Image copyrights DNA India Even before he became the first Parsi in history to enter the British House of Lords, 45-year-old India-born Lord Karan Bilimoria was nobility of a different kind, widely billed as UK’s resident beer baron. Robustly friendly, he’s a qualified chartered accountant with a degree in law from Cambridge University. How in… Continue reading Bottle your own great idea
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Mathematical Minoo Jokhi
Minoo Jokhi is so passionate about calculations that he teaches mathematics tricks and memory games to others We’ve heard of people being phobic to mathematics and calculations. Here’s one person, to whom “life is a number game”. Meet 30-year-old Minoo Jokhi, a ‘mathemagic show’ presenter and memory development trainer. At the age of 15, Jokhi… Continue reading Mathematical Minoo Jokhi
How Keki Gharda stunned the MNC giants
Once upon a time he used to bite pens. Now he fidgets with a knife in a cramped office lined up to the ceiling with books that range from Game Theory to the history of the Roman Empire to polymer science. Whether as a businessman, or as a technologist or as a human being, Dr… Continue reading How Keki Gharda stunned the MNC giants
Bottled For Business
Karan Bilimoria’s story is a classic case of how to chase a dream successfully. He had only his dream and passion as his assets when he set out against all odds to turn his vision for a less gassy lager into Cobra Beer. Educated at Cambridge University, he was drawn into entrepreneurship and, in 1989,… Continue reading Bottled For Business
Perin Ferrao: Activist refused to accept a woman’s lot in India
Even as a youngster Perin Ferrao never accepted the conventional view in her native India that women were subordinate to men. Committed all her life to the emancipation of women, the Montreal teacher and former international secretary of the All India Democratic Women’s Association (AIDWA) was 80 when she died at her home in Dollard… Continue reading Perin Ferrao: Activist refused to accept a woman’s lot in India
The Song of Kahunsha
Canadian novelist and playwright Anosh Irani pulls back that iconic image of his home city of Mumbai, India — malnourished and deformed beggar children — to reveal the tender heart of human need in his devastating yet surprisingly gentle novel, “The Song of Kahunsha.” In this tale of a 10-year-old boy struggling to maintain hopefulness,… Continue reading The Song of Kahunsha
The Paintings of Jimmy Engineer
Jimmy Engineer, a Karachi-based artist, has launched prints of his selected paintings. The set includes about two dozen prints of his selected work. The prints include Jimmy Engineer’s artistic interpretation of great thinker and poet Allama Muhammad Iqbal’s epic poem “Javed Nama”. Commenting on the endeavour, he said, “By painting this major work I have… Continue reading The Paintings of Jimmy Engineer
