Parsi Khabar

Dinshaw Mehta, chairman, Bombay Parsi Punchayet, was a member of the group that stopped the ceremony held at the Zoroastrian College near Sanjan, Gujarat, on February 19 to make Mikhail Chistyakov, a 48-year old Russian, a Zoroastrian priest. Mehta said he opposes conversions because during its 1,300-year history in India, Parsi-Zoroastrians have never allowed the [...]

It appears that the wait for Parsi families to move into Bombay Parsi Punchayat (BPP) flats just got a little longer. Justice (retd) B N Srikrishna, who was appointed to verify the eligibility of members of the Parsi-Irani community last year, has resigned. By Shibu Thomas / Times News Service The former judge of the [...]

A follow up to this article is titled “Ervad Hathiram’s Editorial on the Doongerwadi Incident”   The below is a letter sent to Parsi Khabar by Minoo K Vaghchhipawalla Minoo writes… Unethical and unprofessional conduct by the “Man of God” viz. the Priest Recently my brother Phiroz K Vaghchhipawalla, a resident of Godrej Baug passed [...]

TISS Report Advocates Home-Based Services For Senior Citizens From The Community Manthan K Mehta I TNN Mumbai: A study on Parsis has recommended a complete overhaul of the charity aimed at the community as the elderly comprises nearly 31% of its population, most of them staying alone. More organisations should come forward with daycare services [...]

Bombay Parsi Panchayet declares that funerals of woman married outside community will not be allowed at towers. After refusing permission to an inter-caste married Parsi woman to let her body be consigned to the Towers of Silence after her death because she had assumed a ‘Hindu’ name, the Bombay Parsi Panchayet (BPP) has declared that [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 – [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]