By Anish Trivedi I first met Parvez in my investment banking days. Getting a grip on different sectors in the economy. At that time Parvez was a man who could count his chickens before they hatched, running a poultry business. Not one to put all his eggs in one basket, he went on to start… Continue reading Parsis know how to party
News and Updates
Why offer space to Ismat Chughtai?
Milli Gazette – India … best whether she died as a Muslim) complimenting the facts that Ismat Chugai’s daughter is married to a Hindu, another daughter is married to a Parsee and her …
Veeranis more popular than the Batliwallas
agencyfaqs.com – New Delhi,India … She says, “‘Batliwala: House No. 43’ could not perform as per expectations because it featured a Parsi family, which didn’t quite have national appeal. …
Ratan Tata felicitated at United Nations
On December 05, 2005, Ratan Tata was awarded the “Quality of Life Award” at the United Nations in New York. AU’s College of Human Sciences launched the International Quality of Life Awards as an annual occasion to honor people and partnerships who make significant contributions – in the spirit of the College’s own mission –… Continue reading Ratan Tata felicitated at United Nations
Labour of love
This book has a little bit for everybody. City of Sin and Splendour: Writings on Lahore, edited by Bapsi Sidhwa, Penguin, Rs.395. AN anthology is like a Jack of all Trades — it has a little bit for everybody, but ends up being master of none. That being said, City of Sin and Splendour is… Continue reading Labour of love
A film man’s life without the gossip!
Hindu – Chennai,India … We get fascinating accounts of the upper middleclass Parsi life in the country and, excellent pen portraits of some of the author’s favourite persons, grandpa …
Author plans holiday home for street kids
Delhi Newsline – Delhi,India New Delhi, November 30: As a seven-year-old Indian migrant in London, Zerbanoo would sell tiny flags outside a hotel run by her Parsi parents. …
Adopted daughter repays with murder
Mid-Day Mumbai – Bombay,India On Wednesday afternoon, the last evidence in the infamous murder case of senior citizen Adi Cursetjee was examined at the sessions court. Cursetjee’s close friend and complainant, Navroz Jilla, spoke to Anand Hollaabout the gruesome murder. Adi uncle would repeatedly warn his adopted daughter Geeta that he would disown her from… Continue reading Adopted daughter repays with murder
Parsi Boy In A Red T-Shirt
So they were not Muslims. That little boy who loved cricket and who vanished in that post-Godhra carnage, belonging to a perfectly hardworking, reasonably honest middle class locality, was not a Muslim. So don’t create perverse noises of protest. Let him be. Let him be. He was a little Parsi kid who disappeared. You killed… Continue reading Parsi Boy In A Red T-Shirt
