Anaheet Gazder is the author and illustrator behind this new beautiful book ABC For Zarathushtis. This is a self-published book put together painstakingly over 6 years. In an email Anaheet informs us. “I have worked on writing and illustrating this book for almost 6 years. I have self published 1000 copies for sale in North… Continue reading ABC For Zarathushtis
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The Parsi demi-god of Israel: Zubin Mehta
Biographies written about artist-celebrities by Indian writers often read like extended Wikipedia pages. Or like a résumé running into hundreds of pages. Most of the information is either known, or poorly sourced, with Net myths often being the touchpoints on which the career of the celebrity is established. The trend is more pronounced when the… Continue reading The Parsi demi-god of Israel: Zubin Mehta
Ancestral Affairs: Poet Daruwalla’s latest novel is a runaway romp
When I begin reading Ancestral Affairs, my only reference point is Rohinton Mistry’s Family Matters — a Parsi family saga that had left me with much heartache. Keki N. Daruwalla’s second novel, with its sepia-tinted cover photograph of a Parsi family gravely contemplating the world, seems to set off similar vibrations. My relationship with verse… Continue reading Ancestral Affairs: Poet Daruwalla’s latest novel is a runaway romp
Parsiana at its best
“When I proposed this idea to Meher (Marfatia) so many years ago, she coincidentally had the same idea along with her friend, psychiatrist Dr Parveen Dadachanji. Article by Malavika Sangghvi | Mid Day So it was a book that was meant to be,” said filmmaker and photojournalist Sooni Taraporevala, about Parsi Bol 2, a delightful… Continue reading Parsiana at its best
Zubin Mehta launches his biography
World-renowned orchestra conductor Zubin Mehta launched a biography based on his life and work on Friday. Titled Zubin Mehta: A Musical Journey by Bakhtiar Dadabhoy, the book narrates the story of nearly six decades of the maestro’s career. Mehta will turn 80 on April 29. “Well, I couldn’t have dreamt that this book could exist… Continue reading Zubin Mehta launches his biography
Book Launch: My Mother Used To Say
FEZANA Announces the launch of a new book My Mother Used To Say Parsi and Persian Quotations and Vignettes of their Inimitable Language and Lifestyle by Roshan Rohinton Rivetna and Dinaz Kutar Rogers Illustrations by Kaizin Pooniwala Hardcover, published by FEZANA, 2015. This delightful compilation captures and records — lest future generations growing up in… Continue reading Book Launch: My Mother Used To Say
Architecture Beyond Platitude: Aspi H. Patel
Architecture Beyond Platitude is the title of a new coffee table book by Aspi Patel. Readers of Parsi Khabar will remember Aspi’s 2014 exhibition at the Jehangir Art Gallery by the same name. The coffee table book is a product of the same exhibition where the exhibition viewers exhorted Aspi to turn these beautiful images… Continue reading Architecture Beyond Platitude: Aspi H. Patel
The Contribution Of The Parsi Community During The First World War
A new book titled “The Contribution Of The Parsi Community During The First World War (1914-1918)” by community Historian Marzban Jamshedji Giara was recently launched. This book is the culmination of the author Marzban Giara’s single minded determination and dedication to record for posterity the sacrifices made by Parsi doctors, soldiers, businessmen and philanthropists during… Continue reading The Contribution Of The Parsi Community During The First World War
Say it like the bawas
It was all laughs and some pretend gaffes at the launch of Parsi Bol-2, an anthology of unique Gujarati-Persian-Urdu mix of phrases and words used by the Zoroastrian community in India. Actor Boman Irani had the audience in splits at the launch of Parsi Bol 2, a compilation of Parsi-Gujarati-Urdu phrases. The book has been… Continue reading Say it like the bawas
