The new president of the two-century-old Asiatic Society of Mumbai
shares plans to complete ongoing projects and take up new ones
Farrokh Jijina
It feels great to be the first woman president of The Asiatic Society (of Mumbai),” educator and former vice principal of Jai Hind College Vispi Balaporia stated in an email to Parsiana on September 22, 2019. "But this acclaim is also indicative of the fact that we still live in a male dominated society. It is being looked upon as an achievement, simply because I am a woman! Having said that, I do have a sense of having accomplished something that had not happened in the 215-year-old Asiatic Society,” she stated.
Having served previously as secretary and vice president of......