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This book by a lawyer aims to revive stories of the Parsee community

This book by a lawyer aims to revive stories of the Parsee community

Lawyer Armin Wandrewala’s insightful work of fiction, The Moment of the Banyan, straddles between timelines and locales across old Bombay and Gujarat in her bid to resuscitate the precious stories of the Parsee community

26 April,2025 08:55 AM IST | Mumbai | Nandini Varma
Mumbai: Maharashtra Dy CM Eknath Shinde gets a feel of shaky wheels

Mumbai: Maharashtra Dy CM Eknath Shinde gets a feel of shaky wheels

Wheelchair-bound activist shows Eknath Shinde just how challenging footpaths are at Dadar Parsi Colony; During Shinde’s inspection, he visited the Dadar Parsi Colony (DPC), the city’s verdant residential area, near Khodadad Circle

17 April,2025 12:17 PM IST | Mumbai | Hemal Ashar
Mumbai: What Dadar Parsi Colony residents want? Safer footpaths

Mumbai: What Dadar Parsi Colony residents want? Safer footpaths

Dadar Parsi Colony residents demand M40 concrete, brooming effect, and preservation of heritage kerbstones

12 December,2024 11:13 AM IST | Mumbai | Sameer Surve
Rise of Mumbai residents actively using WhatsApp groups to address civic issues

Rise of Mumbai residents actively using WhatsApp groups to address civic issues

In the two years since the lockdown herded sparring residents into groups, between forwards and good mornings, major mountains have been moved

14 May,2023 10:08 AM IST | Mumbai | Jane Borges
How this Mumbaikar is winning hearts with his chalk, clay, lead mini sculptures

How this Mumbaikar is winning hearts with his chalk, clay, lead mini sculptures

A retired self-taught septuagenarian is winning hearts and awards for his chalk, clay and lead mini sculptures

02 April,2023 08:00 AM IST | Mumbai | Jane Borges
Resident on mission to make Dadar Parsi Colony wheelchair friendly

Resident on mission to make Dadar Parsi Colony wheelchair friendly

Physically challenged wheelchair using resident spearheads campaign after finding it very difficult to access facilities near his residence

24 September,2021 07:46 AM IST | Mumbai | Hemal Ashar
'Want to have every single building in Parsi Colony sketched for archival value'

'Want to have every single building in Parsi Colony sketched for archival value'

A Dadar Parsi Colony resident’s four-year-old attempt at using photos, anecdotes, municipal records, memories and sketches to the iconic neighbourhood in a book speaks of public participation in conserving the cityscape.

14 February,2021 06:52 PM IST | Mumbai | Jane Borges
Two-wheelers riders undisciplined, say Dadar Parsi Colony residents

Two-wheelers riders undisciplined, say Dadar Parsi Colony residents

Parsi Colony, where a child was killed, say they had written to the local police about the dangers of speeding bikers in their bylanes

13 August,2019 07:35 AM IST | Mumbai | Hemal Ashar
Hit a high five for Five Gardens

Hit a high five for Five Gardens

A green lung of the city, the Five Gardens vicinity of Dadar Parsi Colony, in its centenary year, is more of a cosmopolitan haven than you think

29 March,2020 09:32 AM IST | Mumbai | Meher Marfatia
Mumbai: Dadar Parsi Colony has been turned into 'Parking Colony'

Mumbai: Dadar Parsi Colony has been turned into 'Parking Colony'

Bombay High Court ban on parking under the Khodadad flyover has pushed all kinds of cabs into quaint Parsi Colony

25 December,2018 01:10 PM IST | Mumbai | Hemal Ashar

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