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
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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
Mumbai’s Parsis fight to preserve the city’s greenest space in Dadar
The Parsi colony in Mumbai’s Dadar neighbourhood is unique. It is the world’s largest concentration of Parsis, now down to its last 80,000 despite the community’s wealth and education. Article by Bachi Karkaria | The Guardian Locally, this central urban enclave is everything that this great Indian city is not: low-rise, languorous, its 25 acres… Continue reading Mumbai’s Parsis fight to preserve the city’s greenest space in Dadar
Parsi Punchayet sweepers, pallbearers threaten strike
On Monday, over 230 Class IV workers including the Tower of Silence’s pallbearers sported red Gandhi topis with their union’s name “Mumbai Mazdoor Sabha“ emblazoned across. This was the first phase of a peaceful protest, which will escalate into a strike if the Bombay Parsi Punchayet (BPP) continues to evade their demands for higher wages,… Continue reading Parsi Punchayet sweepers, pallbearers threaten strike
Khada Parsi Statue to Get a Protective Barrier and CCTV
Protection Against Beggars, Drug Addicts et al for Iconic Statue Article by Chaitanya Marpakwar | Times Of India Almost a year after it was restored at a cost of nearly Rs 1 crore, the BMC has decid ed to install a high-grill around the icon ic Khada Parsi statue standing at the traf fic intersection… Continue reading Khada Parsi Statue to Get a Protective Barrier and CCTV
