In the item "Cafes and mills” (Events and Personalities, Parsiana, May 21-June 6, 2021), there is mention of a Fellowship given to Jaideep Hardikar who will be writing a history of the Empress Mills, Nagpur.
This brought back memories of my mamavaji (maternal grandfather) Darab Kamdin (pictured). He was born into a priestly family with meager income. In school, he accepted double promotions to save money. Later, a German priest in Bombay, greatly impressed by my grandfather’s performance in the St Xavier’s College entrance exam, gave him a scholarship. In later years Kamdin gave an annual donation to St Xavier’s College as long as he......