Dear Readers, A flurry of written, audio and video messages have been thronging our cell phones and social media platforms all week – as the unfortunate incident of physical assault on a BPP Trustee that took place on 8th September, outside a Courtroom, refuses to die out. It was a deplorable act, one that made […]
Laika, a happy Labrador, loves everyone – except the vet. The family dreads the day she has to be taken to the clinic for a routine check-up. Laika dog recognises the clinic from the end of the street and starts panicking. Her case is not uncommon. For most pets, visiting the vet is fraught with […]
Paralympics India Shine At Rio 2016 Paralympics: Devendra Jhajharia won the gold in the Men’s Javelin Throw F46 event and created a new record of 63.97 meters. Deepa Malik bagged a silver in the Women’s Shotput F53 category. Mariyappan Thangavelu clinched the gold medal, while his fellow competitor Varun Bhati grabbed bronze in the Men’s […]
A Candid Interview With BPP Trustee Kersi Randeria PT: September 8th – not a day that you are likely to forget…. Kersi Randeria: When you get physically assaulted for doing your duty, and simultaneously, a fire guts your office on the same day, it would definitely be a day I will find difficult to forget. […]
Three of the BPP Trustees – Chairman Yazdi Desai, Trustees Zarir Bhathena and Noshir Dadrawala wish to express their solidarity with their colleague Trustee Kersi Randeria. This is especially in keeping with the fact that Kersi Randeria’s presence in the courtroom on the 8th of September, 2016, (the day when, as per the reports, he […]
Letter From Complainant And Ex BPP Trustee, Khojeste Mistee Dear Editor, I am writing to correct the misleading stories being churned out by the Mehta family, and to put in context the shocking brawl in the court premises on September 8, 2016. As the sole complainant, having lodged an FIR against Dinshaw Mehta, I was […]
In ‘Raaz Reboot’ we are shown a couple Shaina (Kriti Kharbanda) and Rehaan (Gaurav Arora) in Romania, in Dracula’s homeland Transylvania to be precise — an extremely noble gesture on the part of the filmmakers to forewarn us! Rehaan has chucked a job in India, one through which he could buy a house within three […]
BPP athletes bagged thirteen gold medals and three Individual trophies for the fastest athletes in their respective age groups. Four BPP athletes were awarded double golds at the Bombay City District Athletics Association, which held its Annual Athletic Meet at the University Stadium on 1st and 2nd September, 2016, followed by the Mumbai Divisional Meet […]
‘Pink’, as the title suggests, denotes femininity and the film is all about feminism – women’s rights, social mores etc. in a country where a girl’s character is decided by her dress and the time she returns home at night. Fine-tuning the legal system in India is no easy task for a defence attorney up […]
On getting to know of Vada Dasturji Khurshed Dastoor’s visit to Dallas (Texas), the Zoroastrian Association of Houston (ZAH), sent a formal invitation to Dasturji Khurshed and wife Havovi, which was gracefully accepted, inspite of the short notice and tight schedule. Dasturji’s cousin in Dallas, Er. Yazdi Dastoor kindly undertook the four hour drive to […]
Based on the 2012 novel by ML Stedman and spanning 32 years – from the end of WW1 to 1950, LBO is as evocatively emotional as it is refreshingly riveting. Shot in New Zealand and Australia, LBO tells the story of Tom Sherbourne (Michael Fassbender), who, after his stint in the Great War, takes up […]