It’s a small but powerful community and Parsis in Mumbai are joining hands to protect a 123-year-old community temple. Built by the Tatas, the agiary on Bandra’s Hill Road is under threat from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). To clear a bottleneck, the BMC is widening a stretch of the road. But as a result,… Continue reading It’s a small but powerful community and Parsis…
Month: November 2006
1400 people turn up to save Bandra Agiary
Parsis from Mumbai gather at agiary gates after SMS campaign Never underestimate the power of people. That’s what the Bombay Municipal Corporation (BMC) discovered on Saturday morning. About 1,400 residents of Bandra got together to stop the BMC demolishing the local Parsi Tata Agiary that has been standing proud on Hill Road for 122 years.… Continue reading 1400 people turn up to save Bandra Agiary
Bandra Agiary Wall Demolition Stopped
BMC defers demolition at Bandra agiary As anger built up among residents and activists of Bandra (W) against the proposed widening of Hill Road, the civic administration on Friday called off its plan to acquire portions of land belonging to three religious institutions along the road. Municipal commissioner Johny Joseph said he has deferred Saturday’s… Continue reading Bandra Agiary Wall Demolition Stopped
Do You Know Kareena Panthaki ?
A reader, Andrea Marchon sent us this email. If you know the person she is looking for, please leave the information in the comments section below. We will pass it on to Andrea. Andrea Marchon wrote: Dear Parsi Khabar I am desperately looking for an old Parsi friend from my boarding school days as i… Continue reading Do You Know Kareena Panthaki ?
Parsi from “Penang”writes back
A couple of weeks ago we posted an article by Ruby Lilaowala about her trip to Malaysia. She mentioned that there wre only two Parsi families in Malaysia. A reader Zarir Cama wrote back to us on that article and we paste his email message below. Hi !! Just read your article on postcards from… Continue reading Parsi from “Penang”writes back
I’m not Semi Girebaal because I’m a Bawa!
I’m not Semi Girebaal because I’m a Bawa! Cyrus Sahukar’s second season of spoof has begun, but he has his serious moments as well … despite being a Parsi, he says! With all due respect to Simi Garewal, we think the spoof on her show ‘Semi Girebaal’ is more entertaining than Simi’s original ‘Rendezvous’. And… Continue reading I’m not Semi Girebaal because I’m a Bawa!
Parsi reformists to send legal notice to BMC
Dhun Baria and a group of Parsi reformists supporting her would soon send a legal notice to the BMC’s health department for carrying out shoddy inspection of the Tower of Silence in Malabar Hill and giving a clean chit by ruling out possibilities of health hazards. “We have decided to send a legal notice to… Continue reading Parsi reformists to send legal notice to BMC
