Go by the income criteria that defines the eligibility for a Parsi to get a flat allotted at subsidized rate at Panthaky Baug in Andheri, the Bombay HC told Bombay Parsi Punchayet on Tuesday. By Rosy Sequeira, TNN A division bench of Justice P B Majmudar and Justice Ramesh Dhanuka was hearing a petition by… Continue reading Bombay High Court: Go by income criteria for house allotment to Parsis
Category: Bombay Parsi Panchayat
Should Parsis promote funeral alternatives?
The discovery of a desiccated human body part in the garden of a fire temple on Napean Sea Road last week caused a lot of distress and deliberation among the city’s Parsi-Zoroastrians. By Manoj Nair |DNA India The Malabar Hill police suspect that the body part must have been picked up by a scavenger bird… Continue reading Should Parsis promote funeral alternatives?
BPP Chairman Dinshaw Mehta Clarifies BPP’s stand on the Global Working Group Initiative.
In recent times there has been a new initiative by Zoroastrian bodies around the world. Called the Global Working Group or GWG, it has brought the leaders of Zoroastrian Federations from the USA and UK and the largest Zarathushti body, the Bombay Parsi Punchayat to the table. In an email communication, the Chairman of the… Continue reading BPP Chairman Dinshaw Mehta Clarifies BPP’s stand on the Global Working Group Initiative.
Bachi Karkaria: Readymoney vs Parsimoney
Rustom Readymoney switched off the engine of his Tata Indica, swung out his pale hairy legs and locked the door, going round the car thrice to check that all the doors were indeed secure. At preci-sely the same moment, Peston Parsimoney roared in on his Royal Enfield and joined his old schoolfriend and fellow card-player… Continue reading Bachi Karkaria: Readymoney vs Parsimoney
A poor Parsi: One who doesn’t earn Rs 50,000 per month
The Bombay Parsi Punchayet on Friday told the Bombay High Court that it considers a Parsi who earns under Rs 50,000 a month to be “poor” and hence eligible for allotment of a flat at subsidised rent. Article by Rosy Sequeira | Times of India A division bench of Justices P B Majmudar and Ramesh… Continue reading A poor Parsi: One who doesn’t earn Rs 50,000 per month
Judge appointed to resolve Parsi Punchayet dispute
Justice (retired) BN Shrikrishna was appointed by the Bombay high court as mediator for the resolution of a dispute between the Parsi Punchayet Trust and Properties and some members of the community regarding the construction of a 14-storey building in Andheri for poor and needy Parsis. Published in Hindustan Times The division bench of justice… Continue reading Judge appointed to resolve Parsi Punchayet dispute
BPP Chairman Clarifies Doongerwadi Film Shooting Issue
CHAIRMAN CLARIFIES ABOUT DOONGERWADI FEASTING & FILM SHOOTING Sir, The Khareghat Colony “film shooting” is over but the guns are still firing away. So many different versions are circulating all over since I left for London on the night of Tuesday 4th October, 2011, and since the buck stops with me, I feel it incumbent… Continue reading BPP Chairman Clarifies Doongerwadi Film Shooting Issue
