Concerns for dwindling numbers. Seminars on how to save their race. In 1940, when their number in India was a sizeable 1.14 lakh, the community probably never imagined that 67 years later, it would be fretting over its strength. Parsis came to India from Iran 1,100 years ago “for a better way of lifeâ€, as… Continue reading Dwindling Numbers in India
Category: Bombay
Rebel Parsis ready with agiary plan
A group of reformists acquires land at Malad to build a fire temple that will be open to even spouses of community members married outside the fold It could be an event quite unprecedented in the 3000-year-old history of the Zoroastrian religion. A group of reformists in the community, called the Association for Revival of… Continue reading Rebel Parsis ready with agiary plan
Zo Child Day for Zorastrian children only!
Organised by Vispy Kapadia, the event saw over 2,600 children from India and abroad participate in the event The fourth Zo Child Day, which took place recently at Shanmukhananda Hall, saw 2,600 Zoroastrian children from all over India (and some even from around the world) converge in what was possibly the largest gathering of Parsi… Continue reading Zo Child Day for Zorastrian children only!
Sorabji Byramji Sanatorium residents allege harassment from BPP…
The 46 Parsi families residing there live in deplorable conditions and according to them the BPP Trust does nothing about it. Instead they want them to vacate the premises, they declare The Parsi community in Mumbai seems to constantly be in the news lately. And it’s for all the wrong reasons! Even as tempers are… Continue reading Sorabji Byramji Sanatorium residents allege harassment from BPP…
Hill Road hawkers
Hill Road has long since been a bone of contention between the shopkeepers, the residents, the ward officers and the hawkers. Protests were evident when the BMC announced their plan of widening the road by acquiring land from the Parsi agiary, school and church. The BMC is going ahead with its plans anyway, despite the… Continue reading Hill Road hawkers
Safe in Poonawalla’s hands
Dara Bhesania: Life at the Mahalaxmi Racecourse
It’s not just the members, horses, trainers and jockeys who make things happen at the Mahalaxmi Race Course. There are many others who play vital roles in their own capacity. Sadly, limelight eludes them, though they deserve the laurels. One of them is Dara Bhesania, the supervisor in the judge’s box. This 71-year-old Parsi Zoroastrian’s… Continue reading Dara Bhesania: Life at the Mahalaxmi Racecourse
Yazdani Bakery Fights Inflation and Globalization
The nearly century-old bakery, set amid crowded streets lined by massive stone Victorian-era buildings near the city’s Stock Exchange, looks like a gingerbread house and stands out in sharp contrast to the other shops, which mainly sell electronics goods. Irani mans a drawer filled with soiled rupee notes and dispenses quick change and chatter with… Continue reading Yazdani Bakery Fights Inflation and Globalization
Out with the Old
A similar situation exists across the 120-foot Road at Parsi Colony where as many as 45 out of 225 four-storey building plots have been cleared. A multi-storey building, complete with a swimming pool, is coming up at Dosal Mansion, a beautiful and sturdy bungalow on Jame Jamshed Road. Residents from neighbouring buildings had raised objections… Continue reading Out with the Old
