Firdaus Kanga
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| Firdaus Kanga | |
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| Born | 1960 Mumbai |
| Occupation | Author, Journalist and, Actor. |
| Language | English language  |
Firdaus Kanga was born in Mumbai 1960 to a Parsi Family. Kanga is an Indian writer, journalist and actor who currently lives in London. He has written a novel Trying to Grow a semi-autobiographical novel set in India and a travel book ''Heaven on Wheels'', which shares about his experiences in United Kingdom where he met Stephen Hawking. A film was based on his novel Trying to Grow with the name of Sixth Happiness, where he himself played the role of a screenwriter and the lead character.
Kanga was born with a rare disease called Osteogenesis imperfecta or brittle bones disease.[1][2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Growing up Parsi and gay in Bombay". DNA India. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- ^ "Firdaus Kanga". veethi.com. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
External links
[edit]- Firdaus Kanga biography and credits at the BFI's Screenonline
- Article by Kanga on the BBC website
- Sixth Happiness -- a BBC-BFI film that won the EMMA award
- Article about Kanga and his film on the website for The Independent newspaper
- Trying to Grow by Kanga -- republished in November 2008 by Penguin India
- New York Times review of Kanga's film Sixth Happiness
- Kanga in a New York Times review of the history of homosexuality in Indian literary history
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