Kayhan, Teshtar, and Noshir Irani Oral History Interview
The interview was conducted as part of SAADA's ACFP 2021-2022. In this two part interview, the interviewees as a family shared their memories of moving to Queens, New York City from Mumbai, India forty or so years ago. They shared their memories of childhood and family life in Mumbai and Queens as well as their memories of growing up in the local Zoroastrian community of New York.
Noshir Irani and Shera Irani
Noshir Irani and his mother, Shera Irani, in Mumbai, India. In the interview, Noshir and Teshtar Irani displayed this photograph and Noshir selected it as one of the objects he'd keep in a time capsule.
Khurshed Arjani, Dina Coyajee, Alamai and Kaikoshrov Coyajee, Mehra Coyajee, Dr. Rustom Cooper, and Dara Arjani
This is a photograph taken at the Taj Mahal Hotel Ballroom in Bombay in 1941. Kayhan describes: With flowers in hand, Khurshed Arjani and Dina Coyajee, to the right of Dinaare her parents Alamai (mother) and Kaikoshrov Coyajee (father). To the left of Khurshed is his mother Mehra Coyajee (divorced at time of wedding) and her colleague and friend Dr. Rustom Cooper.
