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
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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
Ratan Tata Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
One of India’s leading industrialist and two Indian American researchers have been elected as members of the prestigious American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Article by Indian Express Ratan Tata noted philanthropist and chairman of major Tata companies is among 18 foreign honorary members joining the academy. One of two Indian Americans honorees Dr Deepak… Continue reading Ratan Tata Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Sarosh Homi Kapadia Appointed Chief Justice of India
Supreme Court Justice Sarosh Homi Kapadia has been appointed the new chief justice of India. Kapadia will assume charge May 12. Kapadia takes over from Justice K.G. Balakrishnan, India’s first Dalit chief justice. A press release from the ministry of law and justice stated: “In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (2) of Article… Continue reading Sarosh Homi Kapadia Appointed Chief Justice of India
