the author of two novels, Mixed Marriage and other Parsi Stories and Pervez: A Novel, and a play, Piano for Sale. ...
Minimum City
Indian Express - New Delhi,India ... basic. He takes up cudgels for the downtrodden. Parsi Jehangir falls for Catholic Cristina. He's all heart, no head. Playwright ...