Dhoomketu @ 22nd Floor writes a great review on Jimmy Boy the famous Parsi restaurant in Bombay. More on Jimmy Boy here. Jimmy Boy is located at 11 Bank Street, Fort Bombay 400 001 Tel: (022) 2270 0880 .Jimmy, Jimmy, Jimmy… ….A restaurant like this one Won’t somebody help me chase the hunger pangs away!!… Continue reading Jimmy Boy: A restaurant review
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Of myths, legends and fabled Parsi gems
SHAPURBAUG: A retired school teacher is trying to cull out fables and legends about the Parsis in a bid to retrace the path trodden by the community and record people’s lives for posterity. Article by Supriya Thanawala | DNA India “The Parsi community cannot simply be allowed to forget its culture,” says Ratti Wadia, former… Continue reading Of myths, legends and fabled Parsi gems
Pleasure palace
… Its walls have seen so much, heard so much, kept so many secrets, shared so many memories – built in 1903 by the Parsi industrialist Jamsetji Tata (his Tata … Read on…
Going, going, gone?
Only four of these rare trees, popularly known as branching palms, remain in the city. They are found in an open plot between buildings A and B at Godrej Baug in Hanging Gardens. But they may cease to exist if the Bombay Parsi Panchayat allows construction on the land. “The panchayat is contemplating a highrise.… Continue reading Going, going, gone?
The hotel that was
The Statesman – Kolkata,India … it. “In the Thirties the hotel was run by three directors, including a Parsee gentleman, HR Billimoria who loved horse racing. …
Trees hacked in Parsi colony
Mumbai, November 28: DADAR Parsi Colony, one of the few residential areas in Mumbai that still enjoys the shade of hundreds of trees, got a taste on Monday of construction frenzy. Three trees were hacked in the upper middle-class locality in the last two weeks. While an Asoka tree on Plot 795, Jame Jamshed Road,… Continue reading Trees hacked in Parsi colony
Taj Mahal Hotel
Mirror.co.uk – UK … Ironically, the hotel is not a legacy of the British Raj at all – it was built in 1903 by a Parsi Indian industrialist, JN Tata, apparently miffed because he …
