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Young Parsis today visit the fire temple in much larger numbers and more often than they did 30 years ago. This may not seem noteworthy to most people, but for Zoroastrians, a community, which is likely to be wiped out in less than 100 years at its present rate of growth, this simple act assumes… Continue reading Ray of hope for dwindling Parsi community

“I want to explain to the people how India can add to the world’s wealth through innovation” Villoo Morawala Patell’s youthful looks and exuberant personality hides formidable learning in complex and cutting-edge fields such as genomics, proteomics, sequencing and metabolics. Original article by MoneyLife.com From a five-person academic start-up working from a university laboratory in… Continue reading Villoo Morawala Patell: In Conversation

On Sundays, most people in the city like to wake up late, chill out and postpone work to a weekday. But on March 21, a Sunday, many Parsis in the city shrugged off their lethargy and started their very early to celebrate Navroze — the first day of spring. Navroze is the ancient Iranian new… Continue reading Parsis welcome New Year with prayers, treats

Given the kind of factionalism that India is witnessing today, and the general air of intolerance that sweeps our land, there are very few things we can truly be proud of. One of them happens to be the fact that Tata Steel celebrated its 100th Founder’s Day on March 3 in Jamshedpur: a town where… Continue reading Steel frame of standards: Jamshedji N Tata

Mahatma Gandhi once said of them, “In numbers Parsis are beneath contempt, but in contribution, beyond compare.” By Nauzer K Bharucha, TNN, Never has the contrast been starker. The community that’s given India some of its best lawyers, musicians, industrialists, philanthropists and bankers is at the crossroads today. Barely 70,000 are left in India —… Continue reading Is It Too Little Too Late

Activist Nergis Irani speaks with local Dahanu fisherwomen in the shadow of the power plant. by Sara Sidner / CNN Dahanu, India Nergis Irani is like a pit bull; once she sinks her teeth into something she won’t let go. That might explain why at 75 years old she won’t back down from a fight… Continue reading Activist Nergis Irani Takes On Reliance in Dahanu

By Rakshande Italia / Inside TORONTO DESI DIALOGUES: Turning vegetarian leaves a pleasant taste on the palate The past 15 days have been one of my most testing times. That’s because I decided to turn completely vegetarian. The reason – my Ayurvedic doctor suggested that the herbal medicine he gave me for my knee joints… Continue reading A Vegetarian Parsi