The huge Rustomjee Cowasjee Banajee Agiary (Agiary – is a fire temple in which Parsi Zoroastrians pray) at 26 Ezra Street in Central Kolkata has been turned into an electrical market of sorts, but who cares! Article by Phiroze Edulji | News World India The Kolkata Municipal Corporation know that time and tide wait for… Continue reading Banajee Agiary in Calcutta is now an Electrical Market
Category: Heritage
Keka the Quintessential Ogre
He was the quintessential ogre. To my 6-year-old eyes there did not exist a more ferocious giant than Keka. When I first saw the Bollywood movie ‘Sholay’ and Gabbar boasting about his notoriety and how for miles his name was invoked by all mothers to frighten their children to fall in line, that Keka’s image… Continue reading Keka the Quintessential Ogre
Birds and Bees: Growing Up
The girl gang consisting of tweens was growing up fast. Every evening and earlier on holidays, we would meet, talk, play, cycle around, exchange school news and happily pass our time together. In fact, whenever we had to go out with our parents there would be protests and resistance. We hated missing out on the… Continue reading Birds and Bees: Growing Up
Concert Between M and N
I woke up at 8 that day since it was a Saturday and a school holiday. As was my habit, I headed straight for the balcony, ignoring my Mum’s pleas to first brush my teeth and finish my morning ablutions. There was a huge truck parked underneath and the workers were removing wooden planks and… Continue reading Concert Between M and N
Crime steals Parsi heritage town Udvada’s thunder
Could flagrant and repeated armed robberies in the Parsi Mecca of Udvada, a sea town 177 kms from Mumbai mar the glint of Modi’s 20-crore development boost, including December’s grand Iranshah Udvada Utsav? By Shailesh Bhatia | Mid-Day In January of 2014, barely weeks after Prime Minister Narendra Modi had assumed office, he met the… Continue reading Crime steals Parsi heritage town Udvada’s thunder
Heroes forgotten: Searching for the Dinshaws of Karachi
This is the story of a Parsi father and his son; their services for the city of Karachi long forgotten by the non-Parsi community of the city or the country. The father was Edulji Dinshaw, and the son Nadirshaw Edulji Dinshaw. The city today has hospitals, educational institutes and residential colonies that are products of… Continue reading Heroes forgotten: Searching for the Dinshaws of Karachi
Neighbors
I had gone to stay with my daughter in one of the Mumbai suburbs. I casually inquired about her neighbors. I had not seen her visiting any of her neighbors or any neighbors coming over to visit us. “Where is the time to visit anyone?” she countered. “Also, entertaining anyone after a full day’s teaching… Continue reading Neighbors
