From a gated community for her Zoroastrian faith in Pakistan's megacity Karachi, 22-year-old Elisha Amra has waved...
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As Mumbai’s Parsi ‘wishing well’ turns 300, the story of the merchant who sunk it
The ‘Bhikha Behram no kuvo’ enshrines the name of the man who sank it in 1725.Article by Bachi Karkaria |...
WZO helps Parsis and others grow
Mumbai, Dec. 7: The Zoroastrian community which is conspicuous by its small size and its enormous contribution to the country came together on Wednesday evening to celebrate 25 years of the World...
Parsis know how to party
By Anish Trivedi I first met Parvez in my investment banking days. Getting a grip on different sectors in the economy. At that time Parvez was a man who could count his chickens before they hatched,...
Why offer space to Ismat Chughtai?
Milli Gazette - India ... best whether she died as a Muslim) complimenting the facts that Ismat Chugai's daughter is married to a Hindu, another daughter is married to a Parsee and her ...
Veeranis more popular than the Batliwallas
agencyfaqs.com - New Delhi,India ... She says, "'Batliwala: House No. 43' could not perform as per expectations because it featured a Parsi family, which didn't quite have national appeal. ...
Ratan Tata felicitated at United Nations
On December 05, 2005, Ratan Tata was awarded the "Quality of Life Award" at the United Nations in New York. AU's College of Human Sciences launched the International Quality of Life Awards as an...
Labour of love
This book has a little bit for everybody. City of Sin and Splendour: Writings on Lahore, edited by Bapsi Sidhwa, Penguin, Rs.395. AN anthology is like a Jack of all Trades -- it has a little bit for...
A film man’s life without the gossip!
Hindu - Chennai,India ... We get fascinating accounts of the upper middleclass Parsi life in the country and, excellent pen portraits of some of the author's favourite persons, grandpa ...
Author plans holiday home for street kids
Delhi Newsline - Delhi,India New Delhi, November 30: As a seven-year-old Indian migrant in London, Zerbanoo would sell tiny flags outside a hotel run by her Parsi parents. ...
Adopted daughter repays with murder
Mid-Day Mumbai - Bombay,India On Wednesday afternoon, the last evidence in the infamous murder case of senior citizen Adi Cursetjee was examined at the sessions court. Cursetjee's close friend and...
Parsi Boy In A Red T-Shirt
So they were not Muslims. That little boy who loved cricket and who vanished in that post-Godhra carnage, belonging to a perfectly hardworking, reasonably honest middle class locality, was not a...
Proudly Indian
Hindu Business Line - India ... reputation and all relatives and friends were told to take care of me!" Almost half his salary went towards the PG accommodation he had with a Parsi family in ...
Jaipal Reddy promises co-prod treaties with Italy, UK
Screen India - India ... Focussing on a Parsi family trapped in strife-torn Gujarat where their 10-year-old-son comes up missing, the film stars Naseeruddin Shah, Sarika and Emmy award ...
Mandirs for devotees or tourists?
Organiser - New Delhi,India ... Even Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, personally a very devout Hindu, was denied entry to the Puri temple because she married a Parsi and thereby shared that ...
Capturing the magic
Pune Newsline - Pune,India ... twin sons. This Parsi lady made history when when she was elected as the first non-white woman Liberal councilor in 1982. The founder ...
Meal Ticket
Pune Newsline - Pune,India ... There is more for all those who dote on the traditional Parsi specialities like Salli marghi, Tarapori rawa fry, Bhatia-nu-ghosh and Dhandal Patio. ...
Kebab Cuisine
HardNews Magazine - New Delhi,India ... Parsi cuisine, which was highly influenced by Persian cuisine, also made its contributions, and kebabs had their distinctive place in this new cuisine. ...
Screen test
Indian Express - New Delhi,India A film on a Parsi boy who went missing during the Gujarat riots won much acclaim at IFFI Goa. His family hopes it will help trace him. ...
Screen test
Indian Express - New Delhi,India A film on a Parsi boy who went missing during the Gujarat riots won much acclaim at IFFI Goa. His family hopes it will help trace him. ...
Don’t mug the lord chief justice
Guardian Unlimited - UK ... Arthur is Conan Doyle, creator of Sherlock Holmes; George Edalji, a Parsee, is a quiet Birmingham solicitor who, in 1903, was found guilty of maiming a horse ...
The hotel that was
The Statesman - Kolkata,India ... it. "In the Thirties the hotel was run by three directors, including a Parsee gentleman, HR Billimoria who loved horse racing. ...
Jagannath Temple Ponders Entrance Policy
Similarly, many sevakas of Jagannatha temple belonging to traditional sevaka families have non-Hindu or lower caste origin, such as the Parsi pujaris (still worshiping the Deity of Satya Narayana in...
Zubin Mehta: Lightning conductor
At almost 70, the Indian maestro Zubin Mehta is still wowing audiences and dividing critics across the globe. Sholto Byrnes meets him As I wait outside Zubin Mehta's office, Sir Peter Jonas,...
PARZIANA Film Screening
Isabelle Huppert, Ismail Merchant's films screened in Retro Webindia123 - India ... The Naseeruddin Shah-Sarika starrer ''Parzania'' about the travails of a Parsi family on the backdrop of the...
Trees hacked in Parsi colony
Mumbai, November 28: DADAR Parsi Colony, one of the few residential areas in Mumbai that still enjoys the shade of hundreds of trees, got a taste on Monday of construction frenzy. Three trees were...
Zoroastrian Lawmaker faces slander charges
AKI - Rome,Italy ... The faith was founded in about 600 BC by the Persian prophet Zarathustra, who believed he had seen visions of a God he called Ahura Mazda. ...
Kiss seals a union in an ancient faith
By Linda Morris November 29, 2005 THE bride wore a delicate sari made of white Indian silk, the groom the ceremonial dress of the dagli or overcoat, also in white. As per the rites of their ancient...
Ex-CU Prof. Takes Lit Hum to Harvard
Columbia Daily Spectator - New York City,NY,USA ... Aristophanes' Lysistrata has been replaced with The Frogs, and the Bhagavad-Gita and The Gathas of Zarathustra appear halfway through the course,...
The Buddhas the Taliban destroyed
Daily Times - Lahore,Pakistan ... Two great Parsi women have lived in Pakistan. ... Roshan's Parsi parents perhaps never thought that they were naming her after the bigger Buddha of Bamiyan. ...
Taj Mahal Hotel
Mirror.co.uk - UK ... Ironically, the hotel is not a legacy of the British Raj at all - it was built in 1903 by a Parsi Indian industrialist, JN Tata, apparently miffed because he ...
My kind of town
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom ... I window-shop on Fashion Street, explore the Jewish and Parsee history pealing from the fa?ades of Dhobi Talao, circumnavigate the narrow Catholic by-lanes of ...
A Whirlwind Of Spices
feBusiness Traveller - Mumbay,India ... Farm Lamb Chops with Sweet & Sour Pear Chutney, Curry Leaf Potatoes, and Jackfruit Biryani; Turkey Kaa Keema with Mint and Spinach and Parsi Halibut "Paatra ...
Sonia assures help for father-in-law’s grave
Congress president and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi has assured financial support for the uplift of her father-in-law Feroze Jehangir Gandhi's grave here. The work is expected to start within a...
Thai crown princess denied entry into famous Hindu temple
Thai crown princess denied entry into famous Hindu temple in eastern India BHUBANESHWAR, India -- Thailand's Crown Princess Sirindhorn was denied entry to a famous Hindu temple in eastern India...
The Parsi’s jagpot in Gujarat
They are as coveted as priceless jewels. And lording over this treasure chest is the dwindling Parsi community. When realty prices in cities are hitting the roof as land becomes increasingly scarce,...
A fine Balance: Theater
London's Tamasha theatre will unveil its long anticipated adaptation of the Rohinton Mistry novel A Fine Balance in January next year. The highly acclaimed novel, which was published in 1995 and...
Indian faith based organisations commit co-operation for development
Over twenty organizations representing different faiths - including Art of Living, Brahmakumaris, Ramakrishna Mission, Sant Nirankari Mandal, Diocese of Agra and Church of North India, Emmanuel...
“Being Cyrus,”
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...
Six yards of Style
"...Too many too mention. I collect sarees which are regarded as heirlooms like Parsi gharas, patolas, etc...." Read on at DNA
Indian clothes boutique in Lahore
"...stock of designer-wear by Manish Malhotra, Rohit Bal and Satya Paul; an exclusive range of handmade parsi gara saris, kashmiri kurtis, phulkari suits, lehngas with Swarovski crystals,...
Parsis decide to marry early
Indian Parsis decide to marry early to stem their declining population
K. F. Rustamji: I was Nehru’s shadow.
Book on police icon who protected a national icon released among distinguished gathering of policemen last evening.
Gujjus to the fore, again
Come November 25 and Sony’s Batliwala’s House No 43 has a new family moving into the famous address. A set of orthodox but flashy Gujaratis, the Kudkudiyas are all set to tickle your funny bone....
The Possibility Of An Island: Book Review
If you’re not familiar with the name, Michel Houellebecq is the French novelist, now living in Ireland, who invited the ire of Islamists with his novel Platform in 2001, and whose work is peppered...
Engaging his People – The Story of MKPB
‘Is he still a bachelor?’ This was Nari Rustomji remembering MKPB in June 1984 at the Shillong Club when I was introduced to him by a friend as somebody from Manipur. Nari Rustomji of the infamous...
Leaving a mark on the BSE
"...As a CA and MBA in Finance from Mumbai in 1984, it was quite a task to find a suitable match for Ms Deena A. Mehta, who went on to become the first and only woman president of the Bombay Stock...
Fascist and Taliban Trends: SOLI LOQUIES
Fanaticism has escalated alarmingly. Freedom of expression is under siege. One cannot express heterodox opinions except on pain of legal penalties, persecution and social ostracism. Movie star...
The amazing story of Tata Motors’ success
The amazing story of Tata Motors' success Kausik Datta and Prabodh Chandrasekhar | November 19, 2005 His table in the corner office on the first floor of Bombay House is full of papers, giving it an...
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...
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...
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...