With Rustom Baug just hitting a century, we revisit other Parsi enclaves founded by the community’s visionaries It’s a privilege I haven’t had. Of living in a baug, that quaint yet quintessential bastion of Parsidom, whose clusters house over half of the approximately 37,000 members of my community left in the city their ancestors brilliantly… Continue reading Carrom and camaraderie in the colony
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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
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
