Politics is too serious a matter to leave to politicians. Rightly did Federick Lewis Donaldson in a sermon at Westminster Abbey, London, on March 20, 1925 say: “The Seven Social Sins are:1. Wealth without work.2. Pleasure without conscience.3 Knowledge without character.4. Commerce without morality.5. Science without humanity.6. Worship without sacrifice and 7. *Politics without principle.*…
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Hormuz Mehta Speaks About The Recent Fracas
Below is a message we have received from Hormuz D. Mehta. Hormuz writes… When I got married earlier this year, I gave a commitment to my wife that I would not embroil myself in BPP politics, especially after seeing my father toil away 21 years of his life only to get falsely maligned by a…
Kersi Randeria Speaks About The Recent Fracas
Below is a message we have received from Kersi Randeria, BPP Trustee. Kersi writes… I am a Trustee of the Bombay Parsi Punchayet, and I believe in and am committed to upholding the dignity of this position entrusted to me by my community as also to the august platform – the BPP. At no cost…
Parsi Punchayet trustees fight in court, file assault cases against each other
A Bombay Parsi Punchayet (BPP) trustee and its former chairman filed criminal complaints against each other after a fight at Ballard Pier magistrate court on Thursday. Kersi Randeria, the trustee who said he sustained eye and shoulder injuries in the fight, was admitted to a hospital and discharged on Friday morning. Dinshaw Mehta, a former…
‘Unwelcome visitor’ mars BPP press meet
High drama ensued yesterday at Churchgate Garware Club’s fifth floor party room during a Bombay Parsi Panchayat (BPP) press conference. BPP chairman Yezdi Desai and others trustees had organised the meet to expose financial impropriety by former chairman Dinshaw Mehta. Article By Hemal Ashar | Mid-Day Trustees claimed, Dinshaw had taken ’25 lakh in cash…
Bombay Parsi Punchayet: Plot thickens in tussle between BPP trustees
The issue began back in 2013 when Musharraf Yusuf Kader wanted to purchase the sale of tenancy rights of a property which falls under the ‘pagdi’ system. THE LEGAL spat between trustees of the Bombay Parsi Punchayet (BPP) and the former chairperson of the board, Dinshaw Mehta took an ugly turn after the trustees made…
Noshir Dadrawala Responds to Times Of India’s Report on House Allotment to Dr. Farokh Master
Recently The Times of India published an entire article based on an anonmyous Whatsapp message. The journalist Bella Jaisinghani took this Whatsapp message and spun an entire conspiracy theory around it. To clear the air BPP Trustee Noshir Dadrawala puts facts on record. Noshir writes… There is a WhatsApp (WA) message circulating in the community…
Armaity Tirandaz wins Bombay Parsi Panchayat seat
Armaity Tirandaz won the one seat up for trusteeship to the Bombay Parsi Panchayat elections (BPP) held across five polling booths in the city on Saturday. An elderly lady at the Bombay Parsi Panchayat polling booth at Colaba’s Cusrow Baug. Pic/Satej Shinde Early numbers revealed that Tirandaz won by a margin of 50-60 votes. Overall,…
BPP Chairman Yazdi Desai: In Conversation
Parsis need reservations in educational institutes: chairman, Bombay Parsi Punchayet chairman, Bombay Parsi Punchayet Bombay Parsi Punchayet (BPP) is the world’s largest Parsi-Zoroastrian institution. It administers affairs of the Parsi Irani Zoroastrian community. Geetanjali Minhas spoke to its newly elected chairman, Yazdi Desai, on the Jiyo Parsi Scheme and other matters that bother this…
Parsi Punchayat allowed to allot flats
The Bombay Parsi Punchayat (BPP) on Thursday won a major reprieve when the charity commissioner lifted its stay on allotment of flats to deserving community members. “Over 200 flats will be freed up,” said BPP trustee Kersi Randeria. The panchayat has a waiting list of close to 1,000 applicants, but Randeria opines that those actually…
