As the director Homi Adajania, whose first film, “Being Cyrus,” is being released in December, put it: “After all, India is not just Bollywood and a Punjabi wedding.” Adajania’s India is most certainly not. “Being Cyrus” is a dark, unsettling film about the members of a dysfunctional Parsi family who let a stranger into their… Continue reading “Being Cyrus,”
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RTI celebrates 75 years
Going platinum Frilly frocks and flaky dal poris–RTI celebrates 75 years Parizaad Khan Mumbai, November 16: THE Sir Ratan Tata Institute supplied the snacks to my school canteen. On the pizza halves, the layer of cheese was as thick as the base and when you bit into a Nutty Finger, it was a perfect blend… Continue reading RTI celebrates 75 years
Couple ties the knot twice in a day
For the first time ever in The Bahamas, a couple tied the knot twice in one day! Bahamian and Indian cultures merged a few weeks ago in Nassau, when Darius Unwala exchanged vowes with Rashmi Prakash Lodha in a Parsee wedding ceremony, followed by a civil ceremony in the same location. More than 200 guests… Continue reading Couple ties the knot twice in a day
Amazing Parsees; A personal view
Pratik Bhandari writes on his blog I have always been fascinated by Parsi people, their loving demeanor, their lore, of how their ancestors landed on the coast of Gujrat and eventually got asylum here. This was when the arabs invaded Persia. Today people in Iran are considered ‘arab’ because of their religeon, but actually people… Continue reading Amazing Parsees; A personal view
Parsi Ingenuity
An airplane is flying over the United States at night. The pilot says “Ladies and Gentlemen, we have lost an engine, and need to lighten our load, we have dumped all excess fuel, but the plane is losing altitude. All baggage is being jettisoned.” A little later, the pilot says “Ladies and Gentlemen, we’re still… Continue reading Parsi Ingenuity
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For Parsi culture, it’s all a matter of life and death
Published on the web by Star on August 29, 2005 Mumbai – Hundreds of vultures once circled above a sacred area in one of India’s poshest suburbs, waiting to feed on the remains of followers of an ancient religion that does not allow its dead to be buried or burned. Older members of the small-but-prominent… Continue reading For Parsi culture, it’s all a matter of life and death
