How Mumbai-based Parsi Dairy Farm built a 109-year legacy of trust and purity Debolina Biswas Fourth generation...
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Timelessness Is at the Centre of Our Aesthetic and Practice: Ashdeen Lilaowala
Known for reviving and reimagining the intricate art of Parsi Gara, designer Ashdeen Lilaowala now extends his craft...
Marking Navroz with a ‘naatak’
On Friday, Parsis celebrated Navroz, the Zoroastrian new year. The day is traditionally spent eating, praying and, in the evenings, watching a play. The Navroz naatak is a longstanding custom. The...
Parsis Of Calcutta Celebrate New Year
At the last count — and that was some time ago — there were 565 Parsis in this city, a once-thriving Westernised community known for its industriousness, integrity and love of the good life. So as...
Parsis ring in their new yearin Mumbai
After a solemn ten days dedicated to praying for the souls of the departed, the Parsi community celebrated Navroz or new year with faith and fervour on Friday. In the run-up to the festival, veteran...
Parsis of Pune Celebrate New Year
Wishing each other ‘Sal Mubarak,’ the city’s Parsi community celebrated the Navroze or the Parsi New Year on Friday. Warm family gatherings, a visit to the fire temple or agiary,...
Ahmedabad Parsis Bring in New Year
The Parsi community in the city is gearing up to celebrate their New Year- Navroze on Friday. The 1800 plus Parsis population living in the city plans to celebrate the day with great vigour and...
Nagpur Parsis Usher in New Year
Known for their philanthropic disposition, peaceful existence and financial well being, the Parsis observe Navroz or New Year with these very traits firmly imprinted upon the celebrations. In the...
Parsis of Karachi to mark Navroz today
The Parsi new year Navroz celebrations started in Karachi on Thursday night. It differs from the Iranian new year, also referred to as Jamshedi NovRuz, which was commemorated towards the end of...
Happy New Year 2011 | Saal Mubarak Y.Z. 1381
On the occasion of the Shehenshahi New Year (Y.Z.1381) Parsi Khabat takes the opportunity to wish you, our dear reader a very happy new year. Our wishes extend to your loved ones, families and...
100th Year of B.D. Petit Parsee General Hospital
On this happy occasion we are proud to inform you that on 27th March, 2011 our Hospital entered its 100th year of caring for our sick and less fortunate community members. Having reserved 53.6% of...
Late Lt. Cdr. Firdaus Darabshah Mogal awarded Shaaurya Chakra
President Pratibha Patil has approved gallantry medals for 137 security personnel, including 14 for the country’s third highest peacetime bravery award, the Shaurya Chakra, on the occasion of...
A Lifetime Quest to Finish a Monumental Encyclopedia of Iran
Ralph Ellison wrote for 40 years without finishing his novel “Juneteenth.” Antoni Gaudí labored 43 years on the Sagrada Família basilica in Barcelona, but construction continues today. And in the...
The story of India through Powerful leaders: Ratan Tata
Ratan Tata was born to Naval Tata and Soonoo Commisariat in the Tata family, a prominent family belonging to the Parsi community. He is the great-grandson of Tata group founder Jamsedji Tata. After...
Condolences from a former Pakistan Air Force pilot to Jahangir Engineer’s kin
In an unusual heart-warming gesture, some five-decades after Pakistan Air Force shot down a civilian aircraft in Gujarat, the pilot sent a note of condolence to the daughter of the Indian pilot...
Laughter, the worst medicine
Parsi theatre has been in decline thanks to its audience’s refusal of watching anything other than comedies and the language divide Coffee table books scare me for two reasons. I don’t have a coffee...
K. D. Sethna: A colossus passes on
To many of us, K.D. Sethna was the foremost mystic poet of our generation, next only to Sri Aurobindo. He has left behind nearly a thousand splendid poems and several volumes of prose. Future will...
High priests to run affairs of Doongerwadi
Affairs at the Doongerwadi or Tower of Silence will soon be under the direct purview of the high priests of the Parsi community. The decision was taken at a meeting of the trust on July 19. For the...
BawaTips
This is a hilarious and very astute collection of tips about Bawajis. Below are just 3 of more than 50 such tips…and more are being added all the time. It’s a facebook page, hence you need to be a...
Who can stop woman from entering agiyari ?
The hearing of the case seeking confirmation of rights to the Parsi woman, who was prevented from worshipping at the Agiyari after she married a non-Parsi, came up before a larger bench of High...
Iran’s New Currency May be named Parsi
Preliminary results show name of currency will change and four zeros will be removed from value On Saturday, the Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran launched a website allowing the public...
Minoo Driver Wins Case Against Air-India in UK Court
Air India has been ordered by a UK court to pay a whopping 252,000 pounds towards outstanding employment claim with accrued interest to one of its former London-based catering managers. Source PTI |...
Endearing Memories Of the Parsi New Year
The Kadmi New Year went by a few days ago. The Shehenshai New Year is less than a month away. The Parsi New Year has traditionally been a day of celebration. Visits to the fire temple, new clothes,...
Is Karachi step a Game Changer for Indian Parsis?
It has recently been reported that two years ago, Pakistan’s top Zoroastrian trust explicitly declared that children with at least one Parsi parent can enter the faith. This means that even...
Malabar Hill : From Jungle to the Most Sought After Address in Town
In 1883, James Douglas, author of several books on Mumbai said: “Malabar Hill seems, like Clive and Carnac, born to command.” Two years later, the governor of Bombay moved to Malabar Point, sealing...
Will Bombay Parsi Panchayat Go The Karachi Way
A recent decision by the Karachi’s apex Parsi trust to give children of women married to non-Zoroastrians the right to adopt their mother’s religion has generated interest in Mumbai where the...
Rohinton Nariman To Be Appointed Solicitor General of India
Senior advocate Rohinton Nariman is all set to be appointed as the new solicitor general of India, the second senior most law officer of the country, in place of Gopal Subramanium, who quit...
What is the Zarathushti Identity ?
The Parsi diaspora in North America has a long history and presence. The Zoroastrian Association of Greater New York [ ZAGNY ]has been one of the first Zarathushti community associations in North...
Full House: A Parsi-Owned Pizzeria
Edul and Hanoz Mahudawala run Full House, a new eclectic pizzeria in Juhu, Mumbai. Below is a review of the restaurant in Time Out Mumbai In the world of Amercian sitcoms, the story of Full House’s...
Preaching Through The Media
Last month, a senior Vatican official said that Catholic bloggers are an extraordinary reality in the life of the church. As if acknowledging the power and reach of the new social media, the Pope,...
Parsis And Our Cars
This is an old clip from UTV that exemplifies Parsis and their love for vintage cars.
Darius Karani and Manuka Gold Liqueur: Flavours to tempt Asian tastebuds
Only at the end of the interview does Indian New Zealander Darius Karani reveal this surprising fact: Auckland boasts the third-highest population of practising Zoroastrians in the world, outside...
Old Family Ties
“On hearing him say he loved her She felt like a fairy queen When all he meant in saying it Was that the grass in spring is green.” From The Songs of Sinbad by Bachchoo My great grandmother, Avabai...
Kobad Gandhy speaks from Tihar
A petite Mumbaikar, Anuradha Shanbag, captured the fancy of a tall, lanky, bespectacled young man, who had returned to Mumbai from London after a stay in jail. By Madhusree Chatterjee| IANS The man...
Jeejeebhoy Senior Citizen’s Centre Navsari
Here are two video clips about the Bai Manechbai P. B. Jeejeebhoy Senior Citizen’s Centre situated in Navsari Gujarat. Part 01.
Dokhmenashini Controversey
Noshir H. Dadrawala’s take on the Dokhmenashini controversey. Thanks for provoking me to respond on the latest controversy surrounding ?Dokhmenashini. I believe this controversy has a time cycle of...
Laughter In The House: Meher Marfatia On Parsi Theatre
That Sunday afternoon was as soggy with nostalgia as a khari biscuit dunked in chai. Fifty old troupers of Mumbai’s Parsi stage had reunited to celebrate a new book, Laughter in the House....
Has the genteel Mr Taraporewalla turned tapori?
The Parsis reeled from another dirty (and cyber) election war. Bachi Kakaria reports from the sidelines of the Inbox Insurgency Munchi Cama is not just the new replacement Trustee of the Bombay...
Parsi community has created modern India: Amitav Ghosh
The Parsi community is an amazing pool of talent, having created modern India as we know it, says one of the country’s foremost novelists and chronicler Amitav Ghosh, who tails his Parsi...
The Nanavati Case
Kawas Manekshaw Nanavati vs. State of Maharashtra was a 1959 Indian court case where Nanavati, a Naval Commander, was tried for the murder of Prem Ahuja, his wife’s lover. With Nanavati...
Adi Modi: Obituary
Adi Modi, who died on June 27 aged 60, was general manager for more than 25 years of the Bombay Brasserie in London, Britain’s first upmarket Indian restaurant. Published in the Telegraph UK A...
BPP Bypolls In the Aftermath: An Overview
The below is an Op-Ed by Mickie Sorabjee, regular contributor to Parsi Khabar and a good friend and well-wisher of the website. The moving hand writes and having written, moves on. The Fravashis of...
Mumbai Samachar MD wins Parsi elections
Muncherji Cama, the managing director of Asia’s oldest newspaper ‘Bombay Samachar’ has won the fiercely contested elections to choose a trustee in the Bombay Parsi Punchayet (BPP). By Manoj R Nair |...
Muncherji Cama Wins BPP Bypolls
Muncherji Cama has been elected in the Bombay Parsi Punchayat bypolls to fill the seat left vacant on the resignation of one trustee. This result has been reported in various forums. At the end of...
The fun of being a Parsee
It lies in many things…. It’s like belonging to an exclusive Club worldwide. Birth, the only credential and consideration; nothing, but nothing else works, no sirree! No waiting lists,...
Retirement home: Ratan Tata chooses elegance over extravagance
An elegant sea-facing house at Colaba is getting ready to welcome Ratan Tata, as he prepares to hand over the reigns of the salt-to-steel-to-software business group to his successor. The house, yet...
Zubin Mehta: Variations of Happy Birthday
Zubin Mehta’s variations on the theme of "HAPPY BIRTHDAY" He conducts the orchestra to play the Happy Birthday song in the style of the following composers: Bach, Mozart, Beethoven,...
High stakes at an ill-tempered Parsi election
Universal adult franchise may seem a grand term to attach to 8,000 voters. But apply this figure to the diminutive Parsi community, and it looks significant. Over the past two weeks, Parsis have...
Violence at Election Time: Unbecoming of a Parsi
UPDATE 02: Find below an email from Viraf Mehta, son of Trustee Dinshaw Mehta, giving a detailed account of what transpired. It also contains the scans of the NC filed with the Byculla Police...
Tata becomes India’s wealthiest group
India’s Tata Group has become the country’s wealthiest, with a market value higher than the combined wealth of the two Reliance conglomerates. The combined value of the Reliance groups,...
Patuck Polytechnic Trust: Educational Institute
How many of us Parsis know that there is a reputed school and college of commerce and management in Mumbai, which provides free education to Parsi students? As a minority community institution 50%...
Youngster Jehan Daruwala to race for the CIK-FIA Trophy
Mumbai resident Jehan Daruvala, 12, will become the first Indian to participate in the CIK-FIA Karting Academy Trophy, which has been a breeding ground for Formula 1 world champions like Ayrton...