More than 2,000 Parsis flocked to celebrate the anniversary of the city’s youngest fire temple last week. The Shapurji Fakirji Jokhi Agiary in Godrej Baug, Malabar Hill, completed 10 years on December 18. The priest performed prayer ceremonies in the afternoon. Youth leaders also spoke to the people about uniting as a community. The celebrations… Continue reading Godrej Baug Agary Celebrates 10 years
Month: December 2009
Dadar Parsi Colony to stay ‘ exclusive’
Residents of the landmark Dadar Parsi Colony, the largest Zoroastrian enclave in the world, have won a six-year-long legal battle to allow only members of this tiny community to live in this ‘reserved area’. By Nauzer Bharucha | TNN The city civil court has granted a permanent injunction restraining the builder from selling flats to… Continue reading Dadar Parsi Colony to stay ‘ exclusive’
Mani Cooper: Faberge Eggstraordinary
An ‘eggsceptionally’ talented lady, handcrafts and decorates Faberge-style eggs By Indira Rodericks / Upper Crust Magazine. There’s never a dull moment in Mani Cooper’s life. A lady of rare and extraordinary talent, when she’s not dabbling in egg-craft, she paints on silk, specialises in Pergamano which is parchment craft, does quilling and sculpts. But her… Continue reading Mani Cooper: Faberge Eggstraordinary
Baug flats won’t be a burden on Parsis
The Bombay Parsi Punchayet (BPP) and the Alert Zoroastrian Association (AZA) on Friday resolved the flat allotment issue for poor Parsis at Panthaky Baug, Andheri (East). The AZA had challenged the BPP notification, demanding Rs5 lakh as deposit money before allotting flats in Baug on sale. The applicants, members of the Parsi community, informed the… Continue reading Baug flats won’t be a burden on Parsis
Sir JJ’s heir held for fake voter ID
Malabar Hill police are investigating how Byram Jeejeebhoy, who holds a US citizenship, obtained an Indian voter identity card By Abhijit Sathe & Manoj R Nair / Mumbai Mirror Byram Jeejeebhoy, great-grandson of Mumbai’s best-known philanthropist, Sir Jamshedji Jeejeebhoy, was detained at Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport on Wednesday following a lookout notice issued against… Continue reading Sir JJ’s heir held for fake voter ID
Parsi children return to their roots
A decade ago, karate champion Vispi Kapadia (52) lost his five-and-a-half-year-old daughter Fareena. Seven years ago, she appeared in his dreams and asked him to do "something for children" and the annual Zochild Day was born. By Anahita Mukherji, / TNN Every year, the Zoroastrian Children’s Foundation (of which Kapadia is a trustee) celebrates the… Continue reading Parsi children return to their roots
Parsis have civilization; other Indians don’t
Culture is our attitude to beauty and ugliness, to power, to religion, and to family. It shows in our music, in what makes us laugh. Civilization is our attitude to mankind By Aakar Patel / Mint Indians have culture but not civilization. Culture is how we entertain ourselves; civilization is how we entertain others. Culture… Continue reading Parsis have civilization; other Indians don’t
