Columbia Daily Spectator – New York City,NY,USA … Aristophanes’ Lysistrata has been replaced with The Frogs, and the Bhagavad-Gita and The Gathas of Zarathustra appear halfway through the course, adding the …
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The Buddhas the Taliban destroyed
Daily Times – Lahore,Pakistan … Two great Parsi women have lived in Pakistan. … Roshan’s Parsi parents perhaps never thought that they were naming her after the bigger Buddha of Bamiyan. …
Taj Mahal Hotel
Mirror.co.uk – UK … Ironically, the hotel is not a legacy of the British Raj at all – it was built in 1903 by a Parsi Indian industrialist, JN Tata, apparently miffed because he …
My kind of town
Telegraph.co.uk – United Kingdom … I window-shop on Fashion Street, explore the Jewish and Parsee history pealing from the fa?ades of Dhobi Talao, circumnavigate the narrow Catholic by-lanes of …
A Whirlwind Of Spices
feBusiness Traveller – Mumbay,India … Farm Lamb Chops with Sweet & Sour Pear Chutney, Curry Leaf Potatoes, and Jackfruit Biryani; Turkey Kaa Keema with Mint and Spinach and Parsi Halibut “Paatra …
Sonia assures help for father-in-law’s grave
Congress president and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi has assured financial support for the uplift of her father-in-law Feroze Jehangir Gandhi’s grave here. The work is expected to start within a fortnight and Sonia might pay a visit to the place as she did five years ago. ”He is not dead. Who lifts thy glorious mind… Continue reading Sonia assures help for father-in-law’s grave
Thai crown princess denied entry into famous Hindu temple
Thai crown princess denied entry into famous Hindu temple in eastern India BHUBANESHWAR, India — Thailand’s Crown Princess Sirindhorn was denied entry to a famous Hindu temple in eastern India because she is a foreigner and is a Buddhist, an official said Monday……. ….Former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi — a born Hindu — was denied… Continue reading Thai crown princess denied entry into famous Hindu temple
