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Adille Sumariwalla: Getting an Olympic medal in athletics is my one-point agenda
‘We keep climbing one step and slipping three. In 2004, our relay team was 7th in the world. Then we slipped from there. Otherwise, today our 4×400 metres relay team would have been gearing for a medal...
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Ads galore for Bombay Parsi Punchayet elections
BATTLE FOR VOTES: For better recall value, Parsis are being peppered with advertisements by candidates putting a question mark over the code of conduct They may not be throwing lavish dinner parties or...
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Electronic Voting Machines, 500 officials for big, fat Parsi polls in Mumbai
With just a week to go for the Bombay Parsi Punchayet (BPP) elections, aspiring trustees have been giving stump speeches at colonies across Mumbai. On Wednesday, three candidates, who are canvassing...
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Only in Mumbai: 17 hour queue for Western classical music
But Audience For Zubin Mehta Event Suffers Culture Shock At Box Office MUMBAI: Apart from Ganpati Darshan or something like the final of the cricket world cup, no one in Mumbai queues up for as long as...
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Daara Patel: In Conversation
Daara B. Patel is one of the candidates standing for the Bombay Parsi Panchayet 2015 elections. Below are three video messages he sent us to share with our readers....
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Finding Men of Honor
An Op-Ed by Maneck Davar Dear Humdins, As the BPP election draws to a close, I am left with mixed feelings of desolation and hope. Desolation, because of the plight of our humdins I have met,...
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Why we should all care about the Bombay Parsi Punchayet elections
The administrative body controls a vast corpus of funds as well as significant property: a chunk of the prosperity of contemporary Mumbai. Article by Dinyar Patel |Scroll In a matter of days, one of...
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Supreme Court Orders Status Quo on Parsi Lying In Hospital Case
The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice to all Trustees of Parsi Punchayat and managing of Parsi Lying-in Hospital and directed that there be status quo on its development after Punchayet chief...
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Crime steals Parsi heritage town Udvada’s thunder
Could flagrant and repeated armed robberies in the Parsi Mecca of Udvada, a sea town 177 kms from Mumbai mar the glint of Modi’s 20-crore development boost, including December’s grand Iranshah Udvada...
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Parsiana Editorial Viewpoint on Bombay Parsi Panchayet Elections
Yes, No, Can’t say Parsiana, Editorial Viewpoint, Issue Date: 07-Oct-2015 Covering a Bombay Parsi Punchayet (BPP) trusteeship election with 23 candidates (two dropped out on September 30) vying for...
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Zoroastrian Presence at the 2015 Parliament of World’s Religions
Nearly 20 Zarathushtis are part of the FEZANA delegation at the 2015 Parliament of World’s Religions at Salt Lake City Utah, United States of America. Over four days they are part of over 9500...
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Concert Between M and N
I woke up at 8 that day since it was a Saturday and a school holiday. As was my habit, I headed straight for the balcony, ignoring my Mum’s pleas to first brush my teeth and finish my morning...
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Election unlocks Bombay Parsi Panchayet’s 200 Crore Assets
Appointment of new trustees at Bombay Parsi Punchayet will end the charity commissioner’s stay on its properties The Parsi community voted on Sunday to choose new trustees and chairman for the 350-year...
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Parsis skipped their Sunday dhansak to vote
Punchayet Elections Witness Lower-Than-Expected Turnout Article by Nergish Sunavala | Times of India Serpentine queues marked the Bombay Parsi Punchayet (BPP) elections on Sunday , but for once they...
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Parsiana Magazine: A Window Into A Vanishing Culture
Sustaining Parsiana’s high-quality journalism is quite a task given the declining numbers of people interested in the Parsi way of life. “The Parsi community is such a marvel that it does not need the...
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Kersi Dubash Brings Sari Exhibition to Islamabad
Indian trader, Kersi Dubash is in town once again with an exquisite collection of apparel dominated by timeless ‘saris’ that are sure to arrest the attention of Islamabad’s middle and elite classes....
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Sharmine Panthaky To Head Orchard Advertising’s Mumbai Operations
Orchard Advertising has got in Sharmine Panthaky as vice president and branch head of its Mumbai office. Prior to this she was national head – retail and customer engagement at Interspace Solutions....
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Havas Worldwide’s Rayomand J. Patell: A Peek at his week
Of problems with IT heads, co-pilots and finding magic in each client And for my third Sunday at the office, a few stray thoughts and a few general observations and a few points of view (all my own...
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Results of 2015 Bombay Parsi Punchayet Trustee Elections
The Bombay Parsi Punchayet Trustee’s Election 2015 Results The Bombay Parsi Punchayet Trustee’s Election 2015 were held on 18-10-2015 at the following venues: Sir Shapoorji Bharucha Baug, Andheri...
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Lord Karan Bilimoria: UK should welcome people from overseas
As a 19-year-old in India in 1981, Karan Bilimoria was unusual in wanting to study in the UK. Many of his contemporaries were headed for the US. He remembers them asking: “What are you doing going to...
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