By Nauzer Bharucha, TNN 7 September 2009, 12:47am IST Large-scale encroachments on properties belonging to Parsi trusts across the country led to suggestions during a two-day meet over the weekend that the community should urge the Centre to set up a Wakf Board-like body to protect such properties. The Muslim Wakf Board, set up through… Continue reading Parsis moot Waqf-like body to protect land
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Parsis fight to keep Sanjan coastline clean
Over a thousand years ago, Parsis landed on the shores of Sanjan on the Gujarat coast, seeking shelter and were welcomed by the local raja who allowed them to settle on his land. The descendants of these migrants are now paying back that debt by helping local resP6-2.TIM environmental pollution on the coastline. Several city… Continue reading Parsis fight to keep Sanjan coastline clean
Zoroastrians: Mapping Our Future: A Survey
Sam Balsara of Madison Advertising is putting together a presentation for the World Zoroastrian Congress in Dubai at the end of this year. As part of that he would like as many Zoroastrians to fill out a survey that will help him analyze current trends and thought process and lead to an analysis/brainstorming session. The… Continue reading Zoroastrians: Mapping Our Future: A Survey
Authentic Irani Food in Bombay: Cafe Universal
It’s funny that the only Irani features in an Irani cafe are black tea and its owner. The menu usually has Parsi food, which has more in common with Lucknow than Tehran. It’s ironic that the city’s fair-sized population of Iranis-both Muslims and Zoroastrians who migrated to India from Iran several centuries after their Parsi… Continue reading Authentic Irani Food in Bombay: Cafe Universal
Go forth and multiply in Punchayet flats
By: Alisha Coelho for Mid_Day Bombay Parsi Punchayet hopes its new scheme to give priority in housing allocation to engaged couples with a wedding date will bear fruit In a desperate attempt to boost numbers and save the community from impending extinction, the Bombay Parsi Punchayet (BPP) will give first priority in housing allocation… Continue reading Go forth and multiply in Punchayet flats
Religious Adultery and Parsis
Ervad Marzban J. Hathiram, a good old friend, editor of Frashogard.com and the Panthaki at the Jogeshwari Daremehr has written a hard hitting post on religious adultery. Marzban writes My apologies for not updating the blog for the last few weeks since I was tied up in the Muktad preparations and prayers in our Daremeher… Continue reading Religious Adultery and Parsis
The Parsis in Colonies
This is a hilarious forward sent to us by dear family friend and regular Parsi Khabar reader Bakhtavar Mistry. BE PROUD as After the the British colonies there is only the parsi colonies on which the sun never sets Because …………… at 2 am old ladies are chasing stray dogs with sticks, at 3 am… Continue reading The Parsis in Colonies
