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Wadia’s visage

"I came across two distinctly different faces of hers,” reveals photographer Homyar Mistry, who was recently commissioned to make a photo frame of philanthropist Motlibai Wadia for the newly constructed Homai and Jimi Kathawalla Memorial Hall in the Bai Motlibai Wadia Adaran in Malcolm Baug, Jogeshwari. In an email to Parsiana he reveals that one was "the artist’s impression” that most are familiar with and which hangs in several institutions and religious places. The second, he reveals, is an actual black and white picture that he was presented with from "her family treasure.” The round plate with the visage of......



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