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 VarmaWheelchair-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 AsharDadar Parsi Colony residents demand M40 concrete, brooming effect, and preservation of heritage kerbstones
12 December,2024 11:13 AM IST | Mumbai | Sameer SurveIn 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 BorgesA 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 BorgesPhysically 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 AsharA 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 BorgesParsi 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 AsharA 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 MarfatiaBombay 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 AsharADVERTISEMENT