Former Minister of Finance and prominent constitutional lawyer K.N. Choksy in Colombo died at the age of 82. He also served as Cabinet Minister of Constitutional & State Affairs from 1993 to 1994 under President D. B. Wijetunga Born in 1933, Choksy received his primary education at S. Thomas’ Preparatory School, Kollupitiya, being one of… Continue reading Kairshasp Nariman Choksy: Former Sri Lankan Minister Passes Away
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Jamshed Dorab Nagarwala: Gujarat’s first IGP was in team that investigated Gandhi murder case
Jamshed Dorab Nagarwala, the first IGP of Gujarat after its birth as a separate state after on May 1, 1960, was earlier one of the two officers investigating the Mahatma Gandhi murder case. Nagarwala, who was then serving as a young deputy commissioner of police with the special branch of Bombay police, had got a… Continue reading Jamshed Dorab Nagarwala: Gujarat’s first IGP was in team that investigated Gandhi murder case
Brigadier Cyrus Addie Pithawalla: Highest gallantry award winner breaches rank ceiling
Most winners of India’s highest gallantry award — Param Vir Chakra in war and its peacetime equivalent Ashoka Chakra – have received it posthumously, laying down their lives while displaying “most conspicuous bravery” in battling the enemy or terrorists. The ones who survived never went beyond the rank of a Colonel. Article by Rajat Pandit… Continue reading Brigadier Cyrus Addie Pithawalla: Highest gallantry award winner breaches rank ceiling
Godrej Legacy and Winning in India
The talk titled “ Godrej Legacy and Winning in India” was delivered by Nadir Godrej at Enterprise Dubai 2014 on December 20th, 2014. It started with our illustrious founder ‘We couldn’t have asked for someone sounder Thoughjust a lawyer by Profession, Invention was a strong obsession. His first case was in Zanzibar And though he… Continue reading Godrej Legacy and Winning in India
Dr. Roshan Bhappu: Science and Values in the Life of a Metallurgical Engineer
For over twenty years, the Regional Oral History Office (ROHO) produced in-depth oral histories of members of the mining community, under a project called “Western Mining in the Twentieth Century,” which was overseen by Eleanor “Lee” and Langan “Lang” Swent, Doug Fuerstenau and others. The 104 interviews in the project covered the history of mining… Continue reading Dr. Roshan Bhappu: Science and Values in the Life of a Metallurgical Engineer
Khushru Patel Stands First in 75 year age Group at Mumbai Marathon
Rushing to the local bazaar for odds and ends, sprinting out with his siblings to spot the rare car turning into their lane, racing indoors and tracking mud across the floor, from the then-marshy land around their bungalow—running features prominently in Kushru Patel’s memories of his childhood. It is perhaps no wonder then that the… Continue reading Khushru Patel Stands First in 75 year age Group at Mumbai Marathon
Admiral RKS Ghandi: Three War Captain and India’s Nelson Passes Away
“Admiral Ghandhi was one of the grand stalwarts of our Navy. A flamboyant and an extremely courteous gentleman belonging to the ‘old school’ he will be missed by all of us who had the privilege of serving under him”. Commodore Rajan Vir. President Indian Maritime Foundation who dedicated his all after retirement to augment MARITIME… Continue reading Admiral RKS Ghandi: Three War Captain and India’s Nelson Passes Away
Rohinton Mistry: In Conversation
The Mumbai-born Canadian novelist Rohinton Mistry received the Lifetime Achievement award at the Times Litfest last December. It was his first public appearance in his original hometown, indeed India, since the Shiv Sena’s removal of `Such a Long Journey’ from the Mumbai University’s reading list in 2010. He spoke to Bachi Karkaria on the ban,… Continue reading Rohinton Mistry: In Conversation
Ashdeen Lilaowala: I am Floored by the City’s Love for Saris
Taking the dazzling textile tradition of the culturally-rich Parsis to a wider audience, young designer Ashdeen Z Lilaowala dons several hats. Article By Janani Sampath | The New Indian Express An author and curator, Lilaowala, who is a graduate in Textile Design from National Institute of Design (NID), Ahmedabad, was in the city recently, to… Continue reading Ashdeen Lilaowala: I am Floored by the City’s Love for Saris
