Female Entrepreneur: Zeenia Master | Founder, Xenia Hospitality Solutions Interview by Ashish Bhardwaj, wearethecity.in Tell us a bit about yourself, background and what you do currently Being hospitality professional with degrees from Switzerland and London, I have climbed up the ladder from waitress to manager by the time I left my last remunerated job. I… Continue reading Female Entrepreneur: Zeenia Master | Founder, Xenia Hospitality Solutions
Month: May 2016
KF Rustamji: India’s iconic police officer
His centennial birth year is an opportunity to celebrate the man who set up the Border Security Force and laid the ground for the first Public Interest Litigation case Though he was born a Parsi on May 22, 1916, Khusro Faramurz Rustamji, one of modern India’s most celebrated police officers and the first Director General… Continue reading KF Rustamji: India’s iconic police officer
Trial by fire: Women chefs and the challenges they face in kitchens
THE YOUNG BOSS: ‘I HAD TO DEMAND TO BE HEARD’ At 23, Delhi-born Anahita Dhondy took up her first job in a professional kitchen. Armed with a grand diplome from Le Cordon Bleu, London, she joined as chef manager, a title which put her at the top of the kitchen’s pecking order. It was also… Continue reading Trial by fire: Women chefs and the challenges they face in kitchens
The Parsee Cemetry of Darjeeling India
HERITAGE LOST: The Parsee Cemetery Author: Faiyaz Shafique Ansari The Parsees– one of India’s smallest minorities – have been worried about their dwindling numbers for decades. During British Raj many rich business class Parsees migrated to Darjeeling. Among them were the Dinshaws and Madans who owned hotels and Cinema Halls.Avari Saheb was an icon figure.… Continue reading The Parsee Cemetry of Darjeeling India
Ariana Vafadari: Gathas, Songs My Father Taught Me
Ariana Vafadari is a singer and along with her team at Quart de Lune has produced a new album of music titled: Gathas, Songs My Father Taught Me. Here is a youtube trailer of her album. Ariana Vafadari, vocal; Habib Meftah Bousheri, percussions; Haroun Teboul, oud, tanbur, ney; Mohamed Hafsi, double bass; Julien Carton, piano
Ancestral Affairs: Poet Daruwalla’s latest novel is a runaway romp
When I begin reading Ancestral Affairs, my only reference point is Rohinton Mistry’s Family Matters — a Parsi family saga that had left me with much heartache. Keki N. Daruwalla’s second novel, with its sepia-tinted cover photograph of a Parsi family gravely contemplating the world, seems to set off similar vibrations. My relationship with verse… Continue reading Ancestral Affairs: Poet Daruwalla’s latest novel is a runaway romp
How I Got There: In Conversation with Tanya Balsara
CAP India’s blog features an interview with Tanya Balsara, CEO of Tanya Computer Center in Mumbai India. I met Tanya Balsara five years ago, while co-authoring my book, Cuisine for A Cause. If I hadn’t been told that she had a condition called Retinitis Pigmentosa, I would never have guessed that she was almost completely… Continue reading How I Got There: In Conversation with Tanya Balsara
