KISH, Iran — The indoor dolphin show was in full swing as Hossein Sabet walked in to a burst of applause from the 1,200 people in attendance. Clad in tight beige equestrian pants and tall black boots, he waved at the crowd and went straight to his office behind the pool. Tourists at the hotel,… Continue reading A Passion for Persia, Disneyland and Dolphins
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Ratan Tata: The 2008 TIME 100
By Simon Robinson Since Ratan Tata first suggested building a car that could sell for 100,000 Indian rupees ($2,500) four years ago, rival automakers have sniggered. “If you think about the direction that safety and environmental standards are going in India, you can’t sell a car for that kind of price,” said Osamu Suzuki, head… Continue reading Ratan Tata: The 2008 TIME 100
Indian vultures may be gone in 10 years
Despite a 2006 ban on veterinary diclofenac, an anti-inflammatory drug for cattle, vultures are fast vanishing from India. So quick is the decline in numbers that experts say three species could be extinct in less than 10 years. The oriental white-backed vulture, once thought to be the commonest bird of prey in the world, has… Continue reading Indian vultures may be gone in 10 years
Salgreh this Adar Mahina
Wed 30th April: Daepmeher roj Zaiya Wadia Dadgah at Surat Fri, 2nd May: Sarosh roj Cama Baug Agiary, Mumbai Mewawalla Agiary, Byculla Soonawalla Agiary, Mahim Chinoy Daremeher, Gandevi, Gujarat Gadabhai Daremeher, Pardi, near Udvada Randeria Daremeher, Rander, near Surat Anjuman Daremeher, Quetta, Pakistan Mon 5th May: Behram roj Sir J J Adarian, Adajan Zaibordi Adarian,… Continue reading Salgreh this Adar Mahina
Dead as a dodo? Why scientists fear for the future of of the Asian vulture
You have to feel sorry for vultures. For animal campaigners they are a difficult case. Other, more photogenic, slightly less sinister creatures may gain the world’s sympathy at the drop of a hat, but raising money to save the world’s most proficient scavenger is a different matter. As far as the Asian vulture is concerned,… Continue reading Dead as a dodo? Why scientists fear for the future of of the Asian vulture
Parsi Statues: Cenotaph To History
The route from Churchgate to Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus is sprinkled with memorials to sentinels of Mumbai history. Only, nobody cares Sipping my masala chai one morning, I suddenly realized that the Khada Parsi statue, literally the Standing Parsi standing not far from where I live, had a name: Shet Cursetjee Manockjee, whose statue had been… Continue reading Parsi Statues: Cenotaph To History
Eeda Par Agiary
Eggs and toddy jars for a fire temple? The good-life-loving Parsis are not finicky about mixing the sacred and the secular. Still, I was intrigued by the E&T detail in Nauzer Bharucha’s report on the 300th anniversary of the Banaji Limji Agiary last Thursday. Mumbai’s oldest fire temple was badly damaged in a fire in… Continue reading Eeda Par Agiary
Fire temple enters its 300th year
24 Apr 2008, 0434 hrs IST,Nauzer Bharucha,TNN MUMBAI: For the past few centuries, they have been one of Mumbai’s most important religious and architectural landmarks. On Thursday, the city’s oldest Zoroastrian fire temple-the Banaji Limji agiary-enters its 300th year. Tucked away in a side lane called Banaji Lane opposite the Akbarallys showroom, the ancient fire… Continue reading Fire temple enters its 300th year
Why read the Khordeh Avesta
…when we cannot understand it???? This is beautiful story sent to us by Cherag Sam Karkaria, a good friend and regular reader of Parsi Khabar An old Priest lived on a farm in the mountains with his young grandson. Each morning Grandpa was up early sitting at the kitchen table reading his Khordeh Avesta. His… Continue reading Why read the Khordeh Avesta
