Parsi Khabar

NEW DELHI: There are 734 Parsis in the NCR Delhi, Gurgaon and Noida. And about half of them turned up to celebrate Navroze, the Parsi New Year, at Delhi Parsi Anjuman on Thursday evening. One piece of statistics must be haunting them in the past 18 months, the community had one birth, 21 deaths and [...]

The city’s 8,000 strong Zoroastrian community is all set to bring in the Navroze or the Parsi New Year on Thursday with customary fervour "The 10 days before Navroze are marked by prayers for the departed, at Agiaries in the city. The 10th day is called Pateti, which was on Wednesday," said businesswoman Persis Katpitia. [...]

The Parsi community is one of the most peace loving and god fearing communities. Pateti which falls on today is the first day of the first month of the Zoroastrian year. And it is a time for celebration with close friends and family for Parsis. By Lavanya Srinivasan   / MyBangalore Though small numbers camouflage their [...]

It’s unmistakable, that wonderful festive air in Parsi households today, one that only a special occasion can bring, as today marks the New Year. By Ismat Tahseen / DNA And for the denizens of that genteel community, they are set to bring in the day with their special philosophy — of good words, good thoughts [...]

Theirs was a community that blended in with the locals like sugar in milk, so goes folklore. Parsis, who’re now an inseparable part of the state, are all geared up to welcome their New Year. And from decorating their homes to feasting on special dishes, there’s quite a bit in store on Pateti, to be [...]

A wonderful video of the Parsis of Ajmer. The youtube video link is here.

For the Parsis, there is nothing ‘fishy’ about fish. They consider it auspicious to have it on their plates. Without fish delicacies on their menu — be it a wedding or any other occasion — they feel like fishes out of water, literally. By Ashutosh Shukla /DNA But the recent oil spill off the Mumbai [...]

After a week of remembrance and mourning, Parsis will awake in a festive mood on Thursday to celebrate Pateti. Most Parsis had already cleaned and readied their homes by Wednesday night. By Ashutosh Shukla / DNA Tehmtan Dhumasia, a resident of Godrej Baug, helped his children decorate their home. “We try to have chalk purvana [...]

Ervad Marzban J. Hathiram clears a very common misnomer…that of wishing “Pateti Mubarak” on Parsi New Year. On 19th August, we Parsis will celebrate our New Year with traditional gaiety, visiting Agiaries and Atash Behrams, going to see comic theatricals, eating Pulao Dal, sali boti, patra-ni-machhi and wishing one another ‘Pateti Mubarak’. Newspapers will diligently [...]

There are just 250 of them in the city, so it’s no surprise that all members of the Parsi community here have their demographics at their fingertips. By Kamini Mathai / TNN No one seems to need to riffle through history books for specifics. For instance, they can tell you offhand that there were no [...]

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Bright rangolis, colourful ‘torans’, chilled ‘faluda’ and a divine aroma of ‘patrani machi’, greeted all those who walked into the Seth Viccajee Seth Pestonji Meherji Agiary, in Secunderabad, on Sunday where hundreds of Parsis, from across Hyderabad, came together to usher in the season of spring — the first day of the Parsi new year. [...]

Adil Fatakia literally lives in the past; the 65-year-old bachelor takes great pride and interest in the rich legacy of his community. In fact, he can trace his family tree 13 centuries back to when the first Parsis landed in Sanjan near Nargol – fleeing religious persecution in Persia, now Iran. By Tejas Patel, NDTV, [...]

Good morning, Mumbai — and Navroze Mubarak! The Irani New Year and first day of spring began at 11.02 and 13 seconds last night. But BT invited the ‘Bawajis of Bollywood’ (actually, two Parsis, two Iranis and one half-breed) for a pow-wow on Saturday morning itself to the Rustam Faramna Agiary standing serenely in dappled [...]

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today greeted the nation on the eve of Parsi New Year, Navroz. Singh said Navroz brings a message of hope and renewal and it reinforces the values of peace and religious harmony in India. "The festival is a living symbol of the rich diversity and the vibrant composite culture of India," [...]