Parsi girls become women the day they wear a sari. The sari perawanu or sari-wearing ceremony is a rite of passage. At...
Month: June 2013 Articles
Uncool in Mumbai, revived in London: Irani Cafe
Once something is out of fashion in India, the West recycles it and makes it trendy again. Newly-opened Bombay Irani...
Yazzad Rabadi's The Beard to Screen at Manhattan Film Festival
Toronto-based filmmaker Yaz Rabadi’s latest short film, The Beard, continues making rounds on the festival circuit well into 2013. The Beard is a powerful, gritty and emotional piece of...
Zubin Damania aka ZDoggMD Rocks the Scene
Dr. Zubin Damania MD aka ZDoggMD is a board-certified internist, clinical hospitalist (formerly at Stanford), and current denizen of Downtown Las Vegas. He moonlights in medical satire—writing,...
Music and Bollywood: The Parsi Way!
Here is an inspiring quote for when a job seems difficult, and you feel too insignificant to change things: “Whoever thinks he is too small to make a difference has never been to bed with a...
Ronnie Screwvala: The Indian billionaire working for Disney
Bollywood pioneer Ronnie Screwvala is Disney’s point man in India. By Kurt Wagner | FORTUNE Ronnie Screwvala believes in India. As a self-made entrepreneur, Screwvala turned his small cable...
British Designer Thomas Heatherwick to Design Aviary at Doongarwadi in Mumbai
British designer Thomas Heatherwick on his new project in India and why design is not about toeing the brief. By Shiny Varghese Indian Express In July last year, 204 countries from around the world...
Usheen Davar Awarded MIN's 2013 Sales Person of The Year Advertising award
Usheen Davar, Digital Sales Director at Meredith Digital (Meredith Corporation) was just awared the MIN’s 2013 Sales Person of The Year (Web/Digital) Advertising award. She had made it to the...
Nauzer Bharucha Bags Journalism Award for Irrigation Scam Expose.
TOI journalist bags award for irrigation scam expose Mumbai: Nauzer Bharucha, senior editor at the Times of India, won the Red Ink Award for Excellence in Indian Journalism 2013 for political...