Mr Minoo Homi Batlivala

When I say how time flies, I mean that literally. Yet it is as if just yesterday was the day that my mother left me holding that cake as she bid me goodbye in 1950. As if the cake would compensate for her absence. It did not and I promptly became a very sick boy…

TV9 featured our project on their programme Shaka 9 https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.412477082181109.1073741828.236514753110677&type=1links:1) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Wy6Mbw0olw2) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsVrjBwrNAY3) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFMH_S-B4hU http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=decomposition+project+in+ban…

I just read Sir Mark Tully’s “Will India heed the wake-up call? and cannot help sharing his skepticism as to whether politicians will stop interfering in creating institutions for security and intelligence. I am hoping that public interest groups will issue a clarion call to action. An action where ideological differences are put to the…

The launch is tomorrow and the second milestone of a journey that started early 2006 (the first milestone being the approval by the managing committee on July 10). Gerry has since worked tirelessly as Chief Technology Officer, Photographer, Host, Liaison Officer and much much more. Put simply “a doer”!! The pilot has given feedback and generated…

Who we remember from our childhood and who we forget is probably not a matter of choice. Those we yet remember may have struck us at that time as unusual people from a child’s point of view. Well here are some I yet remember. One was Prem who was in charge of keeping the toilets…

Boys from the first division were allowed outing Sundays when we could officially leave the premises to visit near family who lived close by. Well I had an aunt down Chinkpoli road em route to Veronica street. When I did visit her she would give me a real fantastic lunch ( and you know how…