Category: Bombay

The Alpaiwalla Museum in Khareghat Colony in Mumbai, is probably the only Zoroastrian Museum of its kind in the world. It has some amazing artefacts in its collection. However in the recent past it has been closed for much needed repairs; which have been dependent on funding. Today Parsiana reports that the Alpaiwalla Museum has… Continue reading Alpaiwalla Museum Gets Rs 4 Crore Grant from Government of India

‘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

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

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 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

 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

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