MANCHESTER: Zerbanoo Gifford, human rights campaigner, author and founder of The ASHA Centre in the Forest of Dean, has been honoured with the Emmeline Pankhurst Award at the Women of the Year Luncheon & Awards, held at Manchester’s Etihad Stadium on Friday, 9 October 2026. Now in its 44th year, Women of the Year promotes… Continue reading Zerbanoo Gifford Receives the Emmeline Pankhurst Award at Women of the Year 2026
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Karachi: Water Trough in Soldier Bazaar
In 1878 a group of revered noble citizen of Karachi such as Sir William Lee Warner, Khan Bahadur Hassanally, Beg Effendi. Messrs lagget Price, Sayed Hassan Mediru, Tance Denso and Mr. Framroze founded Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) at Frere Hall Garden. The society played a pivotal role in creating awareness… Continue reading Karachi: Water Trough in Soldier Bazaar
Lord Bilimoria Champions Philanthropy and UK–Asia Partnership at Milken Institute Asia Summit in Singapore
SINGAPORE: Lord Karan Bilimoria CBE DL, the first Zoroastrian Parsi to sit in the House of Lords, spent four busy days in Singapore from 6 to 9 October for the 13th Milken Institute Asia Summit, where he spoke on India’s rising role in Asia, chaired a philanthropy roundtable, and held a string of high-level meetings,… Continue reading Lord Bilimoria Champions Philanthropy and UK–Asia Partnership at Milken Institute Asia Summit in Singapore
Former Delta Pilot Rustom Bhagwagar Convicted in Child Sex Abuse Case
Rustom Bhagwagar, 35, a Parsi and a former Delta Air Lines pilot, was convicted this week in Contra Costa County Superior Court on eight counts of sexually abusing a young girl, prosecutors said. His co-defendant, Jennifer Spitz Powell, 46, of Walnut Creek — the victim’s mother and Bhagwagar’s former girlfriend — was convicted alongside him… Continue reading Former Delta Pilot Rustom Bhagwagar Convicted in Child Sex Abuse Case
The Tata feud stings Parsis
As the Trust contests N Chandrasekaran’s reappointment and Tata Sons weighs listing, the community, largely behind Noel Tata, fear for a charitable legacy they consider their own In Navsari, a town of sugarcane fields and sapodilla orchards in south Gujarat, there is a lane called Dasturwad. The Tata family served there as priests for more… Continue reading The Tata feud stings Parsis
Is Tata Sons being undermined by those with no stake in its future?
Analysis of Tata Sons’ governance crisis reveals threats to its longstanding legacy, the unique trust structure, and philanthropic foundations amid boardroom conflicts and ethical concerns. Article By Maneck Davar | Financial Express Jehangir Ruttonji Dadabhoy Tata must be twisting in his family crypt at the Pere Lachaise Cemetery in Paris. The sorrow is that the… Continue reading Is Tata Sons being undermined by those with no stake in its future?
BJP Parsi Cell announces new South Mumbai, Malabar Hill teams
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Parsi Cell formally announced its new teams for South Mumbai and Malabar Hill Constituency at a gathering held on Saturday evening at a venue in Gamdevi. More than 200 people from the Parsi community attended the gathering. The chief guest was Mangal Prabhat Lodha, Cabinet Minister, Maharashtra Government. Article in… Continue reading BJP Parsi Cell announces new South Mumbai, Malabar Hill teams
The Iran League: Bombay’s bridge to Persia
In a creaking colonial building on DN Road, a group of volunteers works to keep alive the memory of a friendship between two nations — one that history, and geopolitics, seems poised to forget On the second floor of Fort’s Navsari Building — reached via a wood-panelled lift whose crank is still wound by hand… Continue reading The Iran League: Bombay’s bridge to Persia
India’s Little-Known Spymaster: Noshir Framji Suntook
“Was N.F. Suntook a Parsi?” I asked Mr. Vappala Balachandran, former Special Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat, who also worked in India’s intelligence services. He replied: “Yes. Noshir Framji Suntook was the longest-serving R&AW (India’s foreign intelligence agency) chief. He was from Bombay. He had married the late Pocha’s (famous Pocha seeds, Pune) daughter. I had worked… Continue reading India’s Little-Known Spymaster: Noshir Framji Suntook
