hat Mumbai’s Parsi community has a connection to the Bandra fair is a fact known to few. Fr Francis Correa, a local historian, tell of how one of the most famous Parsis of the city Sir Jamshedji Jejeebhoy played an important role in making the journey to Mount Mary’s shrine safer by building the causeway… Continue reading Mumbai’s Parsis helped pave way to Mount Mary
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A chronicle of Parsi theatre’s heyday
For Parsis growing up between the 1950s and 1980s, social life was defined by weekly visits to the theatre, to watch, re-watch and enjoy Parsi plays. Directors like Adi Marzban and Pheroze Antia wrote original comedies about ordinary Parsis, actors enlivened the stage in traditional saris and community topis or dapper suits, and audiences —… Continue reading A chronicle of Parsi theatre’s heyday
World’s Biggest Aviary Built So World’s Oldest Religions Can Feed Corpses To Vultures
The biggest aviary in the world is set to be built in Mumbai so that followers of one of the world’s oldest religions can have their corpses fed to vultures after their deaths. Published on MyFoxDC. The Zoroastrian faith has observed "sky burials" for centuries, but pollution in the city has recently led to a… Continue reading World’s Biggest Aviary Built So World’s Oldest Religions Can Feed Corpses To Vultures
Sandalwood and Money at the Fire Temple
When we go to the Agiary or Atash Behram to pray, we sometimes do things involuntarily without knowing if our actions are right or wrong. One such example is when offering money along with the sandalwood at the kebla. Ervad Marzban J. Hathiram, good friend and editor of Frashogard writes about this very aspect in… Continue reading Sandalwood and Money at the Fire Temple
Britannia Restaurant in Mumbai Serves Up Nostalgia on a Plate
For Nowruz, the Parsi New Year, which this year fell on August 19, a particularly long queue spilled out of Britannia Café’s doors and onto the wide boulevard of Mumbai’s elegant Ballard Estate. A cheery red and white sign offered clues to explain the patience and persistence of the hungry Sunday lunch: “There is no… Continue reading Britannia Restaurant in Mumbai Serves Up Nostalgia on a Plate
Artist Jehangir Sabavala passes away
Jehangir Sabavala, an artist whose career spanned over 60 years, passed away on Friday morning after battling lung cancer for two years. The end came at Breach Candy hospital due to respiratory failure. Mr. Sabavala was 89 and he is survived by his wife Shirin and daughter Aafreed. By Hindustan Times Special Correspondent "He was… Continue reading Artist Jehangir Sabavala passes away
Ratan Tata readies plan to enter aviation business
Ratan Tata may have given up plans to get into civil aviation but the chairman of the $72 billion Tata Group is putting pieces together to be a major player in the general aviation space. Tata, a trained pilot, is working out deals with international players for business jets, helicopters as well as for aircraft… Continue reading Ratan Tata readies plan to enter aviation business
