Parsis have a unique connection with their motorcycles, treating them like family and keeping them in pristine...
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Of Navroz And Declining Population Of Parsis
Even as the Parsis celebrate Navroz on Friday by visiting fire temples, decorating homes, wearing traditional attire...
Wind Towers of Yazd
A very traditional and interesting technology is making a comeback, in Iran and in the UK. Architects fascinated by Yazd's wind towers An architect couple is working on a project on the use of wind...
Our own ‘ Sheikh Speare’
Indian Express - New Delhi,India ... Khusro Kabrazi, who founded the Parsee Nataka Mandali in 1853, presented Rustom and Sohrab at the Grant Road Theatre (the only theatre in Mumbai those days) on ...
Iranians, Founders of the World Empire
They are unaware of the fact that Iran enjoys a 9,000-year-old civilization which, based on historical accounts and what historians believe, shines so brilliantly in the world that such false talks...
Zoroastrians mass graveyard: National monument
"The mass graveyard, in which the Zoroastrians laid the bodies of their lost ones in old days, was endowed to the cause. Therefore, it was taken by Zoroaster's disciples as a sacred site. "Up to a...
Encyclopedia of Iranian traditional art published
MehrNews.com - Tehran,Iran ... s legendary animals, the gods and goddesses, motifs and designs in ancient Iran, and the era of Avesta (a collection of sacred Zoroastrian writings, including ...
Khajeh mountain, biggest unbaked mud architecture of Parthian era
Khajeh Mountain Complex, the biggest model of unbaked mud architecture remaining in Sistan area, is one of the most remarkable relics of the Parthian, Sassanid and Islamic eras. It is the only...
Waking up with Pheroza Godrej
Daily News & Analasys - Mumbai,India ... Many books and papers followed but perhaps her crowning glory was co-editing "A Zoroastrian Tapestry - Art, Religion and Culture" published by Mapin...
Parsi Food in Jamshedpur
The Telegraph For those curious about Parsi food, here is the place that will quench the thirst for great food. Hormazd M. Mehta has been attending to the culinary quests of people for quite...
Bavarian Rhapsody
Zubin Mehta will enthrall audiences in New Delhi and Chennai next monthNitya Rao New Delhi, November 2: Classical music connoisseurs in the Capital are in for a special treat this winter. The word...
Death of Yazdgerd
Georgia Straight - Vancouver,British Columbia,Canada ... in the seventh century. A Zoroastrian priest and a military commander come across their ruler's body in a mill. His skull has ...
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...
Editor of Parsi weekly in trouble over bounced cheques
Afternoon Dispatch & Courier - Bombay,India Says creditor wants to extract more money than is due to him.. The Metropolitan Magistrate at the Ballard Pier Court, after hearing the bounced cheques'...
Chaos Paradox
... The temple is as tranquil as the market is chaotic, and at the Hanging Gardens she points out a low wall behind which the Parsee sect allow their dead to be ... Continue reading at Sunday...
Tata’s: A gem among corporates
In today's world of cut-throat competition, corporate ruthlessness, global economy and free markets, it is heartening to note that there are still a few companies which value "corporate social...
Blog QUAKE Day
DesiPundit has sent out a "call to arms" to raise awareness about the recent quake in Kashmir. They are running a continuously updating sticky post on the various ways and means that individuals and...
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Writing is the music in the background of my life
Writing is the music in the background of my life - III Julie Rajan has an intimate chat with Pakistani, Parsi writer Bapsi Sidhwa on life, words and all the cracks in-between Why do you think it is...
For word’s worth
By Sunaina Kumar [ Saturday, October 22, 2005 09:40:23 pmTIMES NEWS NETWORK ] The author of four successful novels and many essays, Bapsi Sidhwa has spiced up her writing with her multi-cultural...
SOLI LOQUIES: Death penalty
Soli Sorabjee in the Indian Express Death penalty October 23, 2005 Debate about the abolition of the death penalty is unending. It has been abolished in practically every European country and in the...
SOLI LOQUIES: Rising intolerance
Soli Sorabjee in the Indian Express Rising intolerance October 11, 2005 The rise of intolerance is alarming. Some years back, Zairus Banaji, because of his critical remarks about Narender Modi, was...
SOLI LOQUIES: Women in society
Soli Sorabjee in The Indian Express Women in society September 11, 2005 There was a time when no less a person than Thomas Jefferson, the principal architect of the US Constitution, believed in the...
SOLI LOQUIY: Judiciary and Parliament
Soli Sorabjee in The Indian Express. Judiciary and Parliament August 28, 2005 The Supreme Court judgement dealing with minority educational institutions has evoked severe criticisms. What is amazing...
SOLI LOQUIES: Discrimination in criminal justice
Soli Sorabjee, a brilliant and eminent jurist in India writes a monthly column in the Indian Express. The first of the colums appeared in August and is titled Discrimination in criminal justice...
Parsi Recipes on the Net
Parsi cuisine is unique and rich in tradition. Like most Indian cuisine it is labour intensive, but the results are mouth-watering. GourmetIndia.com has a small section on Parsi Cuisine that can be...
Bapsi & Fali S. Nariman celebrate 50th wedding anniversary
'I taught him to dance, he taught me to drive' Delhi Newsline - Delhi,India ... ''Since the Parsi calender moves back one day every year, we celebrate our wedding on October 8 and October 21 every...
Guinness Record for letter writing
In this day and age of fast communication via email, blogging, et al, it seems there are still some people who do it the tried and trusted old fashioned way. Behram Dastur is one such person. The...
Parsi creates world record
Guinness record for 70-year-old letter writer ... World Records. A few months back, the chief executive of Bombay Parsi Punchayet had no idea he was even eligible. ''Last year ... Read on at Mumbai...
Vultures spotted after 3 years
Calcutta Telegraph - Calcutta,India ... And Parsis feared what would happen to their dead. They needn't worry anymore. ... Worried also were Parsis, who leave their dead to be eaten by vultures. ...
A radiant entry
Deccan Herald - Bangalore,India ... Cyrus writes about Mumbai. A city that is entirely captivating in its madness. Jingo, the protagonist, hails from a middle-class Parsi family. ...
From Parsi to Pakistani to Indian and more
Daily News & Analasys - Mumbai,India Born in Karachi and brought up in Lahore, she now lives in Houston, Texas. How would you describe yourself as an author? I always see myself as a Parsi first. ...
First Iranian words that made their way into English
... 70. PARSI or PARSEE (a member of a religious group found mainly in western India, whose religion, Zoroastrianism, started in ancient Iran): From Persian PARSI. ... More on PersianJournal
Freeze-drying touted as new green burial
Scotsman - United Kingdom ... THE Parsees of Mumbai in India leave their dead on top of Towers of Silence to be eaten by vultures, while in the Solomon Islands, the deceased are laid out on ......
25 Years Ago: Hotels in Bombay
Mid-Day Mumbai - Bombay,India One is patronized by Hindi film heroes, the other by affluent Parsi widows, and both have a fair share of Arab guests, who are their bread, their butter and ......
1939: Bombay then..
Mid-Day Mumbai - Bombay,India ... The development of the suburbs and the opening of new Parsi "colonies" are rapidly relieving the terrible congestion from which the city has suffered for ......
When Mannat was Villa Vienna
Mid-Day Mumbai - Bombay,India ... Having no heirs, she wrote it off to her sister Goolbanu and it went onto her son Naryman Dubash, known for promoting the cause of Parsi priests. ... Continue...
“Much before the modern five-star hotels
"Much before the modern five-star hotels came up in Mumbai, the city's swankiest hotel was 'The Grand'. It is today a fraying three-star hotel, but the Parsee family that owns it still boast of how...
Bapsy Sidhwa comes to Bombay
Afternoon Dispatch and Courier INDIRA RODERICKS | Thursday, October 13, 2005 11:37:37 IST Internationally acclaimed author here to release fifth book.. Bapsi Sidhwa, the author of four...
New Gurdwara opened in Washington DC
Gurdwara opened in Washington DC .... Allah from Holy Quran. Mr Bahram Pastakia from Zoroastrian faith (known as Parsi) offered prayer in ancient language. This was done ... Continue reading at...
Parsis look for new path to spiritual world…
Sydney Morning Herald ... To dispose of the dead a group of Parsis, the ethnic group that practices Zoroastrianism, are using solar panels and lenses like a magnifying glass to ... It is one of the...
Love and Longing in Lahore
Kolkata Newsline - New Delhi,India ... can remember. Even after partition, I would trot along with my mother who had an entire brood of Parsee relatives in Mumbai. If ...
In heart of Karachi, India readies consulate for yr-end reopening
Newindpress - Chennai,India ... Indian High Commissioner. It was subsequently negotiated with the Parsi owner of the house and handed over to India. This, along ...
Tradition dying out for lack of vultures
... The Indian Parsi diaspora includes conductor Zubin Mehta, writer Rohinton Mistry and the late Freddie Mercury, lead singer of Queen. Continue reading at The Guardian
Gujaratis are best in biz
.... Next come Parsi-owned companies, with an m-cap share of 9%, closely followed by the Marwari and Bania communities, which account for a market cap of 8.4%. ... Continue reading at Economic Times
“If it’s Berry Pulao, it must be Britannia”
As BusyBee famously said, "If it's Berry Pulao, it must be Britannia." Ashish visited this great bastion of Parsi Food and has some very mouth-watering pictures of Chicken and Mutton Dhansak, Tarela...
The Holy Cow: A book review
... When confronted with 'NO NON-PARSIS' signs at Parsi temples, the author pines for 'the inclusive, casual nature of Hinduism' (p. 186). ... Continue reading at the Sikh Times
Mumbai Food Mania
... 7) Dolly Fullwadiwalla of Tardeo, Aalamai of Sleater Road and Sooni Taraporevala of Breach Candy, all as marvellously sweet as the Parsi lagan nu custard. Continue reading at [DNA]
They are a mix of Sikh and Parsee;…
They are a mix of Sikh and Parsee; a combination science would pay anything to study, and often does. Continue reading at TheAsianAge
A View from the “Outside”
Sakshi Juneja, shares her personl experience with Parsis and writes about what endears her to this "role model" community I think of the Parsi community in India as a role model for the rest of us....
Parsi Khabar turns 100 posts
Parsi Khabar posted its 100th post yesterday. The blog started as a small idea to highlight issues and events that concern the Parsis of India in particular and the Zoroastrian community at large...
Kenya goes bananas (and oranges)
Indian Express - New Delhi,India This is what is up for the November referendum. A brilliant Parsee lawyer, Pheroze Nowrojee, has questioned the legality of the proposed Constitution. So persuasive...