Zubin Mehta, the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s conductor emeritus and (without exaggeration) a living L.A. icon, returned...
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The Parsi Legacy of Jamshedpur
The Parsi community’s connection with the steel city dates back to its earliest days. Following the establishment of...
Parsi woman contests Raj-era personal law
Encouraged by Muslim women's successful fight against triple talaq, a Parsi woman has moved the Supreme Court questioning the validity of many provisions of Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act, alleging...
Dwindling population in Navsari, Mecca of Parsis
Navsari, once a sleepy town with magnificent buildings, sprawling lawns and wide roads but is fast turning into a ghetto Kersi K Deboo’s eyes light up when he starts talking about the Parsi...
Arun Jaitley, Mukesh Ambani spotted at the Karanjawala wedding in Delhi
"It was a wedding laced with affection and not with power. Everyone who walked into the various functions was treated with equal affection and love, and that's what set it apart," says Suhel Seth...
Theater: Class Act by Meherzad Patel
Meherzad Patel’s The Class Act promises plenty of laughs this weekend While city folk maybe in splits now with the Bangalore Comedy Fest, those who wish for more laughs could check out Meherzad...
Rustom Sidhwa Marg And The Man Behind The Name
‘It is tragic only a few remember the fearless crusader, let alone recall his services to nation’ Named after Rustom K Sidhwa, former member of the Constituent Assembly and the first Parliament...
The Disappearing Cuisine of an Ancient Religion
Mumbai’s beloved Parsi restaurants are struggling to survive. It all began with a milkshake. After the Arab conquest of Persia in the mid seventh century, adherents to Zoroastrianism, which may be...
Jal and Pervin Shroff Clear The Air on the Parsi General Hospital Medanta Issue
Recently a lawyer from Mumbai wrote to various government authorities as well as the CEO of Medanta raising false alarms and insinuating issues that do not exist regarding Medanta’s handling of the...
Bhikha Behram Trust wants 292-year-old well in south Mumbai to be protected during Metro-3 work
The Bhikha Behram trust wrote to the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (MMRCL) on Wednesday, seeking a fresh survey be conducted to ensure that their centuries-old well will not be damaged by the...
XYZ Kids Raise 10 Lakhs for Cancer Patients Through Dance Competition
We are thrilled to read about the excellent work done by XYZ founded by our dear friend Hoshaang Gotla. Hoshaang and his team have been doing wonders with the Xtremely Young Zoroastrians program and...
Google Doodle on Cornelia Sorabji’s 151st Birthday
November 15, 2017:Cornelia Sorabji’s 151st BirthdayVia Google…….Today we celebrate Cornelia Sorabji, who overcame numerous obstacles to become India’s first female lawyer. Sorabji was the first...
From India to Israel, Making Beautiful Music
Zubin Mehta discusses Wagner, Mahler and the evolution of the Jewish state in the half-century since he adopted it. For the first few minutes of our meeting, Zubin Mehta is on his cellphone with an...
Chopped N’ Stewed in Houston: Kaiser Lashkari of Himalaya Restaurant & Catering
Located in the Olympic Center shopping strip directly off of Hillcroft and Southwest Freeway, right at the Mahatma Gandhi District, Himalaya Restaurant & Catering is perched atop a mountain of...
Vote for Parsi Road Station in Singapore
Our dear friends Shirin and Rssi Ghadiali of Singapore have sent us this request. We urge all of you to sign the petition. To do so, click on the link below. All you need to enter there is your...
Metro III: Unveiling All The Facts You Need To Know
There has hardly been a more confusing time for the Community than today, when once again we seem to be divided. But this is not just any other issue – it is one that is most intrinsic to the...
Parsis up in arms over ‘damage’ to temples due to Metro construction
Parsi priests Vada Dasturji Dr Firoze Kotawal and Vada Dasturji Khursheed Dastur met the CM and Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRC) officials to express their concerns over the underground tunnels...
Mehroo Jeejeebhoy: The Steinway comes home
In September 2016, this paper was the first to tell you about a unique fundraiser called the Steinway 88 Keys Programme, which was launched for the first time in the country by the noted Mehli Mehta...
Ruyintan Mehta’s 1970 Pledge to Give Back to India Results in Nearly $1 Million Over 25 Years
Ron Mehta’s 1970 Pledge to Give Back to India Results in Nearly $1 Million Over 25 Years in Total Philanthropic Contributions Most recent donation from IIT Bombay alumnus comes in advance of WHEELS...
Conductor Zubin Mehta Discusses Wagner in Israel, Palestinian Musicians
As he prepares to step down from the Israel Philharmonic in 2019, he talked about a variety of topics with The Wall Street Journal When Zubin Mehta finds an orchestra to his liking, he sticks...
Dadabhai Naoroji: The ‘black man’ in Westminster
Dadabhai Naoroji, the first Indian elected to the House of Commons, lent his energies to causes as diverse as the women’s suffrage movement and Indian self-rule Article by Manu S. Pillai | LiveMint...
In memoriam: Iranshah Yozdaathregar Mobed Palanji Pirojshah Dastoor
Our dearest friend Ervad Soli Dastur writes a beautiful heartfelt and personal obituary on the passing away of his brother Palanji It is with a very heavy sad heart I have to inform you about the...
PAC: This Little Counter Serves The Most Delicious Parsi Snacks In Mumbai
The Parsi Amelioration Committee-run shop at Nana Chowk may be tiny but is a formidable threat to your waistline thanks to its shelves of Parsi snacks, most of which are golden brown and deep-fried....
With a farewell on the horizon, Zubin Mehta’s concert with the Israel Philharmonic is a triumph
Zubin Mehta and the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra are touring North America again — which ordinarily wouldn't be considered a milestone. But this time it might be, because Mehta has decided to step...
Dina Wadia passes away at 98 in New York
Dina Wadia, the daughter and only child of Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah, passed away at her home in New York on Thursday, a spokesperson for Wadia Group said in a statement. She was 98. Dina...
Two Parsi high priests petition PM to realign Metro-III tunnel
Two Parsi high priests have written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging him to realign the tunnel of the upcoming Metro-III rail project because it threatens two of the most sacred fire temples...
Parsi high priests in a debate over Metro 3 route
Metro 3 is from Colaba to Bandra to SEEPZ which passes by two fire temples and a well A difference of opinion — with a trace of lack of trust — broke out between Parsi high priests, with one saying...
Neville Sanjana Granted NIH “New Innovator” Award for Genome Editing to Probe the Noncoding Genome
The National Institutes of Health has selected the laboratory of Neville Sanjana, an assistant professor in NYU’s Department of Biology and an assistant professor of neuroscience and physiology at...
No Pall Bearers in Kolkatta, Parsi man denied ritual farewell
KOLKATA: The cremation of a Parsi against his family's wishes earlier this month has created a furore within the community and focused attention on the practices and rituals that it has zealously...
Meet the Most Sustainable Chef in NYC: Jehangir Mehta
Our dear friend Jehangir Mehta is named by the famed Michelin as NYC’s most sustainable chefguide.michelin.com | Oct 30th 2017 “I almost say you can compare umami to the first time seeing someone...
Sanaya Dalal: A Parsi Woman’s Perspective On Being Denied Basic Rights
"You knew what you were getting into." "A child inherits his father's name and religion, not his mother's." "Women with non-Parsi spouses will have their kids navjoted only to avail of housing and...
A peek into Parsi tradition and culture at Expo in Kolkatta
If you’ve always wondered what lies beyond the closely guarded boundary walls of a Parsi fire temple, especially because tradition has it that a non-Parsi is not allowed inside, your curiosity is...
Fire and State: Living With The Gods
Neil MacGregor continues his series on the expression of shared beliefs in communities around the world and across time. In this podcast he also speaks with our Vada Dasturji Khurshed Dastoor, the...
Parsi Women Fight For Equality And Religious Identity
Should a Parsi woman be deprived of her religious identity and community rights if she marries outside her own religion? The Supreme Court has referred the matter to a 5-judge constitution bench and...
Community, To Me: Maya Joshi
Community, To Me The smell of sandalwood and smoke dark and cool metallic shadows as familiar as an old friend The taste of a half remembered prayer, spoken through fumbling lips Joining the strong...
Farrukh Dhondy: An open letter to my fellow Parsis
In his words: "I am just a professional writer, which means I don't do blogs and try and get money for whatever I write."The Parsis gathered in numbers at this well as it is regarded by some as...
Inspirational Woman: Pearl D. Tirandaz
Our dear friend Pearl Tirandaz was recently featured in the "Inspirational Woman" series by We Are The City. Here she is in conversation with Charlotte Smith Tell us about yourself, your...
The Dancing Line: Revisiting Shiavax Chavda
A Retrospective of paintings & sketches of the Master WHAT: ‘The Dancing Line – revisiting Shiavax Chavda’, a Retrospective of paintings & sketches of the master. WHEN: Tuesday October 24th...
Monaz Viraf Gandhi Wins Harvey Award for MONTEA
Ms. Monaz Viraf Gandhi slams historical special category award ton by bagging two high profile awards namely The Harvey Youngest Achiever 2017-2018 and The Harvey Most Valuable Indian 2017-2018 at...
The scent of a loaf: Kayani Bakery Pune
Kayani Bakery in Pune has been dishing out fresh shrewsbury biscuits, sourdough breads and mawa cakes since 1955 It’s 7.30 am on a Saturday and one of the oldest bakeries in Pune Camp’s East Street...
Right To Equality : Parsi Women Fight The Injustice
The Goolrukh Gupta case has reached the Supreme Court, where a 5 judge bench will deliberate on it. Below is a video segment on a local TV channel in Mumbai.
Parsis upset over Agiary land
Sethna Agiary (left) and Boyce Dhana Patel Agiary are more than 130-years-old and have been demarcated under the new road-line plan of DP 2034 Article by Anagha Sawant | DNA Under the civic body's...
Parsis protest against MADC flying proposal
The city’s Parsi community staged a protest on Friday against a proposal by the Maharashtra Airport Development Company (MADC) that recommends that the no-flying zone be reduced from one nautical...
Mumbai Parsis to meet Uddhav Thackeray for help
Members of the city-based Parsi community will meet Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray over the Metro-3 project’s alignment that passes below three of its fire temples in south Mumbai. According to...
Kayani Bakery’s cakes and bakes causing a ‘sugar rush’ since 1955
It's early in the afternoon, definitely past the unusual office rush-hour, but no one seems to have informed people on East Street. There is serious traffic jam here. Apart from the vehicles, there...
Zubin Mehta to Lead Israel Philharmonic Orchestra in New York at Carnegie Hall for Final Tour Concerts
Zubin Mehta returns to Carnegie Hall with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (IPO) this fall, following a recent announcement that he will be retiring from his post as Music Director of the IPO in...
Bohemian Rhapsody: will the Freddie Mercury biopic be a whitewash?
The Queen frontman’s Zanzibarian roots are often forgotten when discussing his life. But he didn’t hide from his Persian heritage – and neither should the movie There is a sweet black-and-white...
A photographer’s love letters to Mumbai
She is best known for writing films such as Mississippi Masala, The Namesake, and Oscar-nominated Salaam Bombay. She also directed the National Award-winning film Little Zizou. Since 1977...
Hrishi K In Conversation with Sooni Taraporevala
Sooni Taraporevala was on the air with Radio host Hrishi K of 94.3 FM radio station in Mumbai. She discusses her upcoming exhibition and book launch. Click here to listen
Khushru Jijina recognized as ‘AsiaOne Global Indian of the Year 2016-2017’
Piramal Finance Limited and Piramal Housing Finance Limited Managing Director Mr. Khushru Jijina has been recognised as the ‘AsiaOne Global Indian of the Year 2016-2017’ under the ‘Business...
Parsis protest Metro line alignment, cutting through an ancient Fire Temple
Contractors of the underground Metro III rail project on Thursday morning arrived to inspect the 187-year-old Wadia fire temple (Atash Behram) at Princess Street in south Mumbai. However, they were...
Parsis Of Sri Lanka: Denizens From A Land Far Away
In British colonial times, enterprising Parsis looked further south, and set their sights on Sri Lanka, bringing home a good many Parsi families. Parsi Pioneers Gathering of Parsis outside Parsi...