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nlnews@archant.co.uk 15 March 2006 THE boss of an Archway curry house is helping spice up a new campaign to save India’s vultures from extinction. Cyrus Todiwala, who owns The Parsee, in Highgate Hill, is helping promote the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) initiative – which aims to persuade the Indian government to… Continue reading Curry boss in bid to save India’s vultures

Zoroastrians use Internet dating to rescue religion MUMBAI, India — After trying for four years to have a baby, Khorshed Bulsara called on her fellow Zoroastrians for help. She tapped into a new fertility clinic whose mission is to save one of the world’s oldest religions. Her doctor waved off concerns that Parsis, as Zoroastrians… Continue reading Zoroastrians use Internet dating to rescue religion

One wonders how many intelligent people in Iran, or among the Iranians in intelligent exile, wish that Islam had never arrived, that “gift” from far more primitive people, the gift that for the Iranians keeps on giving — giving trouble, pain, anguish, mental desarroi. How many secretly would wish they could tow their own country… Continue reading For Iranians, It’s Time To Leave Islam?

Residents of Kakad Estate at Worli, where 73-year-old Adi Kurshetji was murdered in May 2003, on Friday recalled the stormy years when the old Parsi gent and the woman held guilty of his murder lived in their midst. Many residents had gathered in the building’s compound adjoining a busy street after hearing of Geeta Soni’s… Continue reading A Busy Locality, A brutal death

Geeta Soni, who conspired to kill her 72-year-old foster father Adi Kurshedji along with her husband and mother, broke down on hearing the verdict. When she was being taken to jail from the court, she suddenly jumped from the third floor of the court and died on the spot, police said. Soon after the incident,… Continue reading Woman jumps to death in Court premises

Sooni Taraporewala, prolific screen writer and photographer, writes about the time SALAAM BOMBAY was nominated for the Oscars. This was in the days before the media explosion in India, so nobody was heralding us, betting on our chances, praying for us to win. Except for family and friends, I don’t think anybody even knew or… Continue reading Sooni Taraporewala reminisces about the Oscars

Surat, February 14: A huge piece of land measuring 2.06 lakh square metres sold for just Rs 3 crore when its market value is Rs 147 crore? The issue has become a bone of contention among Parsis in the city, with one group alleging that the huge difference in the value of the land could… Continue reading Why was land worth Rs 147 cr sold off for