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Rayomand J. Patell Launches New Venture — Firestarter
Rayomand J. Patell, a senior creative professional with a career spanning three decades across advertising and...
How To Shoot A Parsi: Sooni Taraporevala Exhibition of Photographs
Award-winning screenwriter Sooni Taraporevala’s first photography exhibition, Parsis, captures the community’s whims and quirks over three decades. By Kareena Gianani | Mid-Day With her...
Keeping the Fire Alive in Chennai
Pearl (name changed) is married to a non-Parsi, as a result of which her child has not been baptised as Pars. This is the case of several Parsi women married to non-Parsis in the city. This could be...
Irani trust’s land sale kicks off row
Anjuman Asks Its Chief, Who Had Opposed The 963-Acre Deal, To Resign By Nauzer K Bharucha | TNN Mumbai: There is growing opposition within the Zoroastrian community against the sale of 963 acres...
What If A Parsi Were the Prime Minister of India
The article below is a tongue-in-check take on the possibility of a Parsi Prime Minister in India. It is written by good friend of Parsi Khabar and brilliant media man Rayomand J. Patell What if a...
The Ideal Jawa Yezdi: Motorcycling and the Parsi Connection
Here is a beautiful documentary about the Yezdi motorcycle. Born originally as the Jawa, it was a model made by the legendary Czechoslovakian motorcycle marquee. For decades the Indian motorcycle...
Driving the Field Marshal: When Kennedy drove Manekshaw!
Nitin Gokhale writes a beautiful account of his meeting up with Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw’s driver of 22 years…a gentleman by the viagra form canada name of Kennedy. I ventured to ask Kennedy how...
Jimmy Mistry at TEDx New Delhi
Jimmy Mistry, real-estate developer and entrepreneur presents some of his office work at a TEDx New Delhi. TEDx events are locally organized events based on guidelines set up by the legendary TED...
Mumbai's Iranian Zoroastrian Anjuman to sell 963 acres of land in Palghar for Rs 732 crore
This could perhaps be the largest chunk of contiguous land to be put on the block in Mumbai Metropolitan Region. The Iranian Zoroastrian Anjuman, a private community trust, will sell its humungous...
Mahzarin Banaji: Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People
In “Blindspot,” Mahzarin Banaji (pictured) and longtime collaborator Anthony Greenwald offer people tools to overcome their hardwired biases, and to stoke conversation about the deeply...
Nina Mistry Offers Zarathushti Prayers at the United Nations
Zarathushti Offers Prayer at 67th United Nations General Assembly from ZAGNY on Vimeo. Zarathushti Offers Prayer at 67th United Nations General Assembly from ZAGNY on Vimeo. World Interfaith Harmony...
Sooni Taraporevala's Show to Open in Mumbai
First look at Sooni Taraporevala’s photo exhibit of a community that’s earned the tag ‘mad bawas’ She’s come full circle. From focusing her lens on Parsis — a small community of followers of the...
Hyderabad Parsis pray for return of the scavenger bird
The dwindling number of vultures is adding to the woes of the dwindling Parsi community in the city. By Bushra Baseerat | TNN Depending on the scavenging birds to dispose of their dead in the...
Tower By Avan Jesia: A Book Review
Just after 7 pm on a weekday, in weather that counts as the Mumbai winter, I make my way through the quiet bylanes of Dadar Parsi Colony. Reviewed by Rohini Nair |The Asian Age It’s dark enough for...
Ratan Tata elected to National Academy of Engineering
Washington: Tata Group Chairman Emeritus Ratan Tata along with eight Indian Americans has been elected to the prestigious National Academy of Engineering, which is the highest professional...
The 2013 ZOSTA Awards Function
Below is a report of the 2013 ZOSTA AWARDS FUNCTION b y Marzban J. Giara, circulated via email. The 33rd annual prize distribution function was held at Allbless Baug on Saturday 2nd February 2013....
A Small Town Wonder: The Meherjirana Library By Dinyar Patel
Dinyar Patel writes about the Meherjirana Library on the occasion of it’s 140th anniversary and the global conference that was hosted to celebrate this landmark The Meherjirana Library in Gujarat is...
Solicitor General of India Rohinton F Nariman Resigns
Solicitor General of India Rohinton F Nariman has resigned from his post buy cialis online almost an year after he replaced Gopal Subramaniam. The exact reason behind the sudden resignation is not...
Pandit Jal K Balaporia Passes Away
Pt. Jal Balaporia, senior exponent of the Gwalior gharana passed away in Bombay at the age of 86. He was admitted to the Parsee General Hospital over a month ago.Jalsaheb, as he was popularly known...
Patuck College: Mumbai's innovative school for the poor
From Newsx.com In our Good News section, we have a heartwarming story that makes schools a welcome prospect instead of a scary one. Even as the youth of the nation engages in heated debates about...
Amitav Ghosh on Navsari
Amitav Ghosh the famous Indian writer was recently in Navsari for the Conference organized to celebrate the 140th Anniversary of The First Meherjirana Library in Navsari. He has some interesting...
Legend of gorgeous garas
Think of family heirlooms, and usually the first thing that comes to mind is a priceless necklace or some antique timepiece. By Shazman Shariff | Deccan Herald But surprisingly, in some cases, rare...
Two Parsis Amongst Gallantry Awards 2013 Winners
On the occassion of the 64th Republic Day of India, celebrated on January 26, 2013; the President of India announced the names of 359 military personnel for the various Gallantry Awards given out to...
Zubin Mehta Talks About Ratan Tata
It is a month today since Ratan Tata retired as chairman of Tata Sons. Mr Tata tweeted last week that he is enjoying his retirement and the time he spends with his beloved dogs. Legendary maestro...
An Appeal for Medical Costs for a Young Parsi Priest
Dear Fellow Zoroastrians I am writing this email to you all as a plea for financial help l help for a young. parsi boy in coma in hospital in Mumbai. Cherag Soli Desai is my moms cousin Soli...
Chaiye Hame Zarathoshti Mimics Nazi Era Anthem ?
UPDATE: On further research… The original tune is the Blue Bell March by Theodore F. Morse and Edward Mullen composed in 1904. Kavi Firoz Rustomji Batliwala composed Chaiye Hame Zarthosti. More on...
Adi Burjor Godrej Awarded Padma Bhushan 2013
Adi Burjor Godrej is the Chairman, The Godrej Group, Godrej Industries, India He got a Master’s in Management, from MIT, US. Formerly, served as Chairman and President of industry associations...
Mahrukh Tarapore Awarded Padma Shri 2013
“Mahrukh Tarapor is one of the most widely respected museum professionals in the world,” said former Metropolitan Museum of Art director Philippe de Montebello, noting her “diplomatic skills,...
Deena Mistri Campus: A Film by Jamsheed Mistri
Jamsheed Mistri, a sixth grader from Covington Elementary School in the Los Altos School District submitted the film below as part of a submission to the LASD Film Festival 2013 Deena Mistri Campus...
The Chikoo Festival of Dahanu
Percy Jamshedwala writes: We used to have Discover Dahanu Festival since last two years, usually the source of the funds being individual participation fee & canadian pharmacy funds from INTACH,...
Zubin Bhathena Rocks With Spud In The Box
A new Indian alternate rock group has been doing the rounds of Indian cities the past few weeks. Spud in the Box is a six piece Alternative Pop-Rock band formed in March 2011 in Mumbai. It involves...
Zubin Mehta: Music master digs Freddie Mercury
Zubin Mehta chats about passionate Israelis, frustrating politics, his Israeli son and his love for Queen’s lead singer Maestro Zubin Mehta is a known entity in these parts, jetting in and out for...
Lessons to be learned at a Parsi wedding
A Parsi wedding is cause for celebration. To start with, it suggests that the community’s population may increase, and given their diminishing numbers, any Parsi nuptials call for applause. Then,...
Cyrus and Lyla Guzder: A Parsi Couple's Healing Touch to Vidarbha's Farmers
As debt-ridden farmers continue to kill themselves in Maharashtra’s Vidarbha region due to "government apathy", a Parsi couple from Mumbai has provided a healing touch to around 25...
Young Professionals Norouz Retreat
Zoroastrian Youth of North America (ZYNA) will be kicking off the NEW YEAR 2013! Join us, in the BIG APPLE, for a celebration filled with festivities, friendship and fellowship. This will be a...
Excellence of Parsis as the First Indians To….
Below are some of India’s first’s that Parsis achieved, Sent to us via email. No record of illustrious Parsis would be complete without the name of Rustomji Dorabji, whose unsurpassable contribution...
Former India allrounder Rusi Surti dies at 76
Former India allrounder Rusi Surti, 76, died this morning in Mumbai. The Queensland, Australia-based Surti had been put on life support in hospital after scans revealed he had suffered a massive...
Seeking Godrej Mugaseth and Maneck Dadabhoy
Raghu Karnad, a journalist and editor based between Delhi and Bangalore, is writing a non-fiction book about Indian servicemen in the Second World War. The narrative follows three young men, two of...
Ervad Soli Dastur Performs Hamaa Zor Greeting with Archbishop of Mumbai
Ervad Soli P. Dastur, of Sarasota, Florida, USA, was invited by Mumbai Archbishop His Eminence Ostwald Cardinal Gracias to represent the Zoroastrian Religion at a Multi-Faith Talk Show on 23rd...
Allahabad Parsis struggle to keep Atash burning
Even as the population of the Parsi community is diminishing, in the Sangam city as well as across the country, the community of Tata’s, Godrej’s, Wadia’s, Bhabha’s,...
Surat Parsis concerned over Dokhma's existence
Concerns are being raised over the continuing existence of 500-year-old ‘Tower of Silence’ or Dokhma at Umarwada, which is not only being used by people of Surat, but also Parsis from...
Why Parsis are India’s finest citizens: Aakar Patel
I’m delighted a Parsi has taken over this week from Ratan Tata as head of Asia’s greatest corporation. I have strong feelings in this matter but I don’t think they come from prejudice. That would...
In Search of Godrej Khodadad Mugaseth
Raghu Karnad has written an excellent essay on his experience recovering memories of WWII in Manipur, all while trying to trace any remaining information about his Parsi great-uncle, killed in...
Brigadier Cyrus Adi Pithawala: Highest gallantry award winner breaches rank ceiling
Most winners of India’s highest gallantry award — Param Vir Chakra in war and its peacetime equivalent Ashoka Chakra – have received it posthumously, laying down their lives while...
A Day of Shame for India: Opinion
Ervad Marzban Hathiram makes some very valid points and raises questions about the state of society in India today. This is in the aftermath of the shocking series of events that started with the...
Yuhan Vevaina: Khorshed Jungalwala Memorial Lecture at the XVI NAZC 2012
Yuhan Vevaina Delivers the Khorshed Jungalwala Memorial Lecture: XVI NAZC 2012 from ZAGNY on Vimeo. Thinking with Zoroastrianism in the 21st Century As a 3,500 year-old religious tradition, the...
Polson Butter and the Bihar Connection
All those cheap generic viagra Biharis in a position to remember the smells and flavours of their breakfasts from the 1950s-60s, may jump at the mention of Polson butter. It may please them to know...
Ratan Tata's farewell letter to all Tata employees
Ratan Tata, who stepped down as the chairman of the Tata group today as he turned 75, has written a warm viagra com farewell letter to his employees saying, “we have every reason to feel proud and...
Dorabjee’s of Poona: Sali Boti Recipe
Dorabjee and Sons of Poona is a buy cialis online 140 year old restaurant famous for its fantastic Parsi cuisine. It would not be wrong to say that it’s worth a drive from Mumbai to Poona just to...
New Singing Sensation: Shanaya Z Patel
Check out Shanaya Z Patel’s video below. She is one of the youngest Zarathusti singers in North America ! Shanaya lives in Mississauga, a suburb of Toronto, Canada. “Like” her Facebook page:...
Zubin Mehta re-creates a night 50 years ago
A special anniversary concert with the L.A. Philharmonic revisits his first night as its music director in Nov. 15, 1962. It’s a serious event — in good ways. By Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times...