Category: History

The TATA Group

The Tata family has a tiny stake in Tata Sons, the holding company which owns the controlling stake in all the companies under the banner. Ratan Tata himself is said to own about one per cent stake in Tata Sons. Around 65 per cent of the shares in Tata Sons are held by different Parsi… Continue reading The TATA Group

A Forgotten Empire

What has the Persian Empire done for us lately? It is the arrogance of the present to imagine that all of human history reaches its culmination, and unveils what was all along its hidden purpose, in the generation that happens to be breathing at this moment upon the surface of the earth. Those earlier nations,… Continue reading A Forgotten Empire

A Glimpse of Things to Come

Architect Jimmy Mistry’s daughter’s Navjote is the setting for the Parsi community’s vast and varied cultural heritage serving as a precursor to his May festival “The Parsi youth today have become much dissociated from their culture; I want to bring it back to them,” is the ambitious and passionate statement of architect Jimmy Mistry. And… Continue reading A Glimpse of Things to Come

The Nation’s Consciencevala

Eminent jurist, outspoken critic, Nani A. Palkhivala devoted his life to upholding the Indian Constitution By T.R. Andhyarujina “God’s gift to India” is what C. Rajagopalachari called this extraordinary man. Nani A. Palkhivala’s versatility and extraordinary achievements have been recorded in innumerable books both by Palkhivala himself as well as by his many admirers. But… Continue reading The Nation’s Consciencevala

Dwindling Numbers in India

Concerns for dwindling numbers. Seminars on how to save their race. In 1940, when their number in India was a sizeable 1.14 lakh, the community probably never imagined that 67 years later, it would be fretting over its strength. Parsis came to India from Iran 1,100 years ago “for a better way of life”, as… Continue reading Dwindling Numbers in India

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