Category: BOOKS

Book Review: Murder in Old Bombay by Nev March

Murder in Old Bombay: A Mystery Hardcover by Nev March  (Author) Review by Rita Kapadia Nev March writes with an elegant flair. Her vocabulary is fluid and words like “dapper” are from the old Bombay Parsi lingo. The scenes of old Bombay on the front cover are almost true life of that era. The bazaar with Indian traders…

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Prof Jenny Rose Book

Between Boston and Bombay: Cultural and Commercial Encounters of Yankees and Parsis, 1771–1865 Hardcover – November 6, 2019 by Jenny Rose  (Author) Editors Note: Sometime back Prof Jenny Rose had a exhibition at the PEM in Salem, MA. A few of our ZAGBA members had made it to the museum to meet her. It was freezing and Peabody Essex…

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What’s New? FEZANA Spring Issue 2018

Book review :  by Jamshed Kapadia In Hot Blood—The Nanavati Case that shook India By Bachi Karkaria   “Emerging Leaders” by Edul Daver & Yasmin Pavri Leaders provide a Vision : They set a direction to accomplish objectives and then align people & goals by providing motivation, inspiration and incentives. They look for incremental successes which…

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FEZANA Spring Issue 2018: Book review by Jamshed Kapadia

In Hot Blood—The Nanavati Case that shook India By Bachi Karkaria; reviewed by Jamshed Kapadia Pps:  302 Price: Rs. 699 Publisher: Juggernaut Books ISBN:  978-93-8622-827-7 “In Hot Blood” is a true story of love, honor, infidelity, and deceit.  This real-life drama has all the key elements of a best-seller fiction—a hero who spent months on…

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ABCs for Zarathushtis

An alphabetic introduction to the concepts, teachings and customs of the Zoroastrian religion. This book is an alphabetic introduction to the Zoroastrian religion, it’s teachings, customs and significance. Everything a Zoroastrian should aspire to learn about, and 26 reasons to be proud to be called one! From basic concepts of Good Thoughts, Good Words and…

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