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Minister of Minority Affairs Smriti Irani Meets with Community Leaders in Mumbai
Over the weekend, Minister of Minority Affairs, Government of India, Mrs. Smriti Irani met with leaders of the...
Kolkatta Parsis To Discuss Survival Issues at Sunday workshop
Come Sunday and the 500-odd Parsis in Kolkata will get together for a special workshop on problems faced by the community, one of the smallest in the country. This is an initiative by Jiyo Parsi, an...
Santhome: The Parsi locality in Chennai where you are welcomed with hugs
For about a century, since dropping anchor in Chennai, the Clubwala family has been credited with founding several institutions in the city. "Hugging," says 87-year-old Mani Clubwalla, is one she...
Adi Godrej: Beef ban, prohibition are hurting economy
Adi Godrej first to speak out: Beef ban, prohibition are hurting economy Clever democratic leaders make sure disadvantages are minimised, advantages maximised, says Godrej chairman. INDUSTRIALIST...
Parsis on Indian Stamps
1st March, 1958 – 50th Anniversary of Steel Industry, Jamshedji Tata – Steel Plant 15th April, 1959 – Sir Jamshetjee Jeejeebhoy (1783-1859), Philanthropist – Death Centenary. ...
Nadir Maneckjee: The Hatter of Bangalore
Through a gateway leading off Cunningham Road stands the Hatworks Boulevard, one of the few colonial era mansions that have survived the turn of the century. The structure, now home to about 12...
Will the Royal family visit Britannia?
Known for his love for Queen Elizabeth and the royal family, owner of Mumbai’s Britannia restaurant Boman Kohinoor is excited about the #WillKat visit to the city this month. This is Boman Kohinoor,...
The Story of Air India’s Very First International Flight
June 8, 1998 marked the 50th anniversary of Air India's maiden international flight - a milestone in the history of Indian civil aviation. His Highness, the Jam Saheb of Nawanagar, Rajpramukh of...
Zoroastrian Return To Roots 2016 Kicks Off
The 2016 Zoroastrian Return To Roots Trip started today in Mumbai. 15 Fellows from six countries will spend the next 13 days experiencing Parsi Zoroastrian India. Participants from USA, Canada, UK,...
Baroda Agiary Seeks Volunteers to Maintain Premises.
Wanted! Young Parsis to maintain agiyari Article by Tushar Tere | Times Of India Vadodara: When the Parsi agiyari in Sayajigunj recently celebrated its 90 years of existence, the entire building was...
Arzan Khambatta Creates Memorial to Indian Naval Ship Vikrant
"THE LEGEND" A sculpture dedicated to the Mighty VIKRANT made from the original parts of the Legend itself. Inaugurated by Vice Admiral SPS Cheema, PVSM, AVSM , NM, ADC, Flag Officer Command-In...
PM Modi Addresses Singapore and Begins with Parsi Story
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on a state visit to Singapore on November 24, 2015 addressed the Indian community there. He begins the speech with the Qissa-I-Sanjan story about Sugar In The...
Are Parsis in Hyderabad Getting Less in Number?
How Parsis came to Hyderabad? When Parsis made a mass exodus from their native land Faras, they moved to different settlements in areas of Gujarat and Bombay. But the question is how some of these...
The Hatworks Boulevard
The lovely mellow yellow building beckons you with just the huge nameplate facing Cunningham Road — The Hatworks Boulevard. The vast expanse is almost hidden away behind a regular commercial...
Ahmedabad Parsi Sanatorium Likely to be Destroyed
A 35-foot road has been planned along the stretch that has the sanatorium A 90-year-old structure which is part of the Parsi heritage in the city is in the middle of a raging controversy. Located on...
An adventure 40 years in the making: Noshir Mistry
Regular readers of Parsi Khabar will remember Noshir Mistry and his amazing video motorcycling in Ladakh. This month Nosh and his dad are on an epic motorcycle ride through North India, on two...
Parsi matrimonial courts: India’s only surviving jury trials
"There was a time," says Adi Nariman Mogrelia wryly, "when most of the divorces were caused by triangles." "I mean there was another man or woman in the picture. Now it is different. The media,...
The International Everlasting Flame Programme India 2016
The International Everlasting Flame Programme is to be held, from 19th March to 29th May 2016, by the Ministry of Minority Affairs, MOMA, in collaboration with Parzor Foundation and the Culture...
My father, the Param Vir Chakra Hero: Lt. Colonel A. B. Tarapore
In spite of being wounded in battle, Lieutenant Colonel A B Tarapore fought for six days before meeting a hero's death on the battlefield in the 1965 war. A legend in the Indian Army, he is the...
In conversation with Cyrus Oshidar
In this episode of Talking Point, Exec Lifestyle chats up Cyrus Oshidar. Touted as one of the 10 most influential people from advertising world in India, Oshidar is credited for his inputs in giving...
Parsi population slides in Twin Cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad
Only 17 births against 65 deaths registered in the last five years Hyderabad: Forget the tiger, first save the Parsi, says Shapoor Toorkey a regular to the Zoroastrian Club in Secunderabad. Even the...
Government to Fund “The Everlasting Flame” to Preserve Parsi Culture And Heritage
First Ambitious Project Under New Scheme “Hamari Dharohar”, to Preserve Rich Heritage Of Parsi Community Three Exhibitions to be Held at an Estimated Cost of Rs. 14 Crore The Ministry of Minority...
Who really owns this Bangalore Parsi burial ground?
Three acres of prime land in the heart of the city which has been used as a burial ground by the Parsis for 123 years has turned into a conflict zone. The community has filed a case against the...
All is not well in the high corridors of hospitals
Are patients being given an adequate say in the treatment they receive? Almost one year ago, Jehangir Cama, a respected hotelier, who was the former President of the Federation of Hotel and...
Prime Minister Modi and Ratan Tata set to grace International Udvada Utsav in December 2015
Parsis from across the country and globe will participate in the first ever 'Iranshah Udvada Utsav', beginning December 25 in Udvada, Navasari. The Iranshah Udvada Utsav is jointly organised by the...
Indian Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh Meets with UNESCO PARZOR Team
“Though very small in number comprising a minuscule fraction of India’s total population, the Parsi community has consistently and remarkably enriched the Indian society over the years”. This was...
The curious case of the vanishing Parsis
“I’ll grow up to be a math teacher,” declares Delicia Billimoria. Looking at the ease with which she demolishes a complex multiplication assignment on a canvas blackboard hung in her living room at...
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...
Narendra Modi to Visit Udvada in December 2015
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi is likely to visit Gujarat in December. He will be visiting Udvada in south Gujarat to attend a function of Parsi community. District administration and local BJP...
Nagpur Parsi youths collecting relief for Nepal victims
Lending a helping hand to the Nepalese population in this hour of crisis, a group of city youngsters from the Nagpur Parsi Gymkhana are collecting relief material for those affected by the...
Manekshaw for Bharat Ratna: Will you undo this wrong, Mr Modi?
Dear Prime Minister Allow me as a citizen of the Republic which has the good fortune of having you at the helm of affairs, to thank you for the bold decision to create a memorial for the...
Parsis prepare list of defunct Anjumans, other properties
Mumbai: Soon after the demand for a "waqf-like" board by Parsis to manage their properties, members of the community have begun to prepare a list of properties that they want to be controlled by the...
Collector forbids Mhow Parsi community from selling property
Based on a letter from the under secretary of the Minority Department of Government of India regarding a complain filled by Parveen Jahangir, collector Akash Tripathi found mismanagement, after...
Emperor Akbar’s Parsi counsel: The First Dastur Meherji Rana
Established in 1874, the first Dastoor Meherjirana Library in Navsari is named after the first Parsi high priest of India. The most priceless manuscript at the library is a framed original document...
Navroz in New Delhi: Shernaz Italia
While a dwindling community struggles to survive, filmmaker Shernaz Italia documents the little-known lives of the Delhi Parsis who moved to the capital at the turn of the 19th century “Aavoji,...
Train to Jamshedpur: The story of Tata, India’s global giant
A BBC documentary in which Dr Zareer Masani tells the story of this 150-year-old Indian giant with a reputation for ethical capitalism. India's biggest industrial plant is hidden away in what were...
Of Steel, Metal Birds And More: The Tatas
The Tata sky is a limitless firmament, and its gods a generation of Parsi gentlemen like no other Article by Zareer Masani | Outlook India Telling the story of the Tatas, both the Indian business...
Godrej Legacy and Winning in India
The talk titled “ Godrej Legacy and Winning in India” was delivered by Nadir Godrej at Enterprise Dubai 2014 on December 20th, 2014. It started with our illustrious founder 'We couldn't have asked...
Aging Parsis Turn to Community Charity
The Parsi ward at Mumbai’s JJ Hospital seems a particularly sunny convalescent home. Its full-length gothic windows and yellow-beige walls light 45 beds, which most patients cannot leave. The tiny...
Chennai and its old Parsi flame
Its legacies far outnumber this fast-dwindling community with two centuries of ties to the city In North Chennai’s populous and noisy Royapuram area, the tranquil 104-year-old Jal Phiroj Clubwala...
With Vistara, a Tata airline is reborn
Vistara a new airline jointly owned by Tata’s and Singapore Airlines took flight on January 9, 2015. This brings the Tata’s back into Indian Civil Aviation nearly 6 decades after they relinquished...
The Parsi Infirmary Navsari
Elders have held our hand at the time of our Sunrise now its our Turn to hold theirs at their Sunset. Abuwala Parsi Infirmary serves the elders of our Parsi Community standing besides them in their...
Ignored by state parties, Parsis in Jharkhand look to PM Modi
Largely ignored by political parties as a vote bank, the Parsi community in Jamshedpur has reserved their votes for a candidate who can bring a Central government scheme, that promises to save their...
His Honourable Son-in-Law: Feroze Gandhi
Late on the morning of 8 September 1960, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, India’s first Prime Minister, heavily lugged himself up the staircase at Teen Murti Bhavan, the Prime Minister’s residence in New...
India’s oldest scouting group turns 100 on November 8
One of the oldest continuously run scout groups in the city will complete 100 years on November 8. Sethna's 18th West Bombay, whose members are mostly Zoroastrians, was founded in 1914. Started by...
Father, son and the holy Court
Senior advocate Fali S. Nariman appearing in cases before the Supreme Court where his son is a judge has revived an old debate regarding the appropriateness of such appearances Article by K. CHANDRU...
Vada Dasturji Khurshed of Udvada asks Parsis to vote for BJP
Below is an article by good friend of Parsi Khabar and acclaimed journalist Nauzer Bharucha. It is indeed a first for a Parsi head priest to endorse and support a candidate in a political election....
Parsis are not interested in politics anymore
The Parsi community no longer has a say in electoral battles because of their dwindling numbers and apathy towards politics. But in the last century many Parsis were at the forefront of state and...
Parsi Presence at the Narendra Modi Megaevent at Madison Square Garden in New York City
Sunday September 28th, 2014 was the perfect Fall Sunday in New York City. It was like any other Sunday except for the fact that 20,000 Indians swarmed like bees to a honeypot. Madison Square Garden;...
Adi Sadar: 86-year-old has cast his vote in every poll since ’51
Adi F Sadar, an 86-year-old resident of Byculla's Rustom Baug,has not missed a single election -be it general, assembly or corporation election. “My father once told me, never miss your right to...
MLA seeks sop from Indian Prime Minister for Parsis to visit Iran
Member of legislative assembly, Mangal Prabhat Lodha has written a letter to prime minister, Narendra Modi asking for subsidy for Parsi community to help them visit their "place of origin". Lodha...