Category: Bombay

A Burning Question

Mumbai’s Parsis find themselves divided over a crematorium for those who’d rather not opt for the traditional Towers of Silence. By Lhendup G Bhutia |OPEN Magazine When Dinshaw Tamboly was about eight years old, he attended a Parsi funeral for the first time. His grandfather had passed away and his body was taken to Doongerwadi,… Continue reading A Burning Question

Brigadier Furdoon Mehta Meets with Prince Charles

The Prince of Wales met some of India’s last surviving Second World War veterans as he paid his respects to the country’s war dead on Remembrance Sunday. The Prince and The Duchess of Cornwall honoured the fallen when they joined the congregation of a Mumbai church for an annual remembrance service. The religious event came… Continue reading Brigadier Furdoon Mehta Meets with Prince Charles

Charges Against BPP Chairman: Is the World Congress in Jeopardy ?

Four Trustees of the Bombay Parsi Punchayet (BPP) Arnavaz Mistry, Khojeste Mistree, Jimmy Mistry and Yazdi Desai filed a complaint with the Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) Mumbai against BPP Chairman Dinshaw Mehta on Novem­ber 13, alleging financial misappropriation in the transfer of tenancy rights regarding office premises owned by the BPP at Dady House,… Continue reading Charges Against BPP Chairman: Is the World Congress in Jeopardy ?

Stars in the milky way: Parsi Dairy Farm

Relative Value: Sarfaraz K Irani, 28, and Bakhtyar K Irani, 31 Meet the two boys who gave Mumbai’s iconic dairy a steroid shot of success. Brothers Bakhtyar, 31, and Sarfaraz K Irani, 28, can’t recall a single year at St Mary’s School in Mazagaon when their boisterous classmates didn’t remember their birthdays. By Jharna Thakkar,… Continue reading Stars in the milky way: Parsi Dairy Farm

Parsee Gymkhana Vice President Sold Cricket World Cup 2011 Tickets on The Black Market

The Parsee Gymkhana vice-president, Khodadad Yazdegardi, has been accused of selling two complimentary tickets for the 2011 World Cup final between India and Sri Lanka for Rs 2.5 lakh. By Jyoti Shelar | Mumbai Mirror   A three-member inquiry committee, commissioned by the Marine Lines-based gymkhana, said in its report that Yazdegardi sold off the… Continue reading Parsee Gymkhana Vice President Sold Cricket World Cup 2011 Tickets on The Black Market

Ignoring community’s help, Parsi family lives on footpath

They were given monetary assistance and put up at a dharamshala, yet the family of three have, for four years, been embarrassing the community by living outside the Petit Sanatorium at Cumballa Hill. Author: Sayalee Karkare | Mumbai Mirror A Parsi family, comprising an aged mother and a son and daughter in their 50s, has… Continue reading Ignoring community’s help, Parsi family lives on footpath

A Will To Live

By six in the evening, dozens of senior citizens assemble on concrete benches across the seven-acre vicinity of Cusrow Baug, the queen of Parsi colonies. Sprawled by the sea in South Mumbai’s posh Colaba neighbourhood, a steady breeze wafts past the colony’s arrangement of three-storey buildings. By Ranjita Ganesan | Business Standard Some elders exchange… Continue reading A Will To Live

The Story of Two Mumbai Riots in the 19th Century

In 19th century Bombay, Parsis and Muslims fought each other on the streets on two separate occasions but eventually buried the hatchet and moved on. In 2013, we are still grappling with the problem of devising measures to prevent riots. By A.G. NOORANI | FRONTLINE IN 2013, it seems unthinkable. But in the 19th century,… Continue reading The Story of Two Mumbai Riots in the 19th Century

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