The Devendra Fadnavis government on Wednesday granted entertainment duty exemption to the Australian World Orchestra concerts to be conducted by Padma Vibhushan Zubin Mehta on October 25 and 26. A senior bureaucrat said that following an application made by the Mehli Mehta Music Foundation, the state government has invoked the provisions of the Maharashtra Entertainment… Continue reading Zubin Mehta concerts granted tax exemption
Category: Bombay
Mumbai’s pillar: The Parsi Community
After the decay of the Armenian dynasty what followed was with gradual rise a community that is well known today as the Parsis. The Holy faith introduced by their prophet, Zarathustra is recognized as Zoroastrianism and is recorded as one of the older, If not the oldest religion in the world, dating back to as… Continue reading Mumbai’s pillar: The Parsi Community
Cyrus Poonawalla buys iconic Lincoln House in Mumbai for Rs 750 crore
Bulge-bracket property deals by the rich and the famous are not new to the land-starved megapolis, but the weekend sale of the iconic Lincoln House here to the Pune-based industrialist Cyrus Poonawalla for Rs 750 crore is nothing but mind-boggling. A view of the seaside mansion which was used as the U.S. consulate from 1957,… Continue reading Cyrus Poonawalla buys iconic Lincoln House in Mumbai for Rs 750 crore
First service at new Parsi prayer hall
The new prayer hall at Worli for Parsis, who choose burial or cremation of the dead, will see its first prayer service on Wednesday -two weeks after it received a go-ahead from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation. Dinshaw Tamboly, a member of the prayer hall trust and a former trustee of the Bombay Parsi Punchayet (BPP)… Continue reading First service at new Parsi prayer hall
Will Mumbai’s 99-year-old iconic Parsi Dairy Farm shut shop ?
For almost a century, Parsi Dairy Farm has fattened generations of Mumbaikars on its high-quality milk, butter, ghee, and an assortment of mithais. Eateries across the city have for decades served its famous kulfis. Article by Nauzer Bharucha | Times of India Now, this vintage Mumbai institution, started by Parsi entrepreneur Nariman Ardeshir in 1916,… Continue reading Will Mumbai’s 99-year-old iconic Parsi Dairy Farm shut shop ?
Reformist Parsis get a funeral prayer hall of their own in Worli, Mumbai India
Barred from prayer halls inside Doongarwadi for opposing the traditional method of disposing of dead or for marrying outside the community, the liberals build their own space to pray for the dead. Article by Jyoti Shelar | Mumbai Mirror A 3,700 square foot prayer hall, built especially for those Parsis who have been denied access… Continue reading Reformist Parsis get a funeral prayer hall of their own in Worli, Mumbai India
The Worli Prayer Hall For Parsi Irani Zarathushtis
In Febrarury 2014 we had informed you about the allocation of land at the Worli crematorium to build a prayer hall to be used for Parsi and Irani Zarathushtis who opt for cremation upon death. The prayer hall was built and below are the photographs of the opening day jashan ceremony, sent to us by… Continue reading The Worli Prayer Hall For Parsi Irani Zarathushtis
Open Parsi dokhmas to kin, says protesting workers’ union
The Mumbai Mazdoor Sabha, representing the Bombay Parsi Punchayet’s (BPP) 220 Class IV workers, has asked the trust to allow relatives of the deceased into the roofless towers where dead bodies are placed so community members can see the deplorable conditions in which the pallbearers are forced to work. Article by Nergish Sunavala | Times… Continue reading Open Parsi dokhmas to kin, says protesting workers’ union
Parsis volunteer to turn corpse-bearers
BPP Trustee Scopes Out Substitutes If Khandias Strike About 25 Parsis, normally employed as plumbers, engineers and businessmen, will don crisp white uniforms and work as pallbearers or khandias if a recent agitation by the Bombay Parsi Punchayet’s (BPP) Class IV workers escalates into a strike. Even BPP trustee Yazdi Desai has volunteered to carry… Continue reading Parsis volunteer to turn corpse-bearers
