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WHY I DISSENTED TO THE MERITLESS ALLOTMENT TO OUR JT. DY. CEO?

● July 22, 2018 ●

By Trustee Viraf D. Mehta

Over the last few days a lot has been written about a 650 sq ft. 2RK flat in Cusrow Baug being allotted to the BPP’s recently appointed Jt. Dy. …

THE “YAZDI DESAI” YOU SHOULD REALLY KNOW!

● June 24, 2018 ●

THE DUPLICITY OF YAZDI DESAI

Dear Community members,

I attended Mrs. Anahita Desai’s campaign speech at Navroze Baug on 21st June, 2018. She was accompanied by her husband, the Chairman of the BPP …

REAL REASONS FOR DISHARMONY ON BPP BOARD

● January 24, 2017 ●

Last Saturday 14th January 2017, the Parsi Times weekly, owned by co-Trustee Kersi Randeria, carried an article with the four majority Trustees criticizing both Armaity Tirandaz and I on absolutely false and bogus reasons. …

IS THE TIME RIPE TO CONVERT LEAVE LICENSES TO TENANCY

● January 15, 2017 ●

As all are aware since the early seventies allotments of houses is being done by most Parsi housing charity Trusts on Leave and License basis and not Tenancy basis since eviction of a Licensee …

Trustee Viraf Mehta clarifies about the Heritage Walk at the Doongerwadi tomorrow.

● December 10, 2016 ●

I would like to clarify what my colleague Noshir has written.

Neither Mrs Tirandaz nor myself have dissented against the permission being given to Ervad Dr. Ramyar Karanjia for the Heritage Walk. At our …

Why I support ART

● April 9, 2016 ●

The Tirandaz family has been synonymous with social work for decades. I remember as a child hearing the name Rustom Tirandaz with grandeur. Every time he entered a hall he would a give a …

My First Quarter, in the punchayet

● January 27, 2016 ●

October 18, 2015 was a watershed moment in my life, being elected as the (youngest) Trustee of the Bombay Parsi Punchayat. It’s been a little over three months since I’ve taken office and this …

There is more to me than my surname

● September 28, 2015 ●

I am Viraf D. Mehta, the son of BPP Chairman Mr. Dinshaw Mehta. In October 2015, after 21 years, my father’s tenure as Trustee comes to an end, along with four other Trustees.

I …

BPP Press Release – Nominations for BPP Trustees’ Election – 2015

● September 20, 2015 ●

Mahiyar G Dastoor, Election President, announced the list of nominations received at the end of closing hours on October 18. Five seats on the trust are up for election for which Twenty Five candidates …

Agenda Point 1: Amend the scheme

● September 20, 2015 ●

In 1851, five great stalwarts of our community were declared as the first ever Trustees of the Panchayat. The Trustees themselves used to elect when there was a vacancy of the Trustees amongst themselves, …

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