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Pallavi Shroff: An Introduction in to Zoroastrianism

This video by Pallavi Shroff is an attempt to inform people about the basic customs, traditions and beliefs of one of the world religions – Zoroastrianism

No Fire Temple, but Lakhnawi warmth

The Parsi community is one of the smallest 'communities from outside' in Lucknow. There are just 71 Parsis in town! "We started trickling into the city and found Lucknow welcoming us with open arms....

Periodicals of protest

Over the decades, Parsi journalism has managed to fiercely guard its democratic character By Manoj R Nair for Mumbai Mirror The terms, 'cosmopolitan newspapers' or 'community press' may not figure...

NYT: Zoroastrianism Slide Show

NYT: Zoroastrianism Slide Show

Turn on the sound and listen to this very interesting slide show on Zoroastrianism. This appeared on the NYTimes website, as an interactive accompaniment to the article Zoroastrians Keep the Faith,...

Muktaad

Ruby Lilaowala remembers Muktaad, in the Afternoon D.C. Muktaad are the ten days preceding the Parsi new year which are devoted to intense prayers and elaborate rituals for the departed souls...

Pilgrimage to Iran – 2006

By Noshir H. Dadrawala The month of May 2006 marked my eleventh visit in the last one decade to Iran - the Spiritual Motherland of Zoroastrians all over the world. It was also one of my most...

Avesta and the TV Guide

They lie on the table side by side The Khordeh Avesta and the TV Guide. One is well worn and cherished with pride. Not the Avesta, but the TV Guide. One is used daily to help folks decide. No, not...

The Yellow Badge of Denial

The bizarre, humiliating, and enduring nature of the dress regulations imposed upon the Zoroastrian community of central Iran (Yezd) were captured in this eyewitness account by Napier Malcolm, (Five...

Anglicisation Of The Parsis

by Polly Noshir Chenoy My mother's contention is: "British gayan ne' opre vadhare British thai gayan" (We have become more British after the British have left). This, she attributes mostly to the...

Indian Cattle Drug Is Killing Vultures

Indian Cattle Drug Is Killing Vultures

Wednesday, March 29, 2006; 6:20 PM BOMBAY, India -- Conservationists said Wednesday that they expect Indian authorities soon to ban a cattle drug blamed for killing more than 90 percent of the...

Going to UDVADA on Behram Roj

Going to Udvada on Behram Roj is a custom that a lot of Parsis followd. I personally know of a coupleof people who go religiously (pun intended) every single Behraom Roj. The following is an...

Parsis pray, party & say Navroz

CITY’S PARSI community celebrated Janshedi Navroz at Parsi Anjuman Mirbai Marg on Tuesday. Jamshedi Navroz is a Spring festival which falls on March 21 stated to be the start of springs and also the...

Small yet big

The Parsi community in the city will soon usher in its New Year by celebrating Jamshedi Navroz. JAMSHEDI Navroz is knocking at the doors of Parsis in the city, and with it, the community will...

Noruz in Iran

Noruz, a festival marking start of the new Iranian year, is celebrated in Iran. Passage of time has not reduced importance of the traditional festival and it is being observed by people more...

159th Salgreh of Karani Agiary

A report on the anniversary of the Cusrow Baug Agiary filed by Marzban Jamshedji Giara on the TZML email group Seth Nasserwanji .Hirji Karani Agiary located in sylvan surroundings of Cusrow (Khush...

Kiss seals a union in an ancient faith

By Linda Morris November 29, 2005 THE bride wore a delicate sari made of white Indian silk, the groom the ceremonial dress of the dagli or overcoat, also in white. As per the rites of their ancient...

A fine Balance: Theater

A fine Balance: Theater

London's Tamasha theatre will unveil its long anticipated adaptation of the Rohinton Mistry novel A Fine Balance in January next year. The highly acclaimed novel, which was published in 1995 and...

Our own ‘ Sheikh Speare’

Indian Express - New Delhi,India ... Khusro Kabrazi, who founded the Parsee Nataka Mandali in 1853, presented Rustom and Sohrab at the Grant Road Theatre (the only theatre in Mumbai those days) on ...

Bavarian Rhapsody

Zubin Mehta will enthrall audiences in New Delhi and Chennai next monthNitya Rao New Delhi, November 2: Classical music connoisseurs in the Capital are in for a special treat this winter. The word...

Here a Gandhi, there a Gandhi

Mid-Day Mumbai - Bombay,India ... The business of baniya (also known as vaniya) or traders. You have Bohri Gandhees and Parsi Ghandys and then there are those abroad who spell it as Ghandi. ...

A slice of Lahore in Kolkata

Kolkata Newsline - New Delhi,India ... poet, Nabaneeta Dev Sen. The bookstore will also invite eminent Parsi citizens, many of whom have roots in Lahore. Once the book ...

Little princesses conquer Persia

The Times Online UK "...After what had seemed an eternity, we arrived at the ancient city of Yazd. Exotic with domes and strange towers, plus a fully functioning Zoroastrian fire temple, it looked...

Many Facets of Iran

The Tribune - Chandigarh,India ... Iranians don't really hate America, they love hamburgers, which are available at every corner, and flush them down with Parsi Cola while scrutinising the ...

Tour de Force: Astad Deboo

Indian Express - New Delhi,India ... journeyman. At his Parsi Colony residence in Mumbai, the 59-year-old says he's still full of beans when exciting projects come his way. ..

Excuse me, Batliwalla house is falling down

Televisionpoint.com - India ... had the collective talents of Mahabanoo Mody- Kotwal, Delnaaz Paul, Sanjeev Vatsa and the debutante Bakhtiyar Irani, who are the idiosyncratic Parsi family who ...

The genius of Sam Tata

Mid-Day.com An unabashed admirer of the Parsi community, I am often bedazzled by the exploits — in many cases, unknown and unheralded — of sons of that faith, who have brought name and glory to...

Calcutta Crumbling

Calcutta Telegraph - Calcutta,India ... dilapidation. pThe oldest Zoroastrian fire temple was erected by the Banajis, one of the oldest Parsi families of the city. But ...

Save Persepolis

Save Persepolis

The Islamic Republic of Iran has embarked on the finalizing stages of a dam construction in south of Iran that will ultimately drown the archeological sites of Pasargad and Persepolice, the ancient...

Interfaith Calendar

Tennessean.com .....Sept. 17 — Feast of Mithra — Zoroastrian — Festival focusing on god Mithra as the angel of light. From ancient times in Iran it has been a time of gratitude for life and...

Profile: DELNAZ PAUL

Express India ....recalls Delnaz Paul. You might find that difficult to believe when you realise that she is currently in the comic, Batliwala House No.43....