This near-300-page volume is an encyclopaedic account of Ideal Jawa and Yezdi’s history and is overflowing with insights. Book reviewed by Ruman Devmane | Autocar India That The Forever Bike makes you huff, puff and grunt every time you attempt to lift it off the coffee table, is itself an exciting premise for anybody with… Continue reading The Forever Bike by Adil Jal Darukhanawala: Book review
Month: April 2019
Hong Kong-based Parsi couple renew pledge to donate $22.5 mn to hospital at Breach Candy
A Hong Kong-based Parsi tycoon and his wife on Saturday renewed their pledge to donate $22.5 million (Rs 160 crore) to the financially-ailing Parsi General Hospital (PGH) at Breach Candy in south Mumbai. The couple, Jal and Pervin Shroff, had earlier set a March 31 deadline to resolve the fierce opposition by some Parsi activists… Continue reading Hong Kong-based Parsi couple renew pledge to donate $22.5 mn to hospital at Breach Candy
Ban on Parsi newsletter shows an old press tradition
The ban on the distribution of the newspaper in community housing estates, which houses nearly 5,500 families, was ordered by the BPP’s chairperson Yazdi Desai Last week, HT had reported that a newsletter, which was critical of the management of the Bombay Punchayet (BPP) – the largest Parsi-Zoroastrian representative body – was banned from some… Continue reading Ban on Parsi newsletter shows an old press tradition
