Parsi Khabar

We received this via an email tip. It makes interesting reading. Author Unknown
When my time has come, when my race is run
I want to go that very way of my Fathers and their Sons.

When my breath has left and life is not around

Don’t extinguish me by the Flame or lock me underground.

Cause I don’t want [...]

This write up was forwarded to us by email. I don’t know the author or the source. However it makes fascinating reading, and something that a lot of people will relate to.

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

Parsis remember their dear departed

10 days prior to New Year, community observes Muktad ceremony at city agiaries

The Parsi New Year is nine days away. But much before the celebrations begin, it is time to remember the departed souls. The Muktad ceremony takes place during the last 10 days, when agiaries all over the world [...]

Mr. Mehta was popularly known as the uncrowned king of Karachi and the prophet of the poor…

Celebrating the 54th death anniversary of Jamshed Nusserwanjee Mehta (who served as the mayor of Karachi before Independence and is known for his contribution to the downtrodden), the Theosophical Order of Service (TOS) organized a commemoration meeting last [...]

Ruby Lilaowala remembers Muktaad, in the Afternoon D.C.
Muktaad are the ten days preceding the Parsi new year which are devoted to intense prayers and elaborate rituals for the departed souls (Mukt-Atmas). Whenever I visit a fire temple and see the daily offerings of flowers, fruits and sweets (Prasad) my mind rewinds to the kitchen of [...]

The above is one of a series of 55 photographs taken by Gilles Crampes. These are pictures of the Zoroastrians of Yazd.
Check out the entire gallery here
[Hat Tip: Vikram J. Parekh]

The Zoroastrian Trust Funds of Europe (Inc) invites you to join in a Jashan and reception to honour
Lord Karan F. Bilimoria CBE of Chelsea

at the Zartoshty Brothers Hall, on Sunday 15th October 2006 at 3:45pm

This function will be graced by dignitaries from all the major political parties as well as leaders of other Faiths.

On [...]

Sepia Mutiny the power house Indian group blog points out to a response by a blogger to the NYTimes article.
Amardeep at Sepia Mutiny writes
Perhaps the reluctance by more conservative Parsis to accept intermarriage has to do with exactly the kind of internalized racial thinking the blogger (who is not a Parsi him/herself) is talking [...]

A centuries old custom has triggered off a bitter debate within Mumbai’s influential Parsi community.
The Parsi community is now divided over how to dispose off their dead. The bodies are kept in a well for vultures to feed on in a tradition called Dokhmenishin dating back to the 16th century. Under community law, the Towers [...]

In his day job, Kersey H. Antia is a psychologist who specializes in panic disorders. In his private life, Mr. Antia dons a long white robe, slips a veil over his face and goes to work as a Zoroastrian priest, performing rituals passed down through a patrilineal chain of priests stretching back to ancient Persia.
After [...]