‘Reduce no-fly zone over Tower of Silence’ Airport development body’s proposal to reduce the prohibited zone around the Tower from 1nautical mile to 500 metres does not fly with Bombay Parsi Panchayat. Article by Linah Baliga | Mumbai Mirror The Bombay Parsi Panchayat (BPP) is in a flutter over a request to revise flying restrictions… Continue reading Govt of India Wants to Reduce No Fly Zone Over Doongarwadi
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Parsi-only Ripon Club’s plans to give full membership to women, faces protests in Mumbai
Currently, non-Zoroastrian guests, who want to eat the club’s fabled Parsi food, have to be accompanied by Parsi members Parsi-only Ripon Club’s plans to give full membership to women is being opposed by community groups, which feel that this will pave the way for non-Parsi husbands to acquire a say in the club’s affairs. Article… Continue reading Parsi-only Ripon Club’s plans to give full membership to women, faces protests in Mumbai
Elderly couple files police complaint against tenants
The Engineers, who stay in an ancestral bungalow on Warden Road, say their tenants assaulted their security guard on September 3, but police yet to file an FIR An elderly Parsi couple, who lives in a bungalow on Warden Road, has accused their tenants of assaulting and abusing their security guard, but the police are… Continue reading Elderly couple files police complaint against tenants
Masina ties up with Apollo to start new 300-bed hospital
Masina Hospital, one of Mumbai’s old est charitable health institutions, has signed an agreement with the Chennai-based Apollo to set up an allnew 300-bed hospital. The new hospital, which will be cobranded Masina-Apollo, will be built on four-acre land available within the sprawling Masina campus in Byculla.The existing hospital, which is run out of a… Continue reading Masina ties up with Apollo to start new 300-bed hospital
Under the Over: Meher Marfatia
Hughes Road, the street name that city cabbies recognise only with its mispronounced version, is as quick changing as it is arterial Pervin Vajifdar (left) and Katy Patel work expert fingers over an antique lace saree at the Ratan Tata Institute on Hughes Road. Pic/Tanvi Phondekar Article By Meher Marfatia | Mid Day Few roads are… Continue reading Under the Over: Meher Marfatia
The Birth of the University of Mumbai
On 18th July 1857, the University of Mumbai (then Bombay) was incorporated by an act of the Legislative Council of India. It was a culmination of the efforts of the prominent community members of Mumbai (Bombay) that led to the establishment of the University. Article by Akshay Chavan | Live History India In 1852, a… Continue reading The Birth of the University of Mumbai
Jiyo Parsi Idea Contest
ENRICH A MEMORY AND GET RICH YOURSELF Jiyo Parsi commemorates the 100th death anniversary of Dadabhai Naoroji by inviting our Zoroastrian Indian viewers to participate in an Idea Contest on our Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/jiyoparsi Easy to enter, for Parsis in 3 age groups GROUP 1 – Age : 6 years to 12 years : Draw… Continue reading Jiyo Parsi Idea Contest
A cause(way) that linked Mumbai’s islands
While the government struggled to collect funds to construct a causeway for better connectivity in the island city, one Parsi family took it upon itself to construct the Mahim Causeway. Before 1845, getting to Bandra from Mahim was nothing like what it is today. The lack of any land route meant taking a ferry between… Continue reading A cause(way) that linked Mumbai’s islands
A Year’s Membership To J N Petit Library in Fort Mumbai Only Costs INR 1,000
Eminent Parsi historian and our dear friend Marzban Giara informs us that the J. N. Petit Library Fort was started in 1895 and not 1856 (as stated in the article below) in memory of Jamsetjee Nusserwanji Petit who died at young age of 32. If you’re a book-lover and haven’t yet set foot inside SoBo’s… Continue reading A Year’s Membership To J N Petit Library in Fort Mumbai Only Costs INR 1,000
