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This Mortal Coil: Zoroastrian Religion
Zoroastrianism is the world's oldest monotheistic religion, revealed by a prophet in Persia back in the 5th Century...
Temi Mehta Shows Us the Importance of Being Real in a Cyber Industry
Temilyn Mehta, VP of Client Services at CMDS for almost eight years, makes digital marketing human. With a background in public relations and in the pharmaceutical industry, her viewpoint is that...
Lara Balsara Vajifdar: Can women have it all? Why shouldn’t they?
Lara Balsara Vajifdar, Executive Director, Madison World writes that with the right approach and mindset, women can achieve fulfilment in both personal and professional lifeWith technology at our...
Fali Sam Nariman: Views on Migrant Crisis, Law Officer, Emergency and much more
Fali Sam Nariman speaks to our Pallavi Saluja Editor of Bar and Bench on a host of issues from Supreme Court's handling of the migrant crisis to his time as a Law Officer, and Law Officer during...
The Five Questions Series: Jimmy Mistry
In a series organized by India Today Homes....our dear friend and eminent designer and hospitality man Jimmy Mistry answers 5 questions. The questions are posed by his daughter Pearl Mistry who is a...
Kainaz Messman Writes a Book on Building Her Empire
Kainaz Messman is the founder of Theobroma, once a family-run café and bakery, now an empire with 50 outlets. Sharanya Deepak talks to Kainaz about her journey as an entrepreneur, and her new book,...
Aviva Damania in Conversation with Radio Host Hrishi K.
We had recently featured Aviva Damania on Parsi Khabar. Below is an interview she did with Mumbai’s top radio host Hrishi K. HrishiKay · Aviva Damania (psychologist & counsellor) on Mental...
"Self-censorship has become the norm": Senior Advocate Navroz Seervai
"Self-censorship has become the norm", Senior Advocate Navroz Seervai on the modern-day threats to Freedom of Speech and ExpressionFrom where lies the threat to the Constitutionally guaranteed...
Dr. Zarir F Udwadia in conversation with Faye D’Souza: TEDxGateway Webinar
Topic: Lessons from a Doctor in the frontline. About the Speaker: Dr. Zarir F Udwadia is a consultant chest physician and MD, DNB, FCCP (USA) and FRCP (London) attached to the Hinduja Hospital, and...
Sam Balsara: Lessons From My Life
Our dear friend and legendary ad man Sam Balsara of Madison World in a fantastic conversation with Michael Menezes of EEMA. https://youtu.be/xr_9GjLhkYI
Realty slowdown gives us a good opportunity to gain market share: Pirojsha Godrej
Real estate firm Godrej Properties Ltd (GPL) plans to use the ongoing struggle and slowdown in the real estate sector as an opportunity to scale up its business and consolidate market share.The last...
How To Build A Multi-Million Dollar Business Empire – The Jimmy Mistry Story
Our dear friend and brilliant designer and entrpeneur Jimmy Mistry in conversation on the “The Ranveer Show”. For the latest and today’s episode, we have another crazy motivational and inspirational...
In Conversation with Author, Thrity Umrigar
Thrity Umrigar was born in Bombay and came to the U.S. when she was 21 for graduate school. She’s worked as a journalist, is the best-selling author of numerous novels, and is a Professor of English...
The Zoroastrian Flame: An Interview with Khojeste Mistree
Khojeste Mistree talks about one of the world’s oldest surviving religions and what we can learn from it in the present day Zoroastrianism has an unbroken tradition going back 3,500 years. It is...
In Coversation with Kaiyan K. Mistree
Our dearest friend Kaiyan K. Mistree recently joined ISPRAVA as its Head of New Business and Markets. Below is an interview with Kaiyan about his role and work at ISPRAVA Walk into the Isprava...
RJ Rohini of 91.1 FM Radio Nasha Speaks with Arzan Sam Wadia of Zoroastrian Return To Roots
Parsi Khabar founder Arzan Sam Wadia is also intimately involved with the Zoroastrian Return To Roots Program that just concluded the 4th trip in India. Arzan was invited by RJ Rohini Ramanathan of...
Inspirational Woman: Pearl D. Tirandaz
Our dear friend Pearl Tirandaz was recently featured in the "Inspirational Woman" series by We Are The City. Here she is in conversation with Charlotte Smith Tell us about yourself, your...
Hrishi K In Conversation with Sooni Taraporevala
Sooni Taraporevala was on the air with Radio host Hrishi K of 94.3 FM radio station in Mumbai. She discusses her upcoming exhibition and book launch. Click here to listen
Adil Jussawalla on poetry, mortality, and his recent prolific output after years of absence
Adil Jussawalla is one of the most recognisable voices in Indian Poetry in English — and as a former journalist, editor and translator, he has worn many hats. Through the independent small press...
How the Nanavati murder became India’s most sensational and glamorous trial
It's in poor taste to describe a murder trial as glamorous. And yet, no case in India commanded this much public attention and involved as many high-profile characters—before social media and 24X7...
New Innings of JSA’s Former Senior Partner Berjis Desai
Following in the footsteps of Jyoti Sagar, J. Sagar Associates’ Senior Partner Berjis Desai retired from the firm on March 31 this year. Having followed the firm’s retirement policy, the senior...
The Agas on the dynamics of giving
Thermax’s Anu Aga and her daughter Meher Pudumjee see philanthropy as much more than writing out cheques for charity Anu Aga and her daughter Meher Pudumjee, of energy and environment...
Cyrus Todiwala and Zerbanoo Gifford Talk about Dadabhai Naoroji on BBC
Chef Cyrus Todiwala OBE chooses Dadabhai Naoroji, the 'Grand Old Man of India' who in 1892 became Britain's first Asian MP for Finsbury Central. He later returned to India and petitioned for the...
Dinaz Vervatwala: A Superwoman Who Challenged Life And Made Her Mark
Dinaz is India’s fitness expert, a Guinness Book of World Record holder, 3rd runner’s up of the Miss Fitness Universe pageant, an accomplished baker, a successful entrepreneur and a supermom who...
Dasturji Kotwal In Conversation with Shernaz Cama
Here is a 2007 interview where Dastur Dr. Kotwal is in conversation Dr. Shernaz Cama; Chair of the UNESCO PARZOR Project. This interview originally appears on the PARZOR website Dastur Dr. Firoze...
How Dilshad Master Applied Learnings From Launching A Television Channel To The Travel Business
In 2014, just weeks after a major surgery for a cancer diagnosis that two-years earlier had thrown Dilshad Master’s life into some sort of chaos, she found herself leading a trip to the Everest Base...
Female Entrepreneur: Zeenia Master | Founder, Xenia Hospitality Solutions
Female Entrepreneur: Zeenia Master | Founder, Xenia Hospitality Solutions Interview by Ashish Bhardwaj, wearethecity.in Tell us a bit about yourself, background and what you do currently Being...
How I Got There: In Conversation with Tanya Balsara
CAP India’s blog features an interview with Tanya Balsara, CEO of Tanya Computer Center in Mumbai India. I met Tanya Balsara five years ago, while co-authoring my book, Cuisine for A Cause. If I...
Marketing isn’t for the faint hearted says Marriott’s Khushnooma Kapadia
It wasn’t easy trading her stellar grades in finance for a role in communications. Khushnooma Kapadia’s passion for marketing and media led her to abruptly switch (all for good reason as she would...
Ratan Tata on early life, learnings and love for startups
In the first episode of 'Storied', Shradha Sharma, founder of India's leading Mediatech company YourStory interviews Ratan Tata, Chairman Emeritus of Tata Sons about his life, learnings, and his...
We have a “take it or leave it” approach with advertisers: Ronnie Screwvala
It has been a little over 2 years since Ronnie Screwvala left the media and entertainment sector after UTV, the company he had founded back in 1990, was bought over by The Walt Disney Group....
Zubin Mehta Says Ink Attacks Shameful, Wants Pakistanis To Play In IPL
If public intellectuals are ostracized or vilified from speaking their minds, India risks becoming a "cultural dictatorship", world famous music conductor Zubin Mehta has said, calling the protest...
Lord Karan Bilimoria: UK should welcome people from overseas
As a 19-year-old in India in 1981, Karan Bilimoria was unusual in wanting to study in the UK. Many of his contemporaries were headed for the US. He remembers them asking: “What are you doing going...
Tanaz Godiwalla, The Queen Of Parsi Catering: In Conversation
Parsis love food. We’re always talking about it. At breakfast, we discuss what’s for lunch; at lunch, we discuss what’s for dinner; at dinner, we discuss the next day’s menu. While Mumbai’s many...
Four Parsis came together to talk food, culture, quirks, and more food
Be it the impeccable maintenance of their vehicles or their unique style of swearing, Parsi quirks are legendary. Ahead of the Parsi New Year (August 18), we invited entrepreneur Kainaz Messman,...
Nell Freudenberger: In Conversation
Nell Freudenberger talks from Mumbai about the dwindling population of Parsis in India. The word Parsi refers to followers of the prophet Zarathustra who came to the west coast of India from what is...
The artist and more: Jimmy Engineer
At a Harvard talk, Jimmy Engineer talks about the various aspects of his life, as an artist, social worker, human rights and peace activist Article by Beena Sarwar | The News On Sunday “There is a...
Vahbiz Dorabjee: Playing a Parsi
Vahbiz Dorabjee was last seen in Saraswatichandara and now she will be seen in an episode of Code Red. She talks about her cameo, playing a Parsi and Nach Baliye. What is special about the episode...
An Interview With The Field Marshal
The below interview was carried by the August 10, 1974 issue of Swarajya In the course of a 45-minute interview the author had with him in a Calcutta hotel on July 5, the retired Field Marshal H. F....
Ratan Tata: I have a dream of an India where everyone has equal opportunity
If the last decade saw the IT revolution in India, this one is well on its way to witnessing the startup revolution. The Indian startup ecosystem has never been more vibrant and abuzz with...
Dr. Roshan Bhappu: Science and Values in the Life of a Metallurgical Engineer
For over twenty years, the Regional Oral History Office (ROHO) produced in-depth oral histories of members of the mining community, under a project called "Western Mining in the Twentieth Century,"...
Nowshir Engineer: Founder & MD, EMDI, In Conversation
Interview with Nowshir Engineer- Founder and Managing Director, EMDI Institute of Media and Communications Article Link 12 years ago – at the age of 24 years, Nowshir Engineer developed a passion...
Rohinton Mistry: In Conversation
The Mumbai-born Canadian novelist Rohinton Mistry received the Lifetime Achievement award at the Times Litfest last December. It was his first public appearance in his original hometown, indeed...
Ashdeen Lilaowala: I am Floored by the City’s Love for Saris
Taking the dazzling textile tradition of the culturally-rich Parsis to a wider audience, young designer Ashdeen Z Lilaowala dons several hats. Article By Janani Sampath | The New Indian Express An...
Farrokh Chothia: In conversation with Anurag Banerjee
Photography legend, Farrokh Chothia talks to Anurag Banerjee about all things Jazz. Article on Sensorium What is your first memory of jazz music? FC: My first introduction to Jazz music was through...
Long lives the Parsi debate: Jehangir and Simin Patel
Jiyo Parsi’s ad campaign, which urges Parsi couples to marry early, within the community, and multiply, has raised hackles among many who accuse it of sexism and eugenics. Kareena Gianani tries to...
Mahzarin Banaji: Zooming in on blind spots
On a recent Thursday evening at Deutsche Bank AG’s fourth annual Women in Asian Business Conference, over 800 corporate executives, largely bankers, discovered that they barely knew their own minds....
Lord Karan Bilimoria: An Pulling No Punches.
Lucy Tobin interviews Lord Bilimoria founder of Cobra Beer. He pulls no punches in this interview. The lager lord who is speaking up for Britain. Cobra’s Lord Bilimoria has strong views on running...
Zubin Mehta: In Conversation with the New York Times.
Zubin Mehta is an Indian-born conductor who has directed many of the world’s finest orchestras. He is the music director for life of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and the chief conductor of the...
Boman Kohinoor of Britannia Restaurant: In conversation
Rajarshi Ray writes… On a visit to Britannia Restaurant in Ballard Estate, sometime in December 2011, a chat with Mr. Boman Kohinoor, opened up a lot of stories behind the Parsi and Irani cafes in...
Kainaz Amaria in Conversation: Being Zoroastrian
Photographer Kainaz Amaria has been born and brought up in America. As a child, when she’d tell her friends at school she was a Zoroastrian, they thought she was pretending to be a superhero....