Chronicling the life and times of surgeon par excellence, Dr Rustam Cooper, after whom Cooper Hospital in Juhu is named He was all things to all persons. His behaviour and approach to the humblest patients, servants and subordinates was the same as to Viceroys, Governors, Maharajas, statesmen and industrialists consulting him,” noted The Bombay Samachar editor Jehan Daruwala in his
Read moreKnighthood Rohinton (Ron) Minoo Kalifa OBE Queen’s Birthday Honours 2022 ZTFE patron Lord Bilimoria CBE DL, The Trustees and The Managing Committee conveys their heartiest congratulations to our ZTFE Life Member Rohinton (Ron) Minoo Kalifa OBE for his Knighthood for services to Financial Services, to Technology and to Public Service. Knighthood Rohinton (Ron) Minoo Kalifa OBE Queen’s Birthday Honours 2022 Ron is a
Read moreHe will be the sixth Supreme Court judge from the Parsi community. Justice Jamshed Burjor Pardiwala, to be sworn in as Supreme Court judge along with Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia on Monday, will be the sixth apex court judge from the Parsi community. In line to be the third Chief Justice of India from the community, Justice Pardiwala would be the
Read moreFormer Supreme Court judge Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman has started an official YouTube channel. The channel is called “Justice Nariman Official” and features several of his talks on Zoroastrian Religion, Law, NCPA, history and more. It is always a delight to hear him. Please do visit his channel and enjoy his talks. Justice Nariman, the son of legendary senior
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Read moreThis rare photograph is of very proud parents who gave India a very famous son and another decorated less well known son, too. They had six children. The gentleman was a Doctor who served in the (British Indian Armed Forces’) Indian Military Service. Captain Hormusji FJ Manekshaw, IMS and Mrs Hilla H Manekshaw. Parents of Field Marshal Sam Hormusji Framji
Read moreHon’ble Mr Justice Rohinton F. Nariman, Judge, Supreme Court of India, speaks on ‘Guardian Angel of Fundamental Rights’ at the Sixteenth Nani A. Palkhivala Memorial Lecture on 15 December, 2018.
Read moreAwarded the Padma Shri, the Padma Bhushan and the OBE, Dr Tehemton Erach Udwadia is widely regarded as the father of laparoscopy in India. From 1951 as a medical student to the present day, he has not only witnessed first-hand the avalanche of surgical progress, but has also seen lives saved as a result of these advances, be it a
Read moreC. Rajagopalachari is widely quoted to have said “Nani is God’s gift to India”, though we could not find out in which context and when Rajaji had said it, which became a part of the legend that Nani Palkhivala has been to the current generation. Today is the 102nd birth anniversary of Palkhivala. An opinion piece by Afreen Alam and
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