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Raghu Karnad the author of “ Farthest Field: An Indian Story of the Second World War” writes in about the new book. It features stories about Parsi soldiers in World War 2. Three young men gazed at...

What better metaphor for disorientation than an acid trip? Viraf has been in America for two months, and the differences from his home in Bombay might best be described by how he feels about Ali,...

Leading Pakistani novelist Bapsi Sidhwa reflects on growing up during Partition and how it fed into her comedy novel The Crow Eaters. We examine the complicated relationship between Pakistan, its...

This chromolithograph is taken from plate 4 of William Simpson's 'India: Ancient and Modern'. The artist depicts the teeming street of the bustling city of Bombay (Mumbai), a hub of India trade. A...

An interview highlighting our newest author, Tinaz Pavri and her book Bombay in the Age of Disco. Keep an eye out for its release this spring! 1. In a brief summary describe your transition from...

Yuhan Sohrab-Dinshaw Vevaina, eminent Zoroastrian scholar at Stanford University and a good personal friend of Parsi Khabar brings out the much-awaited Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Zoroastrianism...

Rohinton Erach Kadva writes in Appeal to preview and purchase my book entitled ‘Enlarged Compendium of Zoroastrian Calendars’. I am a civil engineer settled with my wife in Bangalore for the past 36...

The following book review was recently published in the FEZANA Journal. The FEZANA Journal is the leading publication of FEZANA and over the last two decades and more has become the leading...

Parsis have a comical way of describing their unfettered zest for life using an unusual mix of sarcasm and wit. Having adopted Gujarati as their mother tongue on their arrival to India in 1384 AC,...

Poet and critic Adil Jussawall's "Trying to Say Goodbye" is among eight books of poetry conferred the prestigious Sahitya Akademi Award 2014, it was announced here Friday. Apart from this, five...

The book was an accidental baby. But being pro-choice (for books, at any rate) the author would not abort it, and raised it with love, satire and laughter. When the book was ready, it was sent off...

This book is a revised and updated edition of Sam Bahadur's approved biography, written by his trusted military assistant. Many biographies tend to be anecdotal and chronological, and this one is no...

We still don't know how to make him talk, but if you want to hear Rohinton Mistry sing, give him a lifetime achievement award. The lawns of Bandra's Mehboob Studios turned into a makeshift Texas for...

Mistry has the inspired storyteller’s knack of looking at finer details. Passion Flower has a cover of such exquisite charm that, like the hero of one of the stories in the seven short stories in...

Cyrus Broacha is a morning person. He also seems to be one of those people who have a plan for each day, a schedule they rigorously follow. Coming up against that side of his personality can be...

The values at the heart of the Tata Group as well as the role played in its development by the philanthropic trusts that own two-thirds of the company are explored in a new book that is a brief...

Cyrus Mistry's play Doongaji House (1977) won him the Sultan Padamsee Award, positioning him in the limelight when he was just 21. Despite this early claim to fame, Mistry has preferred to remain...

A riveting account of the life and times of the first Field Marshal of India. Review By PURNIMA S. TRIPATHI | Frontline IN April 1971, General Sam Hormusji Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw, the Chief of...

We are happy to present a full write-up from the authors of this amazing book on India’s Greatest Soldier and a proud Parsi Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw.   Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw: The Man...

Best known for his book about the marginalized community that deals with the dead, award-winning author Cyrus Mistry released his long-awaited collection of short stories this week. Article by...

Celebrated poet Keki N. Daruwalla talks about his newest collection “Fire Altar” and his interest in history and myth Article by B. Bhattacharya | The Hindu Not all historians are trustworthy....

There's almost nothing on earth I enjoy more than a disgruntled Parsi. Or, well, a Parsi in a good mood. Or a Parsi celebrating his/her 95th birthday. Or a Parsi after his/her fourth whisky, at a...

Reticent author Cyrus Mistry on Saturday beat off stiff competition from five other writers to become the fourth winner of the $50,000 DSC prize for South Asian literature on Saturday for his book...

Reclusive writer Cyrus Mistry, whose book Chronicle of a Corpse Bearer  has been nominated for the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature, prefers the classics to the contemporary —  books as well as...

Marketing holds tremendous importance in the publishing industry and ensures a book doesn't become a sinking stone, says Cyrus Mistry, the reticent author of "Chronicles of Corpse bearer." "Like all...

Position ma puncture -- If you have any doubt about what this phrase could possibly mean, think like your favourite Parsi. If that doesn't work, wait for Sooni Taraporevala and Meher Marfatia's...

Meher Marfatia & Sooni Taraporevala on why they turned archivists with a new book that's trying to 'save' quirky Parsi phrases. By Tinaz Nooshian, Mumbai Mirror It's well past tea time when...

Meher Medora presents a book on Amdavad Parsis which her husband began & she completed Parsis may be dwindling in numbers. But, they stand out in all their shining glory. A member of the...

Ava Jesia’s first book, Tower, takes inspiration from her Parsi upbringing By Indian Express SHE is an English teacher who is currently between jobs, but Avan Jesia has a lot to keep her busy right...

Author Bapsi Sidhwa met Sikander Khan at a party in Houston. They began swapping memories of Lahore, which was when Sidhwa realised they’d been neighbours as kids. Book Review by Joanna Lobo | DNA...

Just after 7 pm on a weekday, in weather that counts as the Mumbai winter, I make my way through the quiet bylanes of Dadar Parsi Colony. Reviewed by Rohini Nair |The Asian Age It’s dark enough for...

Meher Gandevia-Billimoria informs us about a great new book she authored as a fundraiser for an organization Centre For Advancement of Philanthropy The book,CUISINE FOR A CAUSE is a unique cookbook...

The best part of Zareer Masani's memoir, And All is Said, on his late parents – Minoo Masani and Shakuntala – is the candour with which he tells the story of their tempestuous lives. By Rasheeda...

Peyvand Khorsandi interviews Elizabeth Laird about her recent book SHAHNAMEH: THE PERSIAN BOOK OF KINGS What do you get the little people in the family for Norouz or as Indian Parsis call it Navroj?...

Faramerz Dabhoiwala is a Parsi boy made good — in fact, his new book on sex has very quickly become just about the hottest property in the literary world. When an online article on The Origins of...