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
