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'''Firdaus Kanga''' (Born in 1960) is an Indian [[writer]] and [[actor]] who lives in [[London]]. He has written a [[novel]], ''[[Trying to Grow]]'' a [[Autobiographical novel|semi-autobiographical novel]] set in [[India]] and a travel book ''Heaven on Wheels'' about his experiences in the [[United Kingdom]] where he met [[Stephen Hawking]]. ''[[Trying to Grow]]'' was later turned into a film, ''[[Sixth Happiness]]'', for which Kanga wrote the [[screenplay]], and in which he starred.<br />
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==Early and personal life==<br />
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Kanga is from a [[Parsi]] family.<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-the-arts/books/story/19910731-disabled-writer-firdaus-kanga-makes-waves-in-london-814623-1991-07-31|title=Disabled writer Firdaus Kanga makes waves in London|last1=July 31|first2=1991 ISSUE DATE|last2=July 31|first3=1991UPDATED|last3=October 14|first4=2013 12:46|last4=Ist|website=India Today}}</ref> He was born in 1960 in [[Mumbai]]. Until fourth grade, Kanga was tutored in home after which he joined the Campion School in Mumbai. He is 4&nbsp;ft (122cm) tall and is a writer, journalist and actor in his written movie "[[Sixth Happiness]]". <br />
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He is also the author of Heaven on Wheels. He lives in London England. His nick name is Pranav<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{Screenonline name|id=561320|name=Firdaus Kanga biography and credits}}<br />
*[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4640847.stm Article by Kanga on the BBC website]<br />
*[http://www.bfi.org.uk/blu-rays-dvds/sixth-happiness Sixth Happiness -- a BBC-BFI film that won the EMMA award]<br />
*[https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/film-call-him-the-maharaja-not-the-supercripple-1292501.html Article about Kanga and his film on the website for The Independent newspaper]<br />
*[http://www.penguinbooksindia.com/en/content/firdaus-kanga Trying to Grow by Kanga -- republished in November 2008 by Penguin India]<br />
*[https://www.nytimes.com/1999/10/22/movies/film-review-growing-up-with-a-defect-and-charm-and-mischief.html New York Times review of Kanga's film Sixth Happiness]<br />
*[https://india.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/24/homosexuality-in-india-a-literary-history/ Kanga in a New York Times review of history of homosexuality in Indian literary history]<br />
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