Dear community members Brigadier Behram Panthaki (Retired) and his wife Zenobia Panthaki who have written a coffee table book “Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw, The Man and His Times” will be on a radio talk show called ‘Open Forum’, a live interactive program, on Saturday, June 27 from 4.20 pm to 5.00 pm CENTRAL TIME to talk about the book. During the
Read moreFIELD MARSHAL SAM MANEKSHAW’S LECTURE AT DEFENCE SERVICES COLLEGE, WELLINGTON ON LEADERSHIP AND DISCIPLINE, NOVEMBER 1998 Although it’s been 14 years since he spoke these words, it still holds true. Commandant, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am fully conscious of the privilege, which is mine, to have been invited here to address the college. A while ago, I was invited to
Read moreAgarwal is among the ten entrepreneurs in India’s fast growing startup ecosystem who have received backing from Tata. Since his first investment in March 2014 in Altaeros Energies, a wind energy startup founded by graduates of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Tata is fast becoming a force multiplier for startups. While instant fame is one of the advantages of having
Read moreSo many people around the world want to know “What is the net worth of Ratan Tata”? TATA Group is running 96 businesses and out of which 28 Companies are publicly listed on the various stock exchanges. Tata Group is world’s top 50 Group according to Market capitalization and Reputation.Have you ever thought of why Ratan Tata’s name is not
Read moreJam-e-Jamshed London Parsis honour Dr. Cyrus Poonawalla! Exclusive coverage with detailed story and photographs in today’s (31-May-2015) ‘Jam-e-Jamshed’. Dr. Poonawalla was inducted as an Honorary Member of the ZTFE — Zoroastrian Trust Funds of Europe (Inc) – on Thursday, May 28, in the Zartoshty Brothers Hall of the Zoroastrian Centre in London. Kudos to this Parsi philanthropist! Courtesy : Parsi Zoroastrian
Read moreFarokh Engineer One may quit cricket, but apparently it cannot be the other way round. This was was well illustrated by Farokh Engineer, a trained pilot, who chose cricket as a career, to represent India in 46 Test matches spanning over 15 years during 1961-1975. Now 78, Engineer is all grace and poise as he was on the grounds during
Read moreA ZOROASTRIAN LADY CONQUERS EVEREST. Dr. Fereshte Bakhtiari, a Zoroastrian lady from Kerman, Iran, has conquered Everest. Dr. Bakhtiari who is part of Asha, a Zoroastrian Group, has a PhD in Chemical Engineering. She is an experienced mountain climber who has climbed many mountains in Iran including the Mt. Damavand. She was part of a team
Read moreThe steady inspiring rise of Zia Mody Last updated on: April 06, 2015 18:34 IST We bring you this excerpt from Shaili Chopra’s book, When I was 25. You’ve seen them at the peak of their careers — P Chidambaram, Dimple Kapadia,Rajdeep Sardesai, Shashi Tharoor and many more. But what were they like when they were 25? What was India like when they were that young?
Read moreYour faith in the judiciary may notch up if we tell you that justice Rohintan Fali Nariman, one of Supreme Court’s judges is an ardent man of God once his judicial duties have been meted. And if justice Markandey Katju (referring from his blog post from the year 2014) is to be believed, justice Nariman is an ordained Parsi priest
Read moreIt was on New Year’s Day of 1973 that the nation got to know that the architect of India ’s greatest military victory in centuries had been elevated to the rank of field marshal. This came as a surprise to most of us. Only a couple of months earlier, the then defence minister had told the press at Chennai that
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