Chef Delzad Avari’s pulled pork is one for all seasons: it can be cuddled between breads, bundled in rotis or tucked in with rice. Delzad Avari, 30, wanted to cook since the time he couldn’t reach the stove. “I was brought up in a typical Parsi family, which loves their food and alcohol,” he says.… Continue reading Meet Chef Delzad Khurshed Avari whose signature dish is the barbecued pulled pork
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Parsis in Mumbai move SC to realign Metro-3 tunnel below Atash Behrams
A special leave petition was filed challenging the HC order, which was mentioned before Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi. Article by Yesha Kotak | Hindustan Times Three days after the Bombay high court (HC) rejected their petition, members of the Parsi community moved the Supreme Court (SC) on Monday, seeking the realignment of a tunnel for… Continue reading Parsis in Mumbai move SC to realign Metro-3 tunnel below Atash Behrams
Sale to non-Parsi stokes society’s 25-yr legal battle to expel member
A cooperative housing society formed exclusively for Parsi community members in Sanjan town of south Gujarat has been fighting a legal battle for more than 25 years to expel a member. The main grouse against the member, fellow Parsi E E Sabawala, being that he sold society’s property to non-Parsi people. The dispute erupted between… Continue reading Sale to non-Parsi stokes society’s 25-yr legal battle to expel member
Could a Tower of Silence For Zoroastrian Funerals Be Built in Texas ?
Khushbu Solanki, a Rutgers Law graduate makes a compelling arguement for a Dokhma in Texas. Khushbu writes… Traditional Zoroastrian funerals require stone structures called Dakhmas — “Towers of Silence” — on which corpses are eaten by buzzards, because the Zoroastrian holy text bans other funeral methods. Excarnatory funeral practices are classified as criminal “Abuse of… Continue reading Could a Tower of Silence For Zoroastrian Funerals Be Built in Texas ?
Bombay High Court Permits Mumbai Metro 3 tunnelling under two fire temples
Senior Journalist and friend of Parsi Khabar, Nauzer Bharucha writes A COMMUNITY SCARRED “The Bombay High Court today allowed a metro rail tunnel to run under one of the most venerated Fire Temples of the Parsis in India—the 188-year-old Wadia Atash Behram in south Mumbai. The entire Parsi-Irani community is in a state of shock… Continue reading Bombay High Court Permits Mumbai Metro 3 tunnelling under two fire temples
JIYO PARSI: CARE OF ELDERLY DEPENDANTS
Our dear friend and mentor Dr. Shernaz Cama write in the Jame Jamshed newspaper The Jiyo Parsi Scheme was set up to arrest the decline in our community’s population. However, over time, it has been realised that there’s no one direct method to solve our problem. In recent years, changes and additions have been made… Continue reading JIYO PARSI: CARE OF ELDERLY DEPENDANTS
Arzan Nagwaswalla Plays Cricket For Gujarat: First Parsi in Decades to Play at State Level
Parsis have played an important part in Indian cricket history. Parsis were the first Indian side to visit England in 1886. And around 12 Parsis, such as Farrokh Engineer, Polly Umrigar, Nari Contractor, have played for the Indian cricket teams over the years. The last big name being India women’s captain Diana Edulji. There still… Continue reading Arzan Nagwaswalla Plays Cricket For Gujarat: First Parsi in Decades to Play at State Level
Astad Deboo’s Astonishing Back-bends
The dancer is revolutionary in many ways, one being his ability to make his body do what he wants it to At 71, Astad Deboo has one hell of a back bend. In his new performance Liminal, and the forthcoming Interconnect, the dancer’s spinal column does a lot of work. “I am working much more… Continue reading Astad Deboo’s Astonishing Back-bends
10 Indians in the 1920s-30s went on cycling expeditions; 7 succeeded
October 15, 1923 was yet another mellow Monday morning in Bombay, but the city’s central district of Grant Road was ablaze with blaring music. The erstwhile Bombay Weightlifting Club had organised a send-off for six of its young members — Adi B Hakim, Gustad G Hathiram, Jal P Bapasola, Keki D Pochkhanawala, Nariman B Kapadia… Continue reading 10 Indians in the 1920s-30s went on cycling expeditions; 7 succeeded
