The Bombay Parsi Punchayet’s (BPP) plan to set up a waste segregation and composting unit at a plot near the Tower of Silence has been scrapped after community members opposed it. Article by Yesha Kotak | Hindustan Times “The elderly, a large section of the orthodox community believe that the waste treatment plant goes against… Continue reading Bombay Parsi Punchayet scraps plan of using plot near Tower of Silence to segregate waste
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Prohibition of liquor is hypocrisy says Lord Bilimoria
It was an ambition and with humbleness Cobra beer could still sting the beer market with its entry. According to the founder and chairman of Cobra beer, Lord Karan Bilimoria, the combination of the two words – humble and ambitious – made his life ‘humbiciously easier’ against all odds. Article published in the Herald Goa… Continue reading Prohibition of liquor is hypocrisy says Lord Bilimoria
Shapurji Saklatvala: Labour Against Empire
In 1922 card-carrying communist Shapurji Saklatvala was elected on a Labour Party ticket, becoming the first MP of color in the party’s history. Article by Matt Myers | Jacobimag Shapurji Saklatvala was the Labour Party’s first MP of color. A largely forgotten figure today, he was a card-carrying member of the British Communist Party and… Continue reading Shapurji Saklatvala: Labour Against Empire
Fali Mistry, the Cinematographer Who Taught Bollywood the Importance of Cameramen
Fali Mistry was known for the imaginative imagery he created out of a dramatic interplay between light and shade. Even the hard to please Baburao Patel, in his Filmindia review of the Nargis-Dilip Kumar-Munawar Sultana starrer Babul (1950), had to concede, “Babul is a rich and pleasant picture with maddeningly beautiful photography. Fali Mistry, the… Continue reading Fali Mistry, the Cinematographer Who Taught Bollywood the Importance of Cameramen
Why is India’s Parsi community going extinct?
It is a welcome decision of the Indian government to fund new fertility clinics to help save its dwindling Parsi population which is now under threat of extinction. The Parsis should be grateful that the Indian government actually cares about preserving their community and is even on board monetarily to reverse the decline. The government… Continue reading Why is India’s Parsi community going extinct?
New Publication on Dinshah P. Ghadiali & his Spectro-Chrome therapy
Contemporary science is validating light and color as a beneficial therapeutic tool. It has been generally accepted that light and color affect the mind and body. Violent juveniles placed in a pink detention cell will relax, stop banging and yelling, and fall asleep within ten minutes. An estimated 1,500 hospitals and correctional institutions have incorporated… Continue reading New Publication on Dinshah P. Ghadiali & his Spectro-Chrome therapy
Dadar Parsi Colony: A Photo Tour
My first encounter with Dadar was back in 2004 when I used to travel from Churchgate to Dadar during the evening rush hour. Most of my journey would go in planning my exit strategy from the crowded local train. Dadar has since been synonymous with crowd and chaos and something that should be avoided at… Continue reading Dadar Parsi Colony: A Photo Tour
Like Sugar in Milk By Majlend Bramo: Pre-Order Now
We are happy to inform our readers about a new book on Parsis, “Like Sugar in Milk” is now available for pre-order. The book by Majlend Bramo shall be launched around Jamshedi Navroze 2018. WHAT: The story of a migration. This is a story that many people might not know. The story of the Parsis,… Continue reading Like Sugar in Milk By Majlend Bramo: Pre-Order Now
Behroz Sam Wadia: In Memoriam
Two weeks ago on the 1st of February my mother Behroz Sam Wadia passed away after a brief illness, in a mind numbing suddenness that is difficult to comprehend. Mummy was 70, having been born in the year of India’s Independence on November 2nd 1947. Just a day or two before she passed away we… Continue reading Behroz Sam Wadia: In Memoriam
