It might sound like the name of a corny Parsi comedy, but doodh na puff, as once whipped up by the doughty matrons of the clan, is as vanishing a winter speciality as Vera Aunty’s vasanu. Or Edulji’s favourite eeda paak. Article by Bachi Karkaria | Times Crest As the December sun slants its mellow… Continue reading Warming Up To Winter
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A Death Rite At Peril
There are roughly 500 Parsis in Kolkata. But sadly, even this small community finds it difficult to maintain their age-old death ritual owing to a drop in the number of vultures and other problems. Anusua Banerjee reports. Article by Anusua Banerjee | New Kerala Some may consider this a morbid thought, but the rites and… Continue reading A Death Rite At Peril
Dr. Dhun Noria Receives Order of Ontario
The Scarborough Hospital (TSH) is pleased to announce that Dr. Dhun Noria, TSH’s Chief of Laboratory Medicine and Medical Director of Laboratories, was presented with the Order of Ontario by the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario,The Honourable Elizabeth Dowdeswell, at an investiture ceremony yesterday. The Order of Ontario is the province’s highest official honour. It recognizes… Continue reading Dr. Dhun Noria Receives Order of Ontario
Kairshasp Nariman Choksy: Former Sri Lankan Minister Passes Away
Former Minister of Finance and prominent constitutional lawyer K.N. Choksy in Colombo died at the age of 82. He also served as Cabinet Minister of Constitutional & State Affairs from 1993 to 1994 under President D. B. Wijetunga Born in 1933, Choksy received his primary education at S. Thomas’ Preparatory School, Kollupitiya, being one of… Continue reading Kairshasp Nariman Choksy: Former Sri Lankan Minister Passes Away
Jamshed Dorab Nagarwala: Gujarat’s first IGP was in team that investigated Gandhi murder case
Jamshed Dorab Nagarwala, the first IGP of Gujarat after its birth as a separate state after on May 1, 1960, was earlier one of the two officers investigating the Mahatma Gandhi murder case. Nagarwala, who was then serving as a young deputy commissioner of police with the special branch of Bombay police, had got a… Continue reading Jamshed Dorab Nagarwala: Gujarat’s first IGP was in team that investigated Gandhi murder case
Of Steel, Metal Birds And More: The Tatas
The Tata sky is a limitless firmament, and its gods a generation of Parsi gentlemen like no other Article by Zareer Masani | Outlook India Telling the story of the Tatas, both the Indian business empire that now looms so large in Britain and the remarkable family which built it, has taken me back to… Continue reading Of Steel, Metal Birds And More: The Tatas
Secret Cuisines and Sacred Rituals: Perzen Patel & Shernaz Petigara In Conversation
Good friends of Parsi Khabar and mother daughter duo Shernaz Petigara (ahuramazda.com) and Perzen Patel (bawibride.com) were on a radio talk show talking about Parsi cuisine and traditions. You can listed to the conversation here (direct link) [audio:SecretCuisinesandSacredRitualsLIVE_2015-01-21.mp3] Parsis of India – Cuisine, Traditions & Celebrations Article by Velasi Venkatachalam They fled Persia in the… Continue reading Secret Cuisines and Sacred Rituals: Perzen Patel & Shernaz Petigara In Conversation
The men of steel with a softer side
Tata, the Indian company that owns Tetley Tea and Jaguar Land Rover, prides itself on its ethics – 66% of the business is owned by charities. Its unique character was shaped by the passions of its founder Jamsetji Tata and his successors. Article by Vibeke Venema | BBC Towards the end of the 19th Century,… Continue reading The men of steel with a softer side
Vasanu: Parsi winter warmer
Not even Google, in its infinite wisdom, can spell out what precisely goes into vasanu, an exotic Parsi fudge. We hear its ingredients -chaar jaatna magaz, baval nu goonder, cummar kakri, jabar jas and karlu batrisu -tease the tongue just as does its potent blend of flavours. Prepared exclusively when the mercury drops, the sweet-spicy… Continue reading Vasanu: Parsi winter warmer
