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Days after the late British rocker Freddie Mercury’s greatest champion, his mother Jer Bulsara, passed away quietly in her sleep in the UK, a wave of grief has hit Dadar’s Parsi Colony, where the extended Bulsara family continues to live. “I cannot believe Jer kaki is no more,” Jehangir, Freddie’s second cousin, told mid-day at… Continue reading Old relatives from Mumbai pay tribute to Jer Bulsara

“What better way to pass time?” Mirza has been holding down the mystery warehouse where Santa Fund boxes are packed and organized since September. He says the operation becomes “more high tech” with each passing year. by Laura BeestonStaff Reporter, thestar.com “The brains behind these operations have thought of everything now,” he tells me, “The… Continue reading Toronto’s Fred Mirza Volunteers On 74th birthday making Santa Claus Fund boxes

A day after the Tata group sacked Cyrus Mistry as chairman and appointed Ratan Tata as interim chairman, there is widespread dismay in the Parsi community at the way events unfolded. “This is a very sorry state of affairs for the community. It was not expected from somebody who is holding a stature this big.… Continue reading Mistry Vs Tata: Duel of ‘dikras’ has Parsi community shaken and stirred

The court of Additional Sessions and District Judge Mohammad Gulzar on Tuesday acquitted Kobad Ghandy, an alleged leader of banned CPI (Maoist), of all charges in a six-year-old case. He was booked by police in 2010 for delivering two “anti-national” speeches at Punjabi University. Article by Manish Sirhindi | The Tribune After his acquittal by… Continue reading Patiala court acquits Kobad Gandhy of all charges

Somerville College, Oxford Press Release THE CORNELIA SORABJI LAW PROGRAMME Cornelia Sorabji, the first female law student at Oxford in 1889 continues to provide a pioneering link between India and the University of Oxford. Cornelia Sorabji was not only Somerville College’s first Indian student, but was also the first Indian woman to study at any… Continue reading Cornelia Sorabji Law Program at Oxford

Ervad Kobad Zarolia was invited to represent Zoroastrians at this Conference held in Jerusalem Israel.  This was the brain child of Bawa Jain Secretary General of World Council of Religious Leaders and Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Israel. Religious Leaders of Eastern Religions were invited to have meeting with Israel  Leaders and Jewish Religion Heads.… Continue reading Kobad Zarolia Represents Zoroastrian Faith at Israel Conference on Ancient Faiths

Justice Shiavax Jal Vazifdar, Acting Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, was Saturday evening sworn in as permanent Chief Justice of the High Court by Haryana Governor Kaptan Singh Solanki at Raj Bhawan. Talking to the media after taking oath, the Chief Justice said the decision on the demand for a separate… Continue reading Shiavax Jal Vazifdar sworn in as Chief Justice of Punjab & Haryana High Court