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Zoroastrian Association of California Celebrates the 7th Salgreh of their Atashkadeh
A Day of CelebrationThe 7th Salgreh of the Zoroastrian Association of California‘s (a FEZANA Member Association) Atash...
Ba Humata November 2023 Lecture Series
Theme: IN LIFE THE CHOICES ARE NONE, WHEN YOU ARE PART OF THE ONE With reference to Yasna 30.3 & 48.4 and other Zarathushti PrayersSunday, 05 November 2023Speakers:Ervad Kaivan Antia...
WZCC Global Conclave in London A Fantastic Success
At the end of July 2023, the second of two mega-events in the Zarathushti calendar for 2023 happened. On the coattails of the 8th World Zoroastrian Youth Congress, the WZCC UK Chapter welcomed over...
The Guildhall London: A Zoroastrian Takeover !
Sunday July 23rd shall henceforth be remembered as the day that 350 Zarathushtis from all over the world took over the fabled Guildhall of London. The current building was originally built in the...
2022 After Mother’s Day Transformational Special
Parsi Khabar features and Zoroastrians.Net anchors 2022 After Mother's Day Transformational Special Build a new you With 'YOU' in YOU Saturday May 14, 2022 Host and administrator - Yazdi Tantra...
Empowering Mobeds Trust Inauguration Event
Saturday April 23, 2022 will forever be a red letter day in the annals of the Parsi Irani Zarathushti community in India, and all over the world. It was on this day that the Empowering Mobeds Trust...
Ba Humata Lecture Series February 2022
The February 2022 Ba Humata Lecture Series shall be titledCELEBRATING TOGETHERNESS THROUGH MINDFULNESSAa Airyama Ishyo And Other PrayersSpeakers: Mobedyar Khushroo Mirza (Canada)Moobedyar Dr. Parva...
Ba Humata Lecture Series January 2022
On January 2nd, 2022 Ba Humata Lecture Series will featureVada Dasturji Keki Ravji, the High Priest of the Navsari AtashbehramRoshan and Rohinton Rivetna, Chicago USAMobed Pedram Soroushpoor,...
Lectures on Zoroastrianism with Prof. William Malandra
Lectures on Zoroastrianism with Prof. William MalandraStart Date: Oct. 26, 2021, 8 a.m. End Date: Oct. 28, 2021, 9:30 a.m. Venue: This is a virtual event. Sign Up NowSummaryNumber of Sessions:...
A Jashan Welcoming the "Good Times" was Performed at the ZAC Atashkadeh
It was a rare event, that all of the 5 High Priests/Vada Dasturs came together to give blessings and a message of love, peace, joy, health, and prosperity to our community. They addressed the Global...
Discussing the history and practice of Zoroastrianism: Register Now
This online webinar is organised by The Iran Heritage FoundationDescriptionZoroastrianism is one of the world’s oldest religions and the exhibition Epic Iran, co-organised by the V&A and IHF,...
Behram Yazad Jashan of Victory to be performed at Zoroastrian Association of California.
A Jashan of Victory "....The Most courageous Beheram yazata then speaks unto him (i.e. seeker for help): I am the most courageous in courage, I am the most victorious in victory, I am the most...
WZCC Talk: Dorab Mistry in Conversation with Piruz Khambatta of Rasna Fame
We are happy to inform you about the upcoming WZCC Talk. Our dear friend Dorab Mistry will be in conversation with Piruz Khambatta of RasnaSaturday March 27th, 20217:30 AM Pacific 10:30 AM...
Rejuvenation Through Manifestation: A Nowruz 2021 Parenting Special
Parsi Khabar is happy to present it’s first ever online program this Navroze. We will anchor a Nowruz 2021 Parenting Special titled Rejuvenation Through Manifestation with Dr. Mickey Mehta from...
BuzZYNG Flea: ZYNG Launches with a Stellar Event
For Zoroastrians, all roads led to Rustom Baug on the 25th of January for The BuzZYNG Flea, the launch event of ZYNG 2.0 (Zoroastrian Youth for the Next Generation), in a hip and happening new...
WZCC Global Conclave 2020: Register Now
The WZCC Global Conclave is less than a month away. With amazing talks, interactions with industry titans, 2nd Zoroastrian Shark Tank, Bike and Car Rally, Gala Awards Night, visits to Tata Central...
Parsis: A Timeless Legacy: Exhibition
A Befitting Ode Parvez Damania and Ratan Luth bring to you, at Tao Art Gallery, veteran photographer Shantanu Das, as he captures timeless moments of the Parsi community across time in his frozen...
Commemorating Zoroastrian and Indian women in the British Suffrage movement
Our dear friend Shazneen Y Munshi wrote a report on the event that commemorated Zoroastrian and Indian women in the British Suffrage movement. This was initially shared by Zoroastrian Trust Funds of...
A peek into Parsi tradition and culture at Expo in Kolkatta
If you’ve always wondered what lies beyond the closely guarded boundary walls of a Parsi fire temple, especially because tradition has it that a non-Parsi is not allowed inside, your curiosity is...
WZCC CHARMS HONG KONG
In its pursuit of attaining its goals to promote Entrepreneurship and Professionalism, WZCC’S venue for this year’s Global Meet was Hong Kong – strategically located at the mouth of the Pearl River...
Dubai Pravasi Yatra 2016: A Resounding Success
The Dubai Pravasi Yatra, one of the most awaited events of the year 2016, turned out to be a grand success with participation ranging from 70 international delegates to 600 local residents at...
PARZOR Kusti Exhibit On Google Arts & Culture.
The amazing folks at PARZOR under the leadership of Dr. Shernaz Cama have been coming up with virtual online exhibitions on Parsi and Zoroastrian themes. The latest one is on the Kusti. Kusti...
WZCC Annual Global Meet Hosted By Hong Kong Zoroastrians
Below is a message from Edul Daver, Global Chair of the World Zoroastrian Chamber of Commerce. The 2016 Annual Global Meeting shall be hosted by The Incorporated Zoroastrian Charity Funds of...
OZCF Atashkadeh In Canada Comes One Step Closer To Reality
OZCF GALA RAISES A STUNNING $2.24 MILLION FOR ATASHKADEH Oakville, ONTARIO, July, 2016 - It was an evening of absolute magic as over $2,240,000 was raised at the Ontario Zoroastrian Community...
Ancient links, modern lessons
The recently concluded exhibitions in New Delhi on Zoroastrianism and the story of the Parsis in India were eye openers on many fronts. Sadly, these excellent collections of what can be called...
The Parsi phenomenon
As one of the smallest communities in number, the Parsis have made a phenomenal contribution in India. Firstly in business enterprise, and then richly in the fields of the visual arts, film,...
Encounters with Zoroaster at the National Museum
Delhi residents, and visitors lucky enough to be in the city right now, have a week left to visit a once-in-a-lifetime exhibition at the National Museum. The Everlasting Flame: Zoroastrianism in...
Prof. Spenta Wadia to Speak at PARZOR Film Festival
As The Everlasting Flame International Program enters the last two weeks PARZOR invites you to a great film and not to be missed talk by Prof Emeritus Spenta Wadia of TIFR Bangalore, one of those...
A legacy lost and found
An ongoing exhibition in the Capital showcases works by and on Parsis and their rich contribution to films, poetry, arts, and children’s literature Article by Rana Siddiqui Zaman | The Tribune They...
Threads of Continuity: Exhibitions on Parsi Life and Culture
Ongoing exhibitions – “The Everlasting Flame” at the National Museum, “Painted Encounters, Parsi Traders and the Community” and “No Parsi is an Island” at the National Gallery of Modern Art and...
Upcoming Events at the Everlasting Flame Program in New Delhi
Dr. Shernaz Cama the head of the PARZOR Foundation informs us.... "As we enter this Phase of the Everlasting Flame Programme we look forward to having you with us . Please see the attachments below...
Recalling history
When people talk about the Parsi community, it is inevitable that the conversations turn to Fire Temples and the Parsi form of worship, which is unusual and unique to the community. There is a...
Dubai Pravasi Yatra 2016
The World Zoroastrian Chamber of Commerce Middle East Chapter is organizing the Dubai Pravasi Yatra from October 7 – 11, 2016. Meher Bhesania, the powerhouse Zarathushti in Dubai informs us about...
The indomitable Parsis
The Parsi story seen through three very different exhibitions in Delhi that chronicle their art and aesthetics, their early history and their unique brand of spiritualism Pestonji Bomanji’s ‘Feeding...
Boman Irani attends The Everlasting Thread Programme of the Parsi Zoroastrian community in Delhi
Grandfather in the making: Most Bollywood celebrities just attend the program when they go for an event. But when Boman Irani recently came to Delhi for The Everlasting Thread Programme of the...
Tracing a way of life from the Bronze age
Tracing a way of life from the Bronze age Jaideep Deo Bhanj For a micro-minority community with a population of just 69,000 persons living in India according to the 2011 Census, the Parsi community...
Such a Long Journey: Contribution of Zoroastrians and Parsis to world culture
A major showcase, in the form of exhibitions and cultural events in Delhi, is a first to bring to focus the contribution of Zoroastrians and Parsis to world culture At the sprawling campus of Indira...
A timetravel through Parsi portraits
It is spring in Delhi. Brown leaves — that seem to have been shaded by Rembrandt — fall off the peepal trees at the National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA). Inside the sandstone building, colourful...
Community carnival
HISTORICAL REFERENCES say Parsis arrived in India through Gujarat from Iran in the seventh century. Sadly, over the years, their population in the country has fallen to just 60,000, as per the...
Threads of Continuity: An Exhibition of Zoroastrian Life and Culture
The Threads Of Continuity is one of the three mega-exhibitions that form part of The Everlasting Flame 2016 International Program organized by PARZOR and the Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government...
Want to get an insight into the Parsi way of life?: The Everlasting Flame International Program
We know them as dressed in mostly white, with prayer caps, cooking great food and very industrious. We romanticise them, their descent, make movies about them and make them interesting characters in...
The Everlasting Flame International Programme
The Everlasting Flame International Programme to be inaugurated on 19th march 2016 celebrates multicultural ethos of the Parsi-Zoroastrian community The Everlasting Flame International Programme to...
250th Anniversary of the Navsari Atashbehram
Over the weekend the Navsari Atashbehram celebrated the 250th Salgreh (anniversary) of its establishment. Navsari is all decked up to celebrate 250th anniversary of one of the oldest religious...
Vancouver Withdraws from Hosting 2017 North American Zoroastrian Congress
The Zoroastrian Society of British Columbia (ZSBC) has regrettably had to withdraw from hosting the 2017 North American Zoroastrian Congress. The Board of Directors thanks Mrs. Katayun Kapadia,...
Parsi Silk and Muslin From Iran, India and China
A new exhibition titled Parsi Silk and Muslin From Iran, India and China, opens from October 11, 2015 at the East West Centre, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. The exhibition has been co-curated by the...
Chalo Udvada: The First Iranshah Udvada Utsav 2015
The Foundation for Development of Udvada & the Udvada Samast Anjuman are very pleased to announce that the first ever 'Iranshah Udvada Utsav’ will be celebrated on December 25-26-27, 2015 at...
Toronto’s Jashan In the Baug: A Photo Essay
On July 21, 2015 the Ontario Zoroastrian Community Foundation (OZCF), located on beautiful 10 acres of land, held a huge event of "Jashan in the Baug” on their premises at 1187 Burnhamthorpe Road...
Singapore Backs out as Hosts of World Zoroastrian Congress 2017
The Parsi Zoroastrian Association of Singapore will not be hosting the 11th World Zoroastrian Congress in 2017 as the requisite two thirds majority did not support the proposal at an extraordinary...
New Delhi To Host First Ever Large Scale Festival on Parsi Culture in 2016
A mega festival, with exhibits being brought from world over, is being proposed by Minority Affairs Ministry for March next year Article by Sobhana K Nair | Bangalore Mirror New Delhi: In March next...
XYZ Xtremely Young Zoroastrians Summer Camp in Mumbai
The Xtremely Young Zoroastrians (XYZ) a Parsi non-government organisation (NGO), has organised a week-long educational summer camp for Parsi children. The camp started on Monday, May 18 and will go...
In Udvada: The Maha Kumbh of the Parsis
The anniversary of the Atash Behram, the most sacred fire, at the sleepy town of Udvada, is when the community opens up to all comers, and with free delicious food for everyone. Article by Madhulika...