As a Hodiwala, albeit with a "w” and not a "v,” I read with much interest "Unsung scholar” (Parsiana, December 21, 2020-January 6, 2021), the profile on the author Shapurshah Hormusji Hodivala (1867-1944) by Murali Ranganathan. Ranganathan’s extensive and enduring portrait was so much more than I could have bargained for, knowing how little we know of our legends of yesteryears. What a pleasant surprise it was therefore to read of Hodivala’s undeniable scholarship, exactitude, temperament and learning, not to forget his remarkable output! I honestly had no idea such a persona even existed, leave alone the fact that his......