Re-development Initiative

The Bhendi Bazaar is well known in Mumbai, with its huge Bohra population, and colourful market, its the perfect area for Dawoodi Bohra spiritual leader Syedna Mohammad Burhanuddin to redevelop. His initiative calls for the renovations of 270 buildings in the Bhendi Bazaar vicinity to rehouse 25,000 resident (mainly Dawoodi Bohra tenants) into new buildings. [...]

Dawoodi Bohra’s Entering The Professional World

The Dawoodi Bohras are a very close-knit community.

The majority of Dawoodi Bohras in the past have been traders. Not anymore. It is increasingly common for the Bohra community to have a major piece of the professional world. Sri Lanka in particular, many have chosen to become doctors. As the encouragement from the leaders is to [...]