Category: Bombay

After nearly a year of delicate refurbishment and some touches of modernity, Tata Group’s iconic headquarters near Flora Fountain, the Bombay House, will reopen on July 29, the 114th birth anniversary of JRD Tata. Article by Vijay Tagore | Mumbai Mirror Tata Trusts chairman Ratan Tata and group boss N Chandrasekaran will inaugurate the renovated… Continue reading Bombay House: Iconic Tata headquarters to reopen after a year of renovations

To take care of Parsi fire temples across the country and fight for the preservation of their sanctity if need be, solicitor Berjis Desai has floated the idea of forming a body whose primary function would be to exclusively guard the interests and needs of agiaries. No politics here Desai, who is one of the… Continue reading Parsi Zoroastrian Guards of the Holy Fire

Vada Dasturji Khurshed Dastoor of Udvada, who until last year was in favour of Metro III, says high priests were misinformed about alignment and demands for the proposed tunnels to be realigned Article by Gaurav Sarkar | Mid-Day The high priest of Udvada, Vada Dasturji Khurshed Dastoor, has seemingly had a change of heart on… Continue reading Vada Dasturji Khurshed Dastoor: “Was misled about tunnels by Metro officials”

Burying their differences, traditional and liberal Parsis on Friday came together at a packed public meeting and passed a unanimous resolution against the Metro 3 underground tunnels planned to pass underneath two ancient fire temples. Article by Nauzer Bharucha | TNN The Wadia and Anjuman Atash Behrams, at the junction of Princess Street in south… Continue reading Parsi community against Metro tunnels passing underneath ancient temples

In a significant order, the Bombay high court on Wednesday directed the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Limited (MMRC) board to give a hearing to five high priests and trustees of two Atash Behrams and several litigants—Parsis—who challenged the Mumbai Metro 3 project route as it runs under the two Consecrated fires at Princess Street junction… Continue reading Mumbai Metro 3 project: HC directs MMRC board to meet Atash Behrams’ high priests, petitioners

After breaking away from the Jiyo Parsi programme in February, Jiyo Mobed will debut on Sunday in its new avatar as ‘Empowering Mobeds,’ through a workshop Article by Gaurav Sarkar | Mid Day After parting ways from the Central government-supported Jiyo Parsi, Jiyo Mobed programme in February, the first-ever ‘Empowering Mobeds’ programme is all set… Continue reading Mobeds move online under new programme