They were few, but far ahead of their time. In a country still grappling with child marriage and female illiteracy,...
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Now reopened, the Parsi Museum in Mumbai offers a compelling insight into Zoroastrianism
Pheroza Godrej, co-curator of the Framji Dadabhoy Alpaiwalla Museum, gives AD a special tour of the Parsi Museum in...
A winter time walk in Dadar Parsi Colony
Many moons ago, the bead-like red seeds that emerge from the tiny star shaped yellow flowers were used by Arabian Jewellers as units of weight because all of them have identical weights. These are...
Dr. Roshan Bhappu: Science and Values in the Life of a Metallurgical Engineer
For over twenty years, the Regional Oral History Office (ROHO) produced in-depth oral histories of members of the mining community, under a project called “Western Mining in the Twentieth...
Khushru Patel Stands First in 75 year age Group at Mumbai Marathon
Rushing to the local bazaar for odds and ends, sprinting out with his siblings to spot the rare car turning into their lane, racing indoors and tracking mud across the floor, from the then-marshy...
How an accidentally distorted drawing of the Prophet led to a riot in 19th-century Mumbai
The image, published with a biography of the Prophet in a Gujarati magazine, led to Muslim and Parsi clashes for a month in 1851. Article by Mridula Chari | Scroll.in On a Friday towards the end of...
ZAGNY Presents Neville Bharucha in Concert
ZAGNY PRESENTS A WESTERN CLASSICAL MUSIC CONCERT featuring Piano Virtuoso NEVILLE BHARUCHA from the UK and showcasing other accomplished Zoroastrian artists PIROOZI COOPER-WITTLIN – Oboe / English...
Nowshir Engineer: Founder & MD, EMDI, In Conversation
Interview with Nowshir Engineer- Founder and Managing Director, EMDI Institute of Media and Communications Article Link 12 years ago – at the age of 24 years, Nowshir Engineer developed a passion...
Chef Cyrus Todiwala opens The River Restaurant at the Acron Waterfront Resort in Goa
Long before he became one of the UK’s foremost chefs, Cyrus Todiwala was orchestrating the kitchens and cutting his teeth as an executive chef in Goa, the colourful former Portuguese colony and now...
East India Company, Bombay Talkies, Tatas… a family tree forms
As assistant professor of history at the Ramnarain Ruia College is set to give Mumbaikars with a yen for the city’s history a delectable account of the lineage of one of Mumbai’s oldest notable...
Parsi Bol: A Book Review
Parsis have a comical way of describing their unfettered zest for life using an unusual mix of sarcasm and wit. Having adopted Gujarati as their mother tongue on their arrival to India in 1384 AC,...
Code of Conduct Proposed For Future Bombay Parsi Punchayet Elections
The following PROPOSED CODE OF CONDUCT TO GOVERN FUTURE BPP ELECTIONS appeared in Jam-e-Jamshed edition of 11 Jan 2015 With a view to provide a level playing field to all individuals contesting...
The Britannia Man
Meet the man behind this amazing food experience called Britannia as he shares everything from how he started the Britannia restaurant in Mumbai to what it is today! Boman Kohinoor, the owner of...
Chennai and its old Parsi flame
Its legacies far outnumber this fast-dwindling community with two centuries of ties to the city In North Chennai’s populous and noisy Royapuram area, the tranquil 104-year-old Jal Phiroj Clubwala...
With Vistara, a Tata airline is reborn
Vistara a new airline jointly owned by Tata’s and Singapore Airlines took flight on January 9, 2015. This brings the Tata’s back into Indian Civil Aviation nearly 6 decades after they relinquished...
Chef Cyrus Todiwala at the Taste Of Goa
Join chef Cyrus Todiwala at the Taste Of Goa festival at Garcia De Orta garden, Panjim. On the 9,10,11 th of January 2015 to enjoy the best food, music, art and beauty of Goa.
Zubin Mehta Conducts the Vienna Philharmonic: New Year’s Concert 2015
The Vienna Philharmonic New Year’s Concert took place under the baton of Zubin Mehta on January 1, 2015, in the Golden Hall of the Musikverein in Vienna. The Philharmonic’s Honorary...
Admiral RKS Ghandi: Three War Captain and India’s Nelson Passes Away
“Admiral Ghandhi was one of the grand stalwarts of our Navy. A flamboyant and an extremely courteous gentleman belonging to the ‘old school’ he will be missed by all of us who had the privilege of...
Aban Daboo: Chicago Resident adapts Parsi recipes to local ingredients
Aban Daboo of Aurora, Illinois loves sharing flavors and techniques of Parsi cuisine, the style of cooking she learned growing up in Mumbai, India. Aban Daboo makes it clear what food she loves to...
PM Modi releases commemorative coin on Jamsetji Tata’s birth anniversary
Praises Jamsetji for his vision of environment-friendly energy and initiatives for welfare of people associated with the Tata Group Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday released a commemorative...
The Parsi Infirmary Navsari
Elders have held our hand at the time of our Sunrise now its our Turn to hold theirs at their Sunset. Abuwala Parsi Infirmary serves the elders of our Parsi Community standing besides them in their...
Paradise Cinema: 100 years of marquee magic
The Dubash family behind Paradise, Mahim’s iconic single screen, celebrates a century in cinema. Imagine enjoying a Mahim traffic jam. That’s how it was for me sometimes before the Sea...
Rohinton Mistry: In Conversation
The Mumbai-born Canadian novelist Rohinton Mistry received the Lifetime Achievement award at the Times Litfest last December. It was his first public appearance in his original hometown, indeed...
Day 03: XVII North American Zoroastrian Congress 2014
The last day of the Congress, as also the last day of the year 2014, were upon us at the Hilton LAX. The previous few days had been high intensity both in the intellectual sense as well as the party...
Day 02: XVII North American Zoroastrian Congress 2014
The second day of the Congress was a blur of activity with a full schedule and many many presentations pulling people in all directions. Some of the presentations that I did attend included a...
Day 01: XVII North American Zoroastrian Congress 2014
Faith and Unity is the theme of the XVII North American Zoroastrian Congress that begins today on Monday December 29, 2014 at the Hilton LAX in Los Angeles. Organized on behalf of FEZANA by the...
Pre-Congress Days: North American Congress 2014
Friday evening December 26th at the Hilton Hotel at Los Angeles Airport was like any other evening. And then all of a sudden the lobby felt like the scene of a flashmob. Over 160 Zoroastrian youth...
Jiyo Parsi: An Inside Perspective
The following is an interview with Dr. Zinobia Madan, one of the founding members of the Jiyo Parsi Programme, on what the project really means to the community. This was originally published in the...
Topli Na Paneer: Basket Case
Making a case for topli na paneer, a little-known but much-loved Parsi dish Every Sunday, when I was a little girl, my family and I would trudge to Slater Road to my aunt’s house for lunch....
Khushroo Dhunjibhoy Wins RWITC Elections
Make good on your words, Dhunjibhoy Now that Khushroo Dhunjibhoy holds the reins of the Royal Western India Turf Club (RWITC), having taken over from Vivek Jain in the recent hi-voltage election,...
Young Parsis learn XYZ of their history
“Today, our Parsi children know more about Hindu gods and kings than historical personalities of their own religion,” said Hoshaang Gotla, 29, who works with an education firm. To stop this “growing...
Enterprise Dubai: When enterprising Parsis meet in Dubai
Professionals, youth, families from Zoroastrian community come together at ‘Enterprise Dubai’. Article in Khaleej Times Nowhere else over the weekend in the UAE would there have been such a large...
Dhansak: Food Stories from Pakistan
The year was 1997 and Dawn (the newspaper, not the website) was planning to publish a thick supplement to celebrate the 50th Independence Day of Pakistan, and I was commissioned to write an article...
Interfaith Marriages Challenge Parsi Families
Neither Kushroo Anita, 35, nor Viraf Mehta, 30, have found “the one” yet. They’ve both finished school, established careers and grown eager to start families. But even in a city of 18 million,...
‘That Parsi girl’, sarodist Zarin Sharma broke the glass ceiling in the Bollywood music studios
A tribute to the pioneering musician who passed away. Article by Rudradeep Bhattacharjee The Bombay film orchestras of the golden age from the 1950s to the 1970s were a male bastion. Sarod maestro...
Adil Jussawalla wins Sahitya Akademi Award 2014
Poet and critic Adil Jussawall’s “Trying to Say Goodbye” is among eight books of poetry conferred the prestigious Sahitya Akademi Award 2014, it was announced here Friday. Apart...
Community magazines try to keep pace with changing lifestyles
Below is an article by Nergish Sunavala on the above topic. Parsi Khabar is happy to be mentioned, in the august company of others like Parsiana. Amongst the dwindling Parsi community, interfaith...
Day Two: Enterprise Dubai 2014
Day Two of Enterprise Dubai started with the lighting of the lamp by two more Parsi stalwarts who joined the event today. Nadir Godrej and Ronnie Screwala lit the lamp along with Fali Nariman to...
Day One: Enterprise Dubai 2014
Enterprise Dubai 2014 is a two day event planned by the Zarathushtis of Dubai to highlight the entrepreneurial opportunities in the region, and specifically the city of Dubai. Over two days, leaders...
Zarathushtis from America Win all WZCC Global Awards for 2014
At the Annual General Meeting and Gala Dinner of the World Zarathushti Chamber of Commerce, three Zarathushtis all from the USA, won the three awards presented. Edul Daver of New Jersey USA won the...
How the Government-Funded Parsi Fertility Scheme Works
Persis Kamakhan had been trying to have a child for nine years. After an attempt at in-vitro fertilization in 2010 didn’t work, Ms. Kamakhan says she had all but given up — IVF was unaffordable on...
Picnics at Juhu Beach: Indian Memory Project
The Indian Memory Project is a fantastic website that curates memories. They have a wonderful post by father daughter duo Rumi and Sooni Taraporevala about picnics at Juhu Beach. This photograph of...
Animating The Word: Legacy of Iran’s Minority Calligraphic Traditions.
Tally Beck Contemporary will present a group exhibition of contemporary works that incorporate calligraphy from Iran. Animating the Word: The Legacy of Iran’s Minority Calligraphic Traditions will...
Ashdeen Lilaowala: I am Floored by the City’s Love for Saris
Taking the dazzling textile tradition of the culturally-rich Parsis to a wider audience, young designer Ashdeen Z Lilaowala dons several hats. Article By Janani Sampath | The New Indian Express An...
The Travelling Parsi by Kamal F. Sunavala
The book was an accidental baby. But being pro-choice (for books, at any rate) the author would not abort it, and raised it with love, satire and laughter. When the book was ready, it was sent off...
Towers of Silence: Official Trailer
‘The Towers of Silence’ explores the fundamental question faced by every small community, namely how to preserve one’s traditions in a rapidly changing and modernizing world. The film...
Baby, Come and Save Us
Kaiyan Mistree and Shireen Havewala are not very different from other young professional couples living in Mumbai. He is an architect and she is a banker. They are both serious-minded 20-somethings....
Parsis : A Community and a battle for survival
In her spartan office, Dhun Daraius Bagli is answering the third call in half an hour. The query is the same. So is her answer. “Sorry, we are full for December,” says Bagli, putting down the...
Beheroze Shroff: Decade of African diaspora
Beheroze Shroff, a Bombay soul now exploring foreign shores, was fascinated by the vibrant history of the African diaspora. What we gained out of it are some exceptional documentaries On December...
Parsis debate priest’s organ donation appeal
While most support it, a small section of orthodox Parsis are in opposition claiming the body belongs to god. By Jyoti Shelar | Mumbai Mirror A Parsi high priest’s appeal to donate organs has...
Ratan Tata to bring XPrize Foundation to India
Backed by Tata, the US-based non-profit XPrize Foundation plans to make an announcement on 11 December about its India operations Mumbai: Axiom Research Labs Pvt. Ltd-owned Team Indus, led and...
Master of the Field: Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw Soldiering with Dignity
This book is a revised and updated edition of Sam Bahadur’s approved biography, written by his trusted military assistant. Many biographies tend to be anecdotal and chronological, and this one...