Dear sir/madam
Greetings!
Myself, Dr. Manash Pratim Goswami, Associate Professor, Department of Media and Communication, Central University of Tamil Nadu, is working on a personal project to document and write a comprehensive biographical sketch on the Life and Works of Ardeshir Irani, the father of Indian talkie. I have been extensively looking for literature on his family tree, early life, professional successes and contribution to Indian and Iranian films, etc. I shall be highly thankful if you/your organization can give me some leads on the followings
Your support will be a big help to my research and in the documentation of the Life and Works of Ardeshir Irani.
Thanks & regard
(Dr. Manash P Goswami)
Mobile: 9999915977/9589914477
Email: mpgoswami@gmail.com/mpgoswami@cutn.ac.in
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Warm Regards,
डॉ. मानस प्रतिम गोस्वामी|Dr. Manash Pratim Goswami
सह-प्राध्यापक | Associate Professor
मीडिया एवं संचार विभाग |Department of Media and Communication
तमिलनाडु केन्द्रीय विश्वविद्यालय |Central University of Tamil Nadu
नीलक्कुड़ी परिसर|Neelakudi Campus
तिरुवारूर | Thiruvarur-610 005 (तमिलनाडु|Tamil Nadu)
चलवार्ता| Mobile: +91 9999915977/9589914477
The All India Womens Conference is a 93 year old all women organisation founded in 1927 by Mrs Margaret Cousins.It is popularly known as AIWC.It has about 500 branches all over the country from Kanyakumari to Kashmir ,with its Head Office in Delhi.AIWC is a Non Governmental Organization which works mainly for the upliftment of women & children belonging to the lower strata of society.
Hilla Rustomji Faridoonji (1872–1956) was an Indian educationist and political activist. She was secretary of the Women’s Education Fund Association.I am searching for the family of my maternal grandpa Rustum Khodyar, who hailed from Pune. My mummy’s name was Doreen Khodayar. Grandpa expired around the 1960’s and he owned Cafe Mazda, in Pune or Mumbai, if I remember right. If anyone is related to grandpa please get in touch with me at my mail id. Regards, Florence.
This request is for a special friend who would like to meet her sister’s daughters Maureen and Myra Mody. They must be around 60 years. They were born in Nagpur and then their father moved to Mumbai, I think Cusrow Baug
I am trying to trace the family ancestry of Muncherji Cawasji Fozdar, who was a Parsi trader in South Africa and died there in 1906. He was born 1865.
His father’s name is thought to be Cawasji. I wondered if it is possible that he was one of Cawasji Dinshaw’s children?
I have not been able to find very much information, and wondered if you would be able to help me please?
Thank you,
Michelle Goodwill 🙂
I have a cousin, Bhikhubhai Patel, who lives in Ottawa and has been in Canada for more than 65 years. He is looking for his best friend. I would appreciate if you would read his letter and see if there is any way you can help us find this man. Bhikhubhai is in his early nineties and I would love to make his dream of meeting his friend come true. So, the following is his note to me:
Around 1950-1953, I worked at Tesla Radio, located at Tardeo, Mumbai. B.J.H. Katrak was my best friend and he used to come visit me and my family at Ville Parle almost every weekends. He loved my son Mahesh, who was probably a year old at that time.
To the best of my knowledge, Katrak was from a “Dastoor (Parsi priest) family” and lived at Bandra. Around 1953 , I left Mumbai and returned to Jai Hind Radio Navsari and Katrak joined a Phillips Electric Mumbai as an electronic engineer. Head of Phillips was Nariman Modi . Back in Navsari, Naginbhai and Chunibhai needed to get dealership of Phillips and every time I go to Mumbai for business purpose, I was asked to make all attempts to meet Mr Modi.
It is a long story, I managed to talk to Mr Modi after tremendous efforts by Katrak and the rest is history.
In 1956, I immigrated to Canada and lost touch with Katrak. If my memory serves me right, I went to meet him in Delhi where he had moved but the meeting was rather brief . Every since , I regret so much having lost contact.
I would appreciate if you take some time out to trace locate Mr B.J.H. Katrak
Bhikhubhai Patel
Anyone knowing the whereabouts may write directly to : mahabanookotwal@yahoo.com
