Houston Welcomes Udvada’s Vada Dasturji Khurshed Dastoor It began with a simple email from Ervad Soli Dastur of Florida, who wrote to some of us about Udvada’s Vada Dasturji Khurshed Dastoor’s visit to Dallas, Texas. This started a flurry of emails among Parsi Zarathushtis of Houston to see if the Dasturji could visit Houston as…
One small community that has continued to punch way above its weight and even today sweetens the rich cultural diversity that is India is the Parsi community. And just as Indians started immigrating to Canada, so did some of India’s Parsi community — and they continue to sweeten the fabric of Indo-Canadian society, and of…
A service was held in remembrance of the 100th Anniversary of the Battle of Somme 1916-2016. Many Indian soldiers sacrificed their lives during this devastating war and 19 Parsi soldiers died on the battlefield of Somme. This article by FIROZA PUNTHAKEY MISTREE appeared first in the Jam-E-Jamshed and was forwarded to us via email by…
UPDATE: An earlier version of this article indicated that Russi was the current President of PZAS. Russi informed us that he had stepped down earlier this year. We have made the appropriate correction. Rustom M. Ghadiali Past-President of the Parsi Zoroastrian Association of Singapore has been elected as the incoming President of the Inter-Religions Organization…
WZCC NY CHAPTER LECTURE SERIES INVESTMENTS IN INDIA AND THE TAX IMPACTS BY VIKRAM VENKATARAMANI VVV CPA PC At the New York Dar-E-Mehr On SUNDAY JUNE 5, 2016 @ 1:30 PM WZCC NY Presents: INVESTMENTS IN INDIA AND THE TAX IMPACTS from ZAGNY on Vimeo. The following are covered by VIKRAM Non-taxable income in…
At the young age of eight, did you know what you wanted to do with the rest of your life? Well, Hormuz Javat knew what he wanted to be. He made a choice, and he’s sticking with it: Hormuz decided to begin his training to become a Zoroastrian priest. You have to start early because…
Nestled in the northwest corner of the US lies a city where not only does the rain come pouring down, but so do adorable Zoroastrian babies. Our once small ZSWS (Zoroastrian Society of Washington State) community is now bustling with children around each corner. In the last five years we have celebrated multiple births and…
A men’s clothier in Claremont was interviewed by Morgan Freeman for his “The Story of God” miniseries, and somehow did not provide him with a coat of many colors. by David Allen, dailybulletin.com The owner of Xerxes for Gents is an adherent of the Zoroastrian religion and chairs the Council on Zoroastrian Studies at Claremont…
As the rising morning sun shone down to provide its soothing warmth, enlightening light and nurturing energy to the dedication of the newly built Arbab-Rustm Guiv Dar-e-Mehr Zoroastrian Temple (DMZT) in Pomona New York, the procession of the whitely attired Zoroastrian cloaked Magi, the Mobads, congregated from temples all over the world, entered the prayer…
When Parsi Zoroastrians, having fled Persian persecution, arrived on Indian soil sometime between the 8th and 10th centuries, the story goes, an Indian ruler sent a cup full of milk. The intention, clearly, was to convey that India was filled to the brim. The Zoroastrian king inserted either sugar—or in some tellings, a ring—and sent…
