Women were an important part of the ‘60s change. Nargis Wadia didn’t want to be an air-hostess or secretary, and her mother refused to let her become a teacher or doctor. “So she sent me to JJ College to do commercial art, and from there I got into advertising” says Wadia. In 1955 she joined… Continue reading Nargis Wadia and Indian advertising’s “Mad Men” years
Month: January 2017
India’s ‘Parsis’ Renounce Sky Burial as Vultures Go Missing
Parsis are the followers of the ancient Zoroastrian religion, whose ancestors settled in Indian 1,000 years ago to escape persecution in Iran (erstwhile Persia) that had turned Islamic. They brought along their tradition of leaving the dead exposed in the open for scavenging birds to feed on. Of the 138,000 Zoroastrians left in the world,… Continue reading India’s ‘Parsis’ Renounce Sky Burial as Vultures Go Missing
United States First Parsi Judge Appointed to Los Angeles Superior Court
Indian American attorney Firdaus Dordi, a former public defender and co-founder of the Dordi, Williams, Cohen law firm, has been appointed by California Governor Jerry Brown to the Los Angeles Superior Court. Article by Sunita Sohrabji | India West Dordi is the nation’s first Zoroastrian judge, according to the South Asian Bar Association. He is… Continue reading United States First Parsi Judge Appointed to Los Angeles Superior Court
Ronnie Screwvala: After Building a Media Empire, What’s Next? Lifting One Million From Poverty
Ronnie Screwvala sat cross-legged early last month on the floor of a three-room schoolhouse here in Nate, a village about 100 miles from Mumbai, the city of his birth where he built a billion-dollar media conglomerate. Watching a group of children playing with colorful educational games, Mr. Screwvala, a boyish-looking 54-year-old, appeared as wide-eyed and… Continue reading Ronnie Screwvala: After Building a Media Empire, What’s Next? Lifting One Million From Poverty
Sail Away: Zephyr Khambatta
Zephyr Khambatta is a Singaporean singer, rapper, songwriter, record producer, actor, model and host who also plays the drums. An engineering dropout from the National University of Singapore, it did not take long before Khambatta topped various classes at LASALLE College of the Arts across music and performing art disciplines. A creative force to be… Continue reading Sail Away: Zephyr Khambatta
WZCC CHARMS HONG KONG
In its pursuit of attaining its goals to promote Entrepreneurship and Professionalism, WZCC’S venue for this year’s Global Meet was Hong Kong – strategically located at the mouth of the Pearl River Delta in Southern China, with its lush green hill slopes, secluded beaches, leisurely rural landscape and rocky shoreline. The Global Meet was held… Continue reading WZCC CHARMS HONG KONG
