….Parsi leader Dadabhai Naoroji, a leading Indian nationalist, ran for the English Parliament, Jinnah and other Indian students worked day and night for him. Their efforts were crowned with success, and Naoroji became the first Indian to sit in the House of Commons….. Read On…
Category: Individuals
Pilgrim Painter: Jehangir Sabawala
With his impeccable social graces, his dandy deportment and his luminous painterly style a la Lyonel Feininger (1871-1956), Jehangir Sabavala, 83, hovers between the problematic and the passe. Ever the monastic loner in the hurly burly of the Indian art world, this gentleman Parsi painter returns to the public gaze with a highly engaging retrospective… Continue reading Pilgrim Painter: Jehangir Sabawala
Pravasi award winners
Rusy M. Shroff is managing director of Ruttonjee Estates Continuation Limited, a company admired for its integrity in business. He was appointed a member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE) in 1995. He is one of the most respected figures in Hong Kong’s business and social circles and has contributed significantly… Continue reading Pravasi award winners
Dadabhai Naoroji on British currency notes
The image of Dadabhai Naoroji, the first ever Asian MP to enter the House of Commons in 1892, may soon be printed on British currency notes, if the recommendation of an influential Labour Party think-tank is accepted. Naoroji was elected for the Liberal Party from Central Finsbury in London on July 1892. A Parsi, he… Continue reading Dadabhai Naoroji on British currency notes
Minoo Pirojshah ‘Dada’ Mistri : Rock solid architect…
Rock solid architect of Teen Talwar leaves this earth KARACHI: Karachi has many landmarks, but none stands out more in the popular imagination as Clifton’s Teen Talwar. The Three Swords, as their rather phonetically awkward English name goes, is a massive monument, commissioned by Zulfikar Ali Bhutto for Clifton chowrangi, that consists of three fat,… Continue reading Minoo Pirojshah ‘Dada’ Mistri : Rock solid architect…
Boman’s secular choices of roles!
Boman’s secular choices of roles! Of late probably there is one actor who has been very secular in his choice of roles. He has played a catholic in Home Delivery. He plays a Parsi in Being Cyrus. He is Boman Irani. A seasoned photographer and now an equally seasoned actor, he is playing and has… Continue reading Boman’s secular choices of roles!
India through her eyes
At 92, India’s first and most famous woman photojournalist, remains as active as ever. HOMAI VYARAWALLA, 92, seems fuelled by some benign supernatural energy. She rustles up gourmet chicken and mutton dishes “at short notice”, cleans and mops her house, dusts its interiors, does the odd plumbing job, drives her own car (a 1950’s Fiat… Continue reading India through her eyes
Ratan Tata felicitated at United Nations
On December 05, 2005, Ratan Tata was awarded the “Quality of Life Award” at the United Nations in New York. AU’s College of Human Sciences launched the International Quality of Life Awards as an annual occasion to honor people and partnerships who make significant contributions – in the spirit of the College’s own mission –… Continue reading Ratan Tata felicitated at United Nations
Zubin Mehta: Lightning conductor
At almost 70, the Indian maestro Zubin Mehta is still wowing audiences and dividing critics across the globe. Sholto Byrnes meets him As I wait outside Zubin Mehta’s office, Sir Peter Jonas, formerly the general director of the ENO and now Mehta’s colleague at the Bavarian State Opera, tells me the maestro can still stand… Continue reading Zubin Mehta: Lightning conductor
