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Month: April 2011
The Art of Longevity
My father is 89 and he’s in reasonably good health," says Dr Villoo Morawala Patell, founder and chairperson of the biotechnology company, Avesthagen, in Bangalore. Her father is among an increasing population of Parsis that seem to live long and well. World development indicators released by the World Bank and UNICEF indicate that the average… Continue reading The Art of Longevity
Godrej & Boyce shuts world’s last typewriter facility
More than 140 years after the first typewriter was sold commercially in Europe, the epitaph for the writing machine is finally being digitally recorded on millions of PCs across the world. To Jawaharlal Nehru, it was a symbol of independent India. C Rajagopalachari considered it a masterpiece of Swadeshi manufacturing. For the country’s industry, it… Continue reading Godrej & Boyce shuts world’s last typewriter facility
One of Ratan’s biggest achievements is the way he has unified the Tata Group
JRD Tata announced the appointment of Ratan Tata as the Chairman of Tata Sons on 25 March 1991. Two weeks later, on 5 April, I met JRD just as he was going to Europe for his angioplasty procedure and I asked him why he had come to choose Ratan as his successor. Was it was… Continue reading One of Ratan’s biggest achievements is the way he has unified the Tata Group
The Parsi Connection to the Royal Family Spans Generations
Royal connection to Zorosatrians dates back generations As the world waits to see the royal wedding, I cannot but think of the profound influence the Queen of England and her family has had on my community and my people back in India. My first memories of Buckingham Palace or Westminster Abbey were all around me… Continue reading The Parsi Connection to the Royal Family Spans Generations
City’s first garden for special children at Parsi colony
Before December 2010, Nasha Khan could only watch other children of Byculla’s Rustom Baug play in the Parsi colony’s garden. Now, the garden is the high point of Khan’s life as she plays with her friends every evening on the thick green ropewalk and the wide bench swing. Khan, one of the dozen special children… Continue reading City’s first garden for special children at Parsi colony
Udvada, Sanjan to be world heritage centres for religious harmony: Narendra Modi
Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi today announced that the famous pilgrimage places of Parsi community, Udvada and Sanjan in Valsad, would be developed as ‘World Heritage Centres for Religious Harmony’. The announcement came during a function organised to celebrate the 1290th anniversary of Shreeji Pak Iranshah at Udvada. Modi said that while the entire country… Continue reading Udvada, Sanjan to be world heritage centres for religious harmony: Narendra Modi
