Good friend of Parsi Khabar and a fantastic artivist, Kayhan Irani will read from her upcoming works, in London. TREE OF SEEDS A narrative of migration and memory. A young woman and her brother sail from Iran to India, via Yemen. Found on the docks of Aden, they are taken in by a… Continue reading Kayhan Irani’s Book Reading in London
Category: Art
An ode to India's Parsis
Sooni Taraporevala is not a new name in the field of photography. She is widely known for documenting her community – the Parsis – through her photographs and has come out with several exhibitions worldwide and a coffee table book on the same. Author: Baishali Adak | Source: Deccan Herald Yet, when she comes up… Continue reading An ode to India's Parsis
Remembering Khorshed Gandhy
The Indian art community will dearly miss one of its custodians, the inimitable Khorshed Gandhy, the director of Gallery Chemould since its inception in 1963, who passed away on Friday. While her late husband, Kekoo, was always the face of the gallery that has supported artists like Bhupen Khakhar, SH Raza, Homi Patel, Atul Dodiya,… Continue reading Remembering Khorshed Gandhy
Mumbai’s Gallery Chemould Hits 50
Gallery Chemould in Mumbai has launched its 50th birthday celebrations with an exhibition titled “Subject of Death.” Author: Bhakti Chuganee Source: Wall Street Journal The exhibition, curated by Geeta Kapur, is the first of five under the title “Aesthetic Bind” and is dedicated to the artist Bhupen Khakhar, who died 10 years ago. The four… Continue reading Mumbai’s Gallery Chemould Hits 50
Sooni Taraporevala at the National Gallery of Modern Art New Delhi
Sooni Taraporevala’s fantastic body of work shall be on exhibit at the National Gallery of Modern Art in New Delhi starting September 16th, 2013. This is one of the must see exhibitions of 2013. Mark your calendars.
Shapoor Bhedwar: A Parsi Pictorialist
In the 19th century, writing on photography seemed to favour journals and magazines while entire books were more unusual. Increasingly there were more and more publications to chose from, The Photographic Times being one to which many potential writers aspired. Author: Malavika Karlekar Source: The Telegraph Between 1871 and 1915, it was the pre-eminent American… Continue reading Shapoor Bhedwar: A Parsi Pictorialist
Wear it Parsi style: Lady Gara
Parsi girls become women the day they wear a sari. The sari perawanu or sari-wearing ceremony is a rite of passage. At the centre of the celebration are five married women who help the girl wear a gara or sari for the first time. They tie a small knot of rice, a symbol of fertility,… Continue reading Wear it Parsi style: Lady Gara
Mumbai to Get a Drama School
City to get its first private drama school; Field Marshall Sam Manekshaw’s grandson Jehan is co-convener. An hour before Jehan Sam Manekshaw is to meet Dr Bal Bhalerao, chief secretary of the Mumbai Marathi Sahitya Sangh at the literature society’s office in Charni Road, he sits in a swish cafe in Churchgate and admits that… Continue reading Mumbai to Get a Drama School
Jimmy Engineer: A Pakistani painter’s passion for people
Given a second chance to at life, Pakistani painter Jimmy Engineer repaid the miracle by living four different lives, as an artist, social worker, human rights and peace activist. By Novia D. Rulistia, The Jakarta Post Born in a Parsi family 58 years ago in Loralai Baluchistan, a remote part of Pakistan, and grew up… Continue reading Jimmy Engineer: A Pakistani painter’s passion for people
