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Edited excerpt from Homi Bhabha: A life by Bakhtiar Dadabhoy (Rupa Publications, 2023) has been reprinted in Parsiana with permission from the author and the publishers. The child who would become famous as Homi Jehangir Bhabha was born into privilege, culture and entitlement on October 30, 1909 in a bungalow named Kenilworth on 53 Pedder Road in South Bombay. Kenilworth belonged to Bhabha’s maternal aunts, Bachibai and Hirabai, and later to his other aunt, Cooverbai Panday. In a common naming custom among Hindus, the first sound of the newborn’s name is astrologically determined, since it is supposed to bring the child......