Category: Current Affairs

Parsi Meter: Down Down Down

We came across this article via the Delhi Parsis website. Image courtesy DP. The text is from the author’s blog. by Mayank Austen Soofi for the Hindustan Times.   The city’s Parsi population is struggling to survive.   On the breezy evening of August 19th, 2008, around 0.0053715 per cent of the population of Delhi… Continue reading Parsi Meter: Down Down Down

Doomed by faith

India's Parsi community is shrinking fast. For every birth, there are five deaths, prompting fierce debate between reformists and traditionalists who are concerned about ethnic purity. By Andrew Buncombe in Mumbai For centuries, Mumbai's Parsis have brought their dead to the Towers of Silence to be devoured by vultures, a traditional form of “burial” the… Continue reading Doomed by faith

Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw in Coma

The Indian Army's first and only surviving Field Marshal, Sam Hormusji Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw is fighting for his life at the Army Hospital (Research & Referral) in Wellington in Tamil Nadu. CNN-IBN Defence Correspondent reports, “Sam has moved in to coma following complications with lung ailment. He is in the ICU of the Army's Wellington… Continue reading Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw in Coma

Fertility clinic gives hope, aid to dwindling Parsi community

Mumbai: After the Hakims married, they looked forward to a quiet life, interrupted often by the laughter of children. Five years later, none had arrived. Troubled by the void, they began visiting doctors. But nothing worked—until they stumbled upon the fertility plan of the Bombay Parsi Punchayet, the apex organization in the city that offers… Continue reading Fertility clinic gives hope, aid to dwindling Parsi community

Voting rights? But whom do we choose?

Ask Parsi youth, who want to know whether issues like housing will be resolved MUMBAI: Last week, the High Court passed a judgment, one that would in many ways shake the age-old hierarchy of the Parsi community: Every Parsi above 18 years can now elect the trustees of the Bombay Parsi Panchayat (BPP). It is… Continue reading Voting rights? But whom do we choose?

A Passion for Persia, Disneyland and Dolphins

KISH, Iran — The indoor dolphin show was in full swing as Hossein Sabet walked in to a burst of applause from the 1,200 people in attendance. Clad in tight beige equestrian pants and tall black boots, he waved at the crowd and went straight to his office behind the pool. Tourists at the hotel,… Continue reading A Passion for Persia, Disneyland and Dolphins

All Parsis Can Now Vote in Parsi Panchayat Elections

Every Parsi, over the age of 18 years, will now have a vote in deciding the future of the Parsi community. In a significant judgment, Bombay High Court on Wednesday entrusted the process of electing trustees of the Bombay Parsi Panchayat (BPP) – a 350-year-old institution which controls the purse strings of Parsi trusts and… Continue reading All Parsis Can Now Vote in Parsi Panchayat Elections

Dead as a dodo? Why scientists fear for the future of of the Asian vulture

You have to feel sorry for vultures. For animal campaigners they are a difficult case. Other, more photogenic, slightly less sinister creatures may gain the world’s sympathy at the drop of a hat, but raising money to save the world’s most proficient scavenger is a different matter. As far as the Asian vulture is concerned,… Continue reading Dead as a dodo? Why scientists fear for the future of of the Asian vulture

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