Mid-Day Mumbai – Bombay,India … Having no heirs, she wrote it off to her sister Goolbanu and it went onto her son Naryman Dubash, known for promoting the cause of Parsi priests. … Continue reading at Mid-Day
Category: Heritage
“Much before the modern five-star hotels
“Much before the modern five-star hotels came up in Mumbai, the city’s swankiest hotel was ‘The Grand’. It is today a fraying three-star hotel, but the Parsee family that owns it still boast of how they held out to overtures by the Reliance Group to buy them out.” Continue reading at Economic Times
Love and Longing in Lahore
Kolkata Newsline – New Delhi,India … can remember. Even after partition, I would trot along with my mother who had an entire brood of Parsee relatives in Mumbai. If …
West Bengal starts missing its vultures
Rediff – India … But urban development and ac9;The Renegade Diet'>The Renegade Dietcidental poisoning have almost wiped out the birds, leaving Parsis divided on how best to treat the dead.
Gujarat to be projected as prime tourist destination
NewKerala.com – Ernakulam,Kerala,India … shining examples” to offer in communal harmony, Mr Modi said the state plans to promote places like Uddawa in Surat district, where a huge Parsi community is … I think the article mistakenly puts Udvada in Surat District.
Parsis: Pioneers of Cricket in India
Business Standard – India … It is also interesting to learn that it was the Parsis who first took to cricket, which was followed by the Hindus and Muslims. …
The Parsis of Navsari
Architectonics has an excellent set of pictures on Navsari. Go to the Flickr Set here
