Brownpaperbag knocks on doors from Cusrow to Behram Baug to scout six Parsi ladies with hobbies and businesses that you should know about. 30.04.2015 Ranging from suspicious and wary to chatty and cheery, we found Gulshan, Zenobia, Benaifer, Gool, Nilofer and Roshan, all with mad skills. You should see what they can do with a… Continue reading Six Parsi Aunties You’ll Want For Company !
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The Difference between- Shenshai, Kadmi and Fasli Zoroastrian Calendar.
We have received the below from our regular reader and good friend Pesho Kotwal. He received this as a forward. Pesho writes One notices from time to time that “we” do not have an accurate and unambiguous definition/differentiation of the various calenders used by (the small number of extant) followers of Zoroastrianism. If you have… Continue reading The Difference between- Shenshai, Kadmi and Fasli Zoroastrian Calendar.
Navroze Around The World
For most people across the world, March 20th signifies little more than early morning rush hours, household chores and office deadlines to meet. They go about their business as per usual which — if you are in this veritable freezer known as Canada — probably includes a whole lot of snow shovelling before you can… Continue reading Navroze Around The World
Threads of partnership
Friends and collaborators Bina Rao and Villoo Mirza are bound by their passion for handlooms Bina Rao of Hyderabad-based Creative Bee foundation and Villoo Mirza of SEWA (Self Employed Women’s Association), Ahmedabad, have for been friends for years, bound by their passion: handlooms. By Sangeetha Devi Dundoo | The Hindu A vegetable-dyed kalamkari jacket adorns… Continue reading Threads of partnership
The grace and movement of ‘Gara’
It is fashionable amongst engineers and systemic solution experts to talk about India’s last mile problem. It applies to roads, power plants, and pretty much any type of construction, they will say. By Shoba Narayan | LiveMint Indian workmen will work diligently and dutifully through the project. At the last mile, when things are to… Continue reading The grace and movement of ‘Gara’
Death and bawdiness from the Parsi tongue
Parsis don’t have the reverence for the dead that other Indians do and their irreverence is extreme, as shown by numerous Parsi sayings By Aakar Patel | Livemint The Parsis are my favourite Indian community, followed by the Christians. Both give and have given many times more to this country than they take. And both… Continue reading Death and bawdiness from the Parsi tongue
Stars in the milky way: Parsi Dairy Farm
Relative Value: Sarfaraz K Irani, 28, and Bakhtyar K Irani, 31 Meet the two boys who gave Mumbai’s iconic dairy a steroid shot of success. Brothers Bakhtyar, 31, and Sarfaraz K Irani, 28, can’t recall a single year at St Mary’s School in Mazagaon when their boisterous classmates didn’t remember their birthdays. By Jharna Thakkar,… Continue reading Stars in the milky way: Parsi Dairy Farm
