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 […]
If YOU are a middle-class / poor Parsi (entitled to Free Housing at affordable rents as per the wishes and will of our munificent donor – the gracious and benevolent Lady Jerbai Nusserwanji Wadia), COULD YOU AFFORD THIS??? How can Trustees, who have ‘UPON TRUST’ been assigned their duty as ‘TRUSTEES’, to alleviate […]
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 […]
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 […]
Even as the issue of good governance has been at the centre of what appears to be a great divide between the five current BPP Trustees, it has been an issue where Noshir and I stood firm, as a matter of principle, rather than allowing the rule of the majority to eclipse all parameters of […]
Towards the end of last week, a Chargesheet was filed against the ex-Chairman of the BPP – Dinshaw Mehta, based on the FIR filed against him in February, 2014. Parsi Times (PT) received this news, and upon verification, found it to be factually correct. Even as PT decided to report this in last Saturday’s edition, […]
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 […]