For over twenty years, the Regional Oral History Office (ROHO) produced in-depth oral histories of members of the mining community, under a project called “Western Mining in the Twentieth Century,” which was overseen by Eleanor “Lee” and Langan “Lang” Swent, Doug Fuerstenau and others. The 104 interviews in the project covered the history of mining… Continue reading Dr. Roshan Bhappu: Science and Values in the Life of a Metallurgical Engineer
Month: January 2015
Khushru Patel Stands First in 75 year age Group at Mumbai Marathon
Rushing to the local bazaar for odds and ends, sprinting out with his siblings to spot the rare car turning into their lane, racing indoors and tracking mud across the floor, from the then-marshy land around their bungalow—running features prominently in Kushru Patel’s memories of his childhood. It is perhaps no wonder then that the… Continue reading Khushru Patel Stands First in 75 year age Group at Mumbai Marathon
How an accidentally distorted drawing of the Prophet led to a riot in 19th-century Mumbai
The image, published with a biography of the Prophet in a Gujarati magazine, led to Muslim and Parsi clashes for a month in 1851. Article by Mridula Chari | Scroll.in On a Friday towards the end of 1851, an unidentified person pasted a copy of a Gujarati article on the wall of the Jama Masjid… Continue reading How an accidentally distorted drawing of the Prophet led to a riot in 19th-century Mumbai
ZAGNY Presents Neville Bharucha in Concert
ZAGNY PRESENTS A WESTERN CLASSICAL MUSIC CONCERT featuring Piano Virtuoso NEVILLE BHARUCHA from the UK and showcasing other accomplished Zoroastrian artists PIROOZI COOPER-WITTLIN – Oboe / English HornTARA JAMSHIDIAN – SopranoCYRUS MEHTA – ViolinLILEY MEHTA – Cello Our artists Piroozi, Tara, Cyrus and Liley need no introduction. They are honored to play in concert with… Continue reading ZAGNY Presents Neville Bharucha in Concert
Nowshir Engineer: Founder & MD, EMDI, In Conversation
Interview with Nowshir Engineer- Founder and Managing Director, EMDI Institute of Media and Communications Article Link 12 years ago – at the age of 24 years, Nowshir Engineer developed a passion for events and media that would make him a pioneer of ‘the science of event management& media training’ – and put him at the… Continue reading Nowshir Engineer: Founder & MD, EMDI, In Conversation
Chef Cyrus Todiwala opens The River Restaurant at the Acron Waterfront Resort in Goa
Long before he became one of the UK’s foremost chefs, Cyrus Todiwala was orchestrating the kitchens and cutting his teeth as an executive chef in Goa, the colourful former Portuguese colony and now party capital of India whose vibrant, Indo-European cuisine has so influenced his own. Now, after an absence of nearly 25 years, he… Continue reading Chef Cyrus Todiwala opens The River Restaurant at the Acron Waterfront Resort in Goa
East India Company, Bombay Talkies, Tatas… a family tree forms
As assistant professor of history at the Ramnarain Ruia College is set to give Mumbaikars with a yen for the city’s history a delectable account of the lineage of one of Mumbai’s oldest notable families, the Sett and Sethna families. Written by Dipti Singh | Indian Express These two Parsi families trace their lineage back… Continue reading East India Company, Bombay Talkies, Tatas… a family tree forms
