UPDATE: It has been brought to our attention that the article below was originally authored by Farishta Dinshaw and published on Vohuman.org. The original article is now available here. We regret the original oversight and error in attributing the author’s name correctly. The influx of Parsis into Karachi increased after the British takeover. Many of… Continue reading The Pioneering Parsis of Karachi
Month: January 2011
Afshin Irani: How a Young Irani Girl Stumped Obama
Afsheen Irani, a Mumbai college student, asked the one question everyone wanted to ask the most powerful man in the world. ‘Why is Pakistan so important an ally to America so far as America has never called it a terrorist State?’ By Abhishek Mande for Rediff.com As Afsheen Irani from Mumbai’s HR College uttered these… Continue reading Afshin Irani: How a Young Irani Girl Stumped Obama
Tuition class teacher held for sexually abusing students in Mumbai
Eight students of the class eight and nine have approached the Shivaji Park police station against their coaching class owner, Feroze Katrak, 49, who had reportedly sexually abused them. By Manish K Pathak | DNA The police had arrested Katrak on Sunday evening for allegedly having unnatural sex with his students after class in his… Continue reading Tuition class teacher held for sexually abusing students in Mumbai
Avesthagen Completes the First Whole Genome Sequence of a Parsi Breast Cancer Patient
Avesthagen Limited has yet again established its position as a leader in the successful application of next gen technologies as it announces the completion of the first Parsi breast cancer whole genome sequence of a 74-year-old Parsi woman with a heritable form of breast cancer. The incidence of breast cancer in most populations is strongly… Continue reading Avesthagen Completes the First Whole Genome Sequence of a Parsi Breast Cancer Patient
Dr. K B Grant Passes Away
Dr K B Grant, founder and chairman of the Grant Medical Foundation that runs Ruby Hall Clinic in the city, passed away here on Monday. He was 91. Credited as being the man who brought in some of the latest medical technologies to the city, Dr Grant also set up the cardiological unit at the… Continue reading Dr. K B Grant Passes Away
Poor Parsis can look forward to new homes
The New Year is bound to be good for some Parsis as they could get their much-awaited homes. By Ashutosh Shukla | DNA The poor Parsi housing issue was entangled in court cases, with the result that all the allotments had been frozen for two years. The one-man committee appointed by the Bombay high court… Continue reading Poor Parsis can look forward to new homes
10 Predictions for Parsis for 2011
Taking a leaf out of Bejan Daruwalla, the renowned astrologer, Bombay Samachar takes a shot at predictions for Parsis in 2011 A BPP trustee will resign and elections will be held. Efforts to find a ‘Consensus’ candidate will fail. Mehta-WAPIZ will put up Pheroze Amroliwalla as their candidate. He will lose. 104 flat allotment matter… Continue reading 10 Predictions for Parsis for 2011
