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The Legends: Zubin Mehta’s Interview With Rajdeep Sardesai
The Legends | Zubin Mehta’s Interview With Rajdeep Sardesai | Republic Day 2026 Special | India Today...
Remembering Shirin Vajifdar – Pioneer in All Schools of Dance
Shirin Vajifdar, who died on September 29, 2017, exhibited an unusual love for classical dancing from childhood and defied taboos to train in multiple classical dance forms. Article by Sunil Kothari...
Remitting Funds to Udvada: Message from Vada Dasturji Khurshed Dastoor
As I have received several queries regarding a few key issues pertaining to Udvada, I would like to clarify the same here. I would highly appreciate if you could spread this word to all Parsis in...
The Mahatma’s Parsi connection
The nation remembered its Mahatma – Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi – on his 148th birth anniversary on Monday. Gandhi had great respect for people of all communities and religions, including...
Senior Citizen Day Celebrated at Navsari Center
October 1st is Senior Citizen’s Day. 100 school children from the Sett RJJ High School in Navsari visited the WZO Trust Funds Senior Citizen’s Centre to meet our Senior Citizens. The students had...
Parsi-only Ripon Club’s plans to give full membership to women, faces protests in Mumbai
Currently, non-Zoroastrian guests, who want to eat the club’s fabled Parsi food, have to be accompanied by Parsi members Parsi-only Ripon Club’s plans to give full membership to women is being...
Behzad Dabu: How To Get Away With Murder
Breakout roles are a dream for most actors and actresses. Frankly, they are hard to come by. Every performer wants that role that will bring them instant recognition and take their...
In Parsi genes, new clues on old cultures
Strict inbreeding is often blamed for the dwindling population of the Parsi community in India. New research by Indian and other scientists now suggests that this might not always have been the...
Novy Kapadia: Barefoot to Boots And The Many Facets of Indian Football
Only a mad and passionate lover of sport will take to writing on the game. The majority of budding sports writers want to write on cricket, unless they are from Bengal or, these days, the northeast....
Many think Parsis are a model minority. Are they?
Debates over the Uniform Civil Code usually zero in on one kind of personal law: Muslim matrimonial law. What gets less airtime is Parsi matrimonial law. We assume that it lacks the gender...
Jonathan Koshy by Murzban F. Shroff: Mumbai launch
Author Murzban Shroff informs us For those who missed my Mumbai launch, my tete-a-tete with my dear friend and neighbor Harsha Bhogle, on what it takes to create a powerful character-driven novel....
Vintage Rusi: A Short Film
Vintage Rusi is a short film made for the 2005 kala Ghoda arts and street festival in Mumbai. With Mahabanoo Mody Kotwal , Bapu Malcolm and Beezan Charna in leading roles. It was directed by Ashok...
Parsi community divided over sale of land in Dharwad
Members accuse federation of selling valuable properties The plan to sell a piece of land in Dharwad, Karnataka, has become a matter of contention in the Parsi community. Article by Jyoti Shelar |...
Quiltessence by Anahita Cowasji
Anahita Cowasji’s Quiltessence is a house of individually designed and crafted home textiles, woven and block printed, hand embroidered and textured into pieces of intrinsic value and beauty....
Why Parsis need their distinct family laws
They are a tiny community, whose ancestors came to India due to religious persecutions in Persia (Iran). Their numbers are down to a critical 61,000 and diminishing by the day. India’s...
Elderly couple files police complaint against tenants
The Engineers, who stay in an ancestral bungalow on Warden Road, say their tenants assaulted their security guard on September 3, but police yet to file an FIR An elderly Parsi couple, who lives in...
Brothers-in-Arms : The Flying Engineer Brothers
In the undivided India of 1930, Karachi was the ‘aerial gateway of India’, boasting the first flying club in the country. One early morning in March two young men started up a small plane and,...
Parsis in India: Bid to save one of the world’s most successful minority groups as population dwindles
Some 200 Parsis of all ages in festive clothes gather at Delhi Anjuman, a Parsi community centre, to celebrate Navroz, the New Year. It is the first day of the Persian year and Parsis across the...
Jazeel Mistry Heads To LA For The Golden Try
‘Impossible’ is a word that does not feature in his dictionary. Perseverance, dedication and focused approach are among the best attributes of Jazeel Mistry, a young man from Howick in East Auckland...
How Rita Kapadia traveled from Computer Science to kitchen science
Many of us have had careers that meandered down winding paths. Rita Kapadia, of East Street, has followed a path filled with ones and zeros as well as halves and quarters. She began her career in...
Guess who’s coming to dinner? Zoroastrian priest changed by daughter’s interfaith marriage
Jal Panthaky is a Zoroastrian priest, with a love of life and a staunch dedication to his faith. He is both a proud father and a deeply spiritual man. But neither of these are static...
Homyar Nasirabadwala: Being A Parsi Priest in Hong Kong
Homyar Nasirabadwala, one of the few full-time Parsi priests working outside India, talks about his community, traditions and making sure the dhansak is right In a small, air-conditioned room in...
The Successors: Isphandyar Bhandara
CEO Murree Brewery, Isphanyar Bhandara is powering Pakistan’s only alcoholic beverage company into unchartered waters as he diversifies into the non-alcoholic beverage industry. Click here to...
Parsis In The Deccan: Trusted traders with quirky sense of humour
Known for their quirky sense of humour and love for food, Parsis are regarded as honest businessmen. Parsis in the twin cities have made a mark in the fields of automobiles, confectionary, software...
Punjab Chief Justice Shiavax J Vazifdar leads esprit de corps
The Punjab and Haryana High Court Chief Justice S J Vazifdar manifested exemplary goodwill by proceeding ‘on leave’ on Monday. The move paved way for the high court’s senior-most judge Justice...
Zinia Lawyer: Storming the male bastion
THERE’S been a solitary instance in the history of the Royal Western India Turf Club (RWITC) when a lady member was elected to its managing committee. Interestingly, Zinia Lawyer, of London...
Masina ties up with Apollo to start new 300-bed hospital
Masina Hospital, one of Mumbai’s old est charitable health institutions, has signed an agreement with the Chennai-based Apollo to set up an allnew 300-bed hospital. The new hospital, which...
Learn more about Zoroastrians, followers of an ancient faith
Zoroastrianism is the world’s oldest revealed religion. It is believed that it came about around the Iranian Bronze Age (1800-1100 BC). However, the date is not definite as many believe that the...
Under the Over: Meher Marfatia
Hughes Road, the street name that city cabbies recognise only with its mispronounced version, is as quick changing as it is arterial Pervin Vajifdar (left) and Katy Patel work expert fingers over...
Perin Boga and Her Contribution to Theater in Pakistan
We are thrilled to see Perin Boga in an interview on Youtube. Perin Boga is an amazing member of the miniscule Parsi community in Lahore, Pakistan, and I had the fortune of meeting her and her...
London Mayor Sadiq Khan Tweets Greetings on Parsi New Year
A fantastic gesture by the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan to wish the Parsis on New Year. This is a testament to the efforts of ZTFE and Zoroastrians in UK to help spread the message about Zarathushtra...
Happy Parsi New Year 2017 Saal 1387 Y.Z.
On this the first day of the “navu varas” new year 1387 Y.Z. we all at Parsi Khabar wish you and your families and loved ones a very Happy New Year. May this be the year when we find the best in all...
Dr Shernaz Cama: Armchair criticism for Jiyo Parsi uncalled for
Advertisments encouraging Parsi couples to have more kids have been called ‘regressive’ Following criticism from several quarters on the government-backed Jiyo Parsi advertisements being...
Boman Desai : Trio: A Novel Biography of the Schumanns and Brahms
Boman Desai authored a book titled “Trio: The Schumanns and Brahms” Below is a review by Kirkus “A novel that explores the complex relationships among classical composers Johannes...
Mani Clubwala: 70 years ago today in Pakistan
Yes, it was the day India got its Independence. But in Karachi, for 18-year-old Parsi teenager Mani Mehta, August 15, 1947, was the day of her engagement to Jehangir Clubwala, a young executive from...
Sohrab Homi Fracis: In Conversation
Sohrab Homi Fracis speaks to Radio talk show host Fred Tromberg interviews author Sohrab Homi Fracis about his topical new immigrant novel GO HOME. The discussion is wide-ranging about GO HOME, Nu...
The Liar’s Weave By Tashan Mehta: A Book Review
This clever period novel about a Parsi boy born without a future (almost) wins you over Tashan Mehta’s first novel almost wins you over; almost. It all boils down to the kind of reader you are. Of...
Sam Bulsara: Jiyo Parsi – The subject is delicate, but needed to be tackled
Sam Balsara, Chairman and Managing Director of Madison Worldwide, spearheaded the creation of the campaign with his core team, including daughter Lara Balsara Vajifdar, Executive Director at Madison...
Dr. Jimmy S. Daruwalla Awarded Public Service Medal by Singapore Government
Zubin Daruwalla, in a Linkedin post informs us about his father the late Dr. Jimmy S. Daruwalla being awarded the Public Service Medal by the Singapore Government on the National Day of Singapore...
Of Salvador Dali, Air India and Ashtrays
`In return, Señor Dali would like a baby elephant’ Air India might be struggling to stay afloat at this moment and piece its art collection together, but once upon a time it had legends...
K RUSTOM Is The King Of Ice Cream Sandwiches
K Rustom opened its doors to the public in Churchgate in 1953. Since then it has been a favourite amongst ice-cream lovers partly, because of a spectrum of delicate flavours and partly because it is...
Artist Jimmy Engineer Proud of his Pakistan Movement Paintings
World renowned Pakistani artist, social crusader and peace activist Jimmy Engineer has reiterated that he is genuinely proud of having painted different aspects of Pakistan Movement showing on huge...
Asking Parsis to Have More Kids, in the Most Regressive and Patriarchal Way
The article below raises some interesting points, but it completely misses the reason why the campaign, and the actual program Jiyo Parsi exist. It is to preserve ethnicity. Otherwise it would have...
Zoroastrian Association of Quebec Celebrates Golden Jubilee at Glittering Gala in Montreal
North America’s oldest Zoroastrian Anjuman, the Zoroastrian Association of Montreal celebrated the 50th anniversary of its founding in 1967, with a glittering Gala function in Montreal,...
Vice-Principal in Allahabad shot by unidentified assailants
ALLAHABAD: Two unidentified bike-borne armed assailants shot at a vice principal of a private school near Sanjiwani hospital under Kydganj police station here on Monday morning. The condition of...
How Grilling Fish Wrapped in Banana Leaves Teaches You to Trust Your Intuition
Patra Ni Machhi — fish with green coconut chutney grilled in banana leaves. Walking down the wide rows of the Mercado de Medellín in Mexico City last summer, I was mesmerized by a vendor selling...
Parsis of Lahore
A beautiful documentary about the miniscule Parsi community in Lahore was created by FlashPoint Productions. I had the fortune of visiting Lahore in January 2016, and got to meet some amazing folks,...
The FPZAI will intervene in the Calcutta case
PARSEE VOICE REPORT ON TODAY’S FPZAI MEETING An Originating Summons has been filed in the High Court at Calcutta by one Prochy N. Mehta and her daughter, Sanaya Mehta Vyas. Sanaya is married...
Boosting population: Jiyo Parsi phase II campaign launched
The concept of the campaign was conceived and promoted by Parzor foundation, Bombay Parsi Punchayet, the Tata Institute of Social Sciences and the federation of Zoroastrian Anjumans of India....
Parsi community wants its people to have more babies to check declining population
The Parzor foundation along with Madison, which is private company, is counseling young Parsi couples to get married at young age and with proper family planning, get early babies. The Parsi...
Jiyo Parsi Phase II Launched with new Advertisement Campaign
Parzor Foundation and Madison BMB With Bombay Parsi Punchayat, TISS, Mumbai and Federation of Zoroastrian Anjumans of India launched the JIYO PARSI Campaign – Phase –II today in Mumbai. The...