Month: February 2017 Articles

A Wicked Wit Sums Up the Parsis: Book Review

A couple of days ago when I started working on my third book, I asked a friend in Mumbai to help me straighten up a Parsi character. Having spent a good part of my life in Chandigarh, I had no idea about the Parsi community, except the bits I had...
Jehan Daruvala wins 2017 New Zealand Grand Prix

Jehan Daruvala wins 2017 New Zealand Grand Prix

There are only two Grands Prix, outside of Formula 1. Macau has the distinction of hosting one, while the other happens to be the New Zealand Grand Prix. Jehan Daruvala now holds the distinction of...

Adil Nargolwala: 28 Marathons and Counting

Adil Nargolwala: 28 Marathons and Counting

When you meet this 47-year-old human resource professional from Delhi, his fitness will inspire you to make new goals for your health. Having made it to the Limca Book of Records, Adil S Nargolwala...

Go Home: A Book by Sohrab Homi Fracis

Go Home: A Book by Sohrab Homi Fracis

Exile on Main Street A book review by by Tadzio Koelb | The Brooklyn Rail Go Home is the story of Viraf, who, like author Sohrab Homi Fracis, is an immigrant to America from India’s Parsi community,...

Laughter rings in the house again

Laughter rings in the house again

Five years after Laughter In The House sparked magic at the box office, the golden oldies of Parsi theatre are back with a sequel By Anju Maskeri | Posted 05-Feb-2017 Burjor Patel, Rashna Karai and...

Kolkata’s Parsi community on the wane

Lesser known in the city than in Mumbai, the community arrived here from Surat in the late 18th century Their rise here parallelled the consolidation of British power in eastern India and the rise...

Transforming Lives :Tata Trusts digital campaign

Shireen Mistree a very dear friend points us to a new media initiative by Tata Trusts where she currently works in Strategy and Partnerships. Shireen writes We are pleased to share our philanthropic...