Category: Interview

Darius Chinoy works as a Director with Japan External Trade Organisation (JETRO) , New Delhi and manages the ‘Invest Japan’ program and communications for CHief Director General and agency in India with the Government of India. Darius follows an alternate career in Directing/Screenwriting in English and Hindi. He has done a few TV commercials and… Continue reading In Conversation With Darius Chinoy, Director-JETRO and Actor, Screenwriter/Director

It’s in poor taste to describe a murder trial as glamorous. And yet, no case in India commanded this much public attention and involved as many high-profile characters—before social media and 24X7 TV scrutiny existed— as the Nanavati murder. A navy commander, his cheating wife, a dashing Casanova whose death would change the structure of… Continue reading How the Nanavati murder became India’s most sensational and glamorous trial

Following in the footsteps of Jyoti Sagar, J. Sagar Associates’ Senior Partner Berjis Desai retired from the firm on March 31 this year. Having followed the firm’s retirement policy, the senior partners have walked the talk. In 2013, Jyoti Sagar, the founding partner retired from the firm, giving away all his equity. Although Jyoti continues… Continue reading New Innings of JSA’s Former Senior Partner Berjis Desai

Thermax’s Anu Aga and her daughter Meher Pudumjee see philanthropy as much more than writing out cheques for charity   Anu Aga and her daughter Meher Pudumjee, of energy and environment engineering business house Thermax Ltd, are among India’s 100 richest people as per Forbes magazine rankings. The mother and daughter duo sees philanthropy as… Continue reading The Agas on the dynamics of giving

Chef Cyrus Todiwala OBE chooses Dadabhai Naoroji, the ‘Grand Old Man of India’ who in 1892 became Britain’s first Asian MP for Finsbury Central. He later returned to India and petitioned for the country to be self-governing. Gandhi, who was Dadabhai’s mentee, would later refer to him as the Father of the Nation. Matthew Parris… Continue reading Cyrus Todiwala and Zerbanoo Gifford Talk about Dadabhai Naoroji on BBC

Dinaz is India’s fitness expert, a Guinness Book of World Record holder, 3rd runner’s up of the Miss Fitness Universe pageant, an accomplished baker, a successful entrepreneur and a supermom who started her career as a chartered accountant. She plays all these roles with finesse. Her story is heartening and awe inspiring – from a… Continue reading Dinaz Vervatwala: A Superwoman Who Challenged Life And Made Her Mark

Here is a 2007 interview where Dastur Dr. Kotwal is in conversation Dr. Shernaz Cama; Chair of the UNESCO PARZOR Project. This interview originally appears on the PARZOR website Dastur Dr. Firoze Kotwal is a High Priest of the Parsi Zoroastrians of India and perhaps their greatest scholar in the Priestly tradition. From the age… Continue reading Dasturji Kotwal In Conversation with Shernaz Cama

In 2014, just weeks after a major surgery for a cancer diagnosis that two-years earlier had thrown Dilshad Master’s life into some sort of chaos, she found herself leading a trip to the Everest Base Camp. It was but a step in a journey that saw her go from launching television channels in India to… Continue reading How Dilshad Master Applied Learnings From Launching A Television Channel To The Travel Business

Female Entrepreneur: Zeenia Master | Founder, Xenia Hospitality Solutions Interview by Ashish Bhardwaj, wearethecity.in Tell us a bit about yourself, background and what you do currently Being hospitality professional with degrees from Switzerland and London, I have climbed up the ladder from waitress to manager by the time I left my last remunerated job. I… Continue reading Female Entrepreneur: Zeenia Master | Founder, Xenia Hospitality Solutions