After high drama including a hunger protest by two of its trustees, the turmoil in the over 300-year-old Bombay Parsi Punchayat (BPP) was resolved on Wednesday evening. The BPP, the apex body representing Parsis and the city’s largest private landlord, has been...
The BPP is the apex body of the Parsi community and the second largest landlord in the city, after the Bombay Port Trust (BPT). It controls massive swathes of land, many of which are residential colonies or baugs as they are popularly knownMid Day Editorial BoardThis...
Trustee’s protest takes form of hunger strike as he claims drastic measures needed to press for elections by year endA combative Noshir Dadrawala (centre) on hunger strike outside the Punchayet office. Pic/Suresh KarkeraNoshir Dadrawala, the man of the moment, on a...
The crisis in the over 300-year-old Bombay Parsi Punchayat (BPP) intensified over the weekend with a trustee planning to go on a hunger strike from Monday morning.Article by Nauzer Bharucha | TNN Noshir Dadrawala, who resigned last week, protesting against the...
The prodigal son has returned. The government on Friday announced Tata Group as the winning bidder for Air India, clearing the way for the cash-strapped Maharaja going back to the founder exactly 68 years after India had nationalised its private airlines in 1953. The...
Leeya Mehta’s A Story of the World Before the Fence is a collection of poems which traverse time, space, and human emotion. Over the span of eighteen poems, Mehta, an award-winning poet, weaves together disparate peoples, locations, times, and events to blur the lines...
Her walk is sprightly, her voice comes through as firm, but is caring and her commitment and contribution to nutrition studies and the health of the downtrodden is solid. Meet, Dr Mahtab Sohrab Bamji, former Director-Grade Scientist of the National Institute of...
