“People trust Air India to carry those nearest and dearest to them, even when they themselves might fly on another airline!†Recognising from carriers like Singapore Airlines how valuable a differentiator service could be, the carrier will now focus on it. From its grandiloquent old proposition of ‘Your Palace in the Sky’ it is now… Continue reading Air India Symbol Undergoes Change
Category: Heritage
Sorabji Byramji Sanatorium residents allege harassment from BPP…
The 46 Parsi families residing there live in deplorable conditions and according to them the BPP Trust does nothing about it. Instead they want them to vacate the premises, they declare The Parsi community in Mumbai seems to constantly be in the news lately. And it’s for all the wrong reasons! Even as tempers are… Continue reading Sorabji Byramji Sanatorium residents allege harassment from BPP…
Hill Road hawkers
Hill Road has long since been a bone of contention between the shopkeepers, the residents, the ward officers and the hawkers. Protests were evident when the BMC announced their plan of widening the road by acquiring land from the Parsi agiary, school and church. The BMC is going ahead with its plans anyway, despite the… Continue reading Hill Road hawkers
Yazdani Bakery Fights Inflation and Globalization
The nearly century-old bakery, set amid crowded streets lined by massive stone Victorian-era buildings near the city’s Stock Exchange, looks like a gingerbread house and stands out in sharp contrast to the other shops, which mainly sell electronics goods. Irani mans a drawer filled with soiled rupee notes and dispenses quick change and chatter with… Continue reading Yazdani Bakery Fights Inflation and Globalization
Ancient religion may face extinction
This article appeared in the Boston Globe. I cannot seem to find the online direct link. However, read on… As screaming children raced around the hall in joyous play, adult workers readied food in the kitchen, while others set up chairs and tables. The holiday dinner of the Zoroastrian Association of the Greater Boston Area,… Continue reading Ancient religion may face extinction
Aden to India: Shifting of the Parsee Fire Temple
Shifting of the Parsee Fire Temple from Aden to India (Aden 1886 – 1976) The Flames of Faith: A Historical Saga by Pervez Daruwala Jam-e-Jamshed Weekly, Parsi New Year Special Published originally on Sunday, 16th August, 1998. ‘Lhotse’, Air lndia’s Boeing 707 began taxiing on the tarmac and as the big aeroplane lost touch with… Continue reading Aden to India: Shifting of the Parsee Fire Temple
Heads of UNESCO National Commissions to Finalize Norouz File
Heads of UNESCO’s national commissions in ten countries sharing the Norouz tradition will get together in Tehran in April 2007 for a final review of Norouz file to be sent to UNESCO for inscription in World Intangible Heritage list. Tehran, 13 December 2006 (CHN Foreign Desk) — With the completion of Norouz dossier for world… Continue reading Heads of UNESCO National Commissions to Finalize Norouz File
