The New Activity School, which sits pretty atop the hill at Kemps Corner, is celebrating its 70th anniversary this year. The school has a rich history—one that begins with a mother, Dolat H Doongaji, searching for a school for her two-year-old son Darayas. It was during her hunt then that she chanced upon a unrealised dream of opening her own school—also so that she could remain close to her son at all times. 

It was 1953 when Doongaji, after raising funds by selling her jewellery, finally opened the school at Peddar Road. It later shifted to its current location when philanthropist Laxmichand Tejpal gave it space at his premises in 1958. The school is now headed by Doongaji’s daughter Hutoxi Boman, and the trustees are the founder’s grandson Sharuk Bhesania and granddaughter Piroja Boman.