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Iran tensions spark concern in Mumbai’s Persian heritage communities
On Friday morning, Israel struck major nuclear facilities in Iran, in what it said was "pre-emptive military action"...
Persia: The Lost World
Eric Lurio writes a wonderful three part travelogue on modern day Iran. Titled Notes on the Iran/Persia Conflict: A Travelogue it runs on the famous Huffington Post website. Below is an excerpt from...
Daddy’s Deli: Parsi Cuisine in Bangalore
Daddy A combination of Persian and Gujarati food, Parsi cuisine is interesting and flavourful Zarine and Nozer Daroga are both passionately fond of food, so they decided to open a restaurant...
Zoroastrians Observe Sadeh Festival in Iran
Iran's Zoroastrian community held the Jashn-e-Sadeh Festival for celebrating the discovery of fire on the 10th of the Iranian month of Bahman (which coincided this year with Jan. 29). Considered one...
Vadodara Parsis break path, allow all to have a glimpse of Agiyari from inside
In A path-breaking development, the Parsi community in Gujarat will open the Agiyari to people from other communities. This is for the first time in the state that the Parsis have shed their...
Porus Shroff: Football Wonderkid
As an youngster — he’s still only 12 — Campion School student Porus Shroff had told his father Firdaus that since the Sr Shroff had played club cricket in England, he should end up playing his...
Ratan Tata Industrial (RTI) Institute
The below is an article by Kayezad Adajania on his blog slashfundas. Where is my Ratan Tata Industrial (RTI) institute? If you are a Parsi, then the words RTI shouldn't be Greek and Latin to...
In conversation with Nargish Rabadi a.k.a Shammi
From Screen India All of eighty years, Shammi Aunty as she is lovingly called, has lost count of the films in which she has acted. Starting off playing heroine in her earlier films, Shammi switched...
TOI Obituary of Tirandaz
Former Congress corporator and sitting trustee of the Bombay Parsi Panchayat (BPP), Rustom Tirandaz, died of a heart attack on Tuesday morning. He was 68. Tirandaz was declared dead on admission to...
Controversial Renovations at Iranshah in Udvada
We have received a note from Geve Eruch Narielwalla regarding the recent renovations at the Iranshah Atashbehram in Udvada. Geve has put up a website about the same issue The most sacred Zoroastrian...
Parsis and Vintage Cars
This is a lovely video clip about Parsis and our love for vintage cars. Are you a vintage car/bike owner. Would love to hear your sentiments and stories.
Rustom Tirandaz Passes Away
Tuesday, January 27, 2009 The following is a post by Shernaaz Engineer. The late Rustom Tirandaz, on the day he won the BPP election (October 2008), elated and determined to forge ahead... On...
NZ Parsis : Battle to beat obesity
Members of the Indian community are fighting obesity and have the second highest rate of diabetes after Pacific Islanders. JACKIE RUSSELL reports. THE obesity rate for South Asians living in...
Inside the young Parsi mind
Cosmopolitan or confused? Liberal or conservative? For almost every term that can describe the Parsi youth, the opposite also holds true. To understand the mindset of the young Parsi, Lata Narayan,...
Iran Re-opens Restored Bam Barracks
Iran is set to reopen the restored structure of the country's historical city of Bam, which was devastated by an earthquake in 2003. According to the cultural heritage office of Kerman Province, the...
Parsi Contribution to Academics in Western India
Did you know that Bai Avabai Petit Girls' School, an elite Bandra institution, was once an orphanage for destitute Parsi children? Or that JB Petit High School for Girls was not a Parsi institution...
A secret Painting of J R D Tata
Location: Tata Museum , Jamshedpur. In the first pic, you can see a painting. This was a gift to JRD Tata on his Birthday by a street artist. Nobody was able to understand his art. Unfortunately,...
Bejan Daruwalla makes some Obama predictions
A widely respected Indian astrologer living in Mumbai predicts that Barack Obama will be better for peace and prosperity in the world than American Presidents of the past four decades. He will...
The Parsis of Delhi
The below is an article titled "Being Parsi" that appeared in the Indian Express. We would also like to give a shout-out to our friends at DelhiParsis.com. They have a very informative and wonderful...
List of Agiaries in Mumbai
The below is a complete list of all the Agiaries in Mumbai with some interesting statistics. Area Full Name Short Name Grade Sect Roj Mah Yz. dd mm...
BPP Roundtable Discussion on Education Policy
The below is a report by Zubin Madon. In an unprecedented move, the BPP trustees called a brainstorming meeting to discuss the education program for Parsi youth at Jimmy Mistry's Della Technica....
Of Dhansak and Nan Khatai
During the sixties, the city had over 3,000 Parsees. Today, there are just 650, and the community is counting every birth and death. Thus, when the Parsee Club on the Maidan recently completed its...
The Garden and the Fire: Heaven and Hell in Islamic Culture: Nerina Rustomji
Islamic conceptions of heaven and hell began in the seventh century as an early doctrinal innovation, but by the twelfth century, these notions had evolved into a highly formalized ideal of...
Calcutta Parsees: Christmas Show as Part of Centenary Celebrations
The Calcutta Parsee Club, founded in 1908, will have the last of its centenary celebrations during the Christmas week. The 100-year-old club will organise a big show on December 25 night, followed...
Shame on Godrej Baug!
This is a note sent to us by Zubin Madon. While the whole city is sill trying to come to terms with the horrible tragedy that struck us barely a month ago, and all the new year celebrations across...
The Parsi Connection
The below article appeared in the Spanish press, in the aftermath of the Mumbai terrorist attacks of 26/11. Parsi Khabar's Editor Mehernaaz Sam Wadia was interviewed for this article. The original...
Vulture Conservation Project in Surat
The following text and pictures were forwarded to Parsi Khabar by Goldi Gandhi BCSG Surat chapter and Nature Club Surat have taken up a project of Vulture Conservation. Many activities are...
The Last of the Zoroastrians
Postcard from Yazd By Deena Guzder Tuesday, Dec. 09, 2008 Far removed from Tehran's bustling tin-roofed teashops and Isfahan's verdant pomegranate gardens, the deserts known as Dasht-e Kavir and...
By Shanaya Lalkaka for DNA India Sooni Taraporevala’s Little Zizou is busy making the rounds of film festivals and will hit Mumbai theatres soon, reports Shanaya Lalkaka Sooni Taraporevala’s...
Bombay Parsi Punchayat fails to release list of homes
After promising the charity commissioner twice that they would present a list of people they examined since assuming office on October 23, 2008, the Bombay Parsi Punchayet failed to release the list...
City-born clothier will outfit Obama: Homi Patel
Barack Obama has ordered his first new tuxedo in 15 years for his inaugural celebration on January 20, 2009. And Homi Patel, the Mumbai-born chairman and CEO of the leading American suit maker...
Sooni Taraporewala: In conversation post – Little Zizou
Sooni Taraporevala, who wrote the screenplay for Salaam Bombay, Mississippi Masala and The Namesake, turns director with Little Zizou. Her stories dredge up the darkness in society, yet her...
Face-to-face with chef Kaizad Patel
By Prachi Sibal “It's laced with a flavour of mint and coriander, and a little hint of other spices that go into our regular cooking," he explains with careful attention laid on every spice,...
Zee News tribute: Rohinton Maloo
By Akrita Reyar The sad news of Rohinton B Maloo being one of the victims of the mindless terror attacks in Mumbai has left me completely cold. Known as one of the avant garde and most charismatic...
Steel amid adversity: Tata after Mumbai
Ratan Tata was at home in south Mumbai late on November 26 when the call came. On the line was a frantic R K Krishna Kumar, head of the Tata group unit that owns the city's luxury Taj Mahal Palace...
Rare Finds: Exhibition
Rare Finds is an exhibition that is held irregularly. In the last nine years it has been organised only four times-in 1999, 2000, 2002 and 2006. Each time Dilnavaz Mehta thought it would be the last...
Tribute: Kersy Katrak
Poet of the soul By KEKI N. DARUWALLA As a poet Kersy Katrak did not get his due, but his poetry had yet to be fully explored and articulated when he died. Katrak’s poetry blends the serious with...
Forever Curious: In Coversation with Farrukh Dhondy
He says he still plays with equations. Farrukh Dhondy on the long journey from quantum physics to a life in literature and his latest book, The Bikini Murders. Excerpts… Photo: NAGARA GOPAL Farrukh...
Zoroastrian faith flourishing in Illinois
Despite declining numbers of Zoroastrians worldwide, immigrants from India and Iran help the religion grow in Chicago area The ancient faith of Zoroastrianism is in decline worldwide, its numbers...
Rebuilding the House of Tata
By Richard Orange When Vehran Irani, a senior staff member, stepped for the first time into the central stairway of the Taj Palace hotel on Saturday, what he saw broke his heart. The walls were shot...
A monument to love – Mumbai’s Taj Mahal
By Russi M. Lala A horrific terrorist attack has ravaged one of Mumbai’s most-loved symbols and taken the lives of many of its dedicated staff. This heritage hotel was not started as a commercial...
Mr. Terrorist, What A Coward You Are!!!
By Noshir H. Dadrawala I had flown in from Hong Kong around 4:00 a.m. on Wednesday 26th November and had planned to leave for Sri Lanka the same night. I had broken journey in Mumbai only so that I...
Ratan Tata Slams the Inactions of the Government
Tata Group chief Ratan Tata Thursday slammed the government for not learning from the past and failing to put in place a crisis infrastructure that could be activated immediately after terror...
Lots of Parsis Feared Dead in the Attacks
TMYZ readers are reporting that at least two Parsis are confirmed dead. A third unidentified lady is also believed to be a Parsi. Parsi Khabar and all the Parsi community pray for the families of...
Terror Attacks in Mumbai
We at Parsi Khabar express our utter condemnation towards the events of last nite and early today. The terror attacks against the citizens of this city is something that is to be abhored. We hope...
Pasargade: Plant Growth at Tomb of Cyrus
Iranfara reports on growth of mold and plants at the Tomb of Cyrus. See more pics and read text (in Farsi) here.
For some Parsis, the wait just got longer
Several Parsi families that were allotted flats by former trustees of the Bombay Parsi Punchayet (BPP) this year have now been put on the waiting list again. On Friday, they were present at the...
Out of this world: Bombay Theosophical Society
The Bombay Theosophical Society turns 129 today. Kareena N Gianani pays a visitBlavatsky Lodge at Grant Road doesn’t quite echo the enthusiasm of its ex-president and a much-respected speaker, Keki...
Capt Cyrus Cama becomes first Indian to commander the A380.
Article suggested by Percy Kavarana Indian to command world's first double-decker aircraft MUMBAI: The world's first double-decker aircraft A380 may not have had its maiden commercial flight in...
The Roots of a Name: What is Barack?
This is an article I read on a email newsgroup. The original author is Parviz Varjavand Tonight was a very special night as Barack Obama became the president of the United States of America. May the...
44 Parsis allotted houses at new board’s first meet
The newly-elected Bombay Parsi Punchayet (BPP) trust allotted houses to 44 Parsis at its first board meeting held on Tuesday. The new trustees were of the view that 44 of the 90 cases that were...