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Padma Bhushan awardee Hormusji Cama is sceptical about the future of the print media
Farrokh Jijina

Chairman and managing director of Bombay Samachar Private Limited, Hormusji Cama who received the Padma Bhushan at the hands of President Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhawan in Delhi on May 9, 2024 was all praise for the administrative arrangements prior to the presentation of the award. Cama stated the investiture ceremony was conducted with "extreme niceness… There was no intrusive security…no pat-downs… The drill on the previous day was rigorous.” All 62 or 63 awardees had to go through a rehearsal of how to stand up from their seated position, how to walk and how to greet Murmu. The only Parsi......



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