Month: August 2005 Articles

Farrukh Dhondy: “Writing fiction is never a purely logical process”

On his hometown, Pune, religion as wilful human delusion, and the different strands that inspired his new novel, Tibetan Gospel Did Tibetan Gospel emerge from a fascination with belief and scepticism? Or was it simply the current world political...

‘Patience is not my virtue’

Financial Express – Bombay,India … At home, I enjoy making the chowk (the Parsi rangoli) everyday. I love cooking. … She says, “As a Parsi, I will target the rich Parsi...

Hijacking Religion and Culture

…….about a new universal temple of worship for Zoroastrians, not necessarily Parsis. This is as close as it gets to the bastardization of religion and the hijacking of culture for...

Parsi Tari Aarsi

This was sent to me as a forwarded email and thus do not know the source or the author. I dont agree with every single thing written in this article, but what the heck….read on… PARSIS,...

Saal Mubarak

!! Saal Mubarak !! cross-posted on news views and analysis August 20th is the first day of the Parsi New Year. A time of happiness and rejoicing for all members of the small Parsi community, of...

Welcome

This is a new blog which will focus on all things related to the culture and religion of the Parsis of India. Being a Parsi is a very large part of my identity, and who I am as a person, and this is...