London/Mumbai – Mumbai-born Parsi lawyer Sarosh Zaiwala Wednesday notched a remarkable success in a bank case in the British Supreme Court, with major ramifications on the international banking system, an official said. Source: IANS By the court verdict, the British government’s sanctions on Iran’s largest private bank, Bank Mellat, were lifted after the its security… Continue reading Sarosh Zaiwalla Wins Iran Bank Case In British Supreme Court
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Mumbai's Miss Muffets: Aban Pardiwalla and Dinaz Wadia
One swears by tradition, the other welcomes technology. But both whip up rare-to-find silken mounds of Iranian heritage. By Anjana Vaswani | Mumbai Mirror Some time after sunrise, the call of a bearded vendor in kurtalungi echoes through the treelined alleys of Dadar Parsi Colony. “Paneerwalo,” he hollers, careful not to tip the aluminium handi… Continue reading Mumbai's Miss Muffets: Aban Pardiwalla and Dinaz Wadia
FEZANA Journal Summer 2013 Special Edition on the Cyrus Cylinder
Dolly Dastoor, the Editor in Chief of the FEZANA Journal informs us: This special issue of the FEZANA JOURNAL is in recognition of the exhibition “The Cyrus Cylinder and Ancient Persia: A New Beginning – The Legacy of Cyrus the Great: Iran and Beyond”. The FEZANA JOURNAL, the official publication of the Federation of Zoroastrian… Continue reading FEZANA Journal Summer 2013 Special Edition on the Cyrus Cylinder
Blame the Parsi for the fashionable sari
Mumbai: Parsi girls become women the day they wear a sari. The sari perawanu or sari-wearing ceremony is a rite of passage. At the centre of the celebration are five married women who help the girl wear a gara or sari for the first time. They tie a small knot of rice, a symbol of… Continue reading Blame the Parsi for the fashionable sari
Wear it Parsi style: Lady Gara
Parsi girls become women the day they wear a sari. The sari perawanu or sari-wearing ceremony is a rite of passage. At the centre of the celebration are five married women who help the girl wear a gara or sari for the first time. They tie a small knot of rice, a symbol of fertility,… Continue reading Wear it Parsi style: Lady Gara
Uncool in Mumbai, revived in London: Irani Cafe
Once something is out of fashion in India, the West recycles it and makes it trendy again. Newly-opened Bombay Irani Café, Dishoom, in Britain’s capital, shows us how. Article by Naomi Canton | Millenium Post Shoreditch is a cutting-edge part of London where art, experimentation, creativity, freelancers, hot-desking, designers and a breed of Londoners known… Continue reading Uncool in Mumbai, revived in London: Irani Cafe
Yazzad Rabadi's The Beard to Screen at Manhattan Film Festival
Toronto-based filmmaker Yaz Rabadi’s latest short film, The Beard, continues making rounds on the festival circuit well into 2013. The Beard is a powerful, gritty and emotional piece of filmmaking that tells the story of an elderly Sikh who has been victimized, and how he struggles to deal with his given circumstances in the aftermath… Continue reading Yazzad Rabadi's The Beard to Screen at Manhattan Film Festival
