Worried about outside-the-community marriages, the Bombay Parsi Punchayet (BPP) has come upon a proactive solution. It plans to launch its own youth club and a social networking website to promote interaction among the community’s youth. The initiative, says the Punchayet, will encourage youngsters to marry within the community. BPP chairperson Dinshaw Mehta said the Punchayet… Continue reading Own ‘Facebook’ to spur Parsis to marry their own
Author: Mehernaaz Shovir Irani
Sea devouring Gujarat’s coastal villages
The rising waters of the Arabian Sea swallowed Girish Tandel’s ancestral home in Danti village of Valsad district some 15 years back. He is left only with memories of that home and a videograph of his uncle’s marriage that was solemnised at the family home in Danti. – The fire temple of the Parsis in… Continue reading Sea devouring Gujarat’s coastal villages
Parsi Cheesemakers: Say cheese, desi ishtyle
ABC Farms: The Parsi-run establishment, by the trio of Rohinton Aga, Adi Bathena and Eruch Chinoy (hence the ABC), have over 60 varieties of cheeses. ABC farms: 20-26810555. All local cheeses retail in and around their dairies. A few like ABC farms, Kodai cheese and Sikkim cheeses are available at national supermarket chains. You know… Continue reading Parsi Cheesemakers: Say cheese, desi ishtyle
Why Parsis love Western classical music
Europe’s classical music is trying for us to listen to, and very few Indians like it By Aakar Patel in LiveMint.com To understand a culture we must examine its classical roots. No real understanding of Europe or Europeans is possible without understanding Western classical music. In his autobiographical novel Youth, Nobel Prize winner J.M. Coetzee… Continue reading Why Parsis love Western classical music
Parsi Journeys: The Gara, Lost Crafts
By PUSHPA CHARI for the Hindu Where have the old Parsi garas gone, with their bewitching stitches and magnificence? How does one describe the sheer perfection of Parsi gara embroidery in which birds take wing with the delicacy of a Japanese Haiku, weeping willows, tendrils and cranes twist and bend with infinite grace and fields… Continue reading Parsi Journeys: The Gara, Lost Crafts
Parsi Prayers and their Significance
The following is from a series titled "What is Prayers" on Frashogard.com written by our godo friend Ervad Marzban Hathiram, Of the many gifts given to Parsis by their Prophet Zarathushtra, that of the Manthras is one of the most significant. Manthras are the divine words of the Prophet and His appointed disciples which form… Continue reading Parsi Prayers and their Significance
Tales from Firozsha Baag now a play in New Zealand
Indian Newslink from NZ reports A play around migration and its conflicts is at the heart of an ambitious new project of the Auckland based theatre group Prayas. Following the success of its earlier productions including Charan Das Chor by Habib Tanvir, and The Terrace by Madhu Rye, the group decided to write and stage… Continue reading Tales from Firozsha Baag now a play in New Zealand
