Led by Jimmy Mistry, 300 Parsi bikers will spread the message that Parsis do a lot more than just bicker On Sunday morning when the roads of Mumbai are still sleepy, around 300 Parsi bikers will don their helmets, stride onto their vehicles and zoom around Paris residences, just to make a point that Parsis… Continue reading Bawa Bikers on a roll for a good cause
Month: December 2006
Parsi apex body seeks universal franchise
By Nauzer Bharucha MUMBAI: Parsis may be one of the most literate and progressive communities in the country. But for the past 350 years, a vast majority of them in Mumbai had no stake in appointing trustees to the powerful apex body–the Bombay Parsi Punchayat (BPP)–that has a corpus of Rs 85 crore, controls 4,500… Continue reading Parsi apex body seeks universal franchise
Fars Railway Path Changed
Transportation Ministry Obliged to Change Fars Railway Path One of the bas-reliefs of Naqsh-e Rostam, depicting Sassanid king Ardeshir I with defeated Roman emperors Valerian and Philip at his feet (241-272 BC) The Iranian Ministry of Transportation has officially been ordered to change path of the railway connecting Isfahan to Fars which was planned to… Continue reading Fars Railway Path Changed
Karate champs
Sisters Zinatra and Mahzarine Bonesetter make their parents proud by clinching seven medals at the recently held 8th All Gujarat Shotaokan Karate Championships Tennis and badminton move aside. The latest sport to be in the limelight is karate and two young Parsi girls from Vadodara are doing the miniscule community proud by winning medals at… Continue reading Karate champs
A family’s attempts to trace their missing son
Tears well up in her eyes as she remembers the ill-fated day in 2002 when her 13-year-old son went missing during the Gujarat riots. Even after five years, Rupa Dara Mody carries his photograph in her bag hoping that someone somewhere will help her trace him. Not many know that her poignant story inspired Non-Resident… Continue reading A family’s attempts to trace their missing son
Zoroaster’s Kaba: A Potential Victim of Railway Construction
Studies on the map of a railway which is planned to pass close to the historic site of Naqsh-e Rostam in Fars province show that it would for sure result in destruction of Achaemenid monument of Zoroaster’s Kaba in less than ten years. Tehran, 29 November 2006 (CHN) — Further studies on the map of… Continue reading Zoroaster’s Kaba: A Potential Victim of Railway Construction
Ibad lauds role of Parsis in development
KARACHI: Sindh Governor Ishratul Ibad has said that the services rendered by Parsis in the development of Pakistan and particularly Karachi and their welfare work will never be forgotten. He was speaking at a reception he hosted for Parsis at Clifton Beach Park. The governor referred to Kothari Parade and NED University as some of… Continue reading Ibad lauds role of Parsis in development
