Dolly Dastoor has been elected as a Trustee to sit on the Board of the Parliament of World’s Religions. This was announced in a recent communiqué by the Parliament of World’s Religions. She will be the only Zoroastrian on the Board. The trustees are elected for their work in the professional and interfaith field and… Continue reading Dolly Dastoor Elected as Trustee on the Board of Parliament of World’s Religions
Month: June 2016
Cozy Building And the story of an iconic Indian Family Photograph
Indian writer and photographer Sooni Taraporevala, best known as the screenwriter of The Namesake and Oscar-nominated Salaam Bombay, took a picture of her family in a Mumbai balcony 31 years ago. Shown in exhibitions and featured in a book, this has been an iconic picture of an Indian – and Parsi – family. After the… Continue reading Cozy Building And the story of an iconic Indian Family Photograph
Lord Karan Bilmoria’s Speech in the aftermath of BREXIT
The 23rd of June was not Independence Day for Britain; it was the day the UK shot itself in the foot. The UK economy has been going so well after an awful recession, but we have a fragile recovery with a budget deficit, a current account deficit and huge debt. And ever since 2008, the… Continue reading Lord Karan Bilmoria’s Speech in the aftermath of BREXIT
Xerxes Desai, founder of Titan, dies
Desai played a key role in introducing India to its first quartz watch in the late 80s when he set up Titan Xerxes Sapur Desai, the man who founded Titan Co. Ltd and made it an internationally renowned Indian watch brand, is no more. The 79-year-old died in Bengaluru on Monday because of acute gastroenteritis.… Continue reading Xerxes Desai, founder of Titan, dies
Noshir Dadrawala Responds to Times Of India’s Report on House Allotment to Dr. Farokh Master
Recently The Times of India published an entire article based on an anonmyous Whatsapp message. The journalist Bella Jaisinghani took this Whatsapp message and spun an entire conspiracy theory around it. To clear the air BPP Trustee Noshir Dadrawala puts facts on record. Noshir writes… There is a WhatsApp (WA) message circulating in the community… Continue reading Noshir Dadrawala Responds to Times Of India’s Report on House Allotment to Dr. Farokh Master
Maja Daruwala Reminisces about her father Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw
The video jerked into play… realised I wasn’t looking for the Great Man: Sam Manekshaw’s daughter Maja Daruwala Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw died this day in 2008. A daughter remembers. Perhaps because there are so few of us around, people feel obliged to email and SMS me snippets of news and views, blogs, pictures… Continue reading Maja Daruwala Reminisces about her father Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw
Vada Dasturji Dr Peshotan Mirza Passes Away
We are extremely saddened to hear about the passing away of Vada Dasturji Dr Peshotan Mirza, who was one one of the two Vada Dasturjis of the Pak Iranshah Atashbehram. We were informed of this by Vada Dasturji Khurshed Dastoor who writes…… It is with deep sorrow that I have to inform you that our… Continue reading Vada Dasturji Dr Peshotan Mirza Passes Away
Pune Zarthosti Seva Mandal Celebrates 75 years
The Poona Zarthosti Seva Mandal celebrated its 75th anniversary on Friday at Pudumjee Hall in Camp. The guest speaker for the event was Supreme Court judge Rohinton Nariman. Nariman said: “The idea of prayer is to tell one how to live. Also, if one asks for anything in their prayer, it should only be something… Continue reading Pune Zarthosti Seva Mandal Celebrates 75 years
Once an important centre of Parsis, Agra has now just 6 of them
From a time when all the prominent institutions in Agra were run by Parsis in the early 20th century — right from manning the Central Bank to starting city’s iconic hotel Cecil Mansion and entirely controlling the liquor trade here, the number of Parsis in the city has come to just six today. “Most of… Continue reading Once an important centre of Parsis, Agra has now just 6 of them
