Zia Mody, the founding partner at AZB & Partners is featured as one of the top 50 Asian Businesswomen by the Forbes Magazine. This Cambridge and Harvard Law School grad is one of India’s leading corporate attorneys. She worked at Baker & McKenzie in New York before returning home to India to start her own… Continue reading Zia Mody: One of Asia’s 50 Power Businesswomen
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The Irani Café : A gastronomic experience heading towards extinction
The two videos below are created by “indiandocumentaries” and are posted on youtube. Reader Dara Acidwalla also informs us of an article: The Quivering Café – The Touch of Iran in Mumbai compiled by Bhanu Pratap Singh and written/edited by A. Swarup Inheritance of Loss: Part I When the Zoroastrian Iranians came to India… Continue reading The Irani Café : A gastronomic experience heading towards extinction
Parsi Vicissitudes: Of vision and hard work
Amongst the communities whose study has suffered an eclipse are the Parsis. The reason lies in the decline of business studies, but also in the decline of Parsis as a business community. Parsi enterprise played a significant part in the rise of modern Indian industry and services. By Ashok V. Desai | The Telegraph, India… Continue reading Parsi Vicissitudes: Of vision and hard work
Jamshedi Navruz: A Detailed Explanation of the Calendars
Jamshedi Navruz, March 21st and thereabouts: Zarathushtis have been celebrating Navruz, which falls around March 21st since time immemorial, since our Peshdad King Jamshed celebrated it first and which is known as Jamshedi Navruz! Jamshed Padshah celebrated this day as the New (nav) Day (ruz) because it is the Spring Equinox when the time of… Continue reading Jamshedi Navruz: A Detailed Explanation of the Calendars
Britannia & Co. : Parsi eatery in 30th year of serving iconic berry pulao
"There is one secret that even the American security forces will not be able to decode," said Boman Kohinoor, 90, owner of Britannia and Company Restaurant at Ballard Estate. By Reetika Subramanian, Hindustan Times "That is the secret recipe of our signature dish, berry pulao." A few weeks ago, when the US ambassador to India,… Continue reading Britannia & Co. : Parsi eatery in 30th year of serving iconic berry pulao
Minoo Driver Wins £250,000 payout from Air India
A FORMER catering manager has won a long-running battle against ex-employers Air India after the Supreme Court refused to grant the airline an appeal. By Salina Patel | Skyport Heathrow Air India was ordered to pay Minoo Driver, who worked in the airline’s inflight services department at Heathrow, around £250,000 to cover money owed to… Continue reading Minoo Driver Wins £250,000 payout from Air India
A poor Parsi: One who doesn’t earn Rs 50,000 per month
The Bombay Parsi Punchayet on Friday told the Bombay High Court that it considers a Parsi who earns under Rs 50,000 a month to be “poor” and hence eligible for allotment of a flat at subsidised rent. Article by Rosy Sequeira | Times of India A division bench of Justices P B Majmudar and Ramesh… Continue reading A poor Parsi: One who doesn’t earn Rs 50,000 per month
What is the origin of Parsi marriage and who is a Parsi?: The Legal Angle
The Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act were passed in 1865. The Parsi Central Associations took up the question of law relating to marriage and divorce in 1923 and appointed a subcommittee to suggest amendments. Many suggestions were made. Article by Ankita Sharma | Preserve Article Suggestions were again circulated and fresh suggestions were fully considered… Continue reading What is the origin of Parsi marriage and who is a Parsi?: The Legal Angle
Zareer Masani: When personal meets political
London-based historian Zareer Masani’s new book, And All is Said — a memoir on the breakdown of his parent’s marriage — is no ordinary tale. Article by Aarefa Johari, Hindustan Times His Parsi father, Minoo Masani, was a left-wing Congress politician, who later founded the liberal Swatantra Party. His mother, Shakuntala, a wealthy Hindu Kayasth… Continue reading Zareer Masani: When personal meets political
