Fellow Zoroastrians, Is this how we remember one of the greatest Zoroastrians of recent times, by letting his ancestral house fall into ruins and then be sold off to a builder? http://videos.sify.com/DadaBhai-Naorojis-House-SIFY-watch-jeivLTageac.html Note that this video is a few years old, and that it is incorrectly referred to as Naoroji’s birthplace (he was born in… Continue reading Dababhai Naoroji’s House in utter disrepair
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Darius Forbes and Forbes Marshall: Building Up Industry
Much sweat goes into the building up of a successful enterprise, but at times, it must give its founders much joy By Ashok V. Desai |Businessworld We know about Tatas, Birlas and Ambanis, about how big business has conquered India and is looking to conquer the rest of the world. But India has many smaller… Continue reading Darius Forbes and Forbes Marshall: Building Up Industry
Rustom Mazda : NID Student to Design For Ferrari Maker
A graduate from the National Institute of Design, Paldi has landed a job in world’s leading automobile design house Pininfarina as a consultant designer. Rustom Mazda, who graduated from NID’s product design department in 2010, is the first NIDian to join the Italian auto-design firm which caters to auto giants such as Ferrari, Ford, Jaguar… Continue reading Rustom Mazda : NID Student to Design For Ferrari Maker
Artist Jehangir Sabavala passes away
Jehangir Sabavala, an artist whose career spanned over 60 years, passed away on Friday morning after battling lung cancer for two years. The end came at Breach Candy hospital due to respiratory failure. Mr. Sabavala was 89 and he is survived by his wife Shirin and daughter Aafreed. By Hindustan Times Special Correspondent "He was… Continue reading Artist Jehangir Sabavala passes away
Mumbai’s original transformers: 5 superheroes you should know
Dadabhai Naoroji As I walk down the road past the maidans, at Flora Fountain Dadabhai Naoroji, book held open in his hand, asks me in Parsi Gujarati, “Are you going to Kala Ghoda? That’s where I used to teach.” And he points to Elphinstone College. The college has been restored well, I inform Mumbai’s preeminent… Continue reading Mumbai’s original transformers: 5 superheroes you should know
Late Lt. Cdr. Firdaus Darabshah Mogal awarded Shaaurya Chakra
President Pratibha Patil has approved gallantry medals for 137 security personnel, including 14 for the country’s third highest peacetime bravery award, the Shaurya Chakra, on the occasion of the 65th Independence Day. Among the other medals named by the president are three Bar to Sena Medal (gallantry), 114 Sena Medal (gallantry), three Nao Sena Medal… Continue reading Late Lt. Cdr. Firdaus Darabshah Mogal awarded Shaaurya Chakra
The story of India through Powerful leaders: Ratan Tata
Ratan Tata was born to Naval Tata and Soonoo Commisariat in the Tata family, a prominent family belonging to the Parsi community. He is the great-grandson of Tata group founder Jamsedji Tata. After his parents separated in 1944, he was brought up by his grandmother Lady Navajbai and he completed his schooling in Mumbai from… Continue reading The story of India through Powerful leaders: Ratan Tata
