Why Are BPP Elections For 2 Vacant Seats Being Constantly Postponed??? For over a year now, all crucial community decisions, which are meant to be made by a Board of Seven BPP Trustees, are made by just Three so called ‘Majority Trustees’ – Chairperson Armaity Tirandaz, and Trustees Viraf Mehta and Xerxes Dastur. The vital […]
. The appeal filed by BPP Trustees Kersi Randeria and Noshir Dadrawala, against the order passed by Hon’ble Justice Menon, was upheld by the bench of Justice Shahrukh Kathawala and Justice Vinay Joshi. Community members will recall that on 9th March, the three majority trustees – Armaity Tirandaz, Viraf Mehta and Xerxes Dastur – had, […]
“Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men.” – Seneca, Greek philosopher Never is strong leadership more needed than in a crisis. To say that the more than three and a half centuries old Bombay Parsi Punchayet is presently in a crisis would be an understatement. It is riddled with needless controversies and […]
The loss of Cawassa (as I would fondly call him) leaves a void that will be very difficult to fill. He was as strict, as he was compassionate. He was as kind, as he was firm. He was a simple man dedicated to his work and totally committed to the welfare of the community. Cawassa […]
On the 10th of June, 2020, the Bombay Parsi Punchayet (BPP) wound up its Food Program that it ran for a month and a week… Within a few weeks of the imposed lockdown, even as the BBP’s Helpline fell in place, the BPP struggled with the challenge of providing good, wholesome food to members of […]
Overcoming what seemed to be a stalemate for a long period of time, on 19th November, 2019, the Bombay Parsi Punchayet (BPP) signed a new, 3-year Agreement with the Mumbai Mazdoor Sabha (MMS), for the welfare of the employees and workers of the Union. The Agreement was signed by BPP Chairman, Yazdi Desai and MMS […]
An increasing number of residents and commuters in the Kemps Corner-Malabar Hill area have resorted to parking their vehicles inside the Doongerwadi, in keeping with the lack of parking space and the heavy fines imposed for wrongful parking in Mumbai. This has led to BPP, which manages the Doongerwadi, charging a fine of Rs. 500 […]
Congratulations to BPP Trustees for their wise, bold and progressive move to bring peace, harmony and happiness in our peace-loving Community! We all share a fundamental wish to live a happy life with peace and harmony. Poverty, illiteracy and over population hinder progress and development. Luckily, we are a small community, affluent in status and highly […]
Mumbai, August 30, 2019: In an innovative move aimed at bringing the Parsi Community together and tackling its challenges, the Trustees of Bombay Parsi Punchayet have unanimously decided to constitute a 16-member Consultative Committee comprising of prominent Parsis from different walks of life with specialist skill sets. The objective of forming such a Consultative Committee […]
On 18th June, 2019, the Chairman and Trustees of the Bombay Parsi Puchayet (BPP) called for a condolence meeting to pay tribute to the memory of two of our Community’s most cherished and respected High Priests – Vada Dasturji Dr. Kaikhusroo Minocherji JamaspAsa, the High Priest of Anjuman Atashbehram, Mumbai; and Vada Dasturji Kaikhusroo Navroz […]
Excellent Navroze Special Issue By PT! Our wait for PT’s yet another Special issue was totally worth it when we received the splendid comprehensive issue on 16th March. Your excellent theme of positivity and happiness was well supported by superb articles which had us thinking, laughing and thoroughly entertained through the week! It was a […]