Well done, bawa! Rustom Baug smashes a tonne Byculla’s 32-building Parsi housing enclave set to celebrate 100th birthday with year-long events planned by grateful residents Buildings are being lit up at Rustom Baug. Pics/Atul Kamble The landmark Rustom Baug Parsi Colony in Byculla East marks a historic 100 this year. Celebrations begin for the residential… Continue reading Rustom Baug Is 100 Years Old
Category: Heritage
Streetwise Kolkata: Parsee Church Street, named after Kolkata’s 183-year-old Parsi fire temple
A significant part of the lane and the larger neighbourhood’s documented history starts during the 19th century when the Parsi and Jewish communities began settling here. Written by Neha Banka | Indian Express A significant part of the lane and the larger neighbourhood’s documented history starts during the 19th century when the Parsi and Jewish… Continue reading Streetwise Kolkata: Parsee Church Street, named after Kolkata’s 183-year-old Parsi fire temple
Multi-Faceted Sapal Balaporia
Our dear friend and contributor Havovi Govadia sends us another beautiful memory about times, places and people of yore. To read all of Havovi’s previous articles on Parsi Khabar click here In my youth, I would often hear the refrain “The Parsis of old were very bold”. From my grandparents and other seniors I would… Continue reading Multi-Faceted Sapal Balaporia
175 years after Parsis flocked to Karachi, glimpses of the community’s fading history
On April 22, 1847, Parsis from across India assembled in Karachi as the foundation for the city’s first Tower of Silence was laid. Article by Ammad Ali | Scroll Photos of long-time Parsi residents of Karachi. | Ammad Ali On the spring morning of April 22, 1847, when the Siberian migratory birds were singing a… Continue reading 175 years after Parsis flocked to Karachi, glimpses of the community’s fading history
Streetwise Kolkata: Parsi Bagan Lane, a neighbourhood that played important role in freedom struggle
What is less well known is the lane’s association with the development of psychoanalysis in the subcontinent. Article by Neha Banka | Indian Express Parsi Bagan Lane in Kolkata. (Express Photo by Shashi Ghosh) Not very far from the Sealdah railway station in Kolkata and just a short walk from the 108-year-old Raja Bazar Science… Continue reading Streetwise Kolkata: Parsi Bagan Lane, a neighbourhood that played important role in freedom struggle
Godrej locks its history in Amar Chitra Katha in outreach to youth
The challenge, Godrej says, was to reach a younger audience and children who might have had very little association with the brand It is not the first time the history of the Godrej family is being written. In its centenary year in 1997, film journalist and former editor of Filmfare and Screen B K Karanjia… Continue reading Godrej locks its history in Amar Chitra Katha in outreach to youth
When the British asked the French to jail Madame Cama
When the British asked the French to jail Madame Cama, the ‘mother of Indian revolution’ For decades, the British government surveilled the Parsi freedom fighter. Article by John O’Brien A postal stamp depicting Bhikhaiji Cama. | India Post/ Government of India/ Wikimedia Commons The struggle for Indian independence from British rule was not only carried… Continue reading When the British asked the French to jail Madame Cama
