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Doshi
Doshi is a fairly common surname in India. The roots can be traced back a few hundred years. There were different stories — one is from the ''History of Oswals'' basically from Rajasthan original Sonigra Kshatriya Rajput. Also Doshi surname people follow Jainism in Gujarat region. History According to ''Oswal Jain Gyati Mahodya'' (ancient book on the history of Oswals) the Doshi are descended from Thakur Heer Singh Sonigara, ruler of Bhatia (old name of Jaisalmer) in Rajasthan in 160 AD. A Gujarati story which Narsinh Mehta mentions the Hindu deity Krishna appearing as a ''doshi vanio''. A ''doshi'' was somebody who carried a ''dosh'', or a sack of grocery/clothes, to sell as he wandered. This is similar to another translation of ''doshi'' as a rough cloth seller. Most Gujaratis believe this is the story behind the last name "Doshi". A third possibility is a direct translation, taken literally from the Hindu word ''dosh'' (meaning, in this case, guilt), defines ''doshi'' as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saryu Doshi
Saryu Vinod Doshi is an Indian art scholar, art historian, academic and curator, known for her erudition in Indian miniature paintings and Jain art. She is the founder director of the National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai and a former pro-tem chairman of the Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi. She is the author of several books including ''Masterpieces of Jain Painting'', a monograph on selected Jain art pieces. The Government of India awarded her the fourth highest civilian award of the Padma Shri, in 1999. Biography Saryu Doshi was born in Mumbai, in the western Indian state of Maharashtra and did her schooling at Queen Mary School, Mumbai. Later, she graduated from the Elphinstone College and secured a diploma in Arts from the Sir Jamsetjee Jeejebhoy School of Art before marrying Vinod Doshi, an industrialist from the Walchand Industrial Group and the son of Lalchand Hirachand, who founded the Hindustan Aeronautics. Though she stayed in Satara after the marriage, she visited ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shiny Doshi
Shiny Doshi (born 15 September 1989) is an Indian actress who primarily works in Hindi television. She made her acting debut with '' Saraswatichandra'' in 2013, portraying Kusum Desai. Doshi is best known for her portrayal of Sarojini Singh in ''Sarojini - Ek Nayi Pehal'', Mahi Sengupta in '' Jamai Raja'' and Dhara Pandya in '' Pandya Store''. Doshi participated in '' Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 8'' in 2017 and made her web debut with ''Ratri Ke Yatri'' in 2020. She has an Indian Telly Award and a Gold Award nominations to her credit. Doshi is married to Lavesh Khairajani. Early life Doshi was born on 15 September 1989 in Ahmedabad, Gujarat into a Gujarati family. She studied fashion designing in Ahmedabad and later took up modelling. Personal life Doshi's father suffered a heart attack while he was on Amarnath Yatra in Jammu and Kashmir and died on 12 July 2019. Doshi got engaged to her boyfriend Lavesh Khairajani on 4 January 2020. She married Khairajani on 15 July ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Navin Doshi
Navichandra Harilal "Navin" Doshi (born 1936) is an author, scholar, philanthropist, and co-founder of Nalanda International, a non-profit organization. Early life and education Doshi was born in Bhavnagar, Gujarat, India into a Gujarati people, Gujarati family. He eventually moved to Mumbai, Bombay, Maharashtra. Doshi completed his undergraduate studies at the College of Engineering, Pune, and received his Bachelors of Engineering degree from the L.D. Engineering College of Gujarat University, before moving to the U.S. in 1958. In the U.S., Doshi attended University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, to complete his Master's in electrical engineering and then University of California, Los Angeles, UCLA for his PhD program. Career After his studies, Doshi started working as an aerospace engineer at TRW Inc. He started a bedspread business and made investments in real-estate and other financial instruments. In 1999, Doshi with his wife, Pratima Doshi endowed the Doshi Chair of Indian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tishani Doshi
Tishani Doshi FRSL (born 9 December 1975) is an Indian poet, journalist and dancer based in Chennai. In 2006 she won the Forward Prize for Best First Collection due to ''Countries of the Body''. Her poetry book ''A God at the Door'' was later shortlisted for the 2021 Forward Prize for Best Collection. She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2023. Early life and education Doshi was born in Madras, Tamil Nadu, India, to a Welsh mother and Gujarati father. She completed a bachelor's degree in the United States, at Queens University of Charlotte. She graduated with a master's degree in creative writing from the Johns Hopkins University. Career Doshi works as a freelance writer and journalist. She has worked with choreographer Chandralekha. Her short story "Lady Cassandra, Spartacus and the Dancing man" was published in its entirety in the journal '' The Drawbridge'' in 2007. Her poetry collection, ''Everything Begins Elsewhere'', was published by Blooda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chaturbhuj Doshi
Chaturbhuj Doshi (1894–1969) was a Hindi and Gujarati language, Gujarati writer-director of Indian cinema. He was one of the top Gujarati screenplay writers, who helped script stories for the Punatar productions. He is stated to be one of the leading figures who launched the Gujarati film industry with work on notable films like ''Gunsundari (1948 film), Gunsundari'' (1948) and ''Nanand Bhojai'' (1948). Doshi, was “well known” for his family socials and had become “a celebrity in his own right”. He made a name for himself as a journalist initially and was referred to as the "famous journalist" and publicist by Baburao Patel, editor of ''Filmindia''. His debut film as a director was ''Gorakh Aya'' (1938), produced by Ranjit Studios, Ranjit Movietone, though he joined Ranjit in 1929, as a scriptwriter. In 1938, he directed another film for Ranjit, a social comedy, ''The Secretary (1938 film), The Secretary'', and both films were box-office successes for Doshi. His forte w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dilip Doshi
Dilip Rasiklal Doshi (; born 22 December 1947) is a former Indian cricketer from Bengal though his origin goes back to Gujarat. He played in 33 Test matches and 15 One Day Internationals from 1979 to 1983. Doshi is one of only four Test bowlers who played their first Test after the age of thirty, yet went on to take more than 100 wickets, the other three being Clarrie Grimmett, Saeed Ajmal and Ryan Harris. In Test Cricket Doshi was already in his 30s when he made his Test debut at Chennai, against Australia in September 1979. Having waited for so long, he wasted no time making his presence felt: with figures of 6/103 and 2/64 he was India's best bowler in the match. He continued to perform well in the series and in the final test match at Bombay, he was one of the heroes of an India victory with figures of 5/43 and 3/60. But perhaps his greatest joy came, when he took 4/92 at Eden Garden, Calcutta, his (adopted) home town, in front of a 70,000 strong crowd. After this series, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nayan Doshi
Nayan Dilip Doshi (born 6 October 1978, Nottingham) is an English cricketer. He is the son of Dilip Doshi, who is a former Indian Test bowler. Doshi, a left arm spin bowler, first played for Surrey in June 2004, after already playing for the Indian side Saurashtra in the Ranji Trophy. At the end of the 2006 cricket season, Doshi signed a two-year contract with Surrey, which was to end after the 2008 season. On 19 July 2007, Surrey announced that this contract had been terminated at Doshi's request. Doshi then signed a short-term deal with Warwickshire until the end of the 2007 season. Doshi was due to make his debut in Warwickshire's County Championship match against Sussex on 8 August that year. However, he was unable to do so owing to confusion surrounding the registration process. Doshi was the first bowler in the Twenty20 Cup to take a hat-trick A hat-trick or hat trick is the achievement of a generally positive feat three times in a match, or another achievement ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sushil Doshi
Sushil Kumar Jain known professionally as Sushil Doshi is an Indian journalist, writer, sports commentator and the first cricket commentator in Hindi. Born to Niranjanlal and Madan Kunwar at Indore, in the second largest Indian city of Madhya Pradesh, he graduated in engineering from Shri Govindram Seksaria Institute of Technology and Science (SGSITS) Indore and started his commentating career in 1968 at the Nehru Stadium for a Ranji Trophy match between Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan. Over the years, he is reported to have covered nine Cricket World Cups, 85 test matches and over 400 One Day Internationals, besides several Twenty20 Internationals. His contributions are reported in making cricket commentary in Hindi popular. He has also written two books in Hindi on sports, ''Khel Patrakarita'' published in 2003 and ''Cricket Ka Mahabharat'', published in 2016. Awards and recognitions The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the Padma Shri, in 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avni Doshi
Avni Doshi (born in 1982) is an American novelist based in Dubai. She was born in New Jersey to immigrants from India. She received a BA in Art History from Barnard College in New York, and a master's degree in History of Art from University College London. Her debut novel, '' Girl in White Cotton'', was published in India in 2019. In 2020, it was published in the United Kingdom under the title ''Burnt Sugar''. The novel was shortlisted for the 2020 Booker Prize. Personal life Doshi grew up in Fort Lee, New Jersey, but often spent the winter in Pune Pune ( ; , ISO 15919, ISO: ), previously spelled in English as Poona (List of renamed Indian cities and states#Maharashtra, the official name until 1978), is a city in the state of Maharashtra in the Deccan Plateau, Deccan plateau in Western ..., India, where her mother's family lived. She lived in India for seven years during her mid-twenties, where she worked as a curator in various art galleries (such as Latitude 28 in Delh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natasha Doshi
Natasha Doshi Shah is an Indian actress and model who appears in Malayalam and Telugu films. She made her debut in 2012 with '' Manthrikan'', directed by Anil Kumar. Early life Born in Mumbai, Doshi began acting in childhood and is also a trained classical dancer. . She was awarded Miss Talented in Miss Kerala 2010. Career Her first appearance in film was in a documentary horror-comedy film called '' Manthrikan''. In the same year, she played Gowri in a Malayalam film '' Hide n' Seek'', loosely based on a South Korean romantic drama film 3-Iron. Although the films did not do well commercially, she was signed up for ''Call me @'', a Malayalam film directed by Francis Thannikal and, later on, in ''Cappuccino'', directed by Naushad, a Malayalam romantic comedy where she performs the lead role of Janaki. Doshi gained further recognition for her casting by veteran director K. S. Ravikumar for his Telugu action drama film '' Jai Simha'' where she performed along with Nayanth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darshan Doshi
Darshan Doshi (born 16 January 1986) is an Indian drummer and composer, who is currently touring with Salim–Sulaiman, Farhan Akhtar, Adnan Sami, Diljit Dosanjh and Amit Trivedi. He has played drums for several Bollywood films such as ''Rock On'', ''Black'', ''Dhoom 2'', ''Bhaag Milkha Bhaag'', ''Queen'', ''Secret Superstar'', ''Fitoor'', and ''Dear Zindagi''. Based in Mumbai, Darshan started performing at the age of 2 and has established his name in the Limca Books of Records as the youngest drummer of India in 1997. He also was part of the kids group "Little Wonders" by Kalyanji Anandji. He has performed with all leading composers in India such as AR Rahman, Amit trivedi, Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy, Pritam, and Vishal–Shekhar. He is also an integral part of Coke Studio India and MTV Unplugged. He currently endorses Pearl Drums, Zildjian Cymbals, Evans Drumheads, Vicfirth sticks, and AKG Mics. Early life and training Born to Shailesh and Surbhi Doshi in Mumbai, his father w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rheeya Doshi
Rheeya Doshi (; born 24 April 1996) is a female former tennis player from Singapore. Doshi attended Northwestern University from 2014 to 2019, having signed with the Wildcats The wildcat is a species complex comprising two small wild cat species: the European wildcat (''Felis silvestris'') and the African wildcat (''F. lybica''). The European wildcat inhabits forests in Europe, Anatolia and the Caucasus, while th ... tennis team in 2013. Representing Northwestern, Doshi holds a win/loss record of 63–52 in singles and 80–44 in doubles. Fed Cup participation Singles Doubles References External links * * * 1996 births Living people Singaporean sportspeople of Indian descent Northwestern Wildcats women's tennis players Expatriate tennis players in the United States Singaporean expatriates in the United States Singaporean female tennis players {{Singapore-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
