Volunteering is a way of life for community icon Dilnaz Billimoria To those in Melbourne’s Parsee community, Dilnaz Billimoria is a well-loved figure. Her genuine desire to make life a little more liveable for many in need, especially new migrants, has seen her become a role model and icon in the community. Article by Carl… Continue reading Dilnaz Billimoria: Happiness is helping others
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Baroda Agiary Seeks Volunteers to Maintain Premises.
Wanted! Young Parsis to maintain agiyari Article by Tushar Tere | Times Of India Vadodara: When the Parsi agiyari in Sayajigunj recently celebrated its 90 years of existence, the entire building was cleaned and lit up by the community members. While many admired the spic and span agiyari, few knew that the fire temple management… Continue reading Baroda Agiary Seeks Volunteers to Maintain Premises.
Zoroastrians Build New Religious And Cultural Center In New York
Zoroastrians, or Zarathushtis as they are traditionally called, are fighting stereotypes about the community’s decline, opening a new religious and cultural center in Pomona, N.Y. this March, and counting a steady rise in their numbers. The new Dar-e-Mehr building is inspired by ancient Persian and Zoroastrian architecture of the fire temples of India. Article by… Continue reading Zoroastrians Build New Religious And Cultural Center In New York
Jamsetji Tata: Swadeshi Capitalist
Professor Sunil Khilnani explores the life and legacy of the industrialist Jamsetji Tata, one of a series of remarkable individuals who have made India what it is today. Tata played a vitally important role in establishing India’s manufacturing base and went on to create the conditions for the country’s future industrial development. Tata companies now… Continue reading Jamsetji Tata: Swadeshi Capitalist
Ancestral Affairs: A Parsi writer and his take on India’s partition
Saam Bharucha, a Parsi lawyer from Bombay, has been sent to the princely state of Junagadh to be the legal adviser of the nawab there. The year is 1947 and there are talks about British plans to divide India. The nawabs are in distress. Whom do they support? Do they go to Pakistan? Bharucha realises… Continue reading Ancestral Affairs: A Parsi writer and his take on India’s partition
Parsi Bol 2 Launches on March 15, 2016 in Mumbai
Boman Irani Launches Parsi Bol 2 Complied by Sooni Taraporevala and Meher Marfatia Date : March 15, 2016Time : 5:30-7:30 pmVenue : Kitab Khana About the Event :Fans of the bestselling, out-of-print Parsi Bol can look forward to fresh phrases in this expanded edition (Parsi Bol 1 and Parsi Bol 2) which has an accompanying… Continue reading Parsi Bol 2 Launches on March 15, 2016 in Mumbai
Mickey Mehta got Mickeymized: India’s top two most celebrated wellness talents came together!
When egos dissolve, grandmasters evolve! Here’s a sneak peek into a gathering with the elite of the society and in the grace of Baba Ramdev exclusively. And we are not surprised that our very own India’s best and one of the world’s finest talent of fitness, holistic health, and wellness—Mickey Mehta—was treated extremely special… Continue reading Mickey Mehta got Mickeymized: India’s top two most celebrated wellness talents came together!
House of Fire: The Declining Community of Parsi in Mumbai
The Parsis are descendants of a group of 10th century Zoroastrians from Iran, practitioners of a three-and-a-half thousand year-old faith. Fleeing persecution under their Muslim Arab conquerors, the ancestors of today’s Parsis traveled to India by open boat, according to legend, to seek religious freedom and economic opportunity. The great Parsi families made their money… Continue reading House of Fire: The Declining Community of Parsi in Mumbai
The Achaemenids At Ankleshwar
As the Everlasting Flame exhibition gets ready to make its India debut on March 19th in New Delhi, we bring you a critique of the original exhibition in London in 2013. The Achaemenids At Ankleshwar by Zareer Masani, outlookindia.comNovember 18th 2016 8:13 PM It means well, but fails to do justice to its subject.… Continue reading The Achaemenids At Ankleshwar
