There is an update to the article since it was first published. See below Decades ago, on the last Wednesday of every month, the Mumbai police commissioner would take a group of senior officers — all Parsis — to Apollo Florist, opposite Colaba police station. Fuelled by freshly baked bruns, khari and tea, the gossip… Continue reading The Irani Brothers: Last Two Parsi Police Officers Left in Mumbai
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Bombay Meri Hai : Hot Beat for Bombay
Bom bom bom bom“ the staccato rang out. How my brother and I chuckled as children to first hear that syllabic quartet. Our giggles muffled by mouths stuffed with an edge of the living room curtain we hid behind. Little dreaming that quirky snatch of chorus was to end up beyond being funny repetition. Or… Continue reading Bombay Meri Hai : Hot Beat for Bombay
Qissa e Parsi : The Parsi Story
Legend has it that when the Parsis arrived on the shores of Gujarat sometime between the 8th and 10th century, they promised the local King Jadhav Rana that they would sweeten the Indian community as sugar sweetens milk. Qissa-e Parsi explores the history of the Parsi community, and its journey to its present state as… Continue reading Qissa e Parsi : The Parsi Story
Soldier extraordinaire: Book Review
A riveting account of the life and times of the first Field Marshal of India. Review By PURNIMA S. TRIPATHI | Frontline IN April 1971, General Sam Hormusji Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw, the Chief of the Army Staff (COAS), reportedly overruled Prime Minister Indira Gandhi when she wanted the Indian Army to attack what was then… Continue reading Soldier extraordinaire: Book Review
New Zoroastrian Community Centers in North America
Federation of Zoroastrian Associations of North America held a panel discussion earlier in 2014 on the theme of New Zoroastrian Community Centers in North America. This was a Pre-AGM event before the 27th Annual General Meeting in Bellevue, a suburb of Seattle in Washington State, USA. The video of the panel discussion is now online… Continue reading New Zoroastrian Community Centers in North America
Parsis are not interested in politics anymore
The Parsi community no longer has a say in electoral battles because of their dwindling numbers and apathy towards politics. But in the last century many Parsis were at the forefront of state and national politics, some of them stalwarts during the Independence movement. Article by Nauzer Bharucha | Times News Service As Maharashtra gears… Continue reading Parsis are not interested in politics anymore
Unaccounted cash at Parsi trust office: The theories don’t add up
MULTIPLICITY ast week, trustees of the Bombay Parsi Punchayet (BPP), the largest representative organisation of ParsiZoroastrians, found nearly Rs22 lakh and some gold jewellery in a locked cupboard that was used by their former CEO. Mehli Colah, the official, died in December 2013 after prolonged illness. Article by Manoj Nair | Hindustan Times After the… Continue reading Unaccounted cash at Parsi trust office: The theories don’t add up
