The Bombay high court on Tuesday directed the Bombay Parsi Panchayat (BPP) to state the number of flats it has in Mumbai that are available for allotment to needy persons in the community. The court also directed the Panchayat to file an affidavit stating the number of such flats that had been allotted since December… Continue reading Give number of flats, HC tells Parsi Panchayat
Category: Bombay Parsi Panchayat
List number of flats for poor Parsis, orders HC
The Bombay High Court on Tuesday directed the Parsi Punchayet to file an affidavit stating the number of flats under its control that are available for allotment to poor Parsis. The Punchayet, one of the richest trusts in the city, controls vast properties and Parsi baugs across the city and one of its functions is… Continue reading List number of flats for poor Parsis, orders HC
BPP Elections: Looking Forward
This is an Op-Ed piece by Arzan Ghadially, a frequent contributor to Parsi Khabar. Finally The Bombay Parsee Panchayat elections are over and time for the Trustees to get back to some more fights in the Board room and court room. Having said that I would like to share my unsolicited thoughts – all my… Continue reading BPP Elections: Looking Forward
Armaity Tirandaz Wins BPP Trustee Elections
Parsi Khabar has been informed from various sources that Armaity Tirandaz has won the elections for the 7th Trustee position at the Bombay Parsi Punchayat. She won with a clear majority of 650 votes. We congratulate her win and a round of applause to all those who came out and voted in this run-off election.
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
Maneck Engineer: An Interview
Shernaaz Engineer interviews Maneck Engineer, one of the front runners in the election for the lone seat left vacant by the passing away of BPP Trustee Rustom Tirandaz Today the community is split ideologically. In a nutshell, what do you stand for? I stand for change, without infringing upon our traditions and culture. The world… Continue reading Maneck Engineer: An Interview
Armaity Rustom Tirandaz: An Interview
Shernaaz Engineer interviews Armaity Tirandaz, wife of recently deceased BPP Trustee Rustom Tirandaz. What does one call you – Rabri Devi (as you have recently been rechristened) or Armaity Rustom Tirandaz? I was born Armaity Karani and, by marriage, became Armaity Rustom Tirandaz. I cannot be anyone but myself! While I yearn, strive and struggle… Continue reading Armaity Rustom Tirandaz: An Interview
