Addressing a large gathering of the Parsi community on Saturday, newly appointed Chief Justice of India (CJI) Justice Sarosh Kapadia admitted to being a workaholic and a deeply spiritual person. By Aarefa Johari / Hindustan Times Justice Kapadia was in his hometown Mumbai to attend a felicitation function held by the Bombay Parsi Punchayet in… Continue reading Parsis felicitate new Chief Justice of India
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Fali Sam Nariman: An Interview
For The Record: Fali Sam Nariman. ‘I have no take on Supreme Court’s verdict on Carbide’ An interview with the Times Of India. At 81, Fali Sam Nariman, elder statesman and conscience keeper of the Indian Bar and former member of the Rajya Sabha, has decided to do some remembering about a life lived amid… Continue reading Fali Sam Nariman: An Interview
Minoo Bhandara Remembered
Out of my 10 favourite contemporary Pakistanis, four happen to be Parsis: Justice Dorab Patel, Ambassador Jamsheed Marker, Ardeshir Cowasjee and Minoo Bhandara. Article by Khaled Ahmed / Express Tribune Minoo Peshotan Bhandara (1938–2008) was a parliamentarian who died in an accident in China. Like his novelist sister, Bapsi Sidhwa, he wrote extremely well. A… Continue reading Minoo Bhandara Remembered
The Woman Jinnah Loved
The personal life of Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah (1876-1948) arouses great compassion simply because he was an astutely rational man. Article written by Khaled Ahmed / The Express Tribune He was married off in 1892 when he was 16 and still in school in Karachi. He travelled to Kutch to marry a bride called Emibai.… Continue reading The Woman Jinnah Loved
The Early Years of Sarosh Kapadia
When a wide-eyed Parsi teenager with a slightly unkempt look first arrived at the plush law offices of Behramjee Jeejeebhoy in the Fort area of Mumbai in the early 1960s, stenographer Perin Driver thought he had probably lost his way. The boy, “a petite little thing” as she now recalls, had come to join work… Continue reading The Early Years of Sarosh Kapadia
Farokh Engineer: First and Dearest
A Parsee from Bombay who captured the imagination of an eight-year-old in Lancashire By Michael Henderson / cricinfo.com I first went to Old Trafford in 1967, the so-called Summer of Love. Lancashire were anything but a groovy side at the time – though the players looked pretty smart to my eight-year-old eyes – and it… Continue reading Farokh Engineer: First and Dearest
Todywalla Auction House: Numismatics
Old coins and paper money are not just an antiquarian interest; they are also big business. The 103-year-old Todywalla House in Mumbai’s bustling Khetwadi locality may look uninviting, but it is the address of India’s first licensed numismatics auction house, and perhaps the only one owned by an individual to hold regular sales. Article by… Continue reading Todywalla Auction House: Numismatics
Chief Justice of India: S H Kapadia: Newsmaker
Single-minded ambition took India’s new chief justice from genteel poverty to the country’s apex court. Article by Aditi Phadnis / Business Week Sarosh Homi Kapadia, Chief Justice of India, has few interests other than the law. One of them is going for walks. As a young man, Kapadia used to drag his younger brother (now… Continue reading Chief Justice of India: S H Kapadia: Newsmaker
Jamsheed Marker: The Not-So-Quiet Ambassador
Get an ex-ambassador to speak on your TV channel and the result will be steadily stale, his discourse carefully embedded in exploded theories that only people in the Foreign Office believe. But strangely, now and then, this uniformity of dullness is broken by ‘outsider’ diplomats inducted from other professions, barring the army. Article By Khaled… Continue reading Jamsheed Marker: The Not-So-Quiet Ambassador
