Parsi Khabar

Mumbai, Aug 31 (IBNS): An Indian Navy commander died in the sea off Mumbai on Monday while trying to rescue his colleague who was swept away by the sea. The incident happened when one of four sailors working on the hull of submarine Shankush, a Shishumar class submarine, got swept away. The officer, Commander Firdosh [...]

The following is an article by Ervad Marzban J. Hathiram on Frashogard.com On 16th June, 632 AD, Yazdegard, son of Shaharyar ascended the throne of Iran as the 29th King of the Sassanian dynasty. As was the custom in those days, the Imperial Calendar was reset, with the year of the new King’s ascension to [...]

The new saviours of a 3,500 year-old faith are hip and tech-savvy. Parsi-Zoroastrian youngsters are using Facebook, speed dating, and paintball competitions to meet, make merry and perhaps marry. By Janaki Viswanathan / Mid-Day Can we not have that piece of art in the frame, please? We are apolitical," requests 27 year-old Tashan Mistree, referring [...]

Nearly 2,000 young Zoroastrians from India and abroad have got together to tell the nay-sayers and the no-hopers, inside and outside the community that they can overcome. By Priyal Dave / Afternoon DC If the members of the Zoroastrian Youth for the Next Generation (ZYNG) are to be believed, then, neither is the population of [...]

Once touted as a contender to head the Tata group before Ratan Tata took charge, Russi Mody feels that someone from the family alone should spearhead the USD 71 billion conglomerate and any outsider would not sound right. Mody, 92, held important positions in Tata group and led Tata Steel till he retired in the [...]

A former B-2 bomber engineer who marketed and sold his stealth expertise to China is facing life in a federal prison following his conviction for bartering U.S. military secrets. By Associated Press. Noshir Gowadia, 66, was found guilty Monday on charges that he designed a cruise missile component for China and pocketed at least $110,000, [...]

Tata Group Chairman Ratan Tata today said that his successor would neither be pro-Parsi nor anti-Parsi but should be the right person. "The Tata Group is an Indian group and we should not be looking (at it) as a Parsi group. The successor should be the right person and anti-Parsi or pro-Parsi," he told shareholders [...]

Rohinton Rivetna, Tenaz Jamsetjee and Shazad Mehta of Chicago were recently interview on TV  for the program Different Drummers. This was featured on CBS TV a couple of weeks ago.

Ratan Tata appears serious about keeping his date with retirement. Tata Sons, the promoter of the $71 billion Tata Group, has formally set the ball rolling to find a successor to its present chairman, who will retire in December 2012, when he turns 75. By Reeba Zachariah, TNN A Tata Sons statement said its nine-member [...]

Addressing a large gathering of the Parsi community on Saturday, newly appointed Chief Justice of India (CJI) Justice Sarosh Kapadia admitted to being a workaholic and a deeply spiritual person. By Aarefa Johari /  Hindustan Times Justice Kapadia was in his hometown Mumbai to attend a felicitation function held by the Bombay Parsi Punchayet in [...]

Ervad Marzban J. Hathiram informs us about the passing away of the holy Varasyaji, and a fascinating primer on the importance of Varsyaji in Zoroastrian religion and culture. It is my sad duty to inform readers of Frashogard that the holy Varasyaji ?Shah Behram?, attached to the Bhagarsath Panth in Mumbai and stationed at the [...]

Chief Justice of India (CJI) Sarosh Kapadia has urged members of the Parsi community settled abroad to return to India and contribute to national development. “I always believed that it is better to be a first-class citizen in India than a second-class citizen abroad,” said Kapadia, during his felicitation by the Bombay Parsi Punchayat here [...]

Indian courts abound with pending cases, but there is a court which does not seem to have much in hand. Article by Hetal Vyas / DNA India Therefore, it sits only twice a year. It’s a divorce court for Parsis, which operates from the Bombay high court and has five members from the community on [...]

Over 250 youths participated in various events held at the 18th all-India Zoroastrian youth meet on Friday and Saturday. There were interaction-based games and orientation sessions. Author : Vishakha Avachat / DNA India "The aim of the meet was to get the Zoroastrian youth from across the country to meet and interact with each other," [...]

Supreme Court Justice Sarosh Homi Kapadia has been appointed the new chief justice of India. Kapadia will assume charge May 12. Kapadia takes over from Justice K.G. Balakrishnan, India’s first Dalit chief justice. A press release from the ministry of law and justice stated: “In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (2) of Article [...]