Category: Individuals

Attorney Narges M. Kakalia Receives Human Rights First’s Pro Bono Star Award

Narges M. Kakalia, a Member of the Litigation Section of Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C., has received Human Rights First’s prestigious Pro Bono Star award for excellence in legal advocacy. Human Rights First is a nonprofit, nonpartisan international human rights organization based in New York, Houston, and Washington, D.C. The organization presents… Continue reading Attorney Narges M. Kakalia Receives Human Rights First’s Pro Bono Star Award

Long lives the Parsi debate: Jehangir and Simin Patel

Jiyo Parsi’s ad campaign, which urges Parsi couples to marry early, within the community, and multiply, has raised hackles among many who accuse it of sexism and eugenics. Kareena Gianani tries to decode the debate By Kareena Gianani | Mid-Day For the past three years, Simin Patel, a DPhil candidate at Balliol College, University of… Continue reading Long lives the Parsi debate: Jehangir and Simin Patel

His Honourable Son-in-Law: Feroze Gandhi

Late on the morning of 8 September 1960, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, India’s first Prime Minister, heavily lugged himself up the staircase at Teen Murti Bhavan, the Prime Minister’s residence in New Delhi, to his bedroom on the first floor. His energy was sapped and his visage, usually radiant and glowing, wore a fallen look. Article… Continue reading His Honourable Son-in-Law: Feroze Gandhi

Shaan Kandawalla: Bringing Lessons From a Pool in Pakistan to a Pitch Meeting With Investors

Shaan Kandawalla, a native of Pakistan who lives in New York, is used to challenging gender norms. As a teenager in Karachi, she excelled at competitive swimming — something only boys were encouraged to do. She qualified for the 1996 Olympics but was not permitted to compete because Pakistani officials objected to a woman appearing… Continue reading Shaan Kandawalla: Bringing Lessons From a Pool in Pakistan to a Pitch Meeting With Investors

Niloufer Ichaporia-King: Parsi cultural history served up on a plate

Scholar and author Niloufer Ichaporia King started writing an account of the disappearing Parsi culture and food traditions when her mother turned 90. The result is an engaging cookbook, “My Bombay Kitchen: Traditional and Modern Parsi Home Cooking,” filled with stories of King’s personal and cultural history, anecdotes about her beloved dishes and surprisingly easy… Continue reading Niloufer Ichaporia-King: Parsi cultural history served up on a plate

Life of Balance: Dhan and Jehangir Palkhivala

Dhan Palkhivala, 86, & Jehangir Palkhivala, 50 South Mumbai’s most famous Iyengar yoga exponents, Dhan and Jehangir Palkhivala on how the ancient art helped them change lives Article by Reema Gehi | Times of India As she settles into a couch in the commodious living room of their Peddar Road apartment, yoga teacher Dhan Palkhivala… Continue reading Life of Balance: Dhan and Jehangir Palkhivala

Mahzarin Banaji: Zooming in on blind spots

On a recent Thursday evening at Deutsche Bank AG’s fourth annual Women in Asian Business Conference, over 800 corporate executives, largely bankers, discovered that they barely knew their own minds. Article by Joji Thomas Philip | Live Mint Participating in a series of tests put forward by the speaker—Mahzarin Banaji, the Richard Clarke Cabot professor… Continue reading Mahzarin Banaji: Zooming in on blind spots

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