FEZANA informs us about the upcoming book tour by Zerbanoo Gifford and Farida Master in the United States. They will be starting in Los Angeles, and making their way through Houston, Chicago, Washington D.C., Philadelphia and ending in New York City. RENOWNED WRITER, HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGNER ZERBANOO GIFFORD TO VISIT FEZANA MEMBER ASSOCIATIONS AS PART… Continue reading Zerbanoo Gifford & Farida Master Embark on USA Book Tour
Category: Books
Book on Parsis traces their demographic decline
Four-volume compendium highlights issues plaguing community A four-volume compendium that traces the demographic decline of the Parsi community in India was released recently at the Max Mueller Bhavan. The Parsis Of India: Continuing at the Crossroads by Lata Narayan, and Siva Raju took over a decade to complete and has been hailed as a “a… Continue reading Book on Parsis traces their demographic decline
A book on the Singapore Parsi community launched
Labour of love started by late wife comes to life as book on local Parsi community launched After his wife Suna died in 2015, retired pilot Mr Rustom Kanga knew what he had to do. He and his two children, Cyrus and Nazneen, had to finish the labour of love she had started the previous… Continue reading A book on the Singapore Parsi community launched
Zerbanoo Gifford: Parsi Philanthropist To Bring Her Message Of Love To Toronto
Toronto: ’An Uncensored Life’ published by HarperCollins and authored by veteran journalist Farida Master is a compelling biography of Zerbanoo Gifford, a human rights campaigner, philanthropist, women’s champion, author and founder of the ground-breaking international ASHA Centre in Gloucestershire, England. Zerbanoo and Farida will make a pit stop in Toronto sometime in May as a… Continue reading Zerbanoo Gifford: Parsi Philanthropist To Bring Her Message Of Love To Toronto
A Wicked Wit Sums Up the Parsis: Book Review
A couple of days ago when I started working on my third book, I asked a friend in Mumbai to help me straighten up a Parsi character. Having spent a good part of my life in Chandigarh, I had no idea about the Parsi community, except the bits I had gleaned from watching Bollywood movies… Continue reading A Wicked Wit Sums Up the Parsis: Book Review
The Real Mrs Jinnah: New Book Offers Insights Into the Fascinating Life of Ruttie Petit
“What put it into her silly little head to suddenly fall in love with a man old enough to be her father?” mused Sarojini Naidu’s son Jaisoorya, in a letter to his sister Padmaja. He was referring to a scandal that had shaken Bombay’s high society and political circles in 1916, when Muhammad Ali Jinnah,… Continue reading The Real Mrs Jinnah: New Book Offers Insights Into the Fascinating Life of Ruttie Petit
Go Home: A Book by Sohrab Homi Fracis
Exile on Main Street A book review by by Tadzio Koelb | The Brooklyn Rail Go Home is the story of Viraf, who, like author Sohrab Homi Fracis, is an immigrant to America from India’s Parsi community, a group that left Persia a millennium ago to escape religious persecution. When we first meet him in… Continue reading Go Home: A Book by Sohrab Homi Fracis
