India was still taking its first steps as an independent nation when a young Maqbool Fida Hussain was struggling to find avenues to display his art in the city. He met by chance a young Parsi couple who ran a frame-making business at Princess Street in south Mumbai. By Sukhada Tatke | The Hindu Soli… Continue reading Chemould Prescott Road: Moulding modern art for decades
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BMC allots land in Worli for Parsis who opt for cremation
With conservatives allegedly barring reformists from prayer halls in the Malabar Hill Doongerwadi, the civic body has allotted space to them in the Worli crematorium. By Jyoti Shelar | Mumbai Mirror The BMC has allotted 3,700 square feet of land inside the Worli crematorium for a prayer hall for Parsis who opt to cremate their… Continue reading BMC allots land in Worli for Parsis who opt for cremation
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
B. Merwan and the Irani Cafe: A Fading Icon
Recently the news about B. Merwan the iconic Irani cafe with the best Mava cakes in the world, shutting down; has brought a sense of gloom over all those who love the restaurant and in fact the entire genre of Irani cafes in Mumbai. Below is an article received via email and penned by Shapur.… Continue reading B. Merwan and the Irani Cafe: A Fading Icon
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
