Mumbai Mirror July 23rd 2013
Writer, painter and cartoonist Aabid Surti’s most famous comic book hero Bahadur isn’t all that different from his creator. Although he is the son of a dacoit killed in combat, he fights societal evils as head of the Naagrik Suraksha Dal, helping police down dreaded dacoits.
14th Mar 2013 A Story on Aabid Surti’s Foundation
Aabid Surti is an odd character. A few years ago, the angular, bearded author was invited to meet the President of India to receive a national award for literature at a ceremony in the capital, New Delhi. He politely declined. Absorbed in writing the first draft of his new novel, he cited the reason that he did not have time. But what he has made time for every Sunday for seven years now, is going door-to-door in Mira Road, a non-descript suburb of Mumbai, with a plumber in tow, asking residents if they need their tap fixed for free!
Yaaaay! Happy to announce that my blog post “Saving The Planet One Drop At A Time” about my dad Aabid Surti‘s water conservation movement has been chosen to be a part of children’s textbooks for 2014 by Pearson Education smile emoticon A whole new generation will “save every drop”!
