Individuals Articles

Whatever role Boman Irani takes on, it's guaranteed he'll have you in splits. From the hero's bete noir in Munnabhai MBBS, to a mean Parsi son in Being Cyrus, Irani has come full circle. ''In...

Indian born, Cobra Beer founder Karan Bilimoria is now entering a more political role in the UK. A promoter of Indo-British ties, Lord Bilimoria of Chelsea has the India story on top of his agenda...

Life’s turned a full circle for Karan Bilimoria, CEO of UK-based £80-million Cobra Beer. Growing up in the family house at Marredpally in Andhra Pradesh, Bilimoria was deeply influenced by great...

Standing in front of the Taj Mahal in Agra, Alan Sedghi, president and MD, SAP South Asia, was mesmerized and deep in thought....... ......Born in Tehran, Sedghi claims that he had a fairly average...

Actor Boman Irani, who describes himself as a 'boring old Parsee', rules out any romantic hanky-panky. 'No affairs for me. It is so wonderful to have a family to come home to, to sit with them, pull...

Khorshed Italia knows Delhi like no other. After all, she has been here for 84 years IF living could blunt life, Khorshed Italia would be a rusted relic. If wrinkles could scar the mind, her memory...

Kaizad Mistry, a Counsellor, has been screening students and guiding them on how to make a proper choice For most students, going abroad after graduation is a done thing. While some can afford the...

Gulf News - Dubai,United Arab Emirates ... On July 1 1822, a Parsi scholar and priest Fardoonji Murazban, a pioneer in journalism in western India, started publishing the newspaper as Bombay...

How Ratan Tata turned the country's oldest conglomerate into a global force You wouldn't expect the head of Tata group, India's largest conglomerate, to say the rich are boring. But Ratan Tata comes...

A lot of Jews are intermarried, but few are married to Parsis. If you had to generalize, are there any similarities between the two groups? Oh, absolutely. Parsis are known as the "Jews of India."...

Mumbai's Dr TE Udwadia, Emeritus professor of surgery, Grant Medical College, consultant surgeon and the head of minimal access surgery, Hinduja Hospital, consultant surgeon of Breach Candy and...

Founding fathers: A British syndicate of 11 firms, two barristers, a doctor, and the Parsi merchant prince Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy. The journalists come later Continue reading here

Parvez Damania's biggest passion is riding to school! He became a poster boy of the Indian aviation industry with Damania Airlines and he's still in the thick of things as executive director of...

....Parsi leader Dadabhai Naoroji, a leading Indian nationalist, ran for the English Parliament, Jinnah and other Indian students worked day and night for him. Their efforts were crowned with...

Rusy M. Shroff is managing director of Ruttonjee Estates Continuation Limited, a company admired for its integrity in business. He was appointed a member of the Most Excellent Order of the British...

The image of Dadabhai Naoroji, the first ever Asian MP to enter the House of Commons in 1892, may soon be printed on British currency notes, if the recommendation of an influential Labour Party...

At 92, India's first and most famous woman photojournalist, remains as active as ever. HOMAI VYARAWALLA, 92, seems fuelled by some benign supernatural energy. She rustles up gourmet chicken and...

At almost 70, the Indian maestro Zubin Mehta is still wowing audiences and dividing critics across the globe. Sholto Byrnes meets him As I wait outside Zubin Mehta's office, Sir Peter Jonas,...

‘Is he still a bachelor?’ This was Nari Rustomji remembering MKPB in June 1984 at the Shillong Club when I was introduced to him by a friend as somebody from Manipur. Nari Rustomji of the infamous...