Died: Ervad Adi Jamshed Driver (Mirza), 78, well-known playwright, poet and ghazalkar, in Bombay on March 1, 2007 following cardiac complications.
"A poet of great ability…” summed up educationist and author Bejon Desai when referring to Driver’s talents, adding, "In the last 15-20 years of his life as a ghazal-poet Adi knew very little of the murky side of life but knew more than what was required of fine imageries, sentiments, piety of living in a loving and lovely manner… To become a poet, rather a successful poet, one must keep himself abreast with the works of great poets, also study......