The replicas of a few hundred Pestonshahi Siccas were recently created by Kayarmin F. Pestonji, the president of the Old Parsi Fire Temple Trust, on the occasion of the 175th anniversary of the Seth Viccaji - Seth Pestonji Meherji Parsi Fire Temple.By Amrutha...
The August 2022 Ba Humata Lecture Series will be on the topic “Being Human Transforms a Human Being”.SpeakersErvad Kaivan Antia (Australia)Ervad Farzin Yazeshani (Pakistan, India And Iran)Payam And Parisa Khosravi (USA & Iran)Moderator: Dr. Karishma Koka, PhD On...
The South Asian American Digital Archive announcesThis collection of oral histories represents the living and lived histories of Zoroastrians from South Asia who’ve migrated to the United States in the past fifty or so years. In 1965, after many migration quotas were...
THE REMEMBRANCE PROJECT - PART 97Establishments are colossal beasts. Very few can take them on. It takes a different kind of mettle to challenge establishments. The 68 year old Prochy Numazar Mehta however wasn't the type to follow establishments blindly. Her respect...
Vimadalal’s project took shape during a chat in March about Parsi noses with his husband, stylist Prayag Menon, and a friendThe Parsi nose or the Persian nose, often described as large, with a prominent dorsal hump, is emblematic of the community (HT Photo)Article By...
Cinema drastically impacted nautanki, resulting in waning audience interest. Today, the rural areas of Hathras, Mathura, Unnao have a newfound love for the form.A popular folk theatre form that combines music, dance, dialogue and narrative, nautanki originated and...
The World Zarathushti Community Awards are held in conjunction with the World Congress every 4 years. The Awards are administered by the Global Working Group who worked with the 12WZC 2022 for this Award cycle.This year the Award Ceremony was held at the 12th World...
