JustGiving co-founder and chief executive Zarine Kharas has been recognised in the Queen’s birthday honours list for her contribution to business and charity in the United Kingdom. Article by Howard Lake | UK Fundraising She has been made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire for services to business and charity. She… Continue reading Zarine Kharas Honoured as Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire
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Magician Zenia Bhumgara to receive the prestigious Merlin Award
Mumbai Teenager, Magician Zenia Bhumgara to receive the prestigious Merlin Award (The Oscars of Magic) Mhelly Bhumgara writes in to inform us “…..my daughter Magician Zenia Bhumgara , 1st year BMM student of Jaihind College Mumbai, will be receiving the Prestigious Merlin Award on 21st Sept 2015. The International Magicians Society Newyork gives this award… Continue reading Magician Zenia Bhumgara to receive the prestigious Merlin Award
Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw as I knew him: Brigadier Sawant
It was there on the afternoon of 16th December 1971 that General Maneksha’s strength of character in dealing with Bangladesh citizens and refusing to handover Pakis to Mukti Bahini to be lynched, came into prominence. Sam followed the Geneva Convention in dealing with the PoWs while the large and angry crowds were baying for their… Continue reading Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw as I knew him: Brigadier Sawant
Interesting facts about Feroze Gandhi on his 103rd Birthday
Today is the 103rd birth anniversary of Feroze Gandhi, the husband of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and the son-in-law to Jawaharlal Nehru. Feroze was born in a Parsi family at the Tehmulji Nariman Hospital in Bombay. His parents, Faredoon Jehangir and Ratimai lived in Nauroji Natakwala Bhawan in Khetwadi Mohalla in Bombay. Article on… Continue reading Interesting facts about Feroze Gandhi on his 103rd Birthday
Lessons from Bawaji
Those of us who are lucky to have had grandparents in our lives know that its one of the biggest blessings we will ever have. Good friend and ace chef and entrepreneur Perzen Patel, famously known as Bawi Bride writes about her “Bawaji”….maternal grandfather and the lesssons he taught her that have become stepping stones… Continue reading Lessons from Bawaji
My father, the Param Vir Chakra Hero: Lt. Colonel A. B. Tarapore
In spite of being wounded in battle, Lieutenant Colonel A B Tarapore fought for six days before meeting a hero’s death on the battlefield in the 1965 war. A legend in the Indian Army, he is the highest ranking officer to be awarded the Param Vir Chakra. His daughter Zarine M Boyce, who was 16… Continue reading My father, the Param Vir Chakra Hero: Lt. Colonel A. B. Tarapore
Dara Phiroze Chinoy and the Great Escape of the 1965 War
In the early part of the 1965 war with Pakistan, Dara Phiroze Chinoy, a young Flying Officer with the Indian Air Force found himself suddenly trapped behind enemy lines. Article by Vishnu Som | NDTV “An anti-aircraft shell had exploded into my engine and the engine flamed out. The aircraft was on fire and there… Continue reading Dara Phiroze Chinoy and the Great Escape of the 1965 War
Hormusjee Jamsetjee Rustomjee of Karachi
OFF I went to another memorial meeting yesterday, February 13, with no moans involved, to commemorate a patriarch of the family who died one hundred years ago to the day. We, his descendants, now spread all over the world, opened up our jeroboams and drank to his memory. By Ardeshir Cowasjee Hormusjee Jamsetjee Rustomjee, my… Continue reading Hormusjee Jamsetjee Rustomjee of Karachi
Feroze Rangoonwalla: Collector for all seasons
Well-known film chronicler Feroze Rangoonwalla has passed away. A remembrance by Khalid Mohamed Suddenly the brownstone colony he lived in, bang opposite the Mumbai Central Railway station, was demolished. A tower was to loom up, displacing the concatenation of rooms occupied since the days of the British Raj, by Parsi families. That’s where Feroze Rangoonwalla… Continue reading Feroze Rangoonwalla: Collector for all seasons
