Category: Individuals

Bejan Daruwalla Official website: https://bejandaruwalla.com Shree Ganesha Namah! It’s Bejan Daruwalla’s birthday on Monday. That bawdy Parsi astrologer and celebrated Ganpati-bhakt will turn 86. He continues to be in demand. Age cannot wither him nor custom stale his infinite variety. Everybody from Narendra Modi down holds their palm out to Bejan when they meet him,… Continue reading From Modi’s Fate To The World’s End, Bejan Daruwalla Unwraps The Future On His 86th Birthday

To our regular readers, the name Dina Pestonji may ring a bell. Way back in 2013 we had posted about her running a marathon after a debilitating and life changing illness. As Dina writes on her website…. My name is Dina Pestonji. At 29 years of age, I had a massive stroke requiring emergency brain… Continue reading Dina Pestonji: A Profile in Courage and Determination

Indelible impression ABC personality DEL IRANI stands for diversity on our television screens Article by Jasmeet Kaur Sahi | Indian Link It’s been a hectic few weeks for Del Irani. The shock Brexit vote and its financial aftermath has had journalists like her racing to report the latest developments and produce news stories. Despite her… Continue reading Del Irani stands for diversity on Australia’s television screens

The video jerked into play… realised I wasn’t looking for the Great Man: Sam Manekshaw’s daughter Maja Daruwala Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw died this day in 2008. A daughter remembers.   Perhaps because there are so few of us around, people feel obliged to email and SMS me snippets of news and views, blogs, pictures… Continue reading Maja Daruwala Reminisces about her father Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw

We are extremely saddened to hear about the passing away of Vada Dasturji Dr Peshotan Mirza, who was one one of the two Vada Dasturjis of the Pak Iranshah Atashbehram. We were informed of this by Vada Dasturji Khurshed Dastoor who writes…… It is with deep sorrow that I have to inform you that our… Continue reading Vada Dasturji Dr Peshotan Mirza Passes Away

We were sad to hear last week of the death on 12 May of Jal Amrolia, a long-standing friend of the Ancient India and Iran Trust. Jal Edulji Amrolia was born in Zanzibar on 22nd August 1929 to Tehmina and Edulji Amrolia, one of three siblings with two sisters Khurshed and Sheru. Article by Ursula… Continue reading Jal Edulji Amrolia’s gift to the Ancient India & Iran Trust Library