Akasa Air has added a Parsi touch to its inflight menu this festive season, with Café Akasa — the airline’s buy-on-board dining brand — unveiling a limited-period Navroz special timed to the Zoroastrian New Year. Article by Jolyon Zivkov | The Traveler The Navroz meal joins a growing calendar of festival specials that Café Akasa… Continue reading Akasa Air Brings Parsi Flavours to the Skies with a Navroz Special
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In Honour of Zerbanoo Gifford: A Song for a Leader
A song gift in honour of Zerbanoo Gifford — Founding Fellow, One Humanity Lab Our dear friend Zubin Nalawala shares….. Zerbanoo Gifford is a British-Indian author, human rights activist, political campaigner, and founder of The Asha Centre in the Forest of Dean, UK. Born in India and based in Britain, Zerbanoo Gifford is known for… Continue reading In Honour of Zerbanoo Gifford: A Song for a Leader
The Australian Zoroastrian Association of NSW Completes Its Archives Project — A Milestone for the Community
Parsi Khabar is delighted to share some wonderful news from the Australian Zoroastrian Association of NSW (AZA). After several years of quiet, careful work, the AZA Archives project is complete and ready for release — a lasting record of the Zoroastrian story in Australia. As AZA President Tehmasp Parekh put it in sharing the news… Continue reading The Australian Zoroastrian Association of NSW Completes Its Archives Project — A Milestone for the Community
The big pickle effect: Meet the Mumbaikars powering the city’s pickleball boom
A Parsi family of four are making sure pickleball doesn’t lose its cool factor When the Amalsadiwalas were first featured for their remarkable journey as Mumbai’s pickleball family, they were already making waves by competing together across tournaments. Today, that story has grown into something much bigger. They are no longer just a family that… Continue reading The big pickle effect: Meet the Mumbaikars powering the city’s pickleball boom
Nearly 1,000 Gather in Oakville for Historic Opening of OZCF Atashkadeh
Nearly 1,000 Zarthushtis gathered in Oakville, Ontario, for a historic milestone in the life of the Ontario Zoroastrian Community Foundation: the opening ceremony of the new OZCF Atashkadeh. The day marked not only a defining moment for OZCF, but also a landmark occasion for Zoroastrians across North America. The Atashkadeh stands on OZCF’s 10-acre property… Continue reading Nearly 1,000 Gather in Oakville for Historic Opening of OZCF Atashkadeh
Time travel with Meher Marfatia, Mumbai’s memory-keeper
Meher Marfatia is a city chronicler who captures Mumbai’s past and present in prose, photos, and videos, so future generations will always have this collective history to look back on Meher Marfatia exploring the little Bandra village of Sherly from where she works. Pic/Satej Shinde Article by Debjani Paul | Mid-Day Meher Marfatia knows where… Continue reading Time travel with Meher Marfatia, Mumbai’s memory-keeper
BPP opens doors to tenancy for 1,900 families
Decision junks leave-and-licence system, impacts 40% of Bombay Parsi Punchayet’s housing stock For nearly three decades, every few years, 72-yearold Viraf Kapadia lived with the same uncertainty: would he still have a home? A resident of the Bombay Parsi Punchayet’s (BPP) Godrej Baug at Nepean Sea Road, Kapadia has spent 28 years leasing his apartment,… Continue reading BPP opens doors to tenancy for 1,900 families
Mumbai’s FD Alpaiwalla Museum launches upgraded website with QR-enabled exhibits and digital archives
On World Wide Web Day, the FD Alpaiwalla Museum launches its new website to further its outreach towards young cultural archivists of the city and beyond AMID a busy day of preparations, Dr Pheroza Godrej picks up the phone with a quiet and familiar “Good afternoon.” The honorary advisor of the Framji Dadabhoy Alpaiwalla Museum… Continue reading Mumbai’s FD Alpaiwalla Museum launches upgraded website with QR-enabled exhibits and digital archives
Mumbai’s Parsi Dairy Farm Reopens After FDA Lifts Licence Suspension Over Food Safety Violations
Parsi Dairy Farm, one of Mumbai’s oldest and most recognised dairy brands, is known for its traditional dairy products and sweets. Aishwarya Singh | NDTV Profit Mumbai’s historic Parsi Dairy Farm has resumed operations after the Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) lifted the suspension of its licence following corrective measures taken over alleged food… Continue reading Mumbai’s Parsi Dairy Farm Reopens After FDA Lifts Licence Suspension Over Food Safety Violations
