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Uran tehsildar puts on hold transfer of Bhiwandiwala trust land to BJP MLA
The Uran tehsildar has put on hold the change of ownership of land from the name of Khan Bahadur Hormasji Maneckji...
Zubin Damania aka ZDoggMD Rocks the Scene
Dr. Zubin Damania MD aka ZDoggMD is a board-certified internist, clinical hospitalist (formerly at Stanford), and current denizen of Downtown Las Vegas. He moonlights in medical satire—writing,...
Music and Bollywood: The Parsi Way!
Here is an inspiring quote for when a job seems difficult, and you feel too insignificant to change things: “Whoever thinks he is too small to make a difference has never been to bed with a...
Ronnie Screwvala: The Indian billionaire working for Disney
Bollywood pioneer Ronnie Screwvala is Disney's point man in India. By Kurt Wagner | FORTUNE Ronnie Screwvala believes in India. As a self-made entrepreneur, Screwvala turned his small cable...
British Designer Thomas Heatherwick to Design Aviary at Doongarwadi in Mumbai
British designer Thomas Heatherwick on his new project in India and why design is not about toeing the brief. By Shiny Varghese Indian Express In July last year, 204 countries from around the world...
Usheen Davar Awarded MIN's 2013 Sales Person of The Year Advertising award
Usheen Davar, Digital Sales Director at Meredith Digital (Meredith Corporation) was just awared the MIN's 2013 Sales Person of The Year (Web/Digital) Advertising award. She had made it to the...
Nauzer Bharucha Bags Journalism Award for Irrigation Scam Expose.
TOI journalist bags award for irrigation scam expose Mumbai: Nauzer Bharucha, senior editor at the Times of India, won the Red Ink Award for Excellence in Indian Journalism 2013 for political...
Kainaz Amaria in Conversation: Being Zoroastrian
Photographer Kainaz Amaria has been born and brought up in America. As a child, when she’d tell her friends at school she was a Zoroastrian, they thought she was pretending to be a superhero....
Jasmin Sohrabji elevated to CEO, South East Asia and India At Omnicom Media Group
In a significant thumbs up to the progress that Jasmin Sohrabji has made as Chief Executive of Omnicom Media Group India, she has been elevated and will take on responsibilities of South East Asia...
Special Youth Registration Pricing Announced for 10th World Zoroastrian Congress in Mumbai
To ensure participation of the younger members of the community to the 10th World Zoroastrian Congress and its deliberations, especially as it pertains to the future road map of the overall growth...
The last of a Parsi culinary legacy
Mumbai’s grand old Parsi cafes are a symbol of the city’s diverse cuisine and ethnic groups, but they are a dying breed. I eat the best crème caramel of my life in 26?C heat, with life-sized cutouts...
Dr. Motibai Kapadia: Gujarat's first lady doctor treated sexism and untouchability too
Dr Motibai Kapadia (1867-1930) obtained a degree in medicine in 1889, just three years after Anandi Joshi became the first lady doctor of India. Motibai also strove to serve society and did so in...
A community poise: The Bngalore Parsis
he sun is at its peak, and so is the city’s maddening rush on the roads. The traffic policeman, who takes refuge under the shades of myriad trees that adorn the premises of the Fire Temple, is...
The Passing of an Icon: Keki Bhote
Keki Bhote ( 1925 - 2013) In the early days of our (Zoroastrian) presence in North America, in the 1950s and 1960s, any Zoroastrian bound for America was given the names of Keki and Mehroo Bhote to...
Feasting over Parsi food
Parsi food is about the aroma and the spices, if you are meat lover than enjoy... Parsi food has its origins in Iranian cuisine and it is a delightful journey for those who are hardcore...
Villoo Appoo: Girl Scouts of Southern Illinois CEO Awarded Alumni Honors
Girl Scouts of Southern Illinois CEO Villie M. Appoo received a Distinguished Alumni award from Washington University’s G. W. Brown School of Social Work at a ceremony April 17 at Steinberg...
Out of Dough: Of Bhakras and Gharis
If Parsis made doughnuts and baklava, they'd taste like bhakras and ghari. Mirror looks at tea-time darlings in Bawa homes Article By Roxanne Bamboat | Source: Mumbai Mirror Baklava is one of the...
A Master Plan: Fali Nariman
Fali Nariman offers a legal luminary's guide on the follies of the corrupt and the way out of it Fali Nariman's new book, The State of the Nation tries to explain why things are the way they are in...
Ratan Tata: The Cornell Story
This documentary features Cornell College of Architecture graduate Ratan Tata '59, BArch '62, chairman of Tata Sons, India's premier conglomerate. Created in honor of Tata's 50th Reunion in June...
Mumbai's Parsi cafe culture
Mumbai's grand old Parsi cafes are a symbol of the city's diverse cuisine and culture, but on a foodie tour of the city our writer finds out they are a dying breed By Rosie Birkett | The Guardian I...
Zoroastrian Return To Roots Program
The Zoroastrian Return to Roots Program is a new initiative launched by a group of 4 young Zarathushtis resideing all over the world. It is a fantastic program and comes with the oversight of...
Marrying kind: Zoroastrians still keeping the faith alive in Australia
Ray Medhora would be a good catch in any community. He is 27, handsome, a former Sunday school teacher and a family counsellor. By Julie Power | Sydney Morning Herald Happy families: Zoroastrians...
To live on for the moments that take one's breath away
When I decided to call my call column Life Begins At 80, my wife asked: "Do you want to admit to the world you are past 80?" I understand that would be a sin for a woman! By Burjor Patel |...
No dignity for some even in death
The death of an 86-year old woman living in a trust-run housing colony in Colaba recently made news in the Parsi newspapers - not because she was a notable member of the community, but because after...
What’s For Chai, Bawaji ?
If you haven't gone beyond lagan-nu-custard, you ain't seen nothing yet. The first of a two-part series on deliciously sweet Parsi snacks. By Roxanne Bamboat, Mumbai Mirror While the rest of Mumbai...
The Best Things in Life Are Free: Little Zizou on Hulu
Sooni Taraporevala's film Little Zizou -- which can be watched for free these days on Hulu -- always makes me yearn for my first true love: Bombay. Because Little Zizou represents the perfect...
How Sohrab Modi won over Prithviraj Kapoor
In this special series, we re-visit great Hindi film classics. Today, we look back at Prithviraj Kapoor and Sohrab Modi's 1941 film Sikander. By Sukanya Verma | Rediff Sikander ne Porous se ki thi...
Adi Kanga: Visionary who helped create New Mumbai
A week before Adi Kanga died he could not remember what he had for breakfast, but he could explain Pythagoras' theorem to you. He was an all-rounder: a mathematician, an imaginative artist and one...
Khada Parsi: Restoring the ruptured heritage
We have done so many things to our heritage and history which we were not expected to do. We have distorted it, twisted it and have disrespected it. Realising what we have done is the least we can...
Mumbai's Zoroastrian Anjuman sells 963 acres of land to Viva Homes
The tiny Parsi-Irani community is one of the largest land owners in and around Mumbai. The Wadia, Godrej and Jeejeebhoy families are some of the big landlords while the Bombay Parsi Punchayat...
Toilet near Bhikha Behram Well to be Razed
The Bombay high court has directed that a toilet built close to a religious place near Cross Maidan – the over-280-year-old Bhika Behram well, a grade 1 heritage structure – be demolished. The Parsi...
Potential Radiation from Cell Phone Towers Cause Panic in Dadar Parsi Colony
6 cancer cases in 3 yrs, residents call meet to devise strategy. Freny Kavarana, a resident of Shree Samarth building in Dadar’s Parsi Colony, says that she feels “horrible” when sitting in her...
Registration Opens for 10th World Zoroastrian Congress 2013
The registration is now open for the 10th World Zoroastrian Congress hosted by the Bombay Parsi Punchayet in Mumbai at the end of the year. Early Bird registration is open till July 31, 2013. Indian...
Ava Jesia: Tower
Ava Jesia’s first book, Tower, takes inspiration from her Parsi upbringing By Indian Express SHE is an English teacher who is currently between jobs, but Avan Jesia has a lot to keep her busy right...
Refresher Program for Ervads, Ostas, Behdins and Pasbaans at the Cama Athornan In Mumbai
Below is a public service announcement received via email. WITH THE BLESSINGS OF LATE SETH MERWANJI MUNCHERJI CAMA – OUR BENEFACTOR, The EX-STUDENTS’ ASSOCIATION of THE M.F. CAMA ATHORNAN INSTITUTE...
Call for Award Nominations: 10th World Zoroastrian Congress
The Parsi/Irani Zoroastrian community has always excelled in every field of endeavour. There have been a host of industrialists, businessmen, professionals and others who have been honoured either...
So, what is on your plate today?
For the fun-loving Parsi community, one of the most integral elements of a good life is a grand, tasty meal. By Rachel Fernandes, TNN Think Parsi food and there are some trademark dishes that are...
Bhicoo Manekshaw: A Tribute
Bhicoo Manekshaw, the food writer has passed away. She wrote really excellent, professionally done and well researched cookbooks, like her book on the food of her Parsi community. By Vikram Doctor |...
Frohar Foundation Presents A Zoroastrian Odyssey
EXHIBITION TIMINGS Thursday 18th April 2013, from 6.30 pm to 8.30 pm Friday 19th, Saturday 20th & Sunday 21st, April 2013 from 11.30 am to 8.30 pm EXHIBITS Story of Asho Zarathushtra The...
Bhicoo Manekshaw Passes Away
We are saddened to inform the passing away of Bhicoo Manekshaw. She was one of the best known names in the world of gastronomical delights. Her cookbooks on Parsi cooking are some of the best...
The Lord Family: Parsi Musicians in Hindi Movies
The Human Factor is a documentary that shall premiere at the 2013 New York International Film Festival. The screening is on May 01, 2013 at the Tribeca Cinemas Independent filmmaker Rudradeep...
Parsi Punchayet dangles carrots to lure children into priesthood
The title of the article by DNA India sets a very negative tone. That’s our opinion here at Parsi Khabar. To save the community's rituals from becoming extinct, the Bombay Parsi Punchayet (BPP) has...
Parsis offer better benefits for more priests
The dwindling number of priests within the Parsi community has set the alarm bells ringing as the Bombay Parsi Punchayet (BPP), the community’s apex body, has introduced a first-of-its-kind...
Shiamak Davar: The Mumbai/New York Photo Project: Music and Dance
In the sixth edition of the Mumbai/New York photo project, Nisha Sondhe photographs some of the musicians and artists building bridges between the two cities. In Mumbai, one of India’s...
Dinshaw Vimadalal: Cathedral School Alumni
Below is some more information on the “most eligible Parsi” these days…a.k.a Dinshaw Vimadalal. From Seventh Heaven….a site for Cathedral School Alumni Mexican Cathedralite Just had this, hot on the...
Lonely Community Elders Beware: BPP Press Release
We were all told in our youth that relationships are pre decided in heaven and that we are born in a family and continue in that family till our very end. Unfortunately today we are facing a...
Mumbai to Get a Drama School
City to get its first private drama school; Field Marshall Sam Manekshaw's grandson Jehan is co-convener. An hour before Jehan Sam Manekshaw is to meet Dr Bal Bhalerao, chief secretary of the Mumbai...
Lady Jehangir Kothari Memorial Hall: Bangalore's own Tudor Taj Mahal
For those who regularly cross the Queens Road-Cunningham Road junction in the heart of the city, this stone building, halfheartedly bordering the road leading towards Shivaji Nagar, is not a rare...
Sam Balsara: Madison is much more important than money
It was in the mid-nineties that India started showing up on the global business radar, and multinationals started looking at India with renewed interest. Advertising was no exception. It was the...
The Cyrus Cylinder Arrives in the USA
CNN's Amanpour and the British Museum's MacGregor - Complete Cyrus Cylinder Interview from Iran Heritage Foundation on Vimeo. During the launch event of the Cyrus Cylinder Tour of the US on March...
Revisit The Parsi Natak
The city’s Gujarati speakers of an older vintage will fondly recall the plays of Adi Marzban, the playwright and director who was synonymous with Parsi nataks from the 1940s to the 1980s. by Pronoti...