On his hometown, Pune, religion as wilful human delusion, and the different strands that inspired his new novel,...
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Meherwan Irani’s Marghi Na Farcha Named “Most Flavorful” in Food & Wine’s Fried Chicken Taste Test
Chef Meherwan Irani's Parsi-style fried chicken, Marghi Na Farcha, was singled out as the "most flavorful" entry in a...
Head of world’s largest vaccine manufacturer ‘to pay £50,000 a week for Mayfair home’
CEO at Serum Institute said to have agreed to pay Polish billionaire record sums for 25,000 square foot London mansion Article By Hayley Dixon | The TelegraphAdar Poonawalla is a member of one of...
Delhi Woman Revives Grandma’s ‘Secret’ Parsi Spice Mixes; Exports Across The Globe
Shelley Subawalla in Delhi is taking generations of Parsi family masalas and chutneys recipes to the world through ‘Zarin’s Secrets’ – named after her grandmother.There remain few things that invoke...
WZCC Talk: Dorab Mistry in Conversation with Piruz Khambatta of Rasna Fame
We are happy to inform you about the upcoming WZCC Talk. Our dear friend Dorab Mistry will be in conversation with Piruz Khambatta of RasnaSaturday March 27th, 20217:30 AM Pacific 10:30 AM...
Fish Meets Grill, a solo exhibition by Veera Rustomji
We are thrilled to inform that our dear friend Veera Rustomji will have a solo exhibition at VM Art Gallery in Karachi Pakistan.VM Art Gallery is pleased to present Fish Meets Grill, a solo...
How the tale of milk and sugar kept my people’s faith alive
My faith is Zoroastrianism, the oldest monotheistic religion in the world, originating in ancient Persia.The Persian prophet and religious reformer Zarthushta [Zoroaster] is regarded as its founder....
Epic Iran Exhibition: An Overview by V&A and ZTFE
ZTFE would like to invite our members and well-wishers to join us for a specially curated evening on the Epic Iran exhibition, from the comfort of their homes. The exhibition explores 5,000...
Parsi Khabar Wishes You a Happy Jamshedi Navroze 2021
Dear Parsi Khabar family,We take this opportunity to wish you and your family and loved ones a very happy Jamshedi Navroze Mubarak. As we enter a new spring, and a new year; and emerge from the...
Happy Jamshedi Navroze 2021
We wish all our readers a very Happy Jamshedi Navroze Mubarak. May this new spring bring about a new post-pandemic world. Below is a beautiful poem written by our dear reader Deenaz P....
London’s ZTFE Zoroastrian Center Goes Purple for Census 2021
Going purple for Census 2021Harrow’s Civic Centre and the iconic Zoroastrian Centre on Alexandra Avenue will join more than a hundred buildings and landmarks across England and Wales lighting up...
Nowruz—Zoroastrian advent of Spring
This spring we have much to be hopeful about, as 2021 brings us closer to universal vaccination and normalcy. Nowruz, the festival of Spring is a joyful time for Zoroastrians, as the start of the...
Through SEVA Bring Iranshah To The United Nations
THROUGH SEVA: A PERSPECTIVE FROM THE FIVE STARS OF IRANSHAHIn 2021, our Goal Is To Bring IranShah’s Presence To The United Nations by building a Special Project through SEVA (Service) For Humanity...
Parsis – The People from Pars — and the ancient tradition of Jamshedi Navroze
Niloufer is a cookbook author and cooking instructor with a great passion for food and a love of world travel.The people from Pars – a province in the Persian Empire — migrated to Gujarat, India,...
Brigadier Furdoon “Duck” Mehta: Obituary
Brigadier Furdoon "Duck" Mehta, the Royal Indian Artillery officer who survived a bullet passing through his cap and later became military attache in Washington, has passed away on his 101st...
Navroze or Vernal Equinox in Pisces ? – How & Why !
Our dear friend E. Kanga sends us an interesting article on the How and Why of Navroze in the Pisces constellation.Sunrise, in Constellation ‘Pisces’ in Northern hemisphere, March 21stConstellations...
Remembering-The lady of the Law – Mithan Tata Lam
Women's Day Special: Remembering-The lady of the Law- Mithan Tata Lam There are few life stories as invigorating as that of Mithan Tata. Mithan Tata has the distinction of smashing the thickest of...
Young Parsi comics share their insights on the community one joke at a time
Young Parsi comics, who are laughing at themselves and the innate behaviour that makes Parsis, Parsis, are taking over a corner of the Internet Pardiwalla believes that Bollywood stereotyping...
Bhicoo Manekshaw: Indian women chefs who left indelible culinary footprints across the nation
Indian women chefs who left indelible culinary footprints across the nationFrom cookbook writers to chefs in commercial kitchens of hotels and restaurants, several Indian women too have emerged as...
Bombay HC asks Parsi Punchayet to work out Plan B in woman’s plea to fight polls
Bombay high court on Wednesday asked trustees of Bombay Parsi Punchayet (BPP) to work out by Thursday an alternative solution after a Parsi woman’s nomination for its forthcoming election was...
Left & write: Kobad Ghandy is finally adjusting to life outside prison
Past the Parsi hostel for women in Worli, through a narrow opening almost down a rabbit hole, lies the once-slum colony of Mayanagar. The birthplace of the Dalit Panthers in the 1970s has now been...
The Parsis of Ceylon: The few that made the difference | Lost & Forgotten
Dr. Zameer Careem, a Sri Lankan historian speaks about the Parsis of Sri Lanka
BBC Documentary on the Jiyo Parsi Program, March 2021
The full 9 minute BBC segment on the Jiyo Parsi program including extended interviews with Professor Dr. Almut Hintze; Zartoshty Brothers Professor of Zoroastrianism at SOAS and Xerxes Dastur,...
Parsi woman’s bid for Bombay Parsi Punchayat post fails as proposer’s faith remains in doubt
A Parsi woman who challenged rejection of her nomination to contest Bombay Parsi Punchayat (BPP) elections got no immediate relief from Bombay high court. HC referred to her “obvious reluctance’’ to...
Zoroastrians in India: ‘Dating my way out of extinction’
In India, an ancient religion known as Zoroastrianism is under threat.There are fewer than 60,000 believers and their numbers are projected to fall further.The UN says this is "alarming", and warns...
Bombay HC refuses ad-interim relief to disqualified candidate for BPP Election
Court makes out ‘no case for interference at this stage’ due to her ‘obvious reluctance’ to obtain confirmation that her nominator for BPP election was an active Zoroastrian The Bombay High Court on...
FEZANA Celebrates International Women’s Day 2021
“YOU MUST DO THE THING YOU THINK YOU CANNOT DO.” – Eleanor Roosevelt Celebrating International Women’s Day 2021! FEZANA joins with the rest of the world this Monday, March 8th, in paying...
Ashdeen Exhibition Opens in Mumbai Today
Textile designer Ashdeen Z Lilaowala is excited. Reason? The Delhi-based designer, author and curator will be returning to his home city Mumbai with a free exhibition ‘The Breakfast Club’ in the...
The Parsis of Of Bombay: A Commentary
Parag Sayta writes a commentary on the Parsis of Bombay on the Brown Pundits blogI just finished reading Michael Axworthy’s Iran: Empire of the Mind, one of Razib Khan’s recommended reads on Iran....
Mithan Lam: A Powerful Advocate for India’s Women
True tales of women breaking barriers to forbidden places, and bettering the lives of others, are inspiring. Mithan Jamshed Lam is one of these legendary women. Recently I chatted about this...
Ba Humata Lecture Series: March 2021
The March 2021 Ba Humata lecture shall be on the topic: A Prayerful Life is more meaningful than a life full of prayers. (Yasna 12.2 and 12.3) The lecture is scheduled for March 7, 2021 at 8:00 AM...
Rejuvenation Through Manifestation: A Nowruz 2021 Parenting Special
Parsi Khabar is happy to present it’s first ever online program this Navroze. We will anchor a Nowruz 2021 Parenting Special titled Rejuvenation Through Manifestation with Dr. Mickey Mehta from...
When Arthur Conan Doyle responded to the call of a Parsee Lawyer
Shrabani Basu’s latest book is about an unexpected friendship in the 20th century In the village of Great Wyrley near Birmingham, someone is mutilating horses. Someone is also sending threatening...
Nina Wadia on breaking through & giving back to society
Grab an icepick, start climbing the ladder: Nina Wadia on breaking through & giving back to societyNina Wadia, who rose to fame in the 1990s with the iconic comedy sketch show ‘Goodness Gracious...
Ervad Yazad T Bhadha: Spotlight on Youth Organizers of 8WZYC
Introducing Ervad Yazad T Bhadha- 8WZYC Secretary & Speakers Liaison OfficerMy name is Ervad Yazad Tehmuras Bhadha and I am the Resident Priest for the Zoroastrian Trust Funds of Europe...
Ahura Mazda and Angra Mainyu In Zoroastrianism’s Creation Mythology
Ahura Mazda and Angra Mainyu are the two main deities in the dualistic doctrine of Zoroastrianism. The former is the supreme deity of this religion, whereas the latter is the evil, destructive...
Reconnecting to Faith: Covid-19 Survivor Recites Prayers from Childhood
Shireen Carlson and her husband Leif on their wedding day(Photo Courtesy: Som Sharma/Leif and Shireen Carlson)By Sunita Sohrabji | SiliconeerAs a child growing up in Burlingame, California,...
A maestro dips into nostalgia
Photographer Arif Mahmood's Pestonjee, Silver Linings leave one in sweet melancholy KARACHI: As the pandemic makes us nostalgic, longing for the yesteryears when times were simpler, a studio-light...
Professor Zenobia Nadirshaw MBE elected as the President of The World Zoroastrian Organisation
In an email announcement the World Zoroastrian Organization UK announced the election of Professor Zenobia Nadirshaw as its new President. Professor Zenobia Nadirshaw MBE was elected as the...
Dr. Mahrukh Bamji Appointed Chair of Department of Pediatrics at New York City’s Metropolitan Hospital
We are informed of the appointment of Mahrukh Bamji, MD as Chair of the Department of Pediatrics at the NYCHHC/Metropolitan Hospital. Dr. Bamji has had a versatile career at Metropolitan as a senior...
A Moral Obligation to Protect the Planet
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 22 2021 (IPS) - Legends are the lodestars of history, the marriage of Sir Dorabji Tata with Meherbai on Valentine’s Day of 1898 among the most lyrical of them. Two years later,...
This Mortal Coil: Zoroastrian Religion
Zoroastrianism is the world's oldest monotheistic religion, revealed by a prophet in Persia back in the 5th Century BC. Believing in one supreme deity, Ahura Mazda (Lord of Wisdom), creator and...
A Portrait of Ruttie Jinnah That Doesn’t Hold Up
There is much that is debatable and untenable in the new book on Jinnah’s wife.Who goes into history?Who is worthy of a biography?The shakers who change civilisation and our view of the world – the...
Welcome to My Parsi Party
Welcome to My Parsi PartyParsis revel in their reputation as hedonistic gourmands. Every gathering, celebration, religious occasion, and even loss is marked by food. Writer Sabrina Medora shares...
Navrose and Nirang: My life as a modern Zoroastrian
“I have to drink cow pee?!”Nine-year-old me glared up incredulously at my older brother, Tyler, who snickered, and with a devilish teenage grin, nodded his head — the answer was, unfortunately,...
Inaugural Jashan on Navroze to Kick Off 12 World Zoroastrian Congress 2022 Planning
The 12th World Zoroastrian Congress (WZC) is co-hosted by ZAGNY (Zoroastrian Association of Greater New York, and FEZANA (Federation of Zoroastrian Associations of North America).The WZC returns to...
The Pompous Legacy of the Persian Language in India
From to 'Hind' and 'Hindostan' to 'Chashma' and 'Biryan', the words you know and the language and history you don't. Persian“The best memory is that which forgets nothing, but injuries. Write...
Kayomi Engineer: Want to have every single building in Parsi Colony sketched for archival value
A Dadar Parsi Colony resident’s four-year-old attempt at using photos, anecdotes, municipal records, memories and sketches to the iconic neighbourhood in a book speaks of public participation in...
‘We took a huge risk’: the Indian firm making more Covid jabs than anyone
Adar Poonawalla, chief executive of the Serum Institute of India, on vaccines, regulation and what comes nextAdar Poonawalla, 40, is the chief executive of the Serum Institute of India (SII), the...
Keeping the historic Parsi Gara alive
Besides admiring the artistic craftsmanship and creative nuances, what comes to mind when we think of Gara and Zardozi- too expensive and rare, right?. Meet sisters and designer duo- Kainaz and...
Naoroji’s ‘Drain of Wealth’ Approach: Guiding Indian Nationalism
Beyond brief by-rote study of history at school about the ‘Grand Old Man of India’, not many Indians are aware of the true depth of the achievements of Dadabhai Naoroji. Mathematics prodigy at...
The Parsis who pedalled across the world
‘The Bicycle Diaries’ details how 12 cyclists set out as global explorers from 1923 to 1942 Last November, tired of being cooped up at home, travel enthusiasts Bakcen George, Allwyn Joseph and...