The dwindling number of priests within the Parsi community has set the alarm bells ringing as the Bombay Parsi Punchayet (BPP), the community’s apex body, has introduced a first-of-its-kind financial welfare scheme to attract more members to take up the profession. By Mugdha Variyar, Hindustan Times Under the ‘Mobed Amelioration Scheme’, which was launched this… Continue reading Parsis offer better benefits for more priests
Month: April 2013
Shiamak Davar: The Mumbai/New York Photo Project: Music and Dance
In the sixth edition of the Mumbai/New York photo project, Nisha Sondhe photographs some of the musicians and artists building bridges between the two cities. In Mumbai, one of India’s leading choreographers, Shiamak Davar, recalled his own struggle after deciding to take up dance. Coming from a family of educators, Mr. Davar had studied… Continue reading Shiamak Davar: The Mumbai/New York Photo Project: Music and Dance
Dinshaw Vimadalal: Cathedral School Alumni
Below is some more information on the “most eligible Parsi” these days…a.k.a Dinshaw Vimadalal. From Seventh Heaven….a site for Cathedral School Alumni Mexican Cathedralite Just had this, hot on the wire, from Willie in Canada: Dinshaw Vimadalal belonged to the 1960 CBS bunch, was a Prefect, outstanding athlete and astounding on the parallel bars !… Continue reading Dinshaw Vimadalal: Cathedral School Alumni
Lonely Community Elders Beware: BPP Press Release
We were all told in our youth that relationships are pre decided in heaven and that we are born in a family and continue in that family till our very end. Unfortunately today we are facing a situation where relationships are being created in hospitals and homes for the aged, where asset seekers are lurking… Continue reading Lonely Community Elders Beware: BPP Press Release
Mumbai to Get a Drama School
City to get its first private drama school; Field Marshall Sam Manekshaw’s grandson Jehan is co-convener. An hour before Jehan Sam Manekshaw is to meet Dr Bal Bhalerao, chief secretary of the Mumbai Marathi Sahitya Sangh at the literature society’s office in Charni Road, he sits in a swish cafe in Churchgate and admits that… Continue reading Mumbai to Get a Drama School
Lady Jehangir Kothari Memorial Hall: Bangalore's own Tudor Taj Mahal
For those who regularly cross the Queens Road-Cunningham Road junction in the heart of the city, this stone building, halfheartedly bordering the road leading towards Shivaji Nagar, is not a rare sight. A few may even know that it’s called the Lady Jehangir Kothari Memorial Hall, but what marks it out as special is the… Continue reading Lady Jehangir Kothari Memorial Hall: Bangalore's own Tudor Taj Mahal
Sam Balsara: Madison is much more important than money
It was in the mid-nineties that India started showing up on the global business radar, and multinationals started looking at India with renewed interest. Advertising was no exception. It was the time when many Indian agencies were taken over by, or merged with, global agencies. It was, they said, just a matter of time before… Continue reading Sam Balsara: Madison is much more important than money
