Dinshaw K. Tamboly, Chairman of WZO Trust India and a good friend of Parsi Khabar, sends us an overview of the Welfare Activities of WZOT for the year 2012. You can download the entire report here. The introduction is below for your reading pleasure. Dear Friends, Well Wishers, Donors, The year under review –… Continue reading World Zoroastrian Organisation Trust India: 2012 Overview of Activities
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Iranian Anjuman Trust Ousts President and is Opposed to Palghar Land Deal with Bhai Thakur
Mehrwan Irani was against selling the community’s 963-acre plot to a company owned by the family of the Vasai-Virar strongman with a long criminal record The Iranian Zoroastrian Anjuman, whose proposed Rs 722-crore land deal with a construction company owned by Vasai-Virar strongman Bhai Thakur’s family is opposed by a section of the community,… Continue reading Iranian Anjuman Trust Ousts President and is Opposed to Palghar Land Deal with Bhai Thakur
Outside the homeland, inside the community?
From Mumbai to Toronto, Parsi identity is no simple matter The Parsi story starts with an exodus. My ancestors left Persia a thousand years ago, fleeing religious persecution, and finding a new home in the coastal trading cities of the Indian subcontinent. By Murad Hemmadi | The Varsity The exoduses of Parsis have continued since… Continue reading Outside the homeland, inside the community?
Forgotten by Sanjay Dutt,Kersi Adajania faces year in jail for helping him
Some flowers strewn outside his room and a few dim candles were the only trappings of an otherwise muted birthday for an ailing Kersi Bapuji Adajania, who turned 83 by the Parsi calender on Tuesday. In the two decades since he helped actor Sanjay Dutt dispose of an AK-56 rifle at his foundry, Adajania has… Continue reading Forgotten by Sanjay Dutt,Kersi Adajania faces year in jail for helping him
80-year-old priest jumps to death from south Mumbai building
An 80-year-old Parsi priest, residing in south Mumbai’s Dhobi Talao area, allegedly committed suicide by jumping off the balcony of his fourth floor flat at Trinity Apartments. The incident occurred on Wednesday around 4pm. Published in Times of India Preliminary investigations have revealed that the deceased, Manik Jamshedji Bharda, lived alone and was taken care… Continue reading 80-year-old priest jumps to death from south Mumbai building
Remembering Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw on his 100th Birthday
Col LK Anand (Retd) sends us a compilation of information about Field Marshal Sam HFJ Manekshaw. Sam Bahadur as he was known to his soldiers would have turned 100 years today. Compiled by Col LK Anand Retd Remembering a Great and Charismatic Indian Soldier 1. Full Name – Sam Hormusji Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw 2. Nickname… Continue reading Remembering Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw on his 100th Birthday
Dinshah Vimadalal: Who wants to marry a Millionaire ?
Mirror reporter poses as a candidate to meet Dinshah ‘Din’ Vimadalal, a Mexico resident who paid top money for a matrimonial ad that he wrote himself. (Click here to see the advertisement) By Pooja Naik Timnes of India If you, like I did, woke up to a full page matrimonial advertisement in the Sunday Times… Continue reading Dinshah Vimadalal: Who wants to marry a Millionaire ?
