[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]In keeping with our policy of ensuring both sides of the story is heard, PT presents Trustee Viraf Mehta’s take on the ongoing scenario[/otw_shortcode_info_box] Let me start by apologizing for this sordid state of affairs at the BPP. Never, when I stood for elections, did I expect some of my fellow Trustees…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]Though our monthly column, ‘BPP Connect’, is scheduled to appear on the first Saturday of every month, Parsi Times was requested to publish an urgent piece of information, in the interest of the community, which upon considering the following news, we readily decided to share with our readers. We will continue with our…
BREAKING NEWS!!! MUNCHI CAMA MOVES CC OFFICE FOR A STAY ORDER Even as PT publishes in this issue about BPP Chairman Yazdi Desai’s letter expressing angst about Trustees Viraf Mehta’s and Armaity Tirandaz’s refusal to sign the agreements of our hopeful community members, who have been allotted housing in the last few weeks, it appears…
On the 20th of August, 2016, which marked the Birth Anniversary of India’s Ex-PM, Bharat Ratna Rajiv Gandhi, the Mumbai Congress Minority Wing (MCMW) felicitated select members of the Parsi community for their achievements, with the ‘Rajiv Gandhi Sadbhavna Awards’, at the YIAMAS Hall, in South Mumbai. Chief Guest, MP, Ashok Raoji Chavan (President, Maharashtra…
The birthday of Lord Zoroaster is celebrated as a mini New Year among the community. He was perhaps the first prophet we know, who specifically gave a moral character and direction to religion. Even though today it is the smallest of the major religions of the world based on the number of its adherents, it…
Zoroastrians observe Khordad Roj of Fravardin Mah as Khordad Saal. This is the sixth day of the first month of the Zoroastrian calendar. Each of the 30 days of the month, as also each of the 12 months of the Zoroastrian calendar, is dedicated to an Amesha Spenta (Bounteous Immortal) or a Yazata (Adorable Spiritual…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]Nothing adds more to the gist of ‘Parsipanu’ than our Parsi nataks. We all love our Parsi dramas and it’s a ritual during our Navu Varas to go for one with our families and friends. And though we end up calling some nataks ‘koyla’ for their mind-numbing levels of ridiculous slapstick, the truth…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]A big part of the heart of ‘Parsipanu’ lies in hanging on to our old, classic cars! Each colony has its own share of these classic splendors, carefully wrapped up through the week or the month, to be unveiled only when you know you have a good six to eight uninterrupted hours to…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]It’s true! ‘B’ is as much for Bawas as it is for Bikes! What could define ‘Parsipanu’ better than our love for motorbikes and bicycles? A delightful read for vintage bike lovers, Kerfegar Eduljee shares interesting insights into the history of the classic beauties of the early 1900s…[/otw_shortcode_info_box] The Flying Scot: As the…
PARSI FREEDOM FIGHTERS IN THE INDIAN INDEPENDENCE MOVEMENT: Bhikaiji Rustom Cama (1861–1936): was one of the foremost woman freedom fighters in the Independent Movement.Whilst in London she came in contact with Shyamji Krishna Varma who was famous for his fiery nationalist speeches in Hyde Park. He introduced her to Dadabhai Naoroji, the then president of…
Parsi, thy name is charity” is a common expression that probably traces its roots to the time of the British Raj. No less a person than Mahatma Gandhi has acknowledged, “I am proud of my country, India, for having produced the splendid Zoroastrian stock, in numbers beneath contempt, but in charity and philanthropy, perhaps unequalled,…