Going platinum Frilly frocks and flaky dal poris–RTI celebrates 75 years Parizaad Khan Mumbai, November 16: THE Sir Ratan Tata Institute supplied the snacks to my school canteen. On the pizza halves, the layer of cheese was as thick as the base and when you bit into a Nutty Finger, it was a perfect blend… Continue reading RTI celebrates 75 years
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Couple ties the knot twice in a day
For the first time ever in The Bahamas, a couple tied the knot twice in one day! Bahamian and Indian cultures merged a few weeks ago in Nassau, when Darius Unwala exchanged vowes with Rashmi Prakash Lodha in a Parsee wedding ceremony, followed by a civil ceremony in the same location. More than 200 guests… Continue reading Couple ties the knot twice in a day
Amazing Parsees; A personal view
Pratik Bhandari writes on his blog I have always been fascinated by Parsi people, their loving demeanor, their lore, of how their ancestors landed on the coast of Gujrat and eventually got asylum here. This was when the arabs invaded Persia. Today people in Iran are considered ‘arab’ because of their religeon, but actually people… Continue reading Amazing Parsees; A personal view
Wind Towers of Yazd
A very traditional and interesting technology is making a comeback, in Iran and in the UK. Architects fascinated by Yazd’s wind towers An architect couple is working on a project on the use of wind towers in contemporary architecture in Iran. Paris-based architects Herve Richard from France and his Iranian wife Shiva Tolouie went to… Continue reading Wind Towers of Yazd
Our own ‘ Sheikh Speare’
Indian Express – New Delhi,India … Khusro Kabrazi, who founded the Parsee Nataka Mandali in 1853, presented Rustom and Sohrab at the Grant Road Theatre (the only theatre in Mumbai those days) on …
Iranians, Founders of the World Empire
They are unaware of the fact that Iran enjoys a 9,000-year-old civilization which, based on historical accounts and what historians believe, shines so brilliantly in the world that such false talks have no effect on, or as Ebn-e-Xaldun puts it such “Blind Followers” can not ruin such a glorious reputation. Continue reading at CHN
Zoroastrians mass graveyard: National monument
“The mass graveyard, in which the Zoroastrians laid the bodies of their lost ones in old days, was endowed to the cause. Therefore, it was taken by Zoroaster’s disciples as a sacred site. “Up to a half century ago, according to the Zoroastrian rituals, dead bodies were laid at the site in order to be… Continue reading Zoroastrians mass graveyard: National monument
