Dr. Yuhan Sohrab-Dinshaw Vevaina delivered the Khorshed Jungalwala Memorial Lecture at the 16th North American Zarathushti Congress 2012 held in New York in August 2012. Below is the video recording of the entire lecture title” Thinking with Zoroastrianism in the 21st Century”. Yuhan Vevaina Delivers the Khorshed Jungalwala Memorial Lecture: XVI NAZC 2012 from… Continue reading Dr. Yuhan Vevaina: Khorshed Jungalwala Memorial Lecture at the XVI NAZC 2012
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Parsis may have to stop using certain painkillers
Parsis in the city, particularly those who offer their dead to the vultures, may be asked to do away with some popular painkillers like Voveran, if their vulture breeding program is successful. By Ashutosh Shukla | DNA Feeding on dead bodies that contain traces ofDiclofenac and other drugs is largely blamed to have made vultures… Continue reading Parsis may have to stop using certain painkillers
‘The biggest test for Cyrus is to stay true to the Tata code of ethics’
Having steered over hundred companies of the Tata group for more than two decades,Ratan Tata, who retires on December 28 as the group’s chairman, says he has always tried to do the “right thing” but rues that Indians have a tendency to harp too much on the dark side of things and pull down those… Continue reading ‘The biggest test for Cyrus is to stay true to the Tata code of ethics’
Oklahoma University Professor Travels to India to Research Zoroastrianism
Afshin Marashi, OU professor of International and Area Studies, will travel across the globe to further his research on Iranian nationalism and Zoroastrianism, the religion of most Iranians before Islam was adopted. Marashi will travel to Bombay, India for the first time in January to study the influence on this faith on the development of… Continue reading Oklahoma University Professor Travels to India to Research Zoroastrianism
Celebrating a Treasure: 140 Years at the First Dastoor Meherjirana Library, Navsari
This is the title of an international conference being organized by the Meherjirana Library and PARZOR. The conference is being held from January 12 to 15, 2013. The conference has a power-packed list of international scholars of the Zoroastrian religion. The entire program can be download here. The conference, needless to say is sold out… Continue reading Celebrating a Treasure: 140 Years at the First Dastoor Meherjirana Library, Navsari
Irani Restaurants: Bye-bye to Brun maska?
A little of Iran blossomed on the streets of South Bombay in the form of restaurants and bakeries in the late 19th century. A few have closed down owing to various pressures. What about those that remain? By Paul Noronha | The Hindu On a walk down the oldest parts of Mumbai, south central Mumbai… Continue reading Irani Restaurants: Bye-bye to Brun maska?
Parsi Money, Not Bodies, Key to Vulture Survival, Expert Says
Ask the director of the Bombay Natural History Society about vultures, and he will discuss the issue endlessly. Ask him about Parsis and their corpse disposal practices, and he will roll his eyes. By Gardiner Harris| NYTimes “I am only interested in the vulture issue,” Dr. Asad R. Rahmani said during a recent interview in… Continue reading Parsi Money, Not Bodies, Key to Vulture Survival, Expert Says
