Down a narrow lane from my school was a candy shop. It was actually a general store but a range of mouth-watering chocolates and candies in colourful wrappers were displayed on the racks visible from the street — as kids we were oblivious to anything else in the shop. A Parsi gentleman, a former freedom… Continue reading Lost in time
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Zubin Mehta Turns 70
Los Angeles, Apr 29: Zubin Mehta, one of the world’s greatest conductors of Western classical music, is celebrating his 70th birthday today. Mehta, a Parsee has been the conductor of the Israel Philharmonic since 1991. Before that, he led the New York Philharmonic (1978-91), the Los Angeles Philharmonic (1962-78) and the Montreal Symphony (1961-67). Recently,… Continue reading Zubin Mehta Turns 70
Zubin Varla to Play Rajiv Gandhi
British Parsi actor may play Rajiv If all goes well for Jagmohan Mundhra, his film Sonia, based on Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s life, will rise to a remarkable level of authenticity before a single scene is shot. Mundhra says the man he is considering for Rajiv Gandhi’s role, British actor Zubin Varla, “bears resemblance to… Continue reading Zubin Varla to Play Rajiv Gandhi
The Times of India turns the Times of Colour
Founding fathers: A British syndicate of 11 firms, two barristers, a doctor, and the Parsi merchant prince Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy. The journalists come later Continue reading here
Its TATA every where
Its TATA every where !!! ‘TATA’ in your life!!! What makes you lick your fingertips, but of course TATA SALT. What makes your costumes neat and clean? TATA SHUDH. Who gives a foundation to your dreams? TATA FINANCE.
In The Song of Kahunsha
In The Song of Kahunsha (Doubleday Canada, $29.95), the second novel from North Vancouver’s Anosh Irani, paradise is a place of no sadness. Or so believes his protagonist, 10-year-old Chamdi, an orphan who winds up on the streets of Bombay just as Hindu-Muslim violence is tearing the city apart. This paradise–Kahunsha–will be a place of… Continue reading In The Song of Kahunsha
Flights of fancy
Parvez Damania’s biggest passion is riding to school! He became a poster boy of the Indian aviation industry with Damania Airlines and he’s still in the thick of things as executive director of Kingfisher Airlines. But Parvez Damania insists his greatest flights of fancy take place on terra firma – on a Harley Davidson. “You… Continue reading Flights of fancy
British Iranologist Mary Boyce dies at 86
British Iranologist Mary Boyce died on April 4 at the age of 86, the Persian service of IRNA reported on Friday. Many Iranologists regarded her as the most prominent expert of Iranian culture and religion. The professor of Iranian studies was born in 1920 and spent part of her early life in colonial India. She… Continue reading British Iranologist Mary Boyce dies at 86
Vyarawalla: Witness to History
NO, no, no. No blinding flash, not again,” shouted Mahatma Gandhi, the apostle of peace, as the Parsi photographer, a woman in her early thirties, clicked her camera using a big bulb for flash. “Gandhiji was a trifle annoyed as he came out of a prayer meeting on that winter evening,” recalls Homai Vyarawalla,… Continue reading Vyarawalla: Witness to History
