Firdaus Kanga

{{short description|Indian writer and actor (born 1960)}}

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| occupation = Author, Journalist and, Actor.

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Firdaus Kanga, born in Mumbai 1960 to a Parsi family, is an Indian writer, journalist and actor who currently lives in London. He has written a novel Trying to Grow a semi-autobiographical novel set in India and a travel book "Heaven on Wheels", which shares about his experiences in United Kingdom where he met Stephen Hawking. A film was based on his novel Trying to Grow with the name of Sixth Happiness, where he himself played the role of a screenwriter and the lead character.

Kanga was born with a rare disease called Osteogenesis imperfecta or brittle bones disease.{{Cite web |title=Growing up Parsi and gay in Bombay |url=https://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/report-growing-up-parsi-and-gay-in-bombay-1640698 |access-date=2024-03-21 |website=DNA India |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Firdaus Kanga |url=https://www.veethi.com/india-people/firdaus_kanga-profile-3345-25.htm |access-date=2023-01-21 |website=veethi.com}}