Below is an email received from Dinyar Patel. Dinyar writes As many of you know, I recently gave at talk at the Nehru Centre in Mumbai on the topic of "Understanding Parsi Population Decline: A Historical Perspective." This talk, similar to the talk that I gave in Houston in December 2010, consults the scholarship of… Continue reading Understanding Parsi Population Decline: Video and text now available
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Cyrus Pishevar: Teen Web Innovator in Silicon Valley
Palo Alto’s Cyrus Pishevar, 13, is one of Silicon Valley’s second generation of Web innovators—teens who grew up online, watching and feeding the rise of Facebook and other nearby ventures By Douglas MacMillan | Business Week (Bloomberg) — The Facebook application High School Memories lets people share recollections of their teenage years. It might surprise… Continue reading Cyrus Pishevar: Teen Web Innovator in Silicon Valley
Dahanu Road: Three generations of Parsis, their secrets and fond dreams
Anosh Irani’s third novel Dahanu Road is a comprehensive account of a family of Iranian Zoroastrians who migrated to India before World War II. The story is a mix of historic encounters, family values, memories and desires. The rich story telling technique can engross an average reader and makes the 320 pages book an easy,… Continue reading Dahanu Road: Three generations of Parsis, their secrets and fond dreams
Godrej Typewriters: End of the Road
Just Not My Type Godrej and Boyce to shut typewriter production Godrej and Boyce silenced the click-ding of its iconic typewriter last week. The company stopped production at its last typewriter factory in Satara, Maharashtra, drawing a collective sigh from veteran journalists, writers and a handful of typewriter enthusiasts. Some rushed to type out elegies… Continue reading Godrej Typewriters: End of the Road
Parsis: A diminishing race
A Houston-based research student has written a paper discussing the causes for, and a solution to, the dwindling numbers of the Parsi community around the world By Priyal Dave | Afternoon DC “To all those who feel that the community is growing, especially the older generation, my answer would be a massive ‘No’!” says research… Continue reading Parsis: A diminishing race
Intermarriage row must be resolved soon
It’s not so much the elephant in the room, no one wants to acknowledge, but rather the unicorn they all imagine-that the global Parsi population isn’t so desperately in decline, but that it has somehow miraculously ballooned to four million. By Joeanna Rebello Fernandes | TNN Rubbish, was the emphatic denial of Dinyar Patel, a… Continue reading Intermarriage row must be resolved soon
The Parsi Punchayet case: The imperative of inclusiveness
The judgement of the Bombay High Court in Jamsheed Kanga versus Parsi Punchayet Funds and Properties, has raised a big controversy within the Parsi community. Much of the controversy is due to uninformed public opinion; it is also created by vested interests. It is unfortunate Method To Back Ur Ex Wife that so brilliant and lucidly… Continue reading The Parsi Punchayet case: The imperative of inclusiveness
