An Acclaimed Screenwriter’s Latest Film Takes on Indian Zoroastrianism In the film “Little Zizou,” 10-year-old Liana asks her friend Xerxes if he knows where their people, known as Parsis, come from. She then tells him how the Parsis, also called Zoroastrians, fled to India from Persia 900 years ago. Studio 18 Liana Pressvala (Iyanah… Continue reading The Other Mumbai
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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, associate professor at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, carried out a pan-India study over four years. It was commissioned by the Parzor Foundation,… Continue reading Inside the young Parsi mind
List of Agiaries in Mumbai
The below is a complete list of all the Agiaries in Mumbai with some interesting statistics.
Parsis reduced to tears for homes
As if the 25-year wait for a house was not enough, allegations that she and many like her lied to get a house became too much for a 55-year-old Parsi woman at the charity commissioner’s office on Wednesday, and she broke down. She, along with at least 30 other people from the community, have consistently… Continue reading Parsis reduced to tears for homes
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 city have been cancelled, a small bunch of idiots in Godrej Baugh have decided to… Continue reading Shame on Godrej Baug!
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 article is in Spanish and the translation below is from Google Translations. It does not make perfect grammatical sense, but you can get the… Continue reading The Parsi Connection
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 even on Thursday. “We have not come with any list. On the contrary, we are not party to it and want an extension,”… Continue reading Bombay Parsi Punchayat fails to release list of homes
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 and Tower Hotel. The unthinkable had happened, Mr Kumar told the Tata chairman. Terrorists had… Continue reading Steel amid adversity: Tata after Mumbai
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 to pieces, mirrors shattered, carpets charred. But as he walked up to the first floor, he noticed something unexpected.… Continue reading Rebuilding the House of Tata
