This book explores how theatre enabled Parsis to negotiate the growing challenges of colonialism In ‘The Colonial Public and the Parsi Stage’, Rashna Darius Nicholson is particularly interested in exploring how theatre impacted the life of Parsi women. Murali Ranganathan Parsi theatre company at Ramprakash Theatre, Jaipur, 1880. In 1969, when the last vestiges of… Continue reading The Colonial Public and the Parsi Stage : Book Review
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The Parsi Theatre’ is an important addition to the sparse information available on the matter
Somnath Gupt’s book is an immensely readable account of the history and development of the Parsi theatre and its influences on early Hindi cinema. Actor Sohrab Modi (left) and playwright Agha Hashr Kashmiri (right). | Public domain. The history of Indian theatre and Hindi films invariably invites discussion of the Parsi theatre. Many established elements… Continue reading The Parsi Theatre’ is an important addition to the sparse information available on the matter
Dukhi Dadiba and the Irony of Fate
In this 19th-century tragic love story, a young Parsi woman has to choose between money and love An excerpt from ‘Dukhi Dadiba and the Irony of Fate’, by Dadi Edulji Taraporewala. Translated from the Gujarati by Aban Mukherji and Tulsi Vatsal. Dadi Edulji Taraporewala & Tulsi Vatsal and Aban Mukherji An illustration from the book.… Continue reading Dukhi Dadiba and the Irony of Fate
Memoirs of a Parsi daughter: Book review |
THE STORY OF MY LIFE by Dosebai Cowasjee Jessawalla SPEAKING TIGER ₹799; 344 pages Article by Shabnam Minwalla | India Today In 1842, Meheribai, a widow, enrolled her daughter in Mrs Ward’s Seminary in Bombay. The decision-coming as it did when “there was a general desire to keep the fair sex in ignorance”-invited fear and… Continue reading Memoirs of a Parsi daughter: Book review |
Book Launch: WHO WANTS TO MARRY KAI JUICEWALLA
This Valentine month author, former flight attendant and columnist, Kainaz Jussawalla’s fun, crazy and action packed memoir “ Who wants to marry Kai Juicewalla?”( one life, many loves, endless misadventures) will be available on Amazon and then as major bookstores in March. As the title suggests, this book outlines her rollercoaster journey to meet her… Continue reading Book Launch: WHO WANTS TO MARRY KAI JUICEWALLA
From India to Iran, via Bombay and its Parsis, Rabindranath Tagore and a forgotten book
Elements of Indian culture and pre-Islamic Persia that survive in India shape modern Iranian culture, even today. Article by Adhiraj Parthasarathy & Mohammad Dawood | Scroll A copy of The Blind Owl by Sadeq Hedayat, Rabindranath Tagore, and an engraving of the Faravahar. | Courtesy Adhiraj Parthasarthy, Parthsbod K.A. Hakhamaneshian CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia… Continue reading From India to Iran, via Bombay and its Parsis, Rabindranath Tagore and a forgotten book
Peril at the Exposition by Nev March: Book Review
Captain Jim Agnihotri and his new bride, Diana Framji, return in Nev March’s Peril at the Exposition, the follow up to March’s award-winning, Edgar finalist debut, Murder in Old Bombay. 1893: Newlyweds Captain Jim Agnihotri and Diana Framji are settling into their new home in Boston, Massachusetts, having fled the strict social rules of British… Continue reading Peril at the Exposition by Nev March: Book Review
