Well-known Indian socialite and philanthropist Parmeshwar Godrej breathed her last on Monday night at Mumbai’s Breach Candy hospital, where she was admitted recently. She was reportedly suffering from a degenerative ailment in the lungs.
Besides her husband Adi Godrej, Parmeshwar, a former air hostess with Air India, is survived by three children — Nisaba, Pirojsha and Tanya Dubash.
Adi Godrej often described his wife Parmeshwar as a “much more social person” than himself. After all, she was one of India’s earliest socialites who ruled the society pages for almost half a century — and wielded a great deal of power.
The other side to her once busy socialite life was her philanthropy.
In 2004, she started The Heroes Project with American actor and humanitarian Richard Gere to create awareness about HIV-AIDS in India.
In a recent report, Parmeshwar Godrej had said that one of her happiest memories was meeting President Obama at the Nobel Peace Prize Awards banquet in Oslo and singing Jai Ho with grandsons Aryaan and Azaar along with HIV-affected children.
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