Feroza Mehta, a Parsi journalist, community volunteer, and autism advocate, will represent Minnesota at the Mrs. International 2026 pageant this July after being crowned Mrs. Minnesota International 2026. The national competition, taking place July 23–24 in Skokie, Illinois, brings together married women from across the United States for a program that emphasizes interview, fitness, eveningwear,… Continue reading Parsi Journalist Feroza Mehta To Represent Minnesota At Mrs. International 2026
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How two men refused to bend to press censorship during the Emergency
Dhun Mehta hollered a greeting as he passed by the compound of our office on the morning of June 26, 1975. Were we aware, he inquired, that prominent opposition leaders like Jayaprakash Narayan, Morarji Desai, Jyoti Basu, LK Advani and others had been arrested, censorship imposed and a state of emergency declared in the country?… Continue reading How two men refused to bend to press censorship during the Emergency
Rhea Mogul: A century-old rule shuts my daughter out of her own community. A court case could change that
Burning sandalwood thickens the air in a room that’s so exclusive only a vanishingly small number of people are allowed to enter. This is an agiary, a Zoroastrian place of worship for India’s Parsi community, where priests in white robes stoke a sacred flame around the clock and recite ancient Avestan prayers that have survived… Continue reading Rhea Mogul: A century-old rule shuts my daughter out of her own community. A court case could change that
Echoes in a Parsi attic: How a box of keepsakes opens story of early Jamshedpur via Mumbai
In 1935, Khurshed Maneckji Bharucha, the first Indian chief cashier of Tata Steel in Jamshedpur, borrowed ₹3.5 lakh from a friend who owned an island near Bombay. Soon, on an open ground at Bistupur junction, arose a four-storey building with partition walls made of surkhi, a burnt clay and limestone mix. Article by Sharmila Ganesan… Continue reading Echoes in a Parsi attic: How a box of keepsakes opens story of early Jamshedpur via Mumbai
The new Uber and Airbnb of real estate: Jimmy Mistry on Della Townships’ asset-light disruption
From a 30-key glamping resort in Lonavla to a ₹46,480 crore township pipeline spanning 4,288 acres across India, Jimmy Mistry wants to do to luxury real estate what Uber did to taxis. There is a word Jimmy Mistry keeps coming back to: disruption. Not in the casual, buzzword way that many startup founders deploy it,… Continue reading The new Uber and Airbnb of real estate: Jimmy Mistry on Della Townships’ asset-light disruption
The Iran League: Bombay’s bridge to Persia
In a creaking colonial building on DN Road, a group of volunteers works to keep alive the memory of a friendship between two nations — one that history, and geopolitics, seems poised to forget On the second floor of Fort’s Navsari Building — reached via a wood-panelled lift whose crank is still wound by hand… Continue reading The Iran League: Bombay’s bridge to Persia
Remembering Naval Jijina, the Reclusive Post-War Modernist Who Painted Mumbai
In a modest Parsi household in Andheri, where the pagri-clad patriarch passed away last month, there are no portraits of the departed — only ones painted by him. Propped on a narrow cot is a six-decades-old painting of a young girl named Firooza, alongside two landscapes evoking Google Maps: Naval Jijina’s signature aerial views from… Continue reading Remembering Naval Jijina, the Reclusive Post-War Modernist Who Painted Mumbai
BPP’s Leave-and-Licence to Tenancy Proposal: A Community Conversation on Housing Security and Trust Stewardship
Mumbai’s Parsi housing community is engaged in an important conversation on a matter that touches many families across Bombay Parsi Punchayet baugs and colonies: the proposed conversion of certain leave-and-licence arrangements into tenancy rights. The issue, long discussed within the community, has returned to public attention after the BPP Board reportedly cleared a process allowing… Continue reading BPP’s Leave-and-Licence to Tenancy Proposal: A Community Conversation on Housing Security and Trust Stewardship
Bombay High Court Upholds Tenancy Succession Claim in Dadar Parsi Colony Flat
In a judgment that will be closely read by many in the Parsi community, the Bombay High Court has upheld the right of Ms. Katty J. Mistry, now 81, to be recognised as the tenant of a flat owned by the Bombay Parsi Punchayet Funds and Properties in Dadar Parsi Colony. The matter concerns Flat… Continue reading Bombay High Court Upholds Tenancy Succession Claim in Dadar Parsi Colony Flat
