For a few weeks each year, in parts of Karachi and Quetta, you can hear Avestan prayers in the Parsi fire temples...
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The Bomanjee Hormarjee Wadia Clock Tower Restored: A Legacy of Service, Craft, and Civic Collaboration
Built in 1882 by Bomanjee Hormarjee Wadia, this clock tower was a gift of service and foresight. Today, its legacy...
‘Tikhu-Khatu-Mithu’: The foundation of Parsi fare
Mainstays of the cuisine like Sali Boti, Prawn Patio, Patrani Macchi and others champion this spicy-sour-sweet flavour combinationArticle by Lygeia Gomes | Telegraph India(L-R) Dahn Saak, Khichdi...
Sisters in struggle
Madam Cama first fluttered the Indian flag to the world in August 1907, paving the path for Bombay Presidency’s feistiest women patriotsBhikaiji Cama, the early catalyst for free India. Pic...
Why bitter can’t be better
Why have Parsi natak audiences been rejecting plays that don’t sugarcoat the pill?What were you thinking? How can you do this? I cried in your play!” That was Hindi film character actor David...
‘To honor our forefathers’: Replicas of Pestonshahi Siccas mark 175th anniversary of fire temple
The replicas of a few hundred Pestonshahi Siccas were recently created by Kayarmin F. Pestonji, the president of the Old Parsi Fire Temple Trust, on the occasion of the 175th anniversary of the Seth...
Ba Humata Lecture Series: August 2022
The August 2022 Ba Humata Lecture Series will be on the topic “Being Human Transforms a Human Being”.SpeakersErvad Kaivan Antia (Australia)Ervad Farzin Yazeshani (Pakistan, India And Iran)Payam And...
Memories We Carry: Migration Stories of Zoroastrian South Asian Americans
The South Asian American Digital Archive announcesThis collection of oral histories represents the living and lived histories of Zoroastrians from South Asia who’ve migrated to the United States in...
The Remembrance Project In Conversation with Prochy Mehta
THE REMEMBRANCE PROJECT - PART 97Establishments are colossal beasts. Very few can take them on. It takes a different kind of mettle to challenge establishments. The 68 year old Prochy Numazar Mehta...
The Parsi Nose Project documents a salient feature
Vimadalal’s project took shape during a chat in March about Parsi noses with his husband, stylist Prayag Menon, and a friendThe Parsi nose or the Persian nose, often described as large, with a...
Nautanki theatre was India’s melting pot of Parsi, Hindu traditions. Now it’s picking up
Cinema drastically impacted nautanki, resulting in waning audience interest. Today, the rural areas of Hathras, Mathura, Unnao have a newfound love for the form.A popular folk theatre form that...
Meet the 2022 World Zarathushti Community Awards Winners
The World Zarathushti Community Awards are held in conjunction with the World Congress every 4 years. The Awards are administered by the Global Working Group who worked with the 12WZC 2022 for this...
As Hyderabad’s oldest fire temple turns 175, the Parsi community looks back at 2 pioneers
The Nizam of Hyderabad once owed Rs 41 lakh to Seth Viccaji Meherji and Seth Pestonji Meherji, two Parsi brothers who founded Hyderabad’s oldest agiary. With the fire temple turning 175 on July 31,...
Tanaz Bhathena wins inaugural Bapsi Sidhwa Literary Prize
The Inaugural Bapsi Sidhwa Literary Prize was announced at a glittering Award Ceremony at the 12th World Zoroastrian Congress 2022 in New York on Saturday July 2, 2022. The genesis for the Bapsi...
Ethics Rooted in the Past: SFVBA’s Judge of the Year Hon. Firdaus F. Dordi
It’s been a difficult, challenging road from Mumbai, India, to a seat on the bench on the Los Angeles Superior Court for Hon. Firdaus F. Dordi. But, it’s been a path built on a foundation of hard...
From locks to critical components in Mars Mission, how Godrej helped in India’s self-reliance
In 2022, India boasts of over 72,000 recognized startups with the world's third-largest start-up ecosystem to support their growth. Over a century ago, India was used as a market for English...
Jehan Mehta of Tandy’s Creamery In Conversation
Tell us something about Tandy’s Creamery? Ans) Bombays ice cream sandwich company manufacturing signature ice cream sandwiches, tubs and cups in a variety of flavours.What lead to the inception of...
‘Jiyo Parsi’: Govt Encourages The Community Members To Get Married And ‘Restore’ Population
The Minority Affairs Ministry has developed a plan to "restore" the Parsi population in India, which apparently has been seen to be dwindling because of little interest in marriage among the...
Avabai Wadia: The lawyer who became India’s family planning pioneer
In 1933, a sari-clad teenager made international headlines.Avabai Wadia, 19, became the first woman from Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) to pass the bar exam in the United Kingdom. Her success encouraged the...
Chef Shahzad Bhathena In Conversation
Shahzad Bhathena is an integral and leading member of Ian scaramuzza's, Two Michelin-Starred Melisse restaurant, Santa Monica. He Discusses the unusual path he took to get him where he is today.For...
Ba Humata Lecture Series: July 2022
The July 2022 Ba Humata Lecture Series will be on the theme “Serve and You Shall Be Served” Ushtavaiti Gatha Yasna Ha 43.1This month’s speaker list includesErvad Darayesh Katrak (India)Mobed Dr....
Construction pioneer Pallonji Mistry who took building blocks overseas
MUMBAI: In a congested lane off Girgaum Road in south Mumbai, a nondescript old man dressed in simple white clothes would be seen frequently walking into the city’s oldest Parsi Atash Behram, the...
Buy An Afarganyu Glazed Tea Light
The peace, tranquillity and oneness with Ahura Mazda that we experience when we gaze upon an atash is an inexplicable feeling. The silhouette of the aesthetic Afarganyu with the warm burning pile of...
Modi launches stamp for 200th anniversary of Mumbai Samachar:
Modi launches stamp for 200th anniversary of Mumbai Samachar: Look back at history of Asia's longest-running newspaper The Gujarati newspaper was first published in 1822 as a weekly by Parsi scholar...
Nergis Mavalvala Delivers Commencement Address at Wellesley
Nergis Mavalvala, Pakistani-American astrophysicist and Dean of MIT School of Science; was invited to be the Commencement speaker for the 2022 graduating class at her own alma mater Wellesley...
Remembering Sam Tata
Remembering Sam Tata, the photographer who was equally at ease on the street and in the studioBetween taking portraits of everyone from Prithviraj Kapoor to Leonard Cohen, Tata teamed with Henri...
Meherwan Irani’s Chai Pani of North Carolina Named Best Restaurant in America
Meherwan Irani has been nominated or been the recipient of several awards so far. He and Chai Pani co-founder Molly, were present at the award ceremony. (photo @beardfoundation)India-West News...
Who Is A Parsi: Prochy Mehta
Author Prochy N. Mehta is a daughter, wife, mother, grandmother, school leader and hockey and basketball player. She has represented India in Masters Athletics. Mehta is the first female president...
2022 Father’s Day Transformational Special MANIFESTATION IN MEDITATION: Part 2
Our friend Meher Amalsad writes in…..FATHER'S DAY 2022 TRANSFORMATIONAL SPECIAL This M&M Show Is Dedicated To All The Fathers Of Humanity And Specially To My Son Arash For His First Father's Day...
Sir Ron Kalifa Knighted in Her Majesty’s Platinum Jubilee Honours List
We are thrilled to learn that Ron Kalifa has has been Knighted in Her Majesty’s Platinum Jubilee Honours List for services to the financial services industry. Sir Rohinton Minoo "Ron" Kalifa OBE is...
Brain box: doctoral student Delshad Kalantary’s goal to help with memory loss
Delshad Kalantary has adopted a Kiwi DIY attitude and built a light-therapy box she hopes one day could help with memory loss. PhD student Delshad Kalantary. Photo: Billy WongPainstakingly...
2022 After Mother’s Day Transformational Special
Parsi Khabar features and Zoroastrians.Net anchors 2022 After Mother's Day Transformational Special Build a new you With 'YOU' in YOU Saturday May 14, 2022 Host and administrator - Yazdi Tantra...
Godrej locks its history in Amar Chitra Katha in outreach to youth
The challenge, Godrej says, was to reach a younger audience and children who might have had very little association with the brand It is not the first time the history of the Godrej family is being...
Kainaz Amaria named Washington Post national visual enterprise editor
Announcement from National Editor Matea Gold, Deputy National Editor Philip Rucker and Senior Editor for Visual Enterprise Ann Gerhart:We are delighted to announce that Kainaz Amaria is joining The...
Bridging the Opportunity Gap | Freyaz Shroff | TEDxChandivali
As we extend our efforts to address inequity one step at a time, is a society with no economic discrimination in education attainable? This talk by Freyaz K. Shroff focuses on the certainty of it....
Ba Humata Lecture Series: May 2022
The May 2022 Ba Humata talk shall be on the theme Atarsh Niyayesh, Yasna Ha 43.3 And Related PrayersSpeakers: Ervad Solicitor Zerick Dastur from IndiaDr. Dolly Dastoor from CanadaMobedyar Sarvar...
Huban Gowadia named to State of Alabama Engineering Hall of Fame
LLNL's Huban Gowadia named to State of Alabama Engineering Hall of FameLawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s Huban Gowadia has been inducted into the state of Alabama’s Engineering Hall of...
Empowering Mobeds Trust Inauguration Event
Saturday April 23, 2022 will forever be a red letter day in the annals of the Parsi Irani Zarathushti community in India, and all over the world. It was on this day that the Empowering Mobeds Trust...
Nariman Karkaria: How a young Parsi from Gujarat went to fight in World War I and had the adventures of his life
An excerpt from ‘The First World War Adventures of Nariman Karkaria: A Memoir’, translated from the Gujarati by Murali Ranganathan.Article in Scroll IndiaFrom Manchuria station, a separate line goes...
When the British asked the French to jail Madame Cama
When the British asked the French to jail Madame Cama, the ‘mother of Indian revolution’For decades, the British government surveilled the Parsi freedom fighter.Article by John O’BrienA postal stamp...
Bombay Parsee Association Celebrates 165th Birth Anniversary of Sir Hormusji Cowasjee Dinshaw (Adenwalla)
THE BOMBAY PARSEE ASSOCIATION PAYS HOMAGE TO SIR HORMUSJI COWASJEE DINSHAW (ADENWALLA) ON HIS 165th BIRTH ANNIVERSARYThe Bombay Parsee Association paid homage to Sir Hormusji Cowasjee Dinshaw...
It’s time to tadka your pasta with ghee: Perzen Patel
Why I switched to the good old Indian secret I was raised on a steady diet of ghee. Ghee was in my bowl of white rice as a toddler, in the simple vegetable dishes mum cooked, in the daal I loved...
“Kawasji–Patel” mango trees still stand tall at Europe, US farms and gardens
Mango plants sent from the Ganeshkhind Botanical Gardens, Poona still stand tall at various farms and gardens in Europe and the US. Experiments at the farm showed that the plants must be small,...
Roshan Bharucha Felicitated With Pakistan’s Sitara-i-Imtiaz And Balochistan Excellence Award
On March 23, 2022, Pakistan-based Roshan Bharucha – the only Zoroastrian in Pakistan to have been elected as both – Senator and Minister in the Federal Government – was felicitated with the...
Shireen Isal: The Parisian impresario from Bombay
Meet the one-woman army who became the force behind some of Indian classical arts’ heavyweights who performed in Europe in the 1980s and ’90sIn the Bombay Parsi home that London-based writer and...
Jungles: Dance Mix by Zephyr Khambatta
Zephyr releases his 2nd single for 2022, this April 1st. Drummer, Music Producer and Recording Artist, Zephyr combines his influences from playing in Urban Drum Crew, his love for Celtic vocals and...
Ba Humata Lecture Series: April 2022
The April 2022 Ba Humata Lecture series will featureVada Dasturji Khurshed Dastoor, High Priest of IranShah, Udvada, IndiaHonorable Senator And Minister Roshan Bharucha from PakistanMobedyar Maneck...
Iranshah A Legacy Restored
The Iranshah Atash Behram building in Udwada, Gujarat has housed the revered Iranshah fire since 31st October 1894. With the passage of time, the main building and other structures in the complex...
Dr. Jasmine Medhora: Extreme Medics
Rescue: Extreme Medics shows how lives are saved in remotest Scotland after injuries on mountains and oil rigsDr Jasmine Medhora trained in London but at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary she is often faced...
Huafrid Billimoria becomes the fastest athlete with a disability to finish Ironman 70.3
Trained in Pune, Huafrid Billimoria becomes the fastest athlete with a disability to finish Ironman 70.3Para-athlete Huafrid Billimoria competes, completes and wins third place at Ironman 70.3...
First Parsi and Zoroastrian museum opens in Singapore
Singaporeans now have a chance to learn more about the Parsi community, numbering about 350 here, with the opening of a museum on Monday (March 14).Based in Zoroastrian House in Desker Road in...
Mani Clubwala : Obituary
Mani Jehangir Clubwala passed away in Chennai, India on March 10, 2022, at the age of 92 with her sons, Astad and Kaikhushru by her side. She was adored by all and will be missed a great deal by...