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Dr Khushroo Laskari: Eminent Surat doctor loses coronavirus battle, dies at 75
A 75-year-old family physician and known personality in the Parsi community, Dr Khushroo Laskari, succumbed to the...
ZOROVERSE Podcast Launches
An amazing initiative by 5 Zarathushti youth from the UK…. the ZOROVERSE Podcast is live !!Check out episode one that features the amazing athlete Ayesha Bilimoria aka “FitGirl”Facebook:...
Parsis in Hong Kong: what’s the secret behind their growing population?
Twelve years ago, Homyar Nasirabadwala was working as an accountant in his hometown of Mumbai, India, when he came across a job advert in a Parsi magazine seeking a full-time dasturji, a Zoroastrian...
Rohinton Fali Nariman Delivers the L M Singvhi Memorial Lecture
Supreme Court of India Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman delivers the 7th L M Singhvi Memorial Lecture on Reincarnation: Comparative Religious Practises.
Indian Billionaires Bet Big on Head Start in Coronavirus Vaccine Race
The world’s largest vaccine producer, the Serum Institute, announced a plan to make hundreds of millions of doses of an unproven inoculation. It’s a gamble with a huge upside. And huge...
The Irani Aviator And His Flying Machine
The Irani doctor of Dahanu and his flying machineDr. Behramshah Mazda, MBBS, was on the phone. Talking to me from Dahanu. Hometown of the Zoroastrian Iranis. About 120-km from Mumbai by road. I was...
The Killing of a Zoroastrian Priest Highlights Religious Apartheid in Iran
The murder of a Zoroastrian cleric in Kerman province in late July has sparked fresh debate over the rights of religious minorities in the Islamic Republic. In Iran, non-Muslims are not entitled to...
Agiary Connect Launches New Website In Time for Muktad
Our vey dear friends Benafsha Shroff, Dinsha Mistree and Jamsheed Mistri have just launched their new initiative Agiary Connect. Agiary Connect is a website that allows one to book services that...
Lara Balsara Vajifdar: Can women have it all? Why shouldn’t they?
Lara Balsara Vajifdar, Executive Director, Madison World writes that with the right approach and mindset, women can achieve fulfilment in both personal and professional lifeWith technology at our...
Indian drug mogul says Americans will pay too much for the Covid vaccine—and wants to change that
Adar Poonawalla is seizing on the Covid-19 fight to try to break down the policies protecting Big Pharma.Adar Poonawalla, chief executive officer of Serum Institute of India Ltd., says he’s in talks...
Who is Noel Tata? The man pipped to be inducted in Tata Sons Board
Who is Noel Tata? The man pipped to be inducted in Tata Sons BoardNoel Tata, trustee and half-brother of Ratan Tata, may be inducted as Director on the board of Tata Sons. Reports say discussions on...
Salli, Soli and Saala BC-MC… Bachi Karkaria on the Parsis
How dare you ask me to write on this topic, Editorji? It’s a contradiction in terms, and only an oxy-moron would think that such a species with common traits exists. Our most common feature is that...
Bollywood Stuntwoman Sanober Pardiwala In Conversation
Do you think stunt doubles get enough credit for the hard work they put in on behalf of celebrities and their safety? Today on The Girl Club Of Bollywood we have Sanober Pardiwala - a stuntwoman who...
Chenai Anjuman Dar-e-Meher in Secunderabad will complete 100 years
Khan Bahadur Edulji Sohrabji Chenai Anjuman Dar-e-Meher in Secunderabad will complete 100 years on July 14Ervad Aspi Patel, the head priest of the temple, is seated in the verandah. An air of...
How the first English novels by Parsis were written in the backdrop of the plague and politics
The histories of the novels ‘My Friend, The Barrister’ and ‘Pootli, A Story of Life in Bombay’ The library of the University of Mumbai, housed in an 1870s edifice flanked by the Rajabai Tower, is...
The Benevolent Businessmen From Aden
Meher Marfatia: The Benevolent Businessmen From Aden The Cowasjee Dinshaw Collection of the Adenwalla Archive reveals rare records of a family of merchant-princes, last of the philanthropic Bombay...
Zoroastrianism: The rhapsody of an ancient faith
In the Oscar-winning film “Bohemian Rhapsody,” a biopic of Freddie Mercury, his father berates him: “So now the family name is not good enough for you?” “I changed it legally,” Mercury responds. “No...
A Book Reading of “Zenobia Mistri – A Teacher Par Excellence” by Shireen Isal
Lately I’ve been very caught up with the idea of immortality. Not the Jack Sparrow and Fountain of Youth kind of course, but the kind that makes someone unforgettable to more than their immediate...
Zoroastrian Return To Roots Kicks Off 5th Trip to India
The 5th edition of the Zoroastrian Return To Roots Program began in Mumbai, India today on December 19, 2018. 22 Zarathushti youth from USA, Canada, Pakistan, New Zealand and India gathered in...
Parsi Khabar at the 11th World Zoroastrian Congress 2018 in Perth Australia
In less than a week, the 11th World Zoroastrian Congress shall begin in Perth Australia. This is a Congress of a few firsts. It is the first in the Southern Hemisphere and the first in Australia. As...
Hello World – The Zoroastrian Story of Creation: Book Review
Hello World is a beautiful new story book retold by Shazneen Rabadi Gandhi and illustrated by Gulshan Pagdiwala. As described, it tells the simplified version of the Zoroastrian Story of Creation....
Ajmalgadh Witnesses A Seminal Samast Anjuman Jashan
The caves at Ajmalgadh a small mountain in Vansda, Gujarat, India. For over 14 years this place provided a safe refuge for The Iranshah, the holiest of our holy fires, 700 years ago. Today it was...
RJ Rohini of 91.1 FM Radio Nasha Speaks with Arzan Sam Wadia of Zoroastrian Return To Roots
Parsi Khabar founder Arzan Sam Wadia is also intimately involved with the Zoroastrian Return To Roots Program that just concluded the 4th trip in India. Arzan was invited by RJ Rohini Ramanathan of...
4th Zoroastrian Return To Roots Trip Kicks Off in Mumbai
The 4th trip of the Zoroastrian Return To Roots program kicked off today in Mumbai. Over 24 Zoroastrian youth from USA, Canada, United Kingdom, New Zealand, Pakistan and United Arab Emirates will...
Return To Roots: Radio Interview with Hrishi Kay and Arzan Sam Wadia
Parsi Khabar founder Arzan Sam Wadia also helps run the Zoroastrian Return To Roots Program as its Program Director was invited to Radio One 94.3 FM Morning talk show with the gret Hrishi Kay to...
FEZANA AT 30: Year Long Celebrations Kick Off
The apex body of Zoroastrians in North America, the Federation of Zoroastrian Associations of North America kicks off its 30th Anniversary Celebrations this weekend with a Gala function at its...
Press Release: FEZANA 29th Annual General Meeting in Detroit Michigan
The 29th Annual General Meeting of the Federation of Zoroastrian Associations of North America was held over Friday 29th April to Sunday May 01, 2016. The AGM was hosted by the Zoroastrian...
The Guiness Record Holding Zoroastrian Woman’s Journey
What one word comes to mind when you think Crochet, Charity and Achievement? Zoroastrian. Article by Mehernaaz Shovir Irani |Co-Editor Parsi Khabar Early this year, a determined lady named Subashri...
Visiting the Iranshah during the Utsav: Be a True Zarathushti
Dear Fellow Zoroastrians, A large number of us are packing our bags to attend the first Iranshah Udwada Utsav.. Still others aren’t interested or are deterred due to the expected numbers that will...
Xerxes V. Dastur: Know Your Candidate
In our effort to highlight and introduce the various candidates in the elections for the Trusteeship of the Bombay Parsi Panchayet, we wrote to Xerxes V. Dastur and asked him some questions via...
Parsi Culture and Cuisine at the Sofitel Mumbai: A Review
It is not very often I am happily surprised by a personal experience. As a native Mumbaikar, I’d think I’ve seen quite a bit. But I got mine late last week in the most (again) surprising of places....
Parsi Presence at the Narendra Modi Megaevent at Madison Square Garden in New York City
Sunday September 28th, 2014 was the perfect Fall Sunday in New York City. It was like any other Sunday except for the fact that 20,000 Indians swarmed like bees to a honeypot. Madison Square Garden;...
The dying profession of disposing of the dead
The gradual disappearance of vultures years ago almost led to the collapse of the Parsi 's doongerwadi system of disposing the dead. While the tradition now continues with the help of solar panels,...
Adi Sadar: 86-year-old has cast his vote in every poll since ’51
Adi F Sadar, an 86-year-old resident of Byculla's Rustom Baug,has not missed a single election -be it general, assembly or corporation election. “My father once told me, never miss your right to...
Mapping Mumbai: Gardens With Something To Tell
What could a Parsi knight and a Cross-crowned fountain on the grounds of the city's first Anglican Church possibly have in common? Article by Meher Marfatia | Times of India To answer this riddle...
CJI Kapadia calls upon Parsis abroad to help in nation building
Chief Justice of India (CJI) Sarosh Kapadia has urged members of the Parsi community settled abroad to return to India and contribute to national development. "I always believed that it is better to...
Fali Sam Nariman: An Interview
For The Record: Fali Sam Nariman. ‘I have no take on Supreme Court’s verdict on Carbide’ An interview with the Times Of India. At 81, Fali Sam Nariman, elder statesman and conscience keeper of the...
Minoo Bhandara Remembered
Out of my 10 favourite contemporary Pakistanis, four happen to be Parsis: Justice Dorab Patel, Ambassador Jamsheed Marker, Ardeshir Cowasjee and Minoo Bhandara. Article by Khaled Ahmed / Express...
The Early Years of Sarosh Kapadia
When a wide-eyed Parsi teenager with a slightly unkempt look first arrived at the plush law offices of Behramjee Jeejeebhoy in the Fort area of Mumbai in the early 1960s, stenographer Perin Driver...
Todywalla Auction House: Numismatics
Old coins and paper money are not just an antiquarian interest; they are also big business. The 103-year-old Todywalla House in Mumbai’s bustling Khetwadi locality may look uninviting, but it is the...
Chief Justice of India: S H Kapadia: Newsmaker
Single-minded ambition took India’s new chief justice from genteel poverty to the country’s apex court. Article by Aditi Phadnis / Business Week Sarosh Homi Kapadia, Chief Justice of India, has few...
Game Changer: The TATA Nano Story
The story of the world's cheapest car begins on a rainy day in Bangalore. Ratan Tata was in the south Indian city on business and on his way to the airport. The head of India's most famous business...
Loose Talk: Parsi Comedy
This is a hilarious video clip of famous Pakistani actor Moin Akhtar playing a Parsi bawaji.
Sarosh Homi Kapadia Appointed Chief Justice of India
Supreme Court Justice Sarosh Homi Kapadia has been appointed the new chief justice of India. Kapadia will assume charge May 12. Kapadia takes over from Justice K.G. Balakrishnan, India's first Dalit...
Percy Batliwalla Heads Bank of America in Singapore
Received via email from Maneck Bhujwala According to India-West News of April 23, 2010, “A Parsi Zarathushti, Percy Batliwalla in May will join Bank of America Merrill Lynch as head, Asia Pacific,...
Iran rediscovers value of Persian roots
Over the weekend, Iran hosted the presidents of Iraq, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan to celebrate Nowruz, the ancient Persian new year marking the first day of spring that is celebrated by...
Well Done Boman Irani
In limited edition crème de la crème parties, corporate cats and their Chanel No 5-perfumed wives fawn over him. A German woman wants to jet across to Mumbai to meet him. Heads turn as the six feet,...
Navroz Mubarak from Bollywood
Good morning, Mumbai — and Navroze Mubarak! The Irani New Year and first day of spring began at 11.02 and 13 seconds last night. But BT invited the ‘Bawajis of Bollywood’ (actually, two Parsis, two...
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Greets Nation on Navroze
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today greeted the nation on the eve of Parsi New Year, Navroz. Singh said Navroz brings a message of hope and renewal and it reinforces the values of peace and...
Achaemenid K’aba of Zoroaster In Danger of Collapsing
The Achaemenid dynastic structure known as the Ka’aba of Zoroaster is on the verge of collapse due to escalating earth sinkage at the ancient site of Naqsh-e Rostam in Fars Province. Published by...
Thinking Big
In the 10th century, a group of Zoroastrians arrived from Iran on the shores of Gujarat, India, and sought refuge in the kingdom of Jadi Rana in Sanjan. An oft-told tale then describes a meeting...