The Bombay Parsi Panchayat in collaboration with the BNHS plan to build a breeding centre for vultures at the Borivali National Park Sonu Bohra hunts for the details. Sonu Bohra While the Parsi community is coming to terms with their declining numbers, the burning issue now is the dwindling numbers of vultures in the city,… Continue reading Nestling Vultures: BPP and BNHS join hands
Category: Current Affairs
J D Bharda School Moves High Court Against Closure
A school meant primarily for Parsi community has moved the Bombay High Court after Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai issued it a closure notice. The vacation court has given J D Bharda English Medium school at Lamingoton Road, south Mumbai, a breather. Court stayed the MCGM notice till June 10, when a regular judge will… Continue reading J D Bharda School Moves High Court Against Closure
300th Anniversary of Banaji Limji Agiary Celebrations
More than 1,000 Parsis flocked to the city’s oldest fire temple to celebrate the Zoroastrian Feast of Fire, which fell on the agiary’s 300th anniversary. The Banaji Limji Agiary, in Banajit Street in Fort, was built by a wealthy Parsi trader Banaji Limji in 1709. It is one of 40 fire temples in the city… Continue reading 300th Anniversary of Banaji Limji Agiary Celebrations
Decades later, split wide open
It is seen as a landmark case. After 40 years as man and wife, a Parsi couple is fighting a bitter divorce battle. Roshan Cooper, all of 74, has dragged her 80-year-old husband Dadi Eruchshaw to the Parsi matrimonial court, saying she “can no longer put up with the physical and mental harassment”. The Bombay… Continue reading Decades later, split wide open
BPP Elections: Looking Forward
This is an Op-Ed piece by Arzan Ghadially, a frequent contributor to Parsi Khabar. Finally The Bombay Parsee Panchayat elections are over and time for the Trustees to get back to some more fights in the Board room and court room. Having said that I would like to share my unsolicited thoughts – all my… Continue reading BPP Elections: Looking Forward
No more Farzins
Concerned community comes together for last prayers for shunned half-Parsi child who died of starvation By Manoj R Nair in the Mumbai Mirror Neglected in life, Farzin Batlivala – the seven-year-old girl who succumbed to starvation – finally received her rightful dues from the Parsi community, which came together on Saturday to perform her last… Continue reading No more Farzins
Ratan Tata Addresses Cathedral and John Connon School Alumni
The tug of the old school tie drew the chairman of the Tata Group to the Times of India building on Monday for an interactive session with the students of his alma mater, The Cathedral & John Connon School. The one-hour question and answer was organised by the TOI’s Newspapers in Education (NIE), a campus… Continue reading Ratan Tata Addresses Cathedral and John Connon School Alumni
Bejan Daruwalla makes some Obama predictions
A widely respected Indian astrologer living in Mumbai predicts that Barack Obama will be better for peace and prosperity in the world than American Presidents of the past four decades. He will succeed in bringing some useful solutions to the deluge of problems he faces around the world in addition to restoring a lot of… Continue reading Bejan Daruwalla makes some Obama predictions
The Parsis of Delhi
The below is an article titled “Being Parsi” that appeared in the Indian Express. We would also like to give a shout-out to our friends at DelhiParsis.com. They have a very informative and wonderful website, and I highly recommend you pay them a visit. Being Parsi By Uma Vishnu in The Indian Express. For Delhi’s… Continue reading The Parsis of Delhi
