School students in Powai and particularly in Hiranandani are well familiar with the name of ‘Damania Sir’. He has been giving private tuitions and guiding youngsters in Powai for the last twelve years for all Boards. What makes Aspi Damania remarkable is his abounding energy at 68 years of age. Well groomed, articulate and suave… Continue reading Aspi Damania: Home-Tutor Par Excellence
Author: arZan
Dr. Homi Bhabha: Let There Be computing
Homi J Bhabha is famous as the founder of India’s nuclear establishment, but he also enabled India’s IT success. Rajeev Anantaram on a survey of the computer industry that is also a paean to its originator. Homi Bhabha was a great man — by any yardstick. A brilliant theoretical physicist, who made seminal contributions to… Continue reading Dr. Homi Bhabha: Let There Be computing
Bachi Karkaria: Blindly into the abyss
The Parsis have been in the news for the wrong reasons. The fractious case which arose from the Bombay Parsi Punchayet’s 2009 ban on two priests continues to make headlines. Earlier this month, a Harvard researcher reminded his Mumbai audience that there are only 69,601 Parsis left in India. Actually, this alarming figure belongs to… Continue reading Bachi Karkaria: Blindly into the abyss
Parsi election to be an expensive affair
The election for a single vacant seat for the position of trustee of the Bombay Parsi Punchayet (BPP) is set to be an expensive affair. With no code of conduct in place, estimates are that the poll expense could be close to Rs1 crore — well over the Rs25 lakh limit set for Lok Sabha… Continue reading Parsi election to be an expensive affair
BPP or Desai Mistry Mistree & Associates
The below is an Op-Ed by regular reader and good friend of Parsi Khabar, Mickie Sorabjee. After baiting and rubbing him the wrong way during the watershed 2008 Bombay Parsee Punchayet elections and after, PTA editorial appears to be the first unbelievable quarter to sua sponte support the sitting Chairman Dinshaw Mehta, and pro bono… Continue reading BPP or Desai Mistry Mistree & Associates
Bombay Parsi Punchayet bypolls from June 19
The Bombay Parsi Punchayet (BPP) will hold its by-elections for filling an empty position on its six-member board of trustees on the weekends between June 19 and July 3. The position has been vacant since March 31, when philanthropy consultant Noshir Dadrawala resigned from the board citing reasons of incompatibility with the other trustees. The… Continue reading Bombay Parsi Punchayet bypolls from June 19
HPY: Grooming Parsi youth for college life
Dubai resident Mahfrin Wadia could have travelled anywhere for her summer holidays, but the 16-year-old Parsi had decided months ago that she would spend all of May in Mumbai. Wadia finished her Class 10 exams last month, and is now in the city for the Holiday Programme for Youth (HPY) — an annual month-long activity… Continue reading HPY: Grooming Parsi youth for college life
