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Mr. Jehan Daruwala was born
in Bombay, India at the turn of the 20th century, and received his
schooling there. His professional life has included working at the Life
Insurance Corporation of India in Mumbai. Subsequent to his retirement
from that corporation as a top manager, Mr. Daruwala was appointed editor
of Bombay Samachar, and in addition to editing the newspaper, he initiated
the widely read columns "Parsi Tari Arsi". As an editor, Jehan proved to
be progressive minded, free frank and fearless in expressing his views.
During his editorship at Bombay Samachar a very widely read Gujarati
Language Daily newspaper, Jehan Daruwala was regarded as the doyen of
journalists and he has even been referred to as the Editors’ Editor. [The
help of Mr. Dinshaw Tamboly, a trustee of the World Zoroastrian
Organization and of the Bombay Parsi Panchayat in facilitating this
information is hereby acknowledged.]
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A Salute to the (Lay Dastur) Khurshedji Rustomji Cama
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