… Its walls have seen so much, heard so much, kept so many secrets, shared so many memories – built in...
Month: February 2006 Articles
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...
For Iranians, It’s Time To Leave Islam?
One wonders how many intelligent people in Iran, or among the Iranians in intelligent exile, wish that Islam had never arrived, that “gift” from far more primitive people, the gift that...
A Busy Locality, A brutal death
Residents of Kakad Estate at Worli, where 73-year-old Adi Kurshetji was murdered in May 2003, on Friday recalled the stormy years when the old Parsi gent and the woman held guilty of his murder...
Woman jumps to death in Court premises
Geeta Soni, who conspired to kill her 72-year-old foster father Adi Kurshedji along with her husband and mother, broke down on hearing the verdict. When she was being taken to jail from the court,...
Sooni Taraporewala reminisces about the Oscars
Sooni Taraporewala, prolific screen writer and photographer, writes about the time SALAAM BOMBAY was nominated for the Oscars. This was in the days before the media explosion in India, so nobody was...
159th Salgreh of Karani Agiary
A report on the anniversary of the Cusrow Baug Agiary filed by Marzban Jamshedji Giara on the TZML email group Seth Nasserwanji .Hirji Karani Agiary located in sylvan surroundings of Cusrow (Khush...
Intermarry Me
Like other aspects of globalization, social integration threatens cultural uniqueness. And Jews aren’t the only ones sounding the alarm. Among Parsis living in the West, intermarriage rates...
Going with the flow
“Very risque,” says our tour guide, Jasmine Kotval. She’s a Parsee, a follower of Zoroastrianism that claims to be the world’s oldest religion, having originated in Persia...
Why was land worth Rs 147 cr sold off for
Surat, February 14: A huge piece of land measuring 2.06 lakh square metres sold for just Rs 3 crore when its market value is Rs 147 crore? The issue has become a bone of contention among Parsis in...