Dosabhoy Framjee Karaka
(1911-1974), Journalist, editor and authorSitter in 8 portraits
Bombay-born Karaka was the grandson of Dosabhai Framji Karaka, the author of History of the Parsis a definitive study on the Parsi community. Karaka read Law at Lincoln College, Oxford and went on to become the first President of South Asian origin at the Oxford Union, succeeding his close friend Michael Foot. In 1938, he returned to Bombay, where he worked as a journalist for the Bombay Chronicle, later being promoted to the board of Editors. As war correspondent he covered World War II, travelling to East India, Burma, the western front and Germany. Following these events he returned to Bombay, where he founded his own newspaper, The Current.
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1930s
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by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1930s
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by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1930s
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by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1930s
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by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1930s
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