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Ervad Rooyintan Nozer Mehenty: The Journey of the Soul After Death
The Journey of the Soul After Death — A Zoroastrian PerspectiveDelivered at Devlali Agiary | June 12, 2025We are...
He willed for street kids, but sons came in way
Before his death in March 2007, Dr Shapoor Behram Badshah, a rich Parsi living in Germany, wanted to do something for the welfare of Mumbai’s street children. He executed a will, which provided for...
Ancient Blessings Near the Flat-Screen TV
By JAMES ANGELOS for NY Times PERVEZ PATEL, a Zoroastrian priest from Elmhurst, Queens, was wearing a long white robe and a white cotton veil over his mouth that looked something like a surgeon’s...
Croweaters: MP Minoo Bhandara’s Art Gallery To Remain Open
Win for the arts: Croweaters to remain open LAHORE: The family of Bapsi Sidhwa and the late MP Bhandara has renounced its decision to shut down the Croweaters Art Gallery after a large segment of...
Parsi Panchayat to make elderly a priority
Senior citizens belonging to the Parsi community have a reason to smile. The newly-elected Parsi Panchayat members have promised to put issues related to the elderly in their community to the top of...
Hafeez Contractor may offload 74% for $150 mn
Hafeez Contractor, involved with several landmark real estate developments, is looking at offloading a majority stake in his eponymous and India’s largest architectural design firm, sources said....
After Parsis, Sikhs most prone to breast cancer
Disclaimer: This article was published in the Indian Express. The doctor makes a statement about Parsi women being the most prone to breast cancer. I am posting this article hoping that someone...
Seven candidates emerge victorious in Bombay Parsi Panchayat polls
Mumbai, October 23 : New trustees vow to work in harmony and revamp BPP After three weeks of polling, the votes for the first ever Bombay Parsi Panchayat (BPP) elections were counted on Wednesday...
Bombay Parsi Panchayat Election 2008 Results
UPDATED: With figures. From various sources, we have been informed that the election results are as below The 7 new trustees of the Bombay Parsi Panchayat are. Figures from WAPIZ website. Arnavaz...
First to Vote
Jamshed Adrianvala gets a thrill out of being the first to vote at any election. He was there, before anyone else, at the booth during the recent Parsi Panchayet polls too By Mahafreed Irani An...
Big Fight In Small Community
By Neenaz Ichaporia There's a quiet revolution underway in one of Mumbai's most well recognised minority communities. Over the past two weeks, Parsis have been coming out to vote for whom they'd...
Review: Personal Score – Zubin Mehta
Don't look for cheap thrills in Zubin Mehta's autobiography By Rekha DixitI thought it would be hypocritical to write about how good I am, so I've been very candid in my autobiography," said Zubin...
Gieve Patel: Mister Behram
Mister Behram and Other Plays puts the spotlight on Gieve Patel, the dramatist Decades have passed since the talented cast and crew of Princes, Savaksa and Mister Behram took a bow. Their stage run...
Mahatma Gandhi’s Respect for the Parsis
via email from Maneck Bhujwala distributed to a newsgroup. Mahatma Gandhi had great respect for all communities and religions, including that of the Parsi Zarthushtis. Some examples that come to...
Parsick Politics
Elderly patients from the Parsi ward of Sir J J Hospital were taken to Colaba on October 11 to vote for elections to the Bombay Parsi Punchayet (BPP) trust by a candidate without the permission of...
I didnt pull girl off chair: Jehangirji
MUMBAI: On October 5, The Times of India reported a quarrel that took place on the first day of the Bombay Parsi Punchayet elections. The daughter of Khojeste Mistree, who is one of the candidates,...
Parsi Panchayat’s tryst with democracy
By H P Ranina A new chapter has opened in the 300-year-old history of the Bombay Parsi Panchayet (BPP) with the first round of elections having started last Saturday. After years of apathy, the...
Irani Hotels in Bangalore: “No leg on chair”
BANGALORE: A long time ago, in the 19th century, Zoroastraian Iranians came to India, to carve out a place for themselves and start a better life, only issue being they were extremely short on...
Parsi polls: Candidates say ‘fair so far’
With the second weekend of the Bombay Parsi Panchayat (BPP) elections round the corner, we decided to review the past weekend and see what some of the prominent candidates have to say about their...
How Manekshaw tackled a Man who wowed to kill him
This is a small clip of Sam Manekshaw’s Speech at Ahmedabad, Gujarat. He is narrating of an incident at North East India’s Military Camp. [via DeshGujarat]
Let first Nano drive out of Navsari
NAVSARI: The joy of Nano driving into Gujarat is even more pronounced in small town Navsari, birthplace of Jamsetji Tata. Elated Parsis here feel this shifting of gears from Singur, is a perfect...
Mumbai Symphony: Zubin Mehta in Pictures
Photographs: Sajjad Hussain/AFP/Getty Images
Did Ratan Tata Pay Back a Parsi Debt to Gujarat ?
In a sort of coup d'etat Narendra Modi got the Nano Car manufacturing plant to Sanand, Gujarat. I despise Narendra Modi's politics of hate and his questionable human rights record. However I have...
Mehli Mehta centenary birth celebrations to begin tomorrow
MUMBAI: Western classical music lovers in the city are in for a treat as a week-long festivity, to mark the birth centenary of conductor Mehli Mehta, will commence on Tuesday with his son Zubin...
Scuffle and charges of rigging mar Parsi elections
The Bombay Parsi Punchayet (BPP) elections got off to a tumultuous start on Saturday with scuffles and allegations of electoral malpractic The first round took place at Kharegat Colony on Hughes...
I want to conduct in Kashmir: Zubin Mehta
An interview by Malavika Sangghvi On the eve of his concert in Mumbai and the release of his autobiography The Score Of My Life, classical music maestro Zubin Mehta talks to Malavika Sangghvi about...
Ring in the Symphony
By Anil Dharker Zubin Mehta will be in Mumbai again this month and whichever orchestra he brings with him and whatever music they play, the frenzy is always the s ame. For a lot of Mumbaikars (and...
Parsi Landmarks of SoBo
Clamber on for a tour of three Parsi landmarks in the heart of SoBo, each with an interesting story to tell. Mithila Mehta gets you the details Cusrow baug and its interiors The Parsi community in...
Parsis too seek reservation in govt jobs
All these years they have never asked for any favour from the government. In fact, they favoured the government by building hospitals, colleges and research institutions in the city. However now,...
Zubin Mehta in Conversation
Interview by Noopur Tiwari Sunday, September 28, 2008: (Zurich) : NDTV's Noopur Tiwari got talking to music maestro, Zubin Mehta about his personal life, his Indianness and his love story with...
Alls Well: Bhikha Behram Well in Fort Mumbai
The Parsi community may not be the biggest in terms of numbers, but when it comes to culture and heritage they have plenty to offer. The Bhika Behram Well in Fort, a Grade I heritage structure, is...
Zubin Mehta: The Scores of My Life
Zubin Mehta, one of the greatest conductors of western classical music of all times has come out with his autobiography titled The Scores of My Life, published by Roli books. In the book, he writes...
Court hears PIL against Parsi poll malpractice
Hundreds Of Names Appear More Than Once In BPP's Register Nauzer Bharucha I TNN Mumbai: With barely a week left for the elections to the Bombay Parsi Punchayat (BPP) -- the largest private landlord...
Complete list of Candidates for BPP Elections 2008
Below is a complete list of candidates registered for the seven positions of trusteeship, open for elections in 2008. The list is sorted alphabetically. Phiroze Amroliwalla Muncherji Cama...
Voting Schedule for Bombay Parsi Panchayat Elections 2008
The following is the scheduled voting days and locations for the forthcoming BPP elections. Saturday October 4th 2008: Khareghat Memorial Hall, Hughes Road,Mumbai- 400 007. Sunday October 5th 2008:...
NADIR MODI: Nobody can ‘Remote Control’ me
Friend of Parsi Khabar and freelance writer Shernaaz Engineer interviews Nadir Modi. Nadir Modi, well-known legal eagle, and has been assiduously involved with community activities for aeons. He is...
JIMMY MISTRY: “I’m not eyeing the BPP with ambition”
Friend of Parsi Khabar and freelance writer Shernaaz Engineer interviews Jimmy Mistry. Jimmy Mistry should have had an identity crisis by now, because he’s so many different things to so many...
The journey of the holy fire
India’s western coastline boasts of vast stretches of untouched beaches dotted with gently swaying palm and coconut trees. It is also home to several imposing forts that have been witness to several...
Life, as Mehr Jesia knows it
As India Couture Week walks its way across Mumbai ramps, 80s icon Mehr Jesia talks about life after modelling, why she’s happier at 40 and why ‘in her time’, models were so much more professional...
Wedding trousseau, the Parsi style
Women display Parsi wear at the exhibition on Friday. Picture by Bhola Prasad Jamshedpur, Sept. 19: After wearing saris of Bengal, Orissa, Maharashtra and south India to your relatives’ weddings, if...
Avesthagen and Mallika Sarabhai present “And They Came to India”
Avesthagen Limited, India's leading Life Sciences Company brings to you, in association with Mallika Sarabhai and Darpana, an original dance theatre performance celebrating the historic journey of...
Age, ailments won’t deter these Parsis from voting
Inspiration: The participation of Cawas Boman Dadiseth and Barjor Nagolwalla in the Parsi Panchayat elections will further the cause of the elderly, who are lonely and uncared for. PIC/Alisha Coelho...
Zubin Mehta awarded the Praemium Imperiale
Indian conductor Zubin Mehta was named Tuesday a recipient of Japan's Praemium Imperiale, one of art's richest awards, for his lifetime work with orchestras around the world. Mehta, 72, one of the...
Music Conductor Zane Dalal
On Saturday night, Zane Dalal will lead the Symphony Orchestra of India into the future. But for this London-born Parsi, the journey to the Jamshed Bhabha Theatre has been replete with the grandeur...
A regrettable concession to fanaticism
In light of the recent furore in Bombay over the Jaya Bacchan remarks, here is a nice piece on Adi Marzban and the parsi nataks of yore. Of what utility is the fundamental right of free speech if in...
BPP elections: Charges fly thick and fast
As reported in the TOI The tension underlining the Bombay Parsi Punchayat elections finally blew up on Tuesday when a meeting called by the BPP dissolved into pandemoniumthe gathered candidates and...
Ahmedabad Flyover to be named after Field Marshal Sam Maneckshaw
Ahmedabad’s newest ready to drive Shivranjani cross roads flyover in Satellite area will be named after Parsi Gujarati Bangladesh war hero the late Field Marshal Sam Maneckshaw, in recognition of...
Zoroastrianism on BBC: Heaven and Earth
And Then They Came To India: Dance Theatre
Histories and memories always had the best stories to tell. Stories that were inspirations and eye-openers, stories made of realities and half-truths. And stories that could unfurl in movements and...
BPP Candidate: Jimmy Rusi Mistry
Dear Community Member, The Parsi community is on the threshold of change with adult franchise being allowed for the first time. As a candidate for the Bombay Parsee Punchayet Trusteeship, I would...
Singapore Parsis Perform at Fashion Show
THERE may be only about 200 Parsis in Singapore, but the ethnic group of Persian origin is making its presence known. Fourteen women from the Parsi Zoroastrian Association will present a fashion...