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Echoes in a Parsi attic: How a box of keepsakes opens story of early Jamshedpur via Mumbai

In 1935, Khurshed Maneckji Bharucha, the first Indian chief cashier of Tata Steel in Jamshedpur, borrowed ₹3.5 lakh from a friend who owned an island near Bombay. Soon, on an open ground at Bistupur junction, arose a four-storey building with...

Hanging by a thread

Apr 17, 2011 | Culture, Heritage, History

Parsi embroidery is being kept alive by a few patrons in the Capital. At Navjote or during a Parsi wedding, the entire...

Weaving a Kasti: Threads of Continuity

Mar 28, 2011 | Culture, Heritage, Prayers, Religion

Ashdeen Z Lilaowala walks us through the creation of the hallowed Zoroastrian kusti or sacred thread that is an...

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Echoes in a Parsi attic: How a box of keepsakes opens story of early Jamshedpur via Mumbai

Hanging by a thread

Weaving a Kasti: Threads of Continuity

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