Category: Books

What better metaphor for disorientation than an acid trip? Viraf has been in America for two months, and the differences from his home in Bombay might best be described by how he feels about Ali, one of the two deadheads who’d given him his first hit of acid. By Tim Gilmore | FOLIO Weekly “She… Continue reading Sohrab Homi Fracis: An Interview with the Author

Leading Pakistani novelist Bapsi Sidhwa reflects on growing up during Partition and how it fed into her comedy novel The Crow Eaters. We examine the complicated relationship between Pakistan, its politics and the guitar. Note: In this podcast by BBC, interviewee kept on repeating the well known King Jadav Rana, who gave asylum to refugees… Continue reading Bapsy Sidhwa In Conversation with BBC

This chromolithograph is taken from plate 4 of William Simpson’s ‘India: Ancient and Modern’. The artist depicts the teeming street of the bustling city of Bombay (Mumbai), a hub of India trade. A distinct feature of the architecture was the elaborate red-and-green coloured carving on wooden pillars and beams of houses. The man in a… Continue reading The Charm of Bombay: An anthology of writings in praise of the first city of India.

An interview highlighting our newest author, Tinaz Pavri and her book Bombay in the Age of Disco. Keep an eye out for its release this spring! 1. In a brief summary describe your transition from India to the United States? I came to the U.S. for graduate school in Ohio. I got a Master’s first… Continue reading Tinaz Pavri: Author of Bombay in the Age of Disco

Yuhan Sohrab-Dinshaw Vevaina, eminent Zoroastrian scholar at Stanford University and a good personal friend of Parsi Khabar brings out the much-awaited Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Zoroastrianism This is the first ever comprehensive English-language survey of Zoroastrianism, one of the oldest living religions Evenly divided into five thematic sections beginning with an introduction to Zoroaster/Zarathustra and concluding… Continue reading The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Zoroastrianism

Rohinton Erach Kadva writes in Appeal to preview and purchase my book entitled ‘Enlarged Compendium of Zoroastrian Calendars’. I am a civil engineer settled with my wife in Bangalore for the past 36 years. I have authored a book entitled ‘Enlarged Compendium of Zoroastrian Calendars – 1384 Yz (2014 CE) through 1500 Yz (2132 CE)… Continue reading Enlarged Compendium of Zoroastrian Calendars

The following book review was recently published in the FEZANA Journal. The FEZANA Journal is the leading publication of FEZANA and over the last two decades and more has become the leading publication in the Zoroastrian diaspora. Currently headed by dear friend and Chief Editor Dr. Dolly Dastoor it is a labour of love printed… Continue reading The Phoenix of Persia: A Book Review