Today marks the start of the Shehenshai New Year, when Parsi Zarathushtis all over the world welcome the “Navu Varas.”...
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Time and Talent Club is celebrating 90 years with traditional fashion and food
This iconic Mumbai Parsi community culture club is celebrating 90 years with traditional fashion and food Established...
Delhi Parsi Anjuman New Year Celebrations
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Hyderabad Parsis: Occasion to revel, relish and reconnect
Bright rangolis, colourful 'torans', chilled 'faluda' and a divine aroma of 'patrani machi', greeted all those who walked into the Seth Viccajee Seth Pestonji Meherji Agiary, in Secunderabad, on...
On Navroze Parsis Fight For Survival
Adil Fatakia literally lives in the past; the 65-year-old bachelor takes great pride and interest in the rich legacy of his community. In fact, he can trace his family tree 13 centuries back to when...
Navroz Mubarak from Bollywood
Good morning, Mumbai — and Navroze Mubarak! The Irani New Year and first day of spring began at 11.02 and 13 seconds last night. But BT invited the ‘Bawajis of Bollywood’ (actually, two Parsis, two...
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Greets Nation on Navroze
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today greeted the nation on the eve of Parsi New Year, Navroz. Singh said Navroz brings a message of hope and renewal and it reinforces the values of peace and...
Iranians celebrate spring equinox as their new year begins
Jamshid Goshtasbi got the call at 1:25 p.m. Saturday from his younger brother in Kerman, a city in southeastern Iran. By Tara Bahrampour /Washington Post Were he and his family ready? Was the...
Parsis celebrate Navroze today
It’s a joyous morning at the Shapoorji Fakirji Jokhi Agiary at Malabar Hill, awashed with a fresh look on the morning of the most special day of the year - Jamshedi Navroze - the harbinger of...
Jamshedi Navroze Mubarak 2010
On the occasion of Jamshedi Navroze, Parsi Khabar wishes all our dear readers a very happy and prosperous Navroze Mubarak. We wish you and your families and loved ones the best in the coming year....
Parsis in Bangalore gear up for their New Year
Though small numbers camouflage their presence, Parsis in Bangalore city are an active community.Come March 21, the city will feel their presence as they gear up to celebrate the most important day...
Thousands gather to celebrate ancient Zoroastrian fire festival
CHAM, Iran - Thousands of Iranians gathered at dusk against a snowy mountain backdrop to light giant bonfires in an ancient midwinter festival dating back to Iran’s pre-Islamic past that is drawing...
For Homi Ghadiyali Every Day is Uttarayan
For almost the past eighty years he has been flying kites every day. There are very few people who manage to live their passions. By Yogesh Chawda / TNN Dada, happens to be one of them. Since he was...
Parsi children return to their roots
A decade ago, karate champion Vispi Kapadia (52) lost his five-and-a-half-year-old daughter Fareena. Seven years ago, she appeared in his dreams and asked him to do "something for...
Jamva Chalo Ji at Zamu’s Place
The Guide drops in at Zamu's Place to celebrate the Parsi New Year Today's Special at the 22-year old Parsi eatery on DP Road is a mouth-watering spread of Kid Gosht, Sali Chicken, Mutton Pulao Dal...
Swine flu se darna kya
Parsis plan to celebrate their New Year today with usual fervour despite the pandemic Swine flu and all the hype around the virus notwithstanding, Mumbai's Parsi community is determined to...
India”s Parsis celebrate ”Navroz”
India''s Zoroastrian Parsi community celebrated the New Year day, ''Navroz'', with usual fervour here on Wednesday. Members of the miniscule Parsi community flocked at the Fire Temple to pay...
PM Manmohan Singh Greets Nation on Navroze
New Delhi, Aug 18 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday greeted the nation on the “joyous occasion” of Navroz, the beginning of the Parsi New Year. In his message, the prime minister said...
Saal Mubarak: Happy Parsi New Year 2009
!! Saal Mubarak !! August 19th is the first day of the Parsi New Year. A time of happiness and rejoicing for all members of the small Parsi community in India and worldwide. This is one of my...
Chef Farrokh Khambata: Eat Drink and Be Merry
By Dipti Nagpaul D'souza For a true foodie, there isn’t a feast bigger than the Parsi New Year. On the day of the feast, you’ll find a non-follower for every Zoroastrian queued up outside city...
Celebrating the Atash nu Parab
By Firoza Punthakey-Mistree courtesy of Zoroastrian Studies. On Adar Ruz, Adar Mah, the Parsis of India celebrate the feast of Fire known as the Atash nu parab. This feast is celebrated...
Nowruz Celebrations in China: Xinjiang Uyghur
Nowruz Festival is a traditional holiday with a long history. In Xinjiang, all national minority believe in Islam celebrate the festival. The word came from Iranian, means “Spring Water“, equating...
Nawaz Modi Singhania on Navroze
Mumbai: It's an early start to the day for Nawaz Modi Singhania, wife of industrialist Gautam Singhania, just like when she was younger, she says. "New Year binds you with family and religion, and...
Brun Pav Bun Maska and Chai
By Mark Manuel for the Times of India. Sahebji, and Navroze Mubarak! I present Boman Irani and Shenaz Treasuryvala, Zoroastrians both; he a blustery and excitable Irani, she a petite Shenaz...
There is nothing like Parsi Bhonu
Mumbai: It's that time of the year again -- a day when every Parsi home will prepare traditional foods in a special lunch, for March 21 that marks the vernal equinox is special to Iranis and Paris...
A Persian feast for spring equinox
A Zororastrian celebration of this often-overlooked cuisine is the perfect antidote to Lenten guilt By Alex Renton Tonight we're going to eat Persian: herbed and spiced rice, smoked fish, baklava...
Jamshedi Navroze Celebrations in Mumbai
[The original article is titled "Jamshedji" Navroze. I am surprised that the writer Ismat Tahseen at DNA India did not bother to fact check that its actually Jamshedi....a big differences from the...
President Obama’s Norouz Message to The People of Iran
This is a fantastic video that was aired all over the Middle East Television networks. President Barack Obama uses the new year to greet the people and the leaders of Iran.
Radio Free Europe Interviews Arzan Sam Wadia on Navroze
Parsi Khabar's own editor Arzan Sam Wadia was recently interviewed by Radio Free Europe on the occasion of Navroze. The program was about how Navroze is celebrated worldwide and I spoke about how...
From Azerbaijan To India, Spring Festival Norouz Begins
Iranians set off fireworks during the celebrations leading up to Norouz March 20, 2009 By Abbas Djavadi, Bruce Pannier Across much of the non-Arab Muslim world, people are celebrating Norouz, the...
Norooz Celebrations in Dubai
What is Norooz? Norooz, the Iranian new-year holiday, is celebrated on the first day of spring – according to the Persian calendar – and goes on for 13 days. The holiday is commemorated by spring...
Ancient Zoroastrian Valentine’s Day Custom Remains Alive
Love conquers all but tradition Maryam Sinaiee, Foreign Correspondent Young people shop for Valentine’s gifts in a mall outside Tehran on Valentine’s Day. Newsha Tavakolian / The National TEHRAN //...
Zoroastrians Observe Sadeh Festival in Iran
Iran's Zoroastrian community held the Jashn-e-Sadeh Festival for celebrating the discovery of fire on the 10th of the Iranian month of Bahman (which coincided this year with Jan. 29). Considered one...
Parsis in Ajmer welcome New Year
The article below was published in the Times of India. The original article is not on their website now but here is a Google Cache copy of the same. It is celebration time for the Parsi community as...
Celebrations of the Baroda Parsis
The following is a communique from Dinkoo Mistry of Vadodra (Baroda). We would love to carry such news and pictures of various Parsi celebrations in cities around the world. If you are a reader and...
It’s time for Sev and Dahi
By Mahafreed Irani at DNA After 10 days of praying for the departed, the Parsis are all set to welcome their New Year on Tuesday. Celebration time for Parsis has traditional as well as modern...
Navroze Mubarak! Time for hugs and cheers
Parsis from all over the country throng Udwada in Gujarat to celebrate new year at the oldest fire temple in the country, reports Mahafreed Irani Known for their stylish get-ups and hairdos, the...
Public Messages on Parsi New Year 2008
On the occassion of Navroze (New Year) here is a compilation of congratulatory message from various dignitaries. BBC Day in Pictures President of India The President of India, Smt. Pratibha...
Is Mumbai Really Secular ?
Lawmakers may have given Mumbaikars a loud speaker deadline of 10 pm, but I guess laws are meant to be broken. True there have been cases wherein Mumbai’s event organisers never cross the set time...
The Navroze table
Parsis have a reputation for being major food lovers, as anyone attending a Parsi celebration will confirm. And that’s a reputation likely to be upheld on March 21, when Parsis the world over mark...