From a 30-key glamping resort in Lonavla to a ₹46,480 crore township pipeline spanning 4,288 acres across India, Jimmy...
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The Iran League: Bombay’s bridge to Persia
In a creaking colonial building on DN Road, a group of volunteers works to keep alive the memory of a friendship...
Parsi Cafes, A Centuries-Old Tradition In India, Are Vanishing
Boman Kohinoor, 97, has spent the past eight decades committed to his beloved Britannia & Co., one of Mumbai's last Parsi cafes. Here, he proudly holds up a photo of himself with two members of...
The Language We Pray In: Maya Joshi
Maya Joshi shares with us something she wrote for a writing contest. The piece is called “Do You Speak My Language”. Maya writes… The Language We Pray In My grandmother closes her eyes in the dawn...
Who Is Your Wedding Caterer, Dikra?: Not Just Dhansak Ep 06 Featuring Kaizad Patel
This week we dive into the elusive Parsi wedding and the delicacies one can find there. Bawi Bride, Perzen Patel talks to Kaizad Patel from Kaizad Patel Caterers about all the food traditions...
When Parsis Bake Cakes: Not Just Dhansak Ep 05 Featuring Kainaz Messman
On this episode, Bawi Bride Perzen Patel is in conversation with Kainaz Messman, Founder of the famous Indian brand Theobroma Patisserie. Kainaz shares stories of her idyllic childhood where...
Ervad Verzan Karkaria Ordained as Navar in Mumbai
9 -year old Er. Verzan Karkaria, son of proud parents Jennifer and Er.Cherag Sam Karkaria, was ordained Navar on 2nd June, 2019 at Kappawalla Agiary, Tardeo under the able guidance of Panthaki...
Everyday Heroes: The Pavri Family and their Hemophilia Walks
Our dear friend Nerina Rustomji writes in…Under the canopy of trees in Riverside Park overlooking the Hudson River, the energetic crowd was ready to get going. There in the midst was our Yasmin and...
Actor-Comedian Dinyar Contractor Dies At 79
Veteran actor-comedian Dinyar Contractor died in Mumbai on Wednesday morning, reported news agency ANI. The actor was 79. The actor died because of old age related ailments, reported news agency...
18th Vada Dasturji Meherjirana Appointed
Eminent community historian and our dear friend Marzban Jamshedji Giara writes in The uthamna ceremony of the late Vada Dasturji Kaikhushru Navroji Dastoor Meherjirana was held at the Mody Hall of...
Vada Dasturji Meherjirana Passes Away
Vada Dasturji Meherjirana passed away in the early hours of June 4, 2019 in Navsari, India. Garothman Behest to dear Dasturji soul.The above photograph is from December 2018, when the participants...
Jubilee Diamond & How it Saved A Tata Company
In a country obsessed with the legend of the Kohinoor, little public attention is paid to the fact that there were far larger diamonds in India until very recently. In fact many made the Kohinoor,...
XYZ Summer Camp 2019
Here is a detailed report of XYZ’s SUmmer Camp 2019, sent over by our dear friend and XYZ founder Hoshaang Gotla Day 1 of the week long XYZ summer camp began on a beautiful Sunday morning with 4...
Mobed Bhandara Urged Clergies to Interpret scriptures to Spread Peace, Love & Harmony
On Thursday May 16th, our very own Mobed Zarrir Bhandara along with clergies of different faith were invited to speak at Interfaith Iftar hosted by the American Muslim Women Empowerment Council in...
Cookbooks and Documenting Our Food: Not Just Dhansak Ep 04 Featuring Niloufer Mavalvala
On this episode, Bawi Bride Perzen Patel discusses documentation of the Parsi Food with author and food blogger, Niloufer Mavalvala. Niloufer shares her journey of starting a blog, creating a...
Home Chefs – The Parsi Food Custodians: Not Just Dhansak Ep 03 Featuring Gulrukh Irani and Furrokh Regina
On this episode, Bawi Bride Perzen Patel talks to home chefs Gulrukh Irani and Furrokh Regina and discusses why people like them are the true custodians of Parsi food. They discuss their childhood...
Vada Dasturji Jamasp Asa Passes Away
Earlier today news broke of the passing away of Dasturji Jamasp Asa in London, U.K. The high priest of the community, Vada Dastur Saheb Kaikhusroo Dastur Minocher Jamasp Asa, of the 124-year-old...
How To Build A Multi-Million Dollar Business Empire – The Jimmy Mistry Story
Our dear friend and brilliant designer and entrpeneur Jimmy Mistry in conversation on the “The Ranveer Show”. For the latest and today’s episode, we have another crazy motivational and inspirational...
Remembering Soli Batlivala
It was a scene out of a film. The young patriot supporting the Quit India struggle heard the police knock on the door of his Parel home. Though no stranger to jail, alerted by his mother Bachoobai,...
Cooking with the Time & Talents Club
The smell of dried Bombay duck infiltrates the air.Mum is making the Parsi dish Tarapori Patio, a ruddy pickle made from the quintessentially Bombay fish, the curiously-named Bombay duck,...
The Parsi burial ground is a sign of Rawalpindi’s rich heritage
On Murree Road, in the heart of the city, a lane leads towards a heavy iron gate that opens out on an era of Parsi historyArticle by Ammad Ali | Daily Times PakistanResting place of a WWII soldier...
A Parsi Mother Shares How The True Spirit Of Motherhood In Her Community Lies In Strong Camaraderie
“I keep telling my children, ‘You are my real wealth.’ My husband always makes fun of me at this by saying, ‘Great then you must have the BSES bills and all of that covered’,” says Shernaz Mehernosh...
WZCC Global AGM And Awards Gala 2019 in Orlando
The week of May 1-5, 2019 became ground zero in the Zoroastrian world as three major events coincided in Orlando, Florida. The Central Florida Zoroastrian Community played host to the multi-day...
Dadar boy Jehan Daruvala drives to F3 glory in Spain
20-year-old survives multiple safety car disruptions to lead from start to finish in the second race of the junior single-seater seriesJehan Daruvala at the winners' podium in Barcelona, Spain...
The men from Mumbai who cycled around the world
Between 1923 and 1942, a handful of young Parsi men took off on three expeditions from Mumbai to cycle around the world. A photo exhibition tells their story. Written by Parth Khatau | Indian...
The Collected Scholarly Writings of Dastur Firoze M. Kotwal
Our dear friend and eminent author and Zoroastrian researcher Firoza Punthakey Mistree informs us about the limited edition book on the life of Vada Dasturji Firoze M. KotwalA Must for Everyone...
Prominent south Mumbai dentist, hurt in Bhau Daji Lad Museum lift crash, dies
A prominent south Mumbai dentist, who was injured in an elevator crash at the Dr Bhau Daji Lad Museum (BDL) on April 28, died on Thursday at Masina Hospital. Dr Arnavaz Havewalla, 63, suffered a...
Chennai’s Parsi community looks back on its ties with the metropolis
The city’s Royapuram fire temple stands on the brink of turning 110 In Royapuram, heavy with humidity and the sharp tang of sea salt, stands a white building that has sheltered an undying flame for...
How to Get Away With Murder’s Behzad Dabu to Star in Put Your House in Order at La Jolla Playhouse
The world premiere from Chicago-based playwright Ike Holter begins previews June 2.Article by Adam Hetrick | PlaybillBehzad Dabu (How to Get Away with Murder), Linda Libby (Ether Dome), and Shannon...
The dancer’s guide to hitchhiking: Astad Deboo
Celebrated Indian contemporary dancer and choreographer Astad Deboo on his 50-year career, hitchhiking across the world and moreArticle by Samira Sood | CNN TravellerAstad Deboo in flow. Photo: Amit...
Toxy Cowasjee Steps Down as Editor of Hamazor After 17 years
Earlier this year Toxy Cowasjee, the editor of the Hamazor magazine reached out to me asking if I would cover a local NYC event for her to go in the next issue of Hamazor. I, of course said yes. You...
Batasas and the Parsi Bakery: Not Just Dhansak Ep 02 Featuring Cyrus Dotiwala
On this episode, Bawi Bride Perzen Patel is in conversation with the sixth generation owner of the very famous Dotivala Bakery in Surat, Cyrus Dotivala. Cyrus shares the story of how bread traveled...
A Bid to Maintain One of the World’s Oldest Culinary Traditions
For the ever dwindling Parsi community of western India, food is both pleasure and heritage — and a secret language in danger of dying out. TO TASTE DHANSAK at the Ripon Club in Mumbai — whose...
Chairman, trustees in battle over BPP’s place in all-India Parsi body
Yazdi Desai's idea of keeping BPP out of the Federation of Parsi Zoroastrian Anjumans of India's affairs led to a heated exchange of words between trusteesNoshir Dadrawala and Yazdi DesaiWith the...
Irani Cafes: A fading love story
The little culinary revolution that Mumbai’s tiny Iranian diaspora began a 100 years ago is now quickly dwindling“Agar teer e aalambejombad be jay. Na barradragi, gar nakhwaahadkhodaay (Even if the...
What is Parsi Food, Really: Not Just Dhansak Ep 01 Featuring Kurush Dalal
On the first episode of our Parsi food show, Not Just Dhansak, our host Perzen Patel, popularly known as the Bawi Bride, is in conversation with archaeologist and food historian, Kurush Dalal. When...
The opium trader who became one of India’s richest men
On his fourth trip to China, Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy was captured by the French. It was the middle of the Napoleonic Wars and hostilities between the British and the French had carried over to the...
Not Just Dhansak: A New Parsi Podcast
Our dear friend Perzen Patel a.k.a Bawi Bride writes in... What is the first thing that comes to your mind when someone tells you they are Parsi? Is it Dhansak? Well, no one would blame you!Over the...
Shayaan Oshidar: My music will tackle wrong notions of beauty
Music runs in the family of Cyrus Oshidar, the man who made MTV and VH1 cool. His daughter Shayaan is topping the dance charts and planning her Indian invasion Article by Asatha Atray Banan | Mid...
Nawaz Merchant’s ‘The Rajabai Tower Mystery’ wins Mystery Writers of America’s prize
Our dear friend and first time novelist Nawaz Merchant who writes under the pseudonym Nev Merch informs us... At the Edgar Awards last week, my historical novel 'The Rajabai Tower Mystery' won the...
Two decades from now, Pakistan will have no Parsis
Just before sunset, five elderly men leave their homes in the Cyrus Minwalla Colony, the oldest settlement of Karachi’s Parsis, and sit themselves down on cement benches placed alongside a...
Ad Age Rising Stars: Delna Shroff
Delna Shroff, who comes from a family of engineers, was stubborn about the fact that she did not want to be one. She started her journey in advertising five years ago. ‘Dil mein always kuch-kuch...
Feritta–Set Myself Free: In Conversation
Our dear friend Feritta is featured in an interview on Broad Tube Music ChannelFeritta grew up in a family where education and family duty came first but her passion has always been creating in one...
Godrej and the Ballot Boxes for for India’s First Elections
When independent India was laying the groundwork for its first elections in 1952, clueless to the rest of the world, workers at a factory in Mumbai’s Vikhroli were making history.They were...
Made To Order: Gulshan Kolah
Custom-made garments, whether couture or everyday outfits, are a significant part of our dressmaking heritage. Verve scouts around for Mumbai-based tailors and boutiques that specialise in the art...
Jimmy Engineer selected for Habib Jalib Peace Award
World-renowned Pakistani artist, peace activist and social crusader Jimmy Engineer has been selected for Habib Jalib Peace Award for 2019 in appreciation and recognition of his meritorious services...
Dr. Khursheed Wadia Wins the W J M Mackenzie Book Prize
Dr. Khursheed Wadia, an Associate Professor at the University of Warwick in the U.K. was the winner of the prestigious W. J. M. Mackenzie Book Prize for her book Muslim Women and Power: Political...
Dosabhoy Framji Karaka
Karaka, Dosabhoy Framji [Dosoo] (1911–1974), journalist and writer, was born on 14 April 1911 in Bombay, British India, into a middle-class Parsi family, the eldest of three children of Framji...
Pervin Taleyarkhan received award from American Bar Association’s Section of Intellectual Property Law
Pervin Taleyarkhan has received an award from the American Bar Association's Section of Intellectual Property Law. She received the honor in "Recognition for Outstanding Leadership Contribution" on...
Leah Divecha Graduates from the Symphony Orchestra of India
The Symphony Orchestra of India’s SOI Music Academy celebrated the graduation ceremony of five of their academy students last Saturday (April 13th 2019). Among these was 15 year old Leah...
Celebrated Parsi chef Anahita N Dhondy is today the toast of Asia
Chef Anahita N Dhondy was selected in the 'Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia 2019' list for her contribution towards food sustainability and for popularising the Parsi cuisine. Chef Anahita N Dhondy was at a...
Empowering Mobeds Invites Mobeds To Open House Discussion
Empowering Mobeds invites all Mobed sahebs and their wives to an Open-house discussion on a much needed topic that needs attention – ‘Expectations To Enroll Your Son In Full Time Mobedi’. This will...