"Father was a very private person. So were mum and I,” says Aafreed Sabavala, of her parents, Jehangir, the modernist painter and wife Shirin (pictured). Quoted in The Mid-Day of February 26, 2017, a few days after her mother passed away at age 92 on February 18, 2017, the report elaborates that Shirin was the daughter of a prominent botanist and grew up largely in Nagpur where her father Jehangir Dastur was employed. While she majored in social sciences, she could, with ease, identify most plants with their English, local and botanical names. The painter had met Shirin in London......