Watch the official 81st Anniversary of the s.s. tilawa UK Thursday nov 23 2023

Listen to our recent Sabras radio interview on Tuesday October 23rd 2024.   

Tilawa1942 found another survivor Mr. Gaffer Osman Ayoub, age 91, from Leicester UK. Mr. Ayoub was 8 years when the ill-fated S.S. Tilawa

Listen to our recent radio interview on Sunday September 29th 2024.   

Special thanks to the SS TILAWA FOUNDATION FOR THEIR HARD WORK AND COLLABORATION! 

Listen to our radio interview on Thursday May 16th 2024. Kash Kumar speaks with Emile Solanki on an update on the UK Commemoration, Tilawa families, Silver Bars Supreme Court decision, Durban Commemoration, and more...

On December 9th 2023, John Coster the Founder of the Documentary Media Centre in Leicester interviews  Emile Solanki for the Conflict Memory & Education project. They discuss the key 2023 developments of the work behind sharing the forgotten tragedy with the world! 

Special thanks to Hrishikesh Kannan on Radio One International India 94.3 FM for interviewing Emile Solanki for a follow-up update on developments over the past year, and plans for the 81st anniversary on November 23rd 2023 at The National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, UK. 

Listen to our 4th radio interview with Ben Jackson on BBC Radio Leicester, U.K (November 20th 2023).  We provide an update on the upcoming commemoration to be held on the 81st anniversary at the London Greenwich Maritime Museum. 

Listen to our radio interview this week on @sabrasradio, Leicester, U.K. Managing Director Don Kotak speaks with Emile Solanki about the latest news on S.S. Tilawa, including the upcoming 81st anniversary commemoration event at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, UK. 

We invite you to listen to our conversation on Lyca Radio with the Rt Hon Mr. Keith Vaz. He interviews Founder of Tilawa1942.com Emile Solanki, Sunday November 19th at 9am GMT. 

Listen to a “Witness History” episode by Ben Henderson on at BBC World Service aired on May 9th 2023.  

Featuring the forgotten tragedy of the ill-fated S.S. Tilawa. Mr. Arvindbhai Jani, and Mrs. Tejparkash Kaur Manget are 2 known survivors who were interviewed and told some of their recollections. 

Also, 94 year old Mr. Mervyn Maciel lost his family, and was a teenager at the time.  

Thank you Ben Henderson and BBC World Service!

Special thanks to Hrishikesh Kannan on Radio One International India 94.3 FM for interviewing Emile Solanki and Anita Yewale. The conversation focused on the S.S. Tilawa story, plans for the 80th commemoration on Wednesday November 23rd 2022 in Mumbai India, and the role of the Maritime Mumbai Museum Society. This was the first opportunity in the India media world to share the Tilawa 1942 The Forgotten Tragedy story. 

Special thanks to Shabnam Mahmood and Ankur Desi on BBC Radio Asian Network and World Service for covering the S.S. Tilawa story on Monday November 28th 2022.  

Special thanks to Gadija Ahjum on Radio 786 100.4 FM South Africa, for covering the S.S. Tilawa story on Wednesday November 23rd 2022. This was the very day the S.S. Tilawa sunk, and it was fitting to do this radio interview from Ballard Estate Mumbai India where the 80th commemoration was being held. We were pleased the S.S. Tilawa Foundation from South Africa joined the conversation.

Reporter Rajiv Popat of ITV News Central interviews Kash Kumar a radio broadcaster. His grandfather the late Mr. Nichhabhai Chibabhai Solanki drowned during the Japanese attack of the S.S. Tilawa.   Kash Kumar is a Leicester boy. He and his son Emile Solanki recently hosted the first ever commemoration of the S.S. Tilawa forgotten tragedy on the 80th anniversary in Mumbai India. It was an event not only to officially acknowledge the incident but to also memorialize the lost of 280 lives.

John Coster the Founder of the Documentary Media Centre in Leicester interviews  Kash Kumar & Emile Solanki for the Conflict Memory & Education project. They discuss the origins of the story, the development of this website, the international court drama, stories shared, a survivor found, and the plans for the future which including the commemoration in Mumbai.

We invite you to listen to our conversation on Lyca Radio with the Rt Hon Mr. Keith Vaz. He interviews Founder of Tilawa1942.com Emile Solanki, Pravin Jivan son of a Tilawa survivor, and also Bina Jani daughter of the last known survivor Arvindbhai Jani. 

Listen to our radio interview this week on @sabrasradio , Leicester, U.K. You can hear the piece on our website, our YouTube channel, or on @sabrasradio Thank you Don Kotak and @sabrasradio for allowing us to share our efforts to give greater attention to Tilawa 1942 The Forgotten Tragedy.

On Friday October 28th 2022, reporter Daniel Henry of ITV News London interviews Mr. Arvindbhai Jani, age 83, a survivor of the S.S. Tilawa. This is the first time a S.S. Tilawa passenger is seen on Television. Special thanks to ITV News London for taking this story. Next month we will commemorate the 80th anniversary in Mumbai India, with the presence of Mr. Jani and his family.

Listen to Emile Solanki the great-grandson of the late Mr. Nichhabhai Chibabhai Solanki (SS TILAWA MISSING LIST, pg. 5), discuss the SS Tilawa tragedy on Lyca Radio with the Rt Hon Mr. Keith Vaz. 

Enjoy listening to this radio interview on CII Radio, which includes a very special interview with SS Tilawa Survivor,  Mr. Chunilal Navsaria.