On January 24, 1966, Air India flight AI 101 Mumbai-Paris crashed on Mont Blanc, the highest peak in the Alps on the border of France and Italy. Amongst the 117 passengers killed was noted nuclear scientist Dr Homi Jehangir Bhabha. Although the world believes the aircraft crashed, Daniel Roche, an aviation enthusiast who has spent… Continue reading Was Homi Bhabha’s plane hit by Italian aircraft?
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A Taste of Persia, and Old Bombay: Irani Chai Restaurants
By Kavitha Rao MUMBAI | As Mumbai’s classical architecture gives way to skyscrapers, the curious traveler needs to be quick to see those parts of old Bombay that still remain. There were once Iranian cafes at nearly every corner in south Mumbai. Originated by Iranian immigrants in the 19th century, they provided cheap food and… Continue reading A Taste of Persia, and Old Bombay: Irani Chai Restaurants
Parsi couple seeks divorce after 40 years of marriage
A Parsi couple, married for 40 years, is fighting a legal battle for divorce in the Bombay High Court which has asked both life partners to settle their dispute amicably without any further bitterness. Roshan Cooper (74) has sought Rs 2 crore lump sum alimony from her 80-year-old husband, Dadi Eruchshaw, for alleged mental and… Continue reading Parsi couple seeks divorce after 40 years of marriage
Parsi Punchayet bypoll an expensive affair
The electorate is a measly 9,000, but the expenditure being incurred by two of four candidates in a Bombay Parsi Punchayet (BPP) by-election is an eye-popping Rs40 lakh. The irony is, Rustom Tirandaz, the trustee whose death caused the by-poll, had won his seat by spending the modest sum of Rs30,000. Still, the poll-spend by… Continue reading Parsi Punchayet bypoll an expensive affair
India’s Youth Vote Rises From Ashes Of Mumbai Attacks
MUMBAI — Before the November terrorist attacks on this city left three of his friends dead, Kaizad Bhamgara, 19, spent his evenings jamming with his hipster goth-rock band or chilling on the wave-sprayed boulders along the high-rise-ringed shoreline. But the pain of his loss and his frustration over the ineptitude of the government’s response to… Continue reading India’s Youth Vote Rises From Ashes Of Mumbai Attacks
BPP Says It Tried to help Ferzin Batlivala’s Mother.
Yesterday we reported about the really tragic story of little Ferzin Batlivala who died due to starvation. Here is a follow up article. In a case before the Bombay High Court on housing for poor Parsis, chief justice Swatanter Kumar incredulously asked: "Are there poor Parsis?" It may seem like an oxymoron; in reality, there… Continue reading BPP Says It Tried to help Ferzin Batlivala’s Mother.
Farzin Batlivala: 7 year old found starved to death
When neighbours broke open the door of Farzin Batlivala’s house and rushed the inert child to the hospital, doctors were horrified to find not a single particle of food in her body By Manoj R Nair in the Mumbai Mirror The death of a 7-year-old half-Parsi girl from hunger has rammed home the sharp reality… Continue reading Farzin Batlivala: 7 year old found starved to death
