Firdaus Kanga

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Firdaus Kanga , 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.

Firdaus Kanga
Born1960
Mumbai
OccupationAuthor, Journalist and, Actor.
LanguageEnglish language Edit this on Wikidata

Kanga was born with a rare disease called Osteogenesis imperfecta or brittle bones disease.[1][2]

References edit

  1. ^ "Growing up Parsi and gay in Bombay". DNA India. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  2. ^ "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