My initial interaction with Dhunji Naterwalla took place about four years ago, during a Union negotiation between Dhunji and the BPP Board. As a BPP Trustee, I remember entering into a one-on-one discussion with Dhunji, when things had gone south and it appeared that both sides would end up in court. My aim was to…
Dear Friends, On behalf of our Team Parsi Times and myself, I wish all our readers, their families and friends and all our Parsi / Irani Zarthosti brothers and sisters, a joyous and prosperous Saal Mubarak! May the New Year bring in an abundance of happiness and may we all succeed in our collective efforts…
For the first time in all these years of greeting the community on Jamshedi Navroz, I feel the need to say a little more… My term as a trustee started with great promise, as our trio – Late Zarir Bhathena, Noshir Dadrawala and I – with the active support of then BPP Chairman, Yazdi Desai,…
During last week’s BPP meeting, held on the 12th of October, the resolution for postponing the BPP elections yet again, this time to October 2022, passed by just two Trustees, would have resulted in the further and continued disenfranchisement of the community. Chairperson Armaity Tirandaz and Trustee Viraf Mehta passed this resolution, in the absence…
Even as it goes against my grain to speak up at variance with my fellow trustees, especially Chairperson Armaity Tirandaz, my greater loyalty lies in being transparent with the community and hence, I am putting this forth in the public domain… This Tuesday, 11th October, 2021, was the final nail in the coffin. Ten days…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” background_color=”#e8e8e8″] Clause 4 of the NM Wadia Charity Trust reads: IT IS HEREBY AGREED AND DECLARED by and between the said parties to these presents that they the Trustees and each of them according as all of them jointly or any one or more of them shall have the same vested in their…
The new BPP Board started working in October 2015. For the first three and a half years, we proudly proclaimed to one and all, that BPP was not selling any houses and genuinely catering to the needs of the poor and underprivileged community members, especially in need of Housing. However, from Day One itself, my…
Saal Mubarak to you and all your loved ones! We welcome the New Year with a sense of hope and much needed healing, in keeping with the challenges, damage and loss caused by the second wave of the pandemic, not too long ago. Life goes on, and as we learn to adjust and adapt to…
The Refund Of Service Charges… A few weeks ago, in my address to community members, particularly those staying in BPP baugs, I had reported my suggestion to the Board, as regards the Service Charges issue. I had reiterated, that since the community members, who had not paid the Service Charges had been allowed to pay…
Need To Implement ‘One Trust – One Rule For All Beneficiaries’ Over the past few months, I have been receiving an increasing number of mails and calls from community members who feel “cheated” and “treated unfairly” by the BPP. This is with regard to the unresolved ‘Rs. 750/- increase in Service Charges’ issue, where these…
Ten years is a long time and yet, it seems like only yesterday when we launched Parsi Times, after much soul-searching, number-crunching and discussions. Much thought and deliberations went into considering whether there was space for one more weekly, given the integral presence of the much respected and sole, princely Parsi newsweekly – Jame Jamshed. …