Dear Parsi community My name is Håkon Tandberg, and I’m a Ph.D. researcher from Norway studying Zoroastrianism. I’ve earlier enjoyed a research visit among the Parsis in Mumbai (2008), and will now return for 6 weeks this upcoming February. In that regard I would love to know if anyone reading this still upholds the Paying… Continue reading Parsi Research Assistants Needed In Mumbai
Category: Bombay
A look at Mumbai’s dwindling Irani chai shops
UPDATE: Link to the documentary mentioned in this article is here. A lot can happen over chai. Once over 300 Irani tea-shops in Mumbai were as intrinsic to the city as streetside cafes are to Paris. During the 1950s-60s, the unfussy restaurants-cum-stores flourished, attracting a regular clientele of senior citizens, office-goers, campus students, writers and… Continue reading A look at Mumbai’s dwindling Irani chai shops
P D Zilla and the case of the Unappropriated Land
Deceased textile magnate’s niece unearths documents of sale of about 2,300 sq m of his land in Andheri (East) twice — once for a throwaway price, and another time for Rs 18 crore — after he died in 2005 Yet another of what seems to be a land grabbing scam cracks open in the city,… Continue reading P D Zilla and the case of the Unappropriated Land
Kurshetji murder puts spotlight on Parsis
The Adi Kurshetji murder case of May 2003, which culminated in the conviction of the accused on Friday, has exposed the soft underbelly of the Parsi community. By Nauzar Bharucha | TNN With an increasing number of aging Parsis living a lonely existence in sprawling apartments, they have become easy targets for such attacks. In… Continue reading Kurshetji murder puts spotlight on Parsis
The Empty House: Jehangir and Meherbai Bhabha’s “Meherangir”
Colonial India condemned Indians as a people without history, often quoting John Stuart Mill who argued that for “rude nations”, like India, “fable stands in place of fact” and “the times over which memory has any influence are rejected, and the imagination riots in those in which it is unrestricted”. By Inidra Chowdhury | Indian… Continue reading The Empty House: Jehangir and Meherbai Bhabha’s “Meherangir”
A Treasure Chest For An Opera House
Jamshed Bhabha’s NCPA will remain on song thanks to a generous endowment. Until a few years ago, at most concerts held at the National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA) in Mumbai, two plum seats were sacrosanct. A few minutes before the curtains went up, a diminutive man would take his place in that seat… Continue reading A Treasure Chest For An Opera House
Bombay Parsi Punchayet Halts Coversion of Tehmulji Lying-In Hospital to Medicine Centre
Plans to convert the defunct Parsi Lying-In Hospital in Fort into a super-specialty orthopaedic and sports medicine centre has been rejected by the Bombay Parsi Punchayet (BPP), the lease-holder of the century-old property. By Manoj Nair | DNA India In March, the hospital’s managing committee had signed a memorandum with Krimson Healthcare, a health services… Continue reading Bombay Parsi Punchayet Halts Coversion of Tehmulji Lying-In Hospital to Medicine Centre
