Just before sunset, five elderly men leave their homes in the Cyrus Minwalla Colony, the oldest settlement of Karachi’s Parsis, and sit themselves down on cement benches placed alongside a pavement. None of them get into a conversation: two of them read the day’s newspapers, two others seem lost in thought, and the fifth stares… Continue reading Two decades from now, Pakistan will have no Parsis
Month: April 2019
Ad Age Rising Stars: Delna Shroff
Delna Shroff, who comes from a family of engineers, was stubborn about the fact that she did not want to be one. She started her journey in advertising five years ago. ‘Dil mein always kuch-kuch hota hai,’ she says, as her eyes reflect her love for advertising. This embarked her transition into the creative world… Continue reading Ad Age Rising Stars: Delna Shroff
Feritta–Set Myself Free: In Conversation
Our dear friend Feritta is featured in an interview on Broad Tube Music Channel Feritta grew up in a family where education and family duty came first but her passion has always been creating in one form or another. While most of today’s stars have parents pushing them into the limelight it was quite the… Continue reading Feritta–Set Myself Free: In Conversation
My Happy Place: Banaji Limjee Agiary
Tucked away in the bylanes of Fort, Mumbai stands the quaint old Banaji Limjee Agiary. Article by Ervad Sheherazad R. Pavri One of the many fire temples to celebrate it’s Salgreh (birthday) today, this fire is that special one to me . 311 years old , Mumbai’s oldest fire temple and my favourite for many… Continue reading My Happy Place: Banaji Limjee Agiary
Godrej and the Ballot Boxes for for India’s First Elections
When independent India was laying the groundwork for its first elections in 1952, clueless to the rest of the world, workers at a factory in Mumbai’s Vikhroli were making history. They were manufacturing the first-ever ballot boxes to be used in the general elections. At Plant 1 of the Godrej & Boyce Mfg Co Ltd,… Continue reading Godrej and the Ballot Boxes for for India’s First Elections
Made To Order: Gulshan Kolah
Custom-made garments, whether couture or everyday outfits, are a significant part of our dressmaking heritage. Verve scouts around for Mumbai-based tailors and boutiques that specialise in the art of bespoke clothing and make it a seamless experience Gulshan Kolah When I first visit her house I am surprised by the scale of her enterprise. I… Continue reading Made To Order: Gulshan Kolah
Jimmy Engineer selected for Habib Jalib Peace Award
World-renowned Pakistani artist, peace activist and social crusader Jimmy Engineer has been selected for Habib Jalib Peace Award for 2019 in appreciation and recognition of his meritorious services in the field of art and social work. Habib Jalib Peace Award Committee, according to an announcement, will present the Peace Award to Jimmy Engineer at a… Continue reading Jimmy Engineer selected for Habib Jalib Peace Award
Dr. Khursheed Wadia Wins the W J M Mackenzie Book Prize
Dr. Khursheed Wadia, an Associate Professor at the University of Warwick in the U.K. was the winner of the prestigious W. J. M. Mackenzie Book Prize for her book Muslim Women and Power: Political and Civic Engagement in West European Socities. The Mackenzie Prize is awarded annually to the best book published in political science.… Continue reading Dr. Khursheed Wadia Wins the W J M Mackenzie Book Prize
Dosabhoy Framji Karaka
Karaka, Dosabhoy Framji [Dosoo] (1911–1974), journalist and writer, was born on 14 April 1911 in Bombay, British India, into a middle-class Parsi family, the eldest of three children of Framji Jehangir Karaka, imperial customs official, and his wife, Homai (d. 1952). He grew up in a house on Malabar Hill called The Cloisters, in a… Continue reading Dosabhoy Framji Karaka
