Raspberry soda? Raspberry fizz? Duke’s raspberry? Or as some of us used to call it, by dint of its identical packaging with a more famous soft drink: raspberry Mangola? “Please never call it raspberry Mangola,” my Parsi colleague says icily. “You should not be writing about Parsi food if you call it that.” By Supriya… Continue reading Raspberry: The Rose Drink of Persia
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The Gathas of Zarathushtra now as an iPhone and iPad App
The Fartoom Group has come out with a very interesting iPhone and iPad app. The Gathas of Zarathushtra are now available for the listening and reading pleasure. From the description on the website: The Gathas application is the first multilingual (English, Avestan and Persian) Gatha’s teaching app designed for cell phones, specially for Iphone. In… Continue reading The Gathas of Zarathushtra now as an iPhone and iPad App
Dababhai Naoroji’s House in utter disrepair
Fellow Zoroastrians, Is this how we remember one of the greatest Zoroastrians of recent times, by letting his ancestral house fall into ruins and then be sold off to a builder? http://videos.sify.com/DadaBhai-Naorojis-House-SIFY-watch-jeivLTageac.html Note that this video is a few years old, and that it is incorrectly referred to as Naoroji’s birthplace (he was born in… Continue reading Dababhai Naoroji’s House in utter disrepair
CJI Kapadia’s court revives activism, rattles power elite
The unseating of central vigilance commissioner PJ Thomas is the latest breakthrough made by the Supreme Court in the course of a resurgent judicial activism under the leadership of Chief Justice SH Kapadia. By Manoj Mitta | TNN The ouster of Thomas, who was earlier telecom secretary, comes close on the heels of resignation of… Continue reading CJI Kapadia’s court revives activism, rattles power elite
Darius Forbes and Forbes Marshall: Building Up Industry
Much sweat goes into the building up of a successful enterprise, but at times, it must give its founders much joy By Ashok V. Desai |Businessworld We know about Tatas, Birlas and Ambanis, about how big business has conquered India and is looking to conquer the rest of the world. But India has many smaller… Continue reading Darius Forbes and Forbes Marshall: Building Up Industry
Parsi population in Surat up 6% in 6 years
Extinction is one of the biggest concerns of the Parsi community in India, given their rapidly dwindling numbers. But the Parsis of Surat have bucked the trend. In the last six years, the community here has added 200 more members, registering a substantial six per cent increase in population. This had made the Surti Parsis… Continue reading Parsi population in Surat up 6% in 6 years
Tata Group’s Russi M Lala want exiting top managers to write memoirs
As India’s largest business conglomerate prepares for a change of guard at Tata Sons — the main holding company for the Tata Group — Russi M Lala, the chronicler of the 143-year-old group, is keen that the retiring generals pen their memoirs, lest stories from the trenches on the pinnacles of success and troughs of… Continue reading Tata Group’s Russi M Lala want exiting top managers to write memoirs
High Court stays order on Dadar Parsee Gymkhana
The Bombay high court on Monday interimly stayed an order passed by the Lokayukta which restrained the Dadar Parsee Colony Gymkhana from letting out its ground for social functions and marriages. By Rosy Sequeira, TNN A division bench of Justice P B Majmudar and Justice R M Savant was hearing a petition filed by the… Continue reading High Court stays order on Dadar Parsee Gymkhana
Migration bringing down Parsi population in Kolkata
They number 600-odd in a city with a population of nearly 4.5 million. That nearly half of this 600 are senior citizens may have been a cause for concern for any community but the Parsis of Kolkata. ‘Think Positive’ is their mantra and it came as little surprise that they turned up in large numbers… Continue reading Migration bringing down Parsi population in Kolkata
