Exile on Main Street A book review by by Tadzio Koelb | The Brooklyn Rail Go Home is the story of Viraf, who, like author Sohrab Homi Fracis, is an immigrant to America from India’s Parsi community, a group that left Persia a millennium ago to escape religious persecution. When we first meet him in… Continue reading Go Home: A Book by Sohrab Homi Fracis
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Eric Engineer, from Product Manager to VC to CEO
Invodo CEO and CS alumnus Eric Engineer loves the business side of the technology industry. “I was a double major: CS and Managerial Studies,” he said. “Those were the bubble years and people were talking a lot about entrepreneurship, but it wasn’t built into any of the Rice programs. I went to first Rice Alliance… Continue reading Eric Engineer, from Product Manager to VC to CEO
Laughter rings in the house again
Five years after Laughter In The House sparked magic at the box office, the golden oldies of Parsi theatre are back with a sequel By Anju Maskeri | Posted 05-Feb-2017 Burjor Patel, Rashna Karai and Sam Kerawalla at the rehearsal of Laughter in the House 2 at Tata Theatre; Pics/Bipin Kokate At 6.30 PM, when… Continue reading Laughter rings in the house again
Kolkata’s Parsi community on the wane
Lesser known in the city than in Mumbai, the community arrived here from Surat in the late 18th century Their rise here parallelled the consolidation of British power in eastern India and the rise of the city as the capital of British India Feb 5 Kolkata’s once flourishing Parsi community, which is now aging and… Continue reading Kolkata’s Parsi community on the wane
Jehaan Kotwal Wins Mahindra’s Youth Transport Personality of the Year 2017 Award
Jehaan Adil Kotwal, the young 26 year old CEO of JFK Transport wins the 2017 Mahindra Youth Transport Personality of the year Award. Besides this award Jehaan also won Castrol’s best Transporter of the year award. Jehaan recently was invited to speak on the panel at the WZCC Global AGM in Hong Kong. He was… Continue reading Jehaan Kotwal Wins Mahindra’s Youth Transport Personality of the Year 2017 Award
Transforming Lives :Tata Trusts digital campaign
Shireen Mistree a very dear friend points us to a new media initiative by Tata Trusts where she currently works in Strategy and Partnerships. Shireen writes We are pleased to share our philanthropic work through a new media to reach a wider audience. A digital campaign under the existing banner of #TransformingLives will spread a… Continue reading Transforming Lives :Tata Trusts digital campaign
Mickey Mehta: Aamir Khan UnXposed
Our dear friend Mickey Mehta was recently in conversation with Mumbai Radio host Hrishi K. answering some questions. Check out the video below. More about Mickey Mehta here
Huban A. Gowadia Heads Transportation Security Administration in the United States
Huban A. Gowadia is currently the Acting Administrator of the TSA. She assumed the role after the stepping down of the previous head of TSA at the end of the Obama Presidency. Huban Gowadia is the Deputy Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration. In addition to guiding implementation of the Administrator’s strategic goals, she… Continue reading Huban A. Gowadia Heads Transportation Security Administration in the United States
Father of Laparoscopy in India, Dr Tehemton Udwadia awarded the prestigious Padma Bhushan
Mumbai’s Dr Tehemton Erach Udwadia has been conferred with India’s third-highest civilian award, the Padma Bhushan. The government announced the list of notable people, who will receive the Padma Awards, on Wednesday. The 80-year-old surgical gastroenterologist is known as the father of laparoscopy surgery as he was the first to start it in India in… Continue reading Father of Laparoscopy in India, Dr Tehemton Udwadia awarded the prestigious Padma Bhushan
