Category: Bombay Parsi Panchayat

Parsi punchayet cracks down on bribing of voters

For the first time in a century, BPP introduces voluntary code of conduct for aspiring trustees, restricts candidates to spending no more than Rs 3 lakh for campaigning The upcoming Bombay Parsi Punchayet elections will have a voluntary code of conduct -the first in over a hundred years. Jyoti Shelar | Times of India Contestants… Continue reading Parsi punchayet cracks down on bribing of voters

Parsi Punchayet Trustees Nearly Come To Blows

With weeks to go for elections, chairman and trustee trade allegations, and one nearly hurls a chair. The hallowed board room of the 300-year-old Bombay Parsi Punchayet witnessed acrimony on Tuesday night with the 73-year-old trust chairman allegedly trying to attack a fellow trustee with a chair following an argument. With just weeks to go… Continue reading Parsi Punchayet Trustees Nearly Come To Blows

Code of Conduct to govern BPP Elections

Dinshaw Tamboly writes in regarding the Code of Conduct for the Bombay Parsi Punchayet Elections.   Trustees, Bombay Parsi Punchayet, Mumbai. Ladies & Gentlemen, Some of us (former trustees and other concerned individuals) addressed a letter dated 23rd January 2014 to your good selves, to consider introducing a Code of Conduct that would  govern future… Continue reading Code of Conduct to govern BPP Elections

Without vultures, fate of Parsi ‘sky burials’ uncertain

It is a thorny issue that beleaguers this fast diminishing community daily – how to preserve a 3,000-year-old ritual of giving “sky burials” to the Parsi dead amid a nearly extinct vulture population? by Baba Umar | Dippost In 1931, in the wildernesses of the Malabar hills overlooking the financial capital of Mumbai, Parsi Zoroastrians… Continue reading Without vultures, fate of Parsi ‘sky burials’ uncertain

Clarifications in The Banning of Priests Case

Clarification issued jointly by Jamsheed Kanga & Homi Khusrokhan There appear to be several misunderstandings concerning the Settlement entered into on 17.02.’15 in the matter of the Notice issued by the BPP in 2009 threatening a ban against other Priests and imposing a ban on two priests Er. Framroz Mirza & Er. Khushroo Madon, prohibiting… Continue reading Clarifications in The Banning of Priests Case

BPP trustees at loggerheads over allowing Film shootings in Parsi baugs

The Bombay Parsi Punchayet (BPP) trustees are sparring over allowing film shootings in the city’s Parsi baugs. While a majority of the seven BPP trust ees are against allowing film and advertisement crew to shoot in their colonies, two trustees feel that it is a good source of revenue for the community. Article by Jyoti… Continue reading BPP trustees at loggerheads over allowing Film shootings in Parsi baugs

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