Two early twentieth-century Parsi-owned bungalows on Bandra’s sought-after Perry Cross Road are set to disappear from the neighbourhood’s changing skyline, making way for two luxury residential towers. ‘Gladhurst’ and ‘Kavas Lodge’, standing on land belonging to Wavelash and Sunbeam societies, near Carter Road, will be redeveloped by Supreme Universal. The one-acre property is described as […]
Continuing his winning streak, champion marathon runner, Taronish Irani, claimed gold in the 10km race, clocking a timing of 36 minutes and 8 seconds, at the Mumbai Monsoon Marathon, held on 6th July, 2025, in Bandra. This latest triumph follows Taronish Irani’s stellar runs at the Bombay City District Athletics Association Championships, the Aamchi Mumbai […]
Last weekend saw World For All Animal Care and Adoptions (WFA), an animal welfare NGO founded by Taronish Balsara, hold its annual and Asia’s largest stray adoption camp – The ‘Adoptathon 2019’ in Bandra, Mumbai. With over 180 Indie pups and kittens up for adoption, the Adoptathon helped 93 strays find their forever homes. In […]
XYZ (Xtremely Young Zoroastrians), under its MAD (Make A Difference) Initiative, titled ‘XYZ Vessel-a-thon’ organised a vessel collection drive, aimed at providing vessels to all in the city who eat off newspapers and cannot afford to buy vessels to cook or eat in. Over the last 3 weeks you have been reading about this drive […]
10મી સપ્ટેમ્બર 2017ને દિને બાન્દરામાં આવેલા તાતા બ્લોકસના જામાસ્પ તાતા પેવેલિયનમાં બાન્દરાના એકસવાયઝીગુ્રપના રૂસ્તમ’સ રોક સ્ટારે (આરઆર)એ સિનિયર સિટીઝનો માટે સુપર 60સાંજની ગોઠવણી કરી હતી. આરઆરના વોલેન્ટીયરના માર્ગદર્શન હેઠળ પાંચથી પંદર વર્ષના બાળકો દ્વારા આ કાર્યક્રમ હાથ ધરવામાં આવ્યો હતો. કાર્યક્રમની શરૂઆત થયા પછી કાર્યક્રમમાં આવેલા 72 સિનિયરોને નાસ્તો પિરસવામાં આવ્યો હતો. કાર્યક્રમમાં ગ્રાન્ડ પેરેન્ટસ […]
On 10th September, 2017, XYZ’s Bandra group – Rustom’s Rockstars (RR) – organized ‘Super 60’, a senior citizens’ evening, at Bandra Tata Block’s Jamasp Tata Pavilion. Children between five and fifteen years of age, under the guidance of RR’s volunteers, conducted the event commencing with felicitations, followed by refreshments offered to all seventy-two senior attendees. […]
King Circle: King Circle was born based on a development plan proposed by the Bombay Improvement Trust in 1911, suggesting that Dadar-Matunga Scheme and the gardens proposed, be laid out at the highest point of Vincent Road, East of Matunga Station. However, the circle which encompasses ‘Maheshwari Udyan’ garden, was given its present form in […]
Linking Road: Linking Road, previously known as Dadabhai Navroji Road, was one of the first arterial roads that ‘linked’ the suburbs of Bandra and Juhu, during the 1940s. Linking Road and Hill Road are two main shopping hubs for street stalls in the suburbs of Mumbai. Over the years, Linking Road has stretched beyond its […]
XYZ’s ‘Amazing Ketayun Conquerors’ and ‘Brilliant Ketayun Conquerors’ organized a fun-filled kite-flying event, marking Makar Sankranti, on 14th January, 2017. 250 members brought along friends and family to fly kites and gas balloons in the morning, at the Avabai Petit School, Bandra. This was followed by lunch.