Archive for 'Events'

2010 Survey of Next Generation Zarathushtis

Posted 16 March 2010 | By arzan sam wadia | Categories: Blog News, Events | No Comments

Below is a request from good friend Jim Engineer over at NextGenNow. Please do take the survey.
Dear friends,
Nowruz Pirooz va har rooz Norooz! Navroze Mubarak!
We hope this e-mail and upcoming new year weekend finds you well!
We are pleased to launch our 2010 Survey of Next Generation Zarathushtis and we would really appreciate your participation. [...]

Thinking Big

Posted 29 January 2010 | By Mehernaaz Sam Wadia | Categories: Culture, Current Affairs, Events, Opinion | 12 Comments

In the 10th century, a group of Zoroastrians arrived from Iran on the shores of Gujarat, India, and sought refuge in the kingdom of Jadi Rana in Sanjan.
An oft-told tale then describes a meeting between the reigning Hindu king and the community chief, Dasturji Nairyosang Dhaval. “My kingdom is like a cup of milk, full [...]

Oldest Parsi high priest is a lawyer, flautist

Posted 28 January 2010 | By arzan sam wadia | Categories: Current Affairs, Events, History, Individuals | 26 Comments

By Nauzer K Bharucha / TNN
Perhaps for the first time in the more than 1,300-year history of the Parsis in India, the community’s oldest high priest at age 83, was anointed at Navsari in Gujarat on Tuesday. Kaikhusro Navroz Dastoor Meherjirana, a respected scholar priest, is interestingly also an advocate, author of two books on [...]

Report: 9th World Zoroastrian Congress

Posted 19 January 2010 | By arzan sam wadia | Categories: Events | 7 Comments

The following is a report filed by Marzban Giara on the occassion of 9th World Zoroastrian Congress held in Dubai in December 2009.
The 9th World Zoroastrian Congress was held at Dubai from 28th to 31st December 2009. Its theme was “Unity through the sands of time”. As many as 700 Parsi/Irani Zoroastrian delegates from six [...]

For Homi Ghadiyali Every Day is Uttarayan

Posted 16 January 2010 | By Mehernaaz Sam Wadia | Categories: Events, Festivities, Individuals | 2 Comments

For almost the past eighty years he has been flying kites every day. There are very few people who manage to live their passions.
By Yogesh Chawda / TNN
Dada, happens to be one of them. Since he was seven years old at a Parsi orphanage in Surat, to this date, Homi Pestonji Ghadiyali, 86, has been [...]

Mumbai Parsis divided on intermarriage

Posted 03 January 2010 | By arzan sam wadia | Categories: Culture, Events, India | 74 Comments

With numbers dwindling, young Parsis turn to organized social events to meet, and hopefully marry, others of their cultural group.
By Hanna Ingber Win — GlobalPost
A group of about a dozen young Parsi professionals gather around a table at the Parsi Gymkhana or social club at Marine Lines in Mumbai. They drink Pepsis and snack on [...]

9th World Zoroastrian Congress 2009 Opens in Dubai

Posted 01 January 2010 | By arzan sam wadia | Categories: Events | 4 Comments

World Zoroastrian Congress Opens in Dubai Today
28 December 2009
DUBAI – The global Zoroastrian diaspora will converge in Dubai for a four-day congress, starting today.
The 9th World Zoroastrian Congress will mark a reunion of Zoroastrians (Parsees) from six continents, culminating in a New Year Eve party.
‘Unity Through the Sands of Time’ is the theme of the [...]

Ratan Tata addresses Taj employees on Nov 26 2009

Posted 29 November 2009 | By Mehernaaz Sam Wadia | Categories: Events, News | 8 Comments

In an internal meeting this evening, Tata Group chairman Ratan Tata will address staff of the Taj Mahal Palace & Tower Hotel and say a short prayer in memory of the guests and employees slain in the terror strike on November 26 last year.
"The Taj Mahal Palace and Tower, Mumbai  will hold a solemn and [...]

Cyrus It Is: Cyrus has the crowds rolling with laughter

Posted 28 September 2009 | By Shirin Kumaana-Wadia | Categories: Events | No Comments

Cyrus Broacha, by himself, is a laugh riot.
Put him on stage with his best buddy, the hilarious Kunal Vijaykar, and you get twice the fun. Or in this case, one-and-a-half times the fun!
Raell Padamsee’s Cyrusitis: the one-and-a-half man show opened to a full house on Saturday, and the duo on stage (accompanied by [...]

BVS Parsi High School Karachi celebrates 150 years: Postal Stamp Issued

Posted 27 May 2009 | By Shirin Kumaana-Wadia | Categories: Education, Events, Heritage, History | No Comments

KARACHI – On the eve of completion of hundred and fifty years of Bai Virbaiji Soparivala Parsi High School, Karachi, the Pakistan Post has issued the commemorative stamps of Rs. 5 each. The stamps will be available in the markets from today (23rd May 2009). The designer of the stamp is Faizi Ameer Siddiqui and [...]

Happy Mother’s Day

Posted 10 May 2009 | By arzan sam wadia | Categories: Culture, Events, Occassions | 1 Comment

On the occassion of Mother’s Day, Parsi Khabar wishes all the mothers of the world a very special Happy Mother’s Day. We all remember and experience everything that our mothers have done and continue to do so for us in every small and big way. And today is a celebration of the love, sacrifices and [...]

300th Anniversary of Banaji Limji Agiary Celebrations

Posted 25 April 2009 | By Mehernaaz Sam Wadia | Categories: Bombay, Current Affairs, Events, Mumbai, fire temple | 1 Comment

More than 1,000 Parsis flocked to the city’s oldest fire temple to celebrate the Zoroastrian Feast of Fire, which fell on the agiary’s 300th anniversary.
The Banaji Limji Agiary, in Banajit Street in Fort, was built by a wealthy Parsi trader Banaji Limji in 1709. It is one of 40 fire temples in the city [...]

150 years of the Thoothi Agiary

150 years of the Thoothi Agiary

Posted 22 April 2009 | By arzan sam wadia | Categories: Bombay, Events, Mumbai, News, fire temple | 2 Comments

Shernaaz Engineer informs us of the 150th anniversary of Sorabji Thoothi Agiary at Walkeshwar, Mumbai
People have birthdays, and places do too. Sacrosanct places that are awash with a vibrancy which the passing years just cannot wear away – and sustain us with a grace that gets more generous as time goes by.
For many Parsis, one [...]

NYC Persian Day Parade 2009: New York City

Posted 07 April 2009 | By Shirin Kumaana-Wadia | Categories: Events, New York | No Comments

Here are some great images from the recent Persian Day Parade held in New York City.

These pics are from flickr user Sepideh! photo stream

Rahul connects with his paternal roots

Rahul connects with his paternal roots

Posted 11 March 2009 | By arzan sam wadia | Categories: Events, News, Occassions | No Comments

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi connected with his paternal roots and met up with his Parsi relatives at the wedding of his distant cousin Tanaz Patel at a gala traditional function at the Jeejeebhoy Dadabhoy Agiary at Colaba in south Mumbai on Tuesday evening.
Rahul’s grandfather, Feroze Gandhi (husband of the late prime minister Indira [...]

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