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Firdaus Kanga, an Indian writer, journalist, and actor born into a Parsi family in Mumbai in , currently resides in London. He has authored two books: the semi-autobiographical novel "Trying to Grow," which is set in India, and a travel book "Heaven on Wheels," which details his experiences in the United Kingdom when he first met Stephen Hawking. He played the principal character and scriptwriter in the Sixth Happiness movie, based on his book Trying to Grow. Kanga was born with osteogenesis imperfecta, frequently known as brittle bone condition.
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Firdaus Kanga is a gay man with a disability who practices the "wrong" religion in Bombay. On the other hand, he gets the full superstar treatment while filming "Sixth Happiness," the film about his background in which he was convinced to act. Firdaus is a Bombay native who stands only four feet tall. He has brittle bone disease, which prevents him from walking and puts him in danger of fracturing a rib even if he sneezes. He is a Parsee as well, a religious minority that is frequently ignored in the city.
Sixth Happiness, a fictionalized account of his teenage years, has a message of victory over suffering and is remarkably similar to what is known in t
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Trying To Grow
Trying To Grow
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Firdaus Kanga
Santa Clara University Scholar Commons English College of Arts & Sciences Firdaus Kanga John C. Hawley Santa Clara Univeristy, jhawley@ Follow this and additional works at: Part of the English Language and Literature Commons Recommended Citation Hawley, J. C. (). Firdaus Kanga. In J. C. Sanga (ed.), South Asian Novelists in English: An A to Z Guide (pp. ). Greenwood Press. South Asian Novelists in English: An A-to-Z Guide by Jaina C. Sanga, ed. Copyright © by Jaina C. Sanga. All rights reserved. Reproduced with permission of ABC-CLIO, LLC, Santa Barbara, CA. This Book Chapter is brought to you for free and open access by the College of Arts & Sciences at Scholar Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in English by an authorized administrator of Scholar Commons. For more information, please contact rscroggin@ Firdaus Kanga ( ) John C. Hawley BIOGRAPHY Firdaus Kanga was born in Bombay with osteogenesis imperfecta (brittle bone disease), a condition that prevented his bones from growing beyond a certain point. A lso this condition meant that his bones had the potential of breaking easi ly. As a result, he spent most of his early years bedridden, not attend ing school, leaving his home only occasionally to attend the cinema with his family. It was not