Category: Bombay

Rustom Baug Is 100 Years Old

Well done, bawa! Rustom Baug smashes a tonne Byculla’s 32-building Parsi housing enclave set to celebrate 100th birthday with year-long events planned by grateful residents Buildings are being lit up at Rustom Baug. Pics/Atul Kamble The landmark Rustom Baug Parsi Colony in Byculla East marks a historic 100 this year. Celebrations begin for the residential… Continue reading Rustom Baug Is 100 Years Old

Turmoil for Residents of Hong Kong House in Malcolm Baug, Jogeshwari Mumbai

The below is an article by esteemed journalist Nauzer K. Bharucha on the happenings at HongKong House in Malcolm Baug, Jogeshwari, Mumbai. WHEN PARSI FAMILIES ARE BULLIED BY THEIR OWN IS THE N M WADIA CHARITIES A COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISE? Some wealthy, influential Parsis controlling Parsi charitable trust properties cannot be allowed to get away with… Continue reading Turmoil for Residents of Hong Kong House in Malcolm Baug, Jogeshwari Mumbai

From India to Iran, via Bombay and its Parsis, Rabindranath Tagore and a forgotten book

Elements of Indian culture and pre-Islamic Persia that survive in India shape modern Iranian culture, even today. Article by Adhiraj Parthasarathy & Mohammad Dawood | Scroll A copy of The Blind Owl by Sadeq Hedayat, Rabindranath Tagore, and an engraving of the Faravahar.   | Courtesy Adhiraj Parthasarthy, Parthsbod K.A. Hakhamaneshian CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia… Continue reading From India to Iran, via Bombay and its Parsis, Rabindranath Tagore and a forgotten book

Mumbai: Give defunct Parsi maternity home to Tata Memorial, says retired naval officer

Retired naval officer urges Bombay Parsi Punchayet to keep up the good work done by the community and facilitate cancer care at Parsi Lying-in Hospital, Fort Article by Suraj Pandey | Mid-Day Vehicles used for film shooting outside the Parsi Lying-in Hospital at Fort. A Bombay Parsi Punchayet trustee said the managing committee has been… Continue reading Mumbai: Give defunct Parsi maternity home to Tata Memorial, says retired naval officer

Maharashtra govt wants to bring vultures back to life

State forest department and Corbett Foundation to take conservation measures to remote villages; seek to highlight the many threats to the bird The poster that seeks to raise awareness about vulture conservation The Maharashtra forest department and The Corbett Foundation have joined forces to raise awareness about the conservation of vultures in the state and… Continue reading Maharashtra govt wants to bring vultures back to life

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Aur, Irani chai

Zoroastrian, Shia Muslim (Yazdi and Shirazi) and Baha’i Iranian migrants, and of course the Palanpur-hailing Cheliyas, have been feeding this city for over a century with cheap eats and colourful words Like Amir Khaon Koolarzade’s father, Mandoh Hussain, most Irani migrants coming into Bombay worked their way up from being kitchen boys to managers to… Continue reading Aur, Irani chai

Bandra Parsi Convalescent Home: Parsi trust sells sea-facing Bandra property for Rs 350 crore

The plot now contains this dilapidated early 20th-century bungalow, once used as a convalescence home MUMBAI: A Parsi trust has sold its prime, sea-facing bungalow property at Bandra Bandstand to a developer for Rs 350 crore. Nauzer Bharucha / TNN In late October, Imperial Infra, a Boman Irani-led Rustomjee Group firm, concluded the sale agreement… Continue reading Bandra Parsi Convalescent Home: Parsi trust sells sea-facing Bandra property for Rs 350 crore

Sir Homi Mody … Dadabhai Naoroji: Five Parsis behind Mumbai’s street names

These five roads in Mumbai are named after politicians, bankers, lawyers and activists who had two things in common: one, they were Parsi, and two, they all contributed to the development of Mumbai, and India as a whole. There is no community in Mumbai as wealthy as the Parsis. Bombay owes a lot of its… Continue reading Sir Homi Mody … Dadabhai Naoroji: Five Parsis behind Mumbai’s street names

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