When the Nightingale sang the Lion was smitten and so began
the union of Roshan and Noshir Pundole
Hootoksi Tyabji
Nothing I write can adequately express my debt of gratitude and love for my parents Roshan and Noshir Pundole. Their loving union lasted 71 years and they left this world just a few weeks apart, he on July 5, 2016, aged 95 years, and she on September 28, aged 94. They were exemplary in so many ways — she as the Nightingale of Bombay, and he for bringing the Lions movement to India and as a businessman.
Born to Nowroji and Mehra Pundole (née Narielwala) on March 1, 1921, Noshir had two older sisters, Maki and Naju, and two younger brothers,......