Three generations of the Khurody family
have distinguished themselves
Bakhtiar Dadabhoy
Dara Khurody’s contribution to the milk industry in India and Bombay in particular is the stuff of legend. He was Bombay’s dairy development commissioner and conceived and built the Aarey Milk Colony. When the chief minister of Maharashtra asked him to give preference to cows over buffaloes in the supply of milk, he replied, "A liter of buffalo milk with 11-12% fat can be diluted to the equivalent of three liters of cow’s milk.” So, toned milk was born as "milk for the millions.”
Nawshir, Dara’s son, recalls how the filthy and unhygienic stables in Bombay were vacated after the buffalo......