Malabar Hill police are investigating how Byram Jeejeebhoy, who holds a US citizenship, obtained an Indian voter identity card By Abhijit Sathe & Manoj R Nair / Mumbai Mirror Byram Jeejeebhoy, great-grandson of Mumbai’s best-known philanthropist, Sir Jamshedji Jeejeebhoy, was detained at Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport on Wednesday following a lookout notice issued against… Continue reading Sir JJ’s heir held for fake voter ID
News and Updates
Parsi children return to their roots
A decade ago, karate champion Vispi Kapadia (52) lost his five-and-a-half-year-old daughter Fareena. Seven years ago, she appeared in his dreams and asked him to do "something for children" and the annual Zochild Day was born. By Anahita Mukherji, / TNN Every year, the Zoroastrian Children’s Foundation (of which Kapadia is a trustee) celebrates the… Continue reading Parsi children return to their roots
Parsis have civilization; other Indians don’t
Culture is our attitude to beauty and ugliness, to power, to religion, and to family. It shows in our music, in what makes us laugh. Civilization is our attitude to mankind By Aakar Patel / Mint Indians have culture but not civilization. Culture is how we entertain ourselves; civilization is how we entertain others. Culture… Continue reading Parsis have civilization; other Indians don’t
India’s New Drone plane named after Dr. Rustom Damania
The Indian Air Force announced its latest project: a remote drone plane that is named after its chief designer Dr. Rustom B. Damania. Here is a link to more information about the drone. And below is an email from Maneck Bhujwala on this topic. Friends, It is a proud event to know that India’s new… Continue reading India’s New Drone plane named after Dr. Rustom Damania
Alice in Bhuleshwar: Kaiwan Mehta
A book review of Alice in Bhuleshwar: Navigating A Mumbai Neighbourhood by Kaiwan Mehta While wandering through the streets of Mumbai’s old town, Kaiwan Mehta comes across a Venetian-style bust of a 19th century Bombay ‘merchant prince’ atop the Swadeshi Market along Kalbadevi Road. A few streets way, he discovers a Jain temple, one side… Continue reading Alice in Bhuleshwar: Kaiwan Mehta
Think value, think vintage
Luxury is now about a different idea, an out-of-the-world experience, not just products and names… This week I am in Bombay where, between interviewing the Chief Minister and an encounter specialist who survived 26/11 (but still has a bullet lodged in his right elbow), the city helped me remember something unique about luxury I had… Continue reading Think value, think vintage
Of An Edwardian India
When life in a Parsi household was lived at a leisurely pace… By Silloo Mehta Indian cities were beautiful a century ago. Bungalows had gardens, leafy parks were well maintained and flowering trees arboured the streets. There was an air of space, tranquillity and wellbeing. We were a joint middle class family, Grandpa the benign… Continue reading Of An Edwardian India
Ratan Tata addresses Taj employees on Nov 26 2009
In an internal meeting this evening, Tata Group chairman Ratan Tata will address staff of the Taj Mahal Palace & Tower Hotel and say a short prayer in memory of the guests and employees slain in the terror strike on November 26 last year. "The Taj Mahal Palace and Tower, Mumbai will hold a solemn… Continue reading Ratan Tata addresses Taj employees on Nov 26 2009
Dorabjee & Sons: Flavours of the Past
Going to Dorabjee’s is like stepping into the pages of a Farrukh Dhondy short story (many of which were set here, in the gullies of Sarbatwala Chowk). In fact, looking around, we could swear we spotted characters like the crafty Minocher Toot, the sanctimonious Soli Kolmi and the tight-fisted Miss Bepsi Kohla sitting at nearby… Continue reading Dorabjee & Sons: Flavours of the Past
