Parsi Khabar

What the Diaspora can do for India and what India can do for the Diaspora
A talk given by Khojeste P Mistree at the 10th World Zoroastrian Congress, Dubai on 31st December 2009
Good Morning Ladies and Gentlemen, it gives me great pleasure to give you a short presentation on a theme titled, “What the Diaspora can [...]

The Bombay Parsi Punchayet (BPP) and the Alert Zoroastrian Association (AZA) on Friday resolved the flat allotment issue for poor Parsis at Panthaky Baug, Andheri (East). The AZA had challenged the BPP notification, demanding Rs5 lakh as deposit money before allotting flats in Baug on sale.
The applicants, members of the Parsi community, informed the Bombay [...]

The Parsis have decided to ensure that, like other communities, they too have a representative in the Maharashtra assembly. Members of the Bombay Parsi Punchayet (BPP) and BJP legislator Mangal Prabhat Lodha made a representation to governor SC Jamir asking that a Parsi be nominated as a member of the assembly.
"Our community has been in [...]

By Nauzer Bharucha, / TNN
In a city where a decent two-BHK apartment within 30 km of the business district is the exclusive domain of crorepatis, the Bombay Parsi Punchayat (BPP) will sell almost 75 flats in Panthaky Baug, Andheri (East), to low-income community members at a rock-bottom rate of Rs 2,400 a square foot. [...]

BNHS says Bombay Parsi Punchayet’s plans to breed vultures at Towers of Silence will not work, as the birds will die from feeding on bodies of those who have consumed diclofenac.
By Manoj R Nair / Mumbai Mirror
In fact, a member of the BNHS – which was initially involved in the breeding programme – has [...]

In a reprieve for Bombay Parsi Punchayat chairman Dinshaw Mehta, the charity commissioner’s office recently dismissed a complaint seeking
his removal for alleged irregularities and nepotism in allotment of flats. Joint charity commissioner N V Deshmukh ruled that there was no evidence to take action against Mehta.
"The application falls short of showing any act [...]

Singed by accusations of corruption, BPP replaces trusts fire logo, which they felt was symbolic of the ‘trial by fire they recently faced from community groups
 
By Manoj Nair / Mumbai Mirror

Trustees of Bombay Parsi Punchayet, the apex representative body of Parsi-Zoroastrians, have decided to replace the trust’s fire logo, which they thought was [...]

The Bombay Parsi Punchayet (BPP) meet, which was called at Dadar Parsi Gymkhana last evening to mark one year of existence, was left without a voice, literally.
The loudspeakers were switched off halfway through the function after complaints to the local police station.
This forced the trustees to shout to the 3,000-strong crowd and allege that some [...]

The Bombay high court on Thursday set aside the joint charity commissioner’s (CC) order preventing the Bombay Parsi Punchayet (BPP) from selling the flats it has built in Panthaki Baug in Andheri. The Baug has two buildings comprising 108 flats, of which 74 are yet to be sold. The BPP had planned to sell these [...]

By Nauzer Bharucha, TNN
In the age of the Right to Information Act, the charity commissioner could not refuse to furnish documents under the cover of the
Official Secrets Act, said the Bombay Parsi Punchayat (BPP) on Saturday. Charity commissioner (CC) M K Choure was hearing an application by the BPP, which opposed his decision not [...]

By Nauzar Bharucha / TNN
Charity Commissioner (CC) M K Choure, who invoked the Official Secrets Act to deny information to the Bombay Parsi Punchayat (BPP), on Tuesday agreed to give a hearing to the trustees on September 29.
The BPP, which looks after the welfare of Parsis and is the city’s largest private landlord, had [...]

The article below is a little disturbing. It clearly brings out the motives of Percy Patel who has a vendetta and is going to all lengths to get his pound of flesh. It is such people that will bring about the ultimate decline of Parsis, unless we all stand up and say ENOUGH ! ….arZan
Minister [...]

The below is a Report of FPZAI meeting of Sept. 2009 sent via email by Mr. Marzban Giara.

A meeting of the Federation of Parsi Zoroastrian Anjumans of India was held after a lapse of three years at the Banaji Atash Behram Hall, Mumbai on 5th and 6th September 2009. 49 out of 69 anjumans of [...]

By Naresh Kamath / HT
MUMBAI: On the heels of the Charily Commissioner issuing n show-cause notice to the trustees of the Bombay Parsi Punchayet (BPP) the stale’s law department has intervened and sought a detailed report in the matter.
The Charity Commissioner had served notice on the trustees asking them why they should not be sacked [...]

By Ashutosh Shukla/DNA
Barely six months after the charity commissioner (CC) warned the Bombay Parsi Punchayet (BPP) of dismissal, a similar show-cause notice has been served on its trustees. The order, dated September 8, was passed when the BPP did not allow a special audit of its accounts and refused to make the books of accounts [...]