An Islamic group in India is asking Muslims to boycott products of a top Indian business group if its owner does not apologise for hosting author Salman Rushdie on a brief holiday this week. Rushdie stayed at the bungalow of the Godrej family while visiting Mumbai, where he was born and spent many of his… Continue reading Godrej hosts Salman Rushdie, angers Muslims
Month: January 2008
Sugar in Milk : Lives of Eminent Parsis by Bakhtiar K. Dadabhoy
Authoritative, fascinating and insightful, Sugar in Milk is a collection of twelve in-depth profiles of some of the greatest Parsis India has produced. Ranging from the nineteenth century to the contemporary, here are freedom fighters and industrialists, a lawyer and a scientist, a field marshal and a western classical musical conductor. They are ordered chronologically… Continue reading Sugar in Milk : Lives of Eminent Parsis by Bakhtiar K. Dadabhoy
Parsi Food in Delhi
Parsi food in Delhi? Well, you need not go to Mumbai or some place in Gujarat where a majority of the Parsis stay, but here is a place where you get to relish authentic Parsi food, known for its unique flavour. The Bagli Kitchen serving out of the Delhi Parsi Anjuman premises on the Bahadur… Continue reading Parsi Food in Delhi
Tata Pulls Ford Units Into Its Orbit
LONDON — When Ratan Tata visited the home of the designer Ralph Lauren last autumn, the two auto enthusiasts spent much of the time in the garage, admiring Mr. Lauren’s car collection, including the Batmobile-esque 1955 Jaguar XKD. Now Mr. Tata is poised to take over Jaguar. Tata Motors said Thursday that it was beginning… Continue reading Tata Pulls Ford Units Into Its Orbit
Bid to exploit Kappawala agiary land thwarted
An attempt to commercially exploit a portion of Tardeo’s Kappawala agiary (fire temple) land by one of the trustees has been scuttled after the charity commissioner rejected an application seeking permission to conduct the redevelopment. The fire in this agiary was consecrated way back in 1857 (the year of the Mutiny), but the imposing building… Continue reading Bid to exploit Kappawala agiary land thwarted
Iran Plans on Destroying Tomb of King Cyrus, Friend of the Jews
Iran is planning on submerging the tomb of King Cyrus (Coresh), the Persian King known for authorizing the Jewish exiles to return to Jerusalem to rebuild the Holy Temple. According to a report by Omedia, an Iranian organization is demanding that the International Criminal Court take action against those responsible. The Iranian ayatollahs are planning… Continue reading Iran Plans on Destroying Tomb of King Cyrus, Friend of the Jews
Zoroastrians to convene AGM with a difference
Pune’s Zoroastrian entrepreneurs will have a reason to celebrate this weekend as the city gears up to play host to over 200 Zoroastrian businesspersons and professionals across the country and the world. The occasion is the annual general meeting of rare chamber of commerce — the World Zarathushti Chamber of Commerce’s (WZCC) — where veterans… Continue reading Zoroastrians to convene AGM with a difference
Jamsheed Choksy appointed to National Endowment Council in the US.
IU professors Jamsheed Kairshasp Choksy and David Michael Hertz are two of three Hoosiers nominated this year to the council, which is part of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Hertz is being reappointed. President Bush also selected Marvin Bailey Scott, of Indianapolis, for the remainder of a six-year term expiring in 2010. Their nominations… Continue reading Jamsheed Choksy appointed to National Endowment Council in the US.
Freewheeling for a cause: Parsi Bike Rally Mumbai 2008
For the Parsi community in the city, Sunday was Bawas’ day out on bikes. Hundreds of Parsis, both young and those young-at-heart raced their way on their motorcycles from Dadar Parsi colony to Bandra Tata Colony, Andheri and back to Dadar Parsi Colony in a road show that was organised not just to showcase their… Continue reading Freewheeling for a cause: Parsi Bike Rally Mumbai 2008
