Jamshedi Navroze, the spring festival celebrated the world over by Zoroastrians, Iranians, Afghanis, and other cultures of Asia, is also an officially proclaimed day in New York City. In 2003 Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced March 20 and 21st as “Nowruz Days” Tamina Davar, who sometimes writes on this blog had a large part to play… Continue reading Navroze recognised in NYC
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Chaiye Hame Zarthosti – The Parsi Anthem
Gujarati: English Translation: Chhaiye humay Zarthosti Re Mazdayasni nek Kul jehan sathe dosti- Rakhiye nibhavye tek. Mootthi bhar aa tolo Saoo no sangar. Re bol bala bolo Oh, saoo nur ne nar. CHORUS O tokham Kyani! O jug mashoor! O saoo sud goon ma sacchi ne bhurpoor! Kayem rahi jalavjo shoobh tooj no jom Abadi… Continue reading Chaiye Hame Zarthosti – The Parsi Anthem
Mumbai Mirror: Protest In Peace
Recently Parsi Khabar wrote about the controversey that erupted from the naming of a sculpture after Prophet Zarathustra. Today the comments are published in the Mumbai Mirror. The article is attached belowbelow. Protest in peace When artist Peter Schipperheyn named his nude sculpture ‘Zarathustra’, the Parsi-Zoroastrian community staged a protest — but only through emails… Continue reading Mumbai Mirror: Protest In Peace
The Ghost in the Baghdad Museum
NYTimes FOR the director of a shuttered museum in a country at war, the imaginary can be a welcome refuge. Condemned to contemplate his own and his country’s fate in great halls emptied of visitors, Donny George paces past showcases of ancient vessels and jars and clay tablets, and he dreams. Max Becherer/Polaris, for The… Continue reading The Ghost in the Baghdad Museum
Offending nude ‘Zarathushtra’:.Parsis get their way, but quietly
By Bachi Karkaria/TNN Mumbal: The culture-vulture Parsis would be mighty pleased over a prestigious Australian sculpture symbolizing their ancient religion commissioned by Dame Elisabeth Murdoch, mother of media baron Rupert, right? Wrong. Under standably so. The monumental bronze was a virile frontally nude named after their Prophet Zarathushtra. The community, especially the sizeable Australian diaspora,… Continue reading Offending nude ‘Zarathushtra’:.Parsis get their way, but quietly
DOKHMENASHINI CONTROVERSY
by Mr. Noshir H. Dadrawala Thanks for provoking me to respond on the latest controversy surrounding ‘Dokhmenashini. I believe this controversy has a time cycle of its own for the past century or more. Nearly a hundred years ago when there were enough vultures to dispose a dozen corpses in a day, a few ‘progressive… Continue reading DOKHMENASHINI CONTROVERSY
Heralder of the New Age
Mid-Day Mumbai – Bombay,India … He talks of the musical soirees he attended, travelling far and a field to watch Parsi plays, listening to Tara Bai and takes us to the world of popular music … Technorati Tags : music
Flowering The Youth Of The Community
by Eruch B. Desai Our illustrious ancestors with dedication and concern for the community did yeoman service to the succeeding generations by their various acts replete with sane advice, wisdom, philanthropy and charity. With the seeds they had sown in the past we are enjoying the fruits thereof today. Let us give some food for… Continue reading Flowering The Youth Of The Community
A strange and sad phenomenon (if one can…
by Shernaaz Engineer in the Jam-e-Jamshed A strange and sad phenomenon (if one can call it that), is taking over our community. Perhaps, this was something of a foregone conclusion – although it is actually more a forlorn one. Given our propensity toward Westernisation, much like the West we too are turning our backs on… Continue reading A strange and sad phenomenon (if one can…
