Month: October 2018 Articles

South Bombay varsity to be named after Homi Bhabha

The new cluster university in south Mumbai is set to be called Dr Homi Bhabha University after the notable alumnus of the Institute of Science, the lead college in the cluster. A notification from the Centre is expected in a couple of months....
We are not mama’s boys, say Parsi men

We are not mama’s boys, say Parsi men

Are Parsi men Mama’s boys? Are Parsi women really fussy?’ This was the topic of debate at a matrimonial meet for 108 eligible Parsi men and women on Sunday. Of course, the men and women refused to...

Hoarding At Doongarwadi in Mumbai pulled down

Hoarding At Doongarwadi in Mumbai pulled down

A nearly decade-long battle to remove a two-level hoarding within the premises of the Parsi Tower of Silence (Doongerwadi) at Malabar Hill ended after it was pulled down over the weekend. It was...

Fali Nariman Gets Shastri National Award

Fali Nariman Gets Shastri National Award

Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu on Monday honoured senior advocate Fali Sam Nariman with Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award for Excellence in Public Administration and said Nariman was one of the...

Kobad Ghandy Acquitted of All Charges

Kobad Ghandy Acquitted of All Charges

The court of Additional Sessions and District Judge Mohammad Gulzar today acquitted CPI (Maoist) ideologue Kobad Ghandy of all charges. He was booked by the Patiala police under Sections 10,13,18...

J B Kanga: A Legal Giant

J B Kanga: A Legal Giant

Mitra Sharafi a legal historian of colonial South Asia, and a regular reader of this site writes about Jamshedji Behramji KangaDuring a recent visit to the basement of Columbia Law Library, I came...

She’s the Boss: Growing into Success

She’s the Boss: Growing into Success

On Monday October 15, 2018 I had an opportunity to attend a fantastic panel discussion titled “She’s the Boss: Growing into Success”. The panel was moderated by my very dear friend Narges Kakalia, a...

Simran Jehani’s film portrays Zoroastrianism

Simran Jehani’s film portrays Zoroastrianism

When Simran Jehani first came to USC, people asked her a question she was all too familiar with — “what are you?”  Telling them she was Zoroastrian caused some confusion — so Jehani, a senior...

Rawalpindi’s Parsi benefactor

Rawalpindi’s Parsi benefactor

During colonial times the Parsi community expanded to every corner of India. These fortune seekers settled in developing towns across the Subcontinent. And they took with them their unique origins,...

India’s Birthing Project

India’s Birthing Project

Amid its fight against a surging demographic, India has taken up the responsibilities of a depleting community — the Parsis — nestled in the middle of its diverse cultural smorgasbord. Article by...

Parsi Gara: Using History For a New Story

Parsi Gara: Using History For a New Story

How Ashdeen Lilaowala keeps traditional oriental embroidery craft distinct without adapting to the millennial culture Seated in the plush, spacious, newly launched store of textile designer and...