Berjis Desai has written a beautiful review of the book on my brother Tehmtan Andhyarujina ("Righteousness in his DNA,” Books, Parsiana, June 21, 2018). The review quotes from the foreword written by Tehmtan’s son Zal, and reiterates that unlike some eminent people, Tehmtan was proud of his humble roots.
As one who grew up with him, let me give the reader a glimpse of "our humble roots”: My father was a young lawyer of 26 when he met my mother, then 16, a beauty. They fell in love and got married with no thought for the morrow. Then followed four children......