Firdaus Kanga
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Firdaus Kanga (b. 1962, Bombay) is a writer who lives in London. He has written a novel, Trying to Grow and a travel book Heaven on Wheels about his experiences in the United Kingdom. Trying to Grow was later turned into a film, Sixth Happiness, for which Kanga wrote the screenplay, and in which he appeared. He was born with Osteogenesis imperfecta, and Trying to Grow is an autobiographical novel.
Kanga was born in Bombay in the westernised Parsi community, and his writing centres on dealing with disability and sexuality.