Roda Mistry

Roda Homi Mistry (16 October 1928 – 8 June 2006) was an Indian politician and the founder of the Roda Mistry College of Social Work and Research Center near Hyderabad, India. She was a Member of Parliament, representing Andhra Pradesh in the Rajya Sabha the upper house of India's Parliament representing the Indian National Congress. She was earlier the Minister for Women and Child Welfare and the Minister of Tourism in the Andhra Pradesh state government. She died on 8 July 2006 in Hyderabad, India. She was Zoroastrian. Her granddaughter, Lylah M. Alphonse, is a U.S. journalist and the author of "Triumph Over Discrimination: The Life Story of Dr. Farhang Mehr."