On 29th January, 2025, the Ministry of Minority Affairs (GoI), conducted a workshop on the Jiyo Parsi Scheme which is aimed at arresting the population decline of Parsis in India, at Kabilpore in Navsari. Chief Guest, Alok Kumar Verma – Deputy Director General, Ministry of Minority Affairs, presided over the workshop; alongside NCMA’s (National Commission […]
On 8th November, 2023, the National Commission for Minorities (NCM) under the Ministry of Minority Affairs, GoI, held a formal, online hearing of the complaints filed by Hyderabad’s Jehangir Bisney and Nianaaz Darabna (resident) as regards the sewage blockage crisis faced by Hyderabad’s 119-year-old Bai Maneckbai Nusserwanji Chenoy Dar-e-Meher. Hyderabad-based activist Jehangir Bisney had initiated […]
It was a rekindling of the ‘Parsis of Bhavnagar’, reconnecting to their roots in the historic, royal city of Bhavnagar, thanks to the invitation extended by Princess Brijeshwari Kumari Gohil – the convenor of Nilambaug Palace as well as INTACH – Bhavnagar. (History: The Parsis’ arrived in Bhavnagar, in abundance from South-Gujarat, over 130 years […]