I came to know Farrokh Jijina less than a decade ago through a friend and colleague, Meher Gundevia-Billimoria. Farrokh, a chartered accountant, had taken voluntary retirement from Deloitte and was interested in doing things which he loved, a wise decision.
He conducted several workshops for the Centre for Advancement of Philanthropy on the subject of human resource management. The participants enjoyed listening to his anecdotes and would break into periodic bouts of laughter. His favorite cartoon strip was Scott Adams’ Dilbert and his favorite character in that strip was the fat red cat called Catbert — the evil director of human......