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Among the Zoroastrians

The Washington Post has a great feature titled “Among the Zoroastrians” Jackie Lyden vividly brings out the culture and lives of the few Zoroastrians still living in the desert plateau of Yazd, around 350 miles southeast of Tehran.There are beautiful photographs by Nancy Andrews. The article has a lot of interactive multimedia worth checking out.… Continue reading Among the Zoroastrians

Resurrecting Feroze Gandhi

Bharuch, a bustling town in south Gujarat known for its peanuts, may not be an Allahabad or Amethi for the Gandhi family, but it is getting special treatment from the Congress. The party is going all out to woo back the town that houses the ancestral home of late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi’s husband Feroze.… Continue reading Resurrecting Feroze Gandhi

Farzeen Daver: A ‘Sari’ affair!

Not just popular in its traditional avatar, the Parsi gara with a ‘contemporary twist’ is also making waves today, finds Ismat Tahseen MUMBAI: A Tag Heuer watch, Jimmy Choo suede boots and Kenneth Cole’s alligator clutches may all be in the running for the ‘hottest thing’ this season, but also finding its place in this… Continue reading Farzeen Daver: A ‘Sari’ affair!

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Indian Parsis seek NCM’s help to dispose of dead

NEW DELHI: India’s official National Commission for Minorities (NCM) has come to the rescue of the tiny Parsi community, which is worried over the disposal of their dead because of the dwindling population of vultures. It has decided to set up a nursery for breeding vultures around Mumbai, where most Parsis reside. Dr Mehroo Dhunjisha… Continue reading Indian Parsis seek NCM’s help to dispose of dead

Spinning the yarn

Perveez Aggarwal tells story behind her creation: the traditional Parsi gara embroidery MUMBAI: She wears her years as gracefully as she does her saris. Parveez Aggarwal became a model by chance, at a time when “there were not too many young women willing to be photographed”. She had just come to Bombay (as it was… Continue reading Spinning the yarn

Khada Parsi statue at Flora Fountain set to get facelift

The Khada Parsi, the statue of Shet Cursetjee Manockjee erected in the memory of the illustrious Parsi in the 1860s, was made to order after his youngest son Manockjee Cursetjee shelled out Rs 20,000–a princely sum then. The family later “gifted” the statue to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on the condition that it would… Continue reading Khada Parsi statue at Flora Fountain set to get facelift

Giving up the Ghosts

By Farrukh Dhondy My twenty something daughter refused to sleep in her own room the other night. She had memories of the room at the back of the house on the first floor not far from where the other bedrooms are, being haunted. I remembered the incident from when she was a child. We had… Continue reading Giving up the Ghosts

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