Jehangir Vazifdar: Artist and Visionary compiled and co-ordinated by Niyatee Shinde with text by Anahite Contractor. Published in 2016 by Vazifdar Publications, London, Bombay, Dubai. Pp: 223. Price: Not mentioned.
It’s a handsome volume that commemorates the many faceted splendor of the life and philosophy of Jehangir P. Vazifdar (pictured) (1920-2011), an architect-builder with the soul of an artist.
"Where his heart was progressive his soul was always that of a rebel,” explains his son Pheroze Vazifdar, in the preface to the book.
In his professional career as an architect of note, Jehangir was associated with many iconic buildings, such as the Bharatiya Vidya......