Russi Cooper (pictured), the former cricketer and respected member of the international shipping community who passed away on July 31, 2023 at the age of 100 (see "Century to centenary,” In Memoriam, Parsiana, September 7-20, 2023), was my dear friend of nearly 40 years. I met him in 1985 when I was employed by a London insurance club for ship agents called Transport Intermediaries Mutual and later International Transport Intermediaries Club (ITIC) of which he was a director.
One of my responsibilities was ITIC’s clients in India. My qualification for this was the two years I spent in the 1970s at......