Two siblings, refugees from
Rangoon, made their mark in India
Hoshang Dastoor
Soon after the turn of the 20th century young Naoroji Madon, a smart, ambitious and scrupulously honest Parsi, scion of a Navsari family, left Bombay and travelled to Rangoon to seek his fortune. A few years later he met and married Tehmina, a vivacious Bombay girl, daughter of Dr Pestonjee Pavri and Khorshedbai (née Marzban, an ancestor of the late playwright Adi Marzban), who had authored two books — Dukh Nivaaran (eradicating suffering) and Guthan Kalaa (art of knitting).
The couple, always Naval and Tehmy to each other, were very much in love and had two wonderful children, a daughter, Sarah,......