Parsi Khabar

Organiser – New Delhi,India … Even Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, personally a very devout Hindu, was denied entry to the Puri temple because she married a Parsi and thereby shared that …

They are as coveted as priceless jewels. And lording over this treasure chest is the dwindling Parsi community. When realty prices in cities are hitting the roof as land becomes increasingly scarce, Parsi-owned realty, primarily residential, is worth its weight in gold. Continue reading at the TOI. [...Hat tip...Sakshi...]

As the director Homi Adajania, whose first film, “Being Cyrus,” is being released in December, put it: “After all, India is not just Bollywood and a Punjabi wedding.” Adajania’s India is most certainly not. “Being Cyrus” is a dark, unsettling film about the members of a dysfunctional Parsi family who let a stranger into their [...]

Going platinum Frilly frocks and flaky dal poris–RTI celebrates 75 years Parizaad Khan Mumbai, November 16: THE Sir Ratan Tata Institute supplied the snacks to my school canteen. On the pizza halves, the layer of cheese was as thick as the base and when you bit into a Nutty Finger, it was a perfect blend [...]

For the first time ever in The Bahamas, a couple tied the knot twice in one day! Bahamian and Indian cultures merged a few weeks ago in Nassau, when Darius Unwala exchanged vowes with Rashmi Prakash Lodha in a Parsee wedding ceremony, followed by a civil ceremony in the same location. More than 200 guests [...]

Pratik Bhandari writes on his blog I have always been fascinated by Parsi people, their loving demeanor, their lore, of how their ancestors landed on the coast of Gujrat and eventually got asylum here. This was when the arabs invaded Persia. Today people in Iran are considered ‘arab’ because of their religeon, but actually people [...]

An airplane is flying over the United States at night. The pilot says “Ladies and Gentlemen, we have lost an engine, and need to lighten our load, we have dumped all excess fuel, but the plane is losing altitude. All baggage is being jettisoned.” A little later, the pilot says “Ladies and Gentlemen, we’re still [...]

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Published on the web by Star on August 29, 2005 Mumbai – Hundreds of vultures once circled above a sacred area in one of India’s poshest suburbs, waiting to feed on the remains of followers of an ancient religion that does not allow its dead to be buried or burned. Older members of the small-but-prominent [...]

Online access to the Zoroastrian Calendar courtesy TheLalis

Express India Stage artistes take a bow for Sunshine Boy of theatre …Theatre personalities pay tribute to Hosi Vasunia over food, wine at NCPA; recall memories of working with the star…

Mumbai Mirror …However, Zoroastrian scholar, Khojeste Mistree did not agree. “For more than 3,000 years, ethnicity and religion has been intertwined for Parsis,” he said….

Afternoon Dispatch & Courier – Bombay,India … any religion) is a different ball-game altogether.The open ‘universal’ (?) fire-temple which will be open to all Zoroastrians, including non-Parsi spouses and …

Rediff – India … Persian architecture. Iran is also the birthplace of our beloved Parsis who, centuries on, continue to believe in Ahuramazda. Iran …

Financial Express – Bombay,India … At home, I enjoy making the chowk (the Parsi rangoli) everyday. I love cooking. … She says, “As a Parsi, I will target the rich Parsi industrialists in Mumbai. …