Mehrangir on Malabar Hill, the bungalow where the father of India’s atomic energy programme, Homi Bhabha, once lived, will go under the hammer on Wednesday afternoon. Article by Nergish Sunavala & Nauzer K Bharucha | Times of India Property market sources said they expect the property to fetch in excess of Rs 300 crore against… Continue reading Homi Bhabha’s iconic home on the block today
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For Parsi population, eight small beginnings: Jiyo Parsi
Less than a year after the government launched “Jiyo Parsi”, a scheme to check the alarming decline in the country’s Parsi population, the stork is set to visit eight couples from the community who are beneficiaries of the scheme. By Parul Chandra | New Delhi The scheme, a mix of community-driven advocacy and medical assistance… Continue reading For Parsi population, eight small beginnings: Jiyo Parsi
Hvovi Minocherhomji: Chennai halts traffic to save life
When a human heart was being loaded into an ambulance at the General Hospital around 6.40pm on Monday, 6km away, at Light House, traffic inspector Uday Kumar’s walkietalkie crackled to life. He had been preparing for this moment. Karthikeyan Hemalatha |TNN The ambulance bearing the heart – harvested from a 27-year-old brain-dead man in GH… Continue reading Hvovi Minocherhomji: Chennai halts traffic to save life
Spenta Kandawalla Remembers Wellesley classmate Hillary Clinton
Spenta Captain Kandawalla, who was the only Pakistani student in Hillary Rodham’s class at Wellesley College in 1969, talks about her longtime friend with "Sunday Morning" correspondent Jane Pauley. She describes the former secretary of state who made herself into a diplomatic "punching bag" as someone who "could punch back, too." If you are reading… Continue reading Spenta Kandawalla Remembers Wellesley classmate Hillary Clinton
Iran’s Zoroastrians celebrate Persian roots
In this Saturday, June 14, 2014 photo, a Zoroastrian man prays in Setipir Shrine in Yazd about 405 miles (675 kilometers) southeast of the capital Tehran, Iran. Zoroastrianism is a monotheistic religion predating Christianity, Islam and Judaism, founded some 3,800 years ago by the prophet Zoroaster. Article by ALI AKBAR DAREINI, Associated Press It was… Continue reading Iran’s Zoroastrians celebrate Persian roots
Mumbai’s famous Parsi chefs to cook for Delhi
Celebrities such as John Abraham and Bomani Irani (as well as several non-Parsi personages) swear by their patra ni machchi, their dhansak is considered among the best in Mumbai and, for the past seven years, they have been catering to the 120-year-old Ripon Club in Mumbai. Article by Shantanu David | Indian Express Tehtman and… Continue reading Mumbai’s famous Parsi chefs to cook for Delhi
Ardeshir’s raspberry soda: Taking a sip of Pune’s very own cold drink
Taking a sip of Pune’s very own cold drink : Ardeshir’s raspberry soda By Sameer Khan | DNA India Today, 130 years later, Murzban Irani, his great grandson continues the legacy with pride and was pleased to explain the history of Ardeshir’s. His family first arrived in India in the mid 19th century along with… Continue reading Ardeshir’s raspberry soda: Taking a sip of Pune’s very own cold drink
A Book on The Irani Cafes of Bombay
One of Mumbai’s most endearing albeit fast fading icons — the Irani cafés — will be chronicled in a coffee table book that is set for a late 2015 release It was in January 2014, when the news that B Merwan & Co was going to shut down surfaced, that Simin Patel, founder of Bombaywalla.org … Continue reading A Book on The Irani Cafes of Bombay
When the heart skipped a beat
Musician Homi Mullan maps the journey of percussion in Hindi film music Most music lovers can be pardoned when captivated by the sensuous charm of Roop tera mastana from Aradhana (1969) if they don’t think beyond the huskiness of Kishore Kumar’s voice or director Shakti Samanta’s single-shot song sequence featuring Rajesh Khanna and Sharmila Tagore… Continue reading When the heart skipped a beat
