Our dear friend Shireen Mistree was recently featured on SHORTLIST. Read her interview below. “Culture isn’t just one aspect of the game – it is the game. In the end, an organization is nothing more than the collective capacity of its people to create value.” Lou Gerstner Jr., IBM Culture is a key aspect of… Continue reading Startup Culture Stories: Shireen Mistree & The India Climate Collaborative
Month: January 2020
India’s brilliant Bombay duck
When I was a little girl growing up in Bombay, June was the month I looked forward to the most. It was the month when the charred, inky monsoon clouds, clipped with streaks of lightning, brushed away the fetid summer heat. It was when I went back to school with my new books, wrapped carefully… Continue reading India’s brilliant Bombay duck
ZYNG Relaunches on January 25th at Rustom Baug
On Saturday January 25, 2020; the widely successful ZYNG: Zoroastrian Youth for the Next Generation is being resurrected in its 2.0 avatar. In a mega event planned for the relaunch of ZYNG, the organizers are leaving no stone unturned. Rustom Baug will play host to a variety of events including a Flea Market having a… Continue reading ZYNG Relaunches on January 25th at Rustom Baug
Review: A Murder at Malabar Hill is a new kind of crime novel
Sujata Massey kicks off the decade with the first book in a fresh new crime series – the historical, award-winning whodunnit A Murder at Malabar Hill. She introduces Perveen Mistry, in 1921 Bombay’s only woman lawyer and an amateur sleuth. In the spirit of Alexander McCall Smith’s likable Precious Ramotswe from the No. 1 Ladies’… Continue reading Review: A Murder at Malabar Hill is a new kind of crime novel
Areez Katki: Bildungsroman at the Otago Museum
Otago Museum is thrilled to host Areez Katki’s acclaimed textile-based art exhibition, Bildungsroman, at the H D Skinner Annex opening on Saturday 11 January. The embroidered works explore Katki’s two, often conflicting, identities. Katki is a Parsi, an ethnoreligious group originally from Iran who fled to India during the first Muslim invasion between the 8th… Continue reading Areez Katki: Bildungsroman at the Otago Museum
Freddie Mercury’s ‘trick’ that helped him win over Live Aid crowd
Rock band Queen’s performance at Live Aid in 1985 has often been hailed as one of the greatest gigs seen at Wembley Stadium. Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl has heaped praise on Queen’s late lead vocalist Freddie Mercury for winning over the crowd at Live Aid with a simple “trick”. Rock band Queen’s performance at… Continue reading Freddie Mercury’s ‘trick’ that helped him win over Live Aid crowd
Soli Sorabjee: We celebrate the life and legacy of Nani Palkhivala
Due to sensational events that seem to happen almost daily these days, we tend to forget legendary personalities. One of them was Nani Palkhivala, whose 100th birthday was on Thursday, January 16. Palkhivala was born in Bombay (now Mumbai), came from a Parsi working class family and became a household name in India. His father… Continue reading Soli Sorabjee: We celebrate the life and legacy of Nani Palkhivala
