Parsi Khabar

We want to educate the youngsters of the Parsi community about their religion and culture…

The Russian Cultural Centre at Peddar Road is currently showing an exhibition on the Zoroastrian religion, their history in Iran and their presence in India. The exposition will be on, today and tomorrow from 11:30 am to 9:30 pm followed by [...]

New year coincides with birthday of Persianfounder of Zoroastrianreligion.
An overflow crowd packed the California Zoroastrian Center in Westminster on Saturday to celebrate the Iranian new year and – in what is probably the oldest birthday celebration in history – the birth of Zoroaster, the founder of the faith, by some calculations born nearly 4,000 years [...]

CYRUS H. MERCHANT describes and FARZANA CONTRACTOR photographs Udvada for the UpperCrust. A tribute to the Holy City of the Zoroastrians on the occasion of Jamshedi Navroze today.

The 20th day of the Zoroastrian calendar is not just another day, but a date with Victory. For, it belongs to the angel Behram Yazata who presides over [...]

Yesterday was Navroze, the 2,500 year-old festival of the vernal equinox that a wide swathe of Asia celebrates. The two gentle communities from Iran who are part of us naturally celebrated it: Parsis and Baha’is.
If you look, there are powerful messages coming from the calendar. This year, Easter and Eid-ul-Milad-un-Nabi, the Prophet’s birthday, are both [...]

Iranian Ben Sarjhi has been photographing the architecture of his homeland for many years.

The whole collection is found here

A feature film by a photographer has a few advantages. It is crisp, taut and precise, and rarely suffers from avoidable fluff. Being Cyrus falls into this category. A debut venture by director Homi Adajania, it is sure to take you by surprise.
You cannot help gasping at the way it weaves a gripping tale [...]

‘Being Cyrus- Bollywood stars speaking English in a darkly twisted tale about a Parsi family and the ’stranger’ they let in it changes their lives forever . Even as the film is getting raves from critics and industry alike- the all star-cast, Saif, Dimple, Boman and wunderkind Homi talk about what went into the tale [...]

Bawas and Bollywood
A quick quiz question: Which dialogue is probably Bollywood’s most memorable line after Shashi Kapoor’s ‘Mere paas maa hai’ from Deewar and Amjad Khan’s ‘Kitne aadmi thhe’ from Sholay?

The answer is ‘Tumhara khoon khoon aur hamara khoon paani’ from Yahudi.

And the man who delivered that line was Sorab Modi, who is synonymous with [...]

Boman Irani talks about playing his first Parsi character onscreen and dating Sushmita Sen!

Faheem Ruhani ednesday, March 22, 2006 18:35 IST

What was it it like finally playing a Parsi in ‘Being Cyrus’?

It’s a mixed feeling. I am glad to play a challenging character, but I am wary of being stereotyped. I played a Parsi in [...]

Being Cyrus, a psychological thriller by debutant film maker Homi Adajania will open in theatres this Friday. The cast of the film may not be star laden but it sure has some fine actors – Naseeruddin Shah, Dimple Kapadia, Saif Ali Khan and Boman Irani
Set in the Parsi milieu the film is in English the [...]

The indomitable zest of the Parsi community in the city came out in full force at the Navroze celebration at the Dadar Parsi Gymkana grounds yesterday, as the entire Fasli community of south Mumbai came together.
Actress Perizaad Zorabian, Rustom Irani Foundation trustee Boman Irani – not the actor — and sculptor Arzaan Khambatta joined in [...]

CITY’S PARSI community celebrated Janshedi Navroz at Parsi Anjuman Mirbai Marg on Tuesday.
Jamshedi Navroz is a Spring festival which falls on March 21 stated to be the start of springs and also the vernal equinox of the sun. Hence the name was kept as Navroz, which literally means the New Day.
This is the most [...]

On the occassion of Jamshedi Navroze, the Persian New Year, I received a very interesting email from a friend, Tamina Davar.
She writes about Navroze and what it means. And raises some very interesting points.
This email is published here with her permission. You can leave comments below and she will answer them for sure.
If you’d [...]

The Parsi community in the city will soon usher in its New Year by celebrating Jamshedi Navroz.
JAMSHEDI Navroz is knocking at the doors of Parsis in the city, and with it, the community will welcome its New Year with its typical affability and zest for life.
Navroz is a time for Parsis to take out their [...]

Jamshedi Navroze is one of the three main festive days in the Parsi Calendar. The others being Parsi New year in August and Khordad Saal, the birthday of Zarathustra.
Navroze falls on March 21st, which is also Spring Equinox. It is celebrated the world over in various manifestations. It heralds the coming of Spring. In Iran [...]