On 14th July, 2018, Delnaz Balsara Sharma was crowned the First Runner-Up in the national, prestigious ‘MRS. INDIA SHE IS INDIA 2018’ Pageant, held at ‘The Umrao’ in the country’s capital. The pageant, recognised as the official pageant to send its respective winners for the ‘MRS. UNIVERSE’ and ‘MRS. EARTH’ international beauty pageants, was held […]
Born in Bombay to Rati and Ardeshir Daruwalla, as the eldest of three siblings, Homai Daruwalla schooled at JB Vachha Wadia School, pursuing the Commerce stream from Poddar College and completed her Articleship from the prestigious Kalyaniwala and Mistry Associates. Being extremely career oriented, she has dedicated the larger part of her life to her […]
SodaBottleOpenerwala’s recently launched breakfast menu has managed to tickle and satiate the taste buds of everyone alike with their Parsi classics like Bun Maska and Paneer Akuri, innovative Malabar Hill French Toast and Mushroom on Khari, to Mumbaikars’ favourite classics like Pancham Puriwala ka Puri Bhaji, Bohri Kheema Pav and Eggs Kejriwal. This unique breakfast […]
Marzee Kerawala started his full time financial advisory in January 2008, right at the peak of the last bull market. From then to August 2013 was a difficult time for financial planning professionals. Equity markets were sluggish and the period was marred with Lehman crises, Satyam fiasco, weak macroeconomics, dollar trouble just to name a […]
By Asst. Editor Delaveen Tarapore with inputs from Dr. Jasvi Doshi PT: Can you share some of the highlights of your life growing up? Meher: Born in Bombay in 1943, I grew up with strong family values. I spent most of my childhood in Delhi, Hyderabad and Bombay, before moving to Tanganyika for nine years […]
PT: How did your appointment as Parsi Member to the National Minority Commission (NMC) come about? Vada Dastur Khurshed: Honestly, I was as surprised as everyone else! In fact, I was abroad last month when I received a phone call from the H’ble Minister of Minority Affairs, Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, and he informed me […]
Burjor Dustoor is a well-known actor who’s dynamic talent spans across all mediums – theatre, Bollywood, Hollywood, International feature films, TV serials, TV commercials, music videos, et al! Though he’s also regarded as a travel connoisseur and a foodie, it is his acting talents that he is best known and loved for. A professional theatre […]
Khushroo Suntook BA, LLB, Advocate, FCS, is a descendant of a distinguished line of lawyers. His maternal great grandfather, Sir Dinshah Davar, and grandfather, Justice Jehangir Davar were celebrated judges of the Bombay High Court. His father, Nariman Suntook was Mumbai’s leading solicitor and senior partner of M/s Mulla & Mulla, & Craigie Blunt and […]
. From an early age, Kaivan Fatakia, originally from Pune, was fascinated with Karate. So consuming was his passion that by the tender age of just 13, he was already a black belt! Kaivan knew early on that this was to be the career he would pursue. He determinedly studied Goju-Ryu Karate and with each […]
Ruby: Congratulations on winning the IIRSI gold medal for your expertise in Advanced Robotic Laser Cataract Surgery. How does the new CATALYS surgical laser system to remove the cataract differ from the one in use so far? Dr. Cyres: Until recently, we had to enter the eye and then break up the cataract with ultrasound […]
PT: What led to the concept of Dubai Pravasi Yatra DPY? Meher: Dubai has earlier hosted programmes like ‘WZC’ (2009) and ‘Enterprise Dubai’ (2014), where many fellow Zoroastrians expressed a desire to explore the fun element of sight-seeing alongside business exchanges, as Dubai is considered one of the most beautiful cities globally. Hence, WZCC initiated […]