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Burglary in 100-Year-Old Palace of Parsi Seth in Hansot
A burglary took place at a 100-year-old palace in Ilav village, Hansot taluka, where smugglers stole cash and silver...
Remembering Freddie Mehta
Express India Dr F.A. Mehta, Freddie to friends, got his PhD in economics from LSE and was the first recruit to the now famous Tata Administrative Service. The year was 1956. They kept the candle...
Save Persepolis
The Islamic Republic of Iran has embarked on the finalizing stages of a dam construction in south of Iran that will ultimately drown the archeological sites of Pasargad and Persepolice, the ancient...
Film On Gujarat Riots To Screen At Pusan Festival
Bollyvista - Canada "Parzania" is the breathtaking untold story of a Parsi family trapped in the communal violence in Gujarat, where their 10 year old son comes up missing. ...
Bombay dynasty not dying
Indian Express - New Delhi,India ... s mother. Ness, a Parsi, sat through the aarti, suggesting that this was a prelude to a formal announcement of matrimony. If wedding ...
Minimum City
Indian Express - New Delhi,India ... basic. He takes up cudgels for the downtrodden. Parsi Jehangir falls for Catholic Cristina. He's all heart, no head. Playwright ...
Persian Fire: The first world empire and the battle for the west
Independent - London,England,UK ... to the Lord Ahura Mazda: god of light and life, implacable enemy of the Lie, whose worship - founded by the prophet Zoroaster (Zarathustra) - centred on ...
Come September and it’s Bandra feast time
Afternoon Dispatch & Courier - Bombay,India ... By now everybody knows that the link between Mahim and Bandra was courtesy two Parsee individuals, Sir and Lady Jamshetjee Jeejeebhoy. ...
Ahmedabad textile workshop revives lost glory of Parsi embroidery
web123india.com ...one-week long workshop, with an aim to revive the lost glory of classic Parsi embroidery "Gara"...
Interfaith Calendar
Tennessean.com .....Sept. 17 — Feast of Mithra — Zoroastrian — Festival focusing on god Mithra as the angel of light. From ancient times in Iran it has been a time of gratitude for life and...
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...
Online Zoroastrian Calendar
Online access to the Zoroastrian Calendar courtesy TheLalis
Profile: DELNAZ PAUL
Express India ....recalls Delnaz Paul. You might find that difficult to believe when you realise that she is currently in the comic, Batliwala House No.43....
ARZ opens doors to families of Parsis married outside religion
Afternoon Dispatch and Courier ...Zoroastrianism should survive even if Parsis don't....
Tribute to Hosi Vasunia
Express India Stage artistes take a bow for Sunshine Boy of theatre ...Theatre personalities pay tribute to Hosi Vasunia over food, wine at NCPA; recall memories of working with the star...
Behnaz Sarafpour: Rising star in the Fashion Design world
NewYorkMetro.com ...After Anna Wintour of Vogue predicted that Sarafpour was poised to become the next big thing,...
History being made
Mumbai Mirror ...However, Zoroastrian scholar, Khojeste Mistree did not agree. “For more than 3,000 years, ethnicity and religion has been intertwined for Parsis,” he said....
Parsis having a religious hiccup once again!
Afternoon Dispatch & Courier - Bombay,India ... any religion) is a different ball-game altogether.The open 'universal' (?) fire-temple which will be open to all Zoroastrians, including non-Parsi...
Persepolis and Pyar-Mohabbat
Rediff - India ... Persian architecture. Iran is also the birthplace of our beloved Parsis who, centuries on, continue to believe in Ahuramazda. Iran ...
‘Patience is not my virtue’
Financial Express - Bombay,India ... At home, I enjoy making the chowk (the Parsi rangoli) everyday. I love cooking. ... She says, "As a Parsi, I will target the rich Parsi industrialists in Mumbai....
Hijacking Religion and Culture
.......about a new universal temple of worship for Zoroastrians, not necessarily Parsis. This is as close as it gets to the bastardization of religion and the hijacking of culture for personal needs...
Endangered vultures highlight Parsi culture clash
Reuters London,England,UK .... Older members of the small-but-prominent Zoroastrian Parsi community ofMumbai say it usually took only half an hour for the vultures to finish their part of ...
On Prophet’s birthday, new fire temple shakes 500 years of …
MumbaiNewsline - Mumbai,India .... Zoroastrian emigres from Persia who arrived here over six centuries ago, the Parsi community has always been fiercely opposed to cultural integration....
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Universal Fire Temple for Worship of All Zoroastrians
Parsi Tari Aarsi
This was sent to me as a forwarded email and thus do not know the source or the author. I dont agree with every single thing written in this article, but what the heck....read on... PARSIS, MOST...
Saal Mubarak
!! Saal Mubarak !! cross-posted on news views and analysis August 20th is the first day of the Parsi New Year. A time of happiness and rejoicing for all members of the small Parsi community, of...
Welcome
This is a new blog which will focus on all things related to the culture and religion of the Parsis of India. Being a Parsi is a very large part of my identity, and who I am as a person, and this is...