For years, CELINA WADIA has stayed away from the spotlight, choosing to focus on family. Now, with the launch of her fashion and lifestyle label, she’s spreading her wings.
If India had a Burke’s Peerage, the Wadias would figure in it prominently. The legendary Parsi family that founded the Wadia Group more than two and a half centuries ago oversees a number of businesses that touch the daily lives of most Indians—from realestate to airlines and textiles. Yet, the family behind this legacy remains remarkably discrete.
Taking cues from her in-laws Maureen and Nusli Wadia, the Australian born Celina, who is married to their younger son Jeh, eschews the supersocial Mumbai party circuit to focus on family and work. Normally quite pressshy, this is the first time Celina is being interviewed in detail.
Since her 2003 wedding to Jeh Wadia, in a tasteful celebration held between Udaipur and Mumbai, Celina has embraced life in Mumbai. The couple, who met when Celina was 19, have two children—a son, Jah (13) and 11-year-old Ella. Celina’s Eurasian background—her father is Croatian, her mother part Singaporean, Portuguese, Thai and English—and a childhood spent between Perth and London may have helped her adapt to India, yet she also credits her inlaws for easing her transition. “They welcomed me with open arms. Maureen made it very easy for me to understand how to live here.”
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