Category: Bombay Parsi Panchayat

NDTV Looks at the Poor Parsi Controversy

This is a NDTV segment with panelists Alyque Padamsee, Dinshaw Mehta, Rustom Marshall and Jehangir Patel. UPDATE: The full 21 minutes segment is on NDTV’s website: http://www.ndtv.com/video/player/news/parsis-poor-at-rs-90-000-a-month/235807 [Thanks Dara Acidwalla] The plan panel says that you aren’t poor if you earn more than Rs 900 in a month. Mumbai’s Parsi community begs to differ. They… Continue reading NDTV Looks at the Poor Parsi Controversy

Poor Parsi redefined: One who earns up to Rs 90,000 per month

The Bombay Parsi Punchayet (BPP) on Monday told the Bombay high court that it had revised the definition of a poor Parsi as one who earns up to Rs 90,000 a month, in order to be eligible for a subsidized community apartment. The BPP, which controls over 5,000 flats in the city, had earlier fixed… Continue reading Poor Parsi redefined: One who earns up to Rs 90,000 per month

BPP Trustee Yazdi Desai Clarifies against Charges of Defamation

The following email is circulated via email… CLARIFICATION BY YAZDI DESAI, BPP TRUSTEE An article was published in the Parsi Times dated 19th May 2012, and subsequently circulated widely on the internet, stating that “Yazdi Desai and Anahita Desai have been arrested and now released on bail by the Court”. This statement is misleading and… Continue reading BPP Trustee Yazdi Desai Clarifies against Charges of Defamation

BPP Trustee Yazdi Desai & Anahita Desai Arrested & Released on Bail in Defamation Case

Yazdi Desai, BPP and WAPIZ Trustee and his wife Anahita Desai as well as Mr. Shashikant Jadhav, publisher of The Afternoon – Despatch & Courier newspaper were released on bail of Rs. 10,000/- each, by the Metropolitan Magistrate Court on 15/5/2012 in a defamation case filed by builder Zarir Bhathena of Hilla Builders. Printed in… Continue reading BPP Trustee Yazdi Desai & Anahita Desai Arrested & Released on Bail in Defamation Case

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