At the time of their election, the present Trustees of the Bombay Parsi Punchayet had given a specific undertaking that, in the working of the BPP, there would be complete transparency and accountability. In order to uphold this pledge, a meeting of the members of the Anjuman Committee was convened on Saturday, November 12, 2011, at the Sir Ness Wadia Pavilion lawns in Rustom Baug, where all the seven BPP Trustees and well over 2,000 hamdins were present.

The meeting commenced with a Hum Bundagi by our scholar – Priest Ervad Asphandiar Dadachanji, panthaky sahib of the Vatcha Gandhi Agiary. Then, Chairman Dinshaw Mehta gave an overview of the biennial accounts and activities of the BPP in a nutshell. He pointed out that the corpus of the Trust, including R94 crore Liability of Refundable Security Deposit, now stands at R228 crore. read more

The Parsis of Valsad are legitimately proud of the fact that one of their most illustrious sons, Justice Jamshed B. Pardiwala, has been elevated to the bench of the Gujarat High Court. He is the youngest person to be so honoured.

To celebrate this historical occasion, Mr. Burjorji Cawasji Pardiwala, President of Valsad Parsi Anjuman and Justice Jamshed’s revered father, and his band of dedicated committee members had organised a grand function on November 5, 2011, at Bejan Baug, Valsad.

A host of eminent personages, including Vada Dasturji Dr. Firoze M. Kotwal; BPP Trustees Khojeste Mistree and Yazdi Desai; Vice President of FPZAI Mr. Areez Khambatta; Managing Trustee of the Valsad Parsi Anjuman Mr. Sam Rusi Chothia; and read more