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		<title>Villoo Morawala Patell: In Conversation</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 19:28:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>arzan sam wadia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“I want to explain to the people how India can add to the world’s wealth through innovation” Villoo Morawala Patell’s youthful looks and exuberant personality hides formidable learning in complex and cutting-edge fields such as genomics, proteomics, sequencing and metabolics. Original article by MoneyLife.com From a five-person academic start-up working from a university laboratory in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Parsis welcome New Year with prayers, treats</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 21:36:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>arzan sam wadia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Sundays, most people in the city like to wake up late, chill out and postpone work to a weekday. But on March 21, a Sunday, many Parsis in the city shrugged off their lethargy and started their very early to celebrate Navroze — the first day of spring. Navroze is the ancient Iranian new [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Steel frame of standards: Jamshedji N Tata</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:12:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>arzan sam wadia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Given the kind of factionalism that India is witnessing today, and the general air of intolerance that sweeps our land, there are very few things we can truly be proud of. One of them happens to be the fact that Tata Steel celebrated its 100th Founder&#8217;s Day on March 3 in Jamshedpur: a town where [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is It Too Little Too Late</title>
		<link>http://parsikhabar.net/about/is-it-too-little-too-late/2151/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:32:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>arzan sam wadia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mahatma Gandhi once said of them, “In numbers Parsis are beneath contempt, but in contribution, beyond compare.” By Nauzer K Bharucha, TNN, Never has the contrast been starker. The community that’s given India some of its best lawyers, musicians, industrialists, philanthropists and bankers is at the crossroads today. Barely 70,000 are left in India — [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Activist Nergis Irani Takes On Reliance in Dahanu</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jan 2010 13:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mnaaZ</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Activist Nergis Irani speaks with local Dahanu fisherwomen in the shadow of the power plant. by Sara Sidner / CNN Dahanu, India Nergis Irani is like a pit bull; once she sinks her teeth into something she won&#8217;t let go. That might explain why at 75 years old she won&#8217;t back down from a fight [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Vegetarian Parsi</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:23:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>arzan sam wadia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Rakshande Italia / Inside TORONTO DESI DIALOGUES: Turning vegetarian leaves a pleasant taste on the palate The past 15 days have been one of my most testing times. That&#8217;s because I decided to turn completely vegetarian. The reason &#8211; my Ayurvedic doctor suggested that the herbal medicine he gave me for my knee joints [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Supreme Court dismisses plea against Calcutta Parsi trusts</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:35:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Parsis in Kolkata have cause for cheer. The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a special leave petition (SLP) moved by The Assam Company Ltd against two charitable trusts run by the community. Calcutta High Court will now hear the matter and decide whether the company should vacate an office adjacent to Olpadvala Memorial Hall on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tributes paid to Firoz Gandhi on his 49th death anniversary</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 20:19:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>arzan sam wadia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Glowing tributes were paid by Congress leaders to veteran freedom fighter late Firoz Gandhi on his 49th death anniversary on Tuesday by lighting candles and placing wreaths on his grave in Parsi cemetery. Former UPCC secretary, Virendra Kumar Mohiley said that Firoz Gandhi always fought for the cause of the country and never compromised on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vadodra Parsis celebrate Navroze</title>
		<link>http://parsikhabar.net/about/vadodra-parsis-celebrate-navroze/1801/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 15:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>arzan sam wadia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Members of Parsi community celebrated the Pateti (Parsi New Year) with fervour here today. Parsis visited the Fire Temple in traditional dresses and greeted each other with sweets. J H Parabia, a senior citizen and leading member of the Parsi community told that even members from other communities greeted them presenting a picture of communal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ardeshir Cowasjee: A Brief Happy Interlude: Karachi of yore</title>
		<link>http://parsikhabar.net/about/ardeshir-cowasjee-a-brief-happy-interlude-karachi-of-yore/1680/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 15:38:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>arzan sam wadia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a fantastically written article Ardeshir Cowasjee reminisces about the Karachi of yore, his time as a student at the BVS Parsi school and gives a glimpse of Parsi life and culture in Karachi during those times. AMIDST the gloom and doom and the national scenario of death and destruction, with the horrific plight of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Zarine and Nozer Daroga: Daddy&#8217;s Deli: Parsi Restaurant in Bangalore</title>
		<link>http://parsikhabar.net/about/zarine-and-nozer-daroga-daddys-deli-parsi-restaurant-in-bangalore/1673/</link>
		<comments>http://parsikhabar.net/about/zarine-and-nozer-daroga-daddys-deli-parsi-restaurant-in-bangalore/1673/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 16:41:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>arzan sam wadia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few months ago, Parsi Khabar had introduced Daddy’s Deli to its readers. This is a Parsi restaurant serving authentic Parsi food in Bangalore. Recently mybangalore.com ran a nice article on the restaurant and the owners Nozer and Zarine Daroga run Daddy’s Deli. A bespoke Parsi restaurant that opened service in October 2008 from Indirangar’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Choslo Desai of Navsari</title>
		<link>http://parsikhabar.net/about/choslo-desai-of-navsari/1655/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 13:32:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>arzan sam wadia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The story about Choslo Desai was received via email. This incident was orally narrated by Late Ervad Saheb Eruchshah Karkaria and Mr.Minoo Tamboli of Navsari. Many decades ago there use to live a very honest and a pious priest in Navsari.As it is a practice amongst Priest of all Mobedi Tola’s to have pet names, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BPP Says It Tried to help Ferzin Batlivala&#8217;s Mother.</title>
		<link>http://parsikhabar.net/about/bpp-says-it-tried-to-help-ferzin-batlivalas-mother/1569/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2009 14:02:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>arzan sam wadia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday we reported about the really tragic story of little Ferzin Batlivala who died due to starvation. Here is a follow up article. In a case before the Bombay High Court on housing for poor Parsis, chief justice Swatanter Kumar incredulously asked: &#34;Are there poor Parsis?&#34; It may seem like an oxymoron; in reality, there [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Irani or Parsi, what&#8217;s the difference?</title>
		<link>http://parsikhabar.net/about/irani-or-parsi-whats-the-difference/1478/</link>
		<comments>http://parsikhabar.net/about/irani-or-parsi-whats-the-difference/1478/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 22:06:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>arzan sam wadia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Meher Marfatia in DNA India Who hasn&#8217;t smiled at quaint &#8220;By Order&#8221; instructions written in coloured chalk at Irani restaurant entrances? But walk to your corner café today. The interior will likely wear a special festive feel. It&#8217;s March 21. Spring Equinox &#8211; Nauruz. Or Navroze, as Parsis call it. How they pronounce or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Business big shot: Ratan Tata of the Tata Group</title>
		<link>http://parsikhabar.net/about/business-big-shot-ratan-tata-of-the-tata-group/1436/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2009 01:46:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>arzan sam wadia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When big decisions have to be made, Ratan Tata, chairman of the Tata Group, walks his dogs along the Mumbai foreshore by his beachfront home. The animals are likely to be in for a lot of exercise over the coming weeks. The 72-year-old is in talks with the British Government about a rescue loan for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Zee News tribute: Rohinton Maloo</title>
		<link>http://parsikhabar.net/about/zee-news-tribute-rohinton-maloo/1320/</link>
		<comments>http://parsikhabar.net/about/zee-news-tribute-rohinton-maloo/1320/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 01:46:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>arzan sam wadia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Akrita Reyar The sad news of Rohinton B Maloo being one of the victims of the mindless terror attacks in Mumbai has left me completely cold. Known as one of the avant garde and most charismatic personalities of media industry, Rohinton was at the same time one of the most friendly, down to earth [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Barbaric Wake Up Call</title>
		<link>http://parsikhabar.net/about/a-barbaric-wake-up-call/1303/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2008 23:18:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The terrorist attacks in Mumbai, which ordeal is not over even as I write, is, in my opinion a rude and dastardly wake up call. For Mumbai. For Bombay. That we are world citizens. The world has changed from even what I knew of it, let alone my elders and their reminiscing. Terrorism is such [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ancient Blessings Near the Flat-Screen TV</title>
		<link>http://parsikhabar.net/about/ancient-blessings-near-the-flat-screen-tv/1280/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 04:07:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>arzan sam wadia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By JAMES ANGELOS for NY Times PERVEZ PATEL, a Zoroastrian priest from Elmhurst, Queens, was wearing a long white robe and a white cotton veil over his mouth that looked something like a surgeon’s mask. Using a candle, he set fire to a small pile of sandalwood sticks placed on a dish covered with aluminum [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Enthronement of Pak Iranshah Saheb at Udvada</title>
		<link>http://parsikhabar.net/about/enthronement-of-pak-iranshah-saheb-at-udvada/1155/</link>
		<comments>http://parsikhabar.net/about/enthronement-of-pak-iranshah-saheb-at-udvada/1155/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2008 19:11:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>arzan sam wadia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is an email forward received from Behram P. Dhabbar on a newslist. Our forefathers had come to India and settled here with the prime objective of keeping the fire of our religion burning eternally. Hence it was but natural that soon after settling down in Sanjan their biggest desire was to consecrate a Holy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ratan Tata to be awarded with Doctor of Science</title>
		<link>http://parsikhabar.net/about/ratan-tata-to-be-awarded-with-doctor-of-science/1056/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:48:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>arzan sam wadia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Pratibha Patil will confer Degree of Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa) on top industrialist Ratan Tata at the 46th convocation of the Indian Institute of Technology here tomorrow. Patil, who will deliver the convocation speech, will also present President of India Medals as well as gold medals to the meritorious candidates of the institute. [...]]]></description>
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