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When Indore Was the City of Bicycles: Remembering N.C. Anklesaria & Company on World Bicycle Day

On World Bicycle Day, we look back at a charming chapter from Indore’s civic and commercial history, one in which the humble bicycle was not merely a mode of transport, but a symbol of aspiration, mobility, enterprise, and everyday life.At the...
The Woebegone Parsi Cricketing Exodus

The Woebegone Parsi Cricketing Exodus

I am quizzing Eric Billimoria on the first floor of the iconic Parsi Gymkhana. Perpendicularly to my right, the announcement speaker bolted to the thick, diagonal wooden beams above us has caught...

Diana Pundole: Steering the wheels of destiny

Diana Pundole: Steering the wheels of destiny

Diana Pundole recently became India’s first female national racing champion in the saloon category at the MRF National Car Racing ChampionshipsArticle by Kalyani Sardesai | New Indian ExpressIt was...

Diana Pundole Creates Motor Racing History

Diana Pundole Creates Motor Racing History

In a historic achievement for Indian motorsports, Diana Pundole from Pune has etched her name in the history books by becoming the first Indian woman to win a national racing championship title. The...

When will a Parsi play cricket for India again?

When will a Parsi play cricket for India again?

As Farokh Engineer, one of India’s cricketing greats, steps into Parsee Gymkhana on Friday afternoon, the sea-facing club bears a near deserted look, with just a handful of youngsters in whites...

Cricketer Nari Contractor steps into the 90s

Cricketer Nari Contractor steps into the 90s

From ‘hovering between life and death’ after a bouncer fractured his skull at Barbados in 1962, to celebrating his 90th birthday today, India’s oldest Test captain Nari deserves a badge of...

Blood, sweat and Percy-verence!

Blood, sweat and Percy-verence!

Percy Hakim, 85, legendary swimming and water polo coach, mentor to a legion of Mumbai swimmers and water polo players, passed away on Sunday. He was cremated at Shivaji Park on Monday morningPercy...

Goodbye, Mehli Irani !

Goodbye, Mehli Irani !

Former Mumbai batsman passes away in Dubai at 90; will be known for his long club cricket journey that spanned generationsMehli Irani at the Bombay Gymkhana. Pic/mid-day archivesIt seems only...

The Parsis who pedalled across the world

The Parsis who pedalled across the world

‘The Bicycle Diaries’ details how 12 cyclists set out as global explorers from 1923 to 1942 Last November, tired of being cooped up at home, travel enthusiasts Bakcen George, Allwyn Joseph and...

Zoroastrian Chess Club: Join Now

Zoroastrian Chess Club: Join Now

Our dear friend Hormazd Godrej writes in to inform us about a new initiative that he along with his friends have started. Zoroastrian Chess Club Hormuz writes…. “A group of friends and family...

Vispi Kharadi Breaks Two World Records in Surat

Vispi Kharadi Breaks Two World Records in Surat

PARSI BREAKS TWO WORLD RECORDS AT SURATVISPI KHARADI IN ONE MINUTE BENT 21 IRON RODS 90 DEGREESYOUTHS PERFORM DANGEROUS STUNT ON A 9 LAYER BEDOF 5600 NAILS(Translated from Gujarati into English from...

The Parsee pioneers of 1886

The Parsee pioneers of 1886

More than 130 years after a team made up entirely of Parsees arrived in the UK for India’s first international cricket tour, a group from England travelled in the opposite direction to honour those...

Beyond winning and losing

Beyond winning and losing

SEEING the legendary Farokh Engineer among the spectators at the Old Trafford, with his shock of curly white hair and a Falstaffian girth that seemed to meld nicely with his incorrigibly impish...

The men from Mumbai who cycled around the world

The men from Mumbai who cycled around the world

Between 1923 and 1942, a handful of young Parsi men took off on three expeditions from Mumbai to cycle around the world. A photo exhibition tells their story. Written by Parth Khatau | Indian...