The Parsi community in the city will soon usher in its New Year by celebrating Jamshedi Navroz. JAMSHEDI Navroz is knocking at the doors of Parsis in the city, and with it, the community will welcome its New Year with its typical affability and zest for life. Navroz is a time for Parsis to take… Continue reading Small yet big
Month: March 2006
Jamshedi Navroze….a festival to welcome Spring
Jamshedi Navroze is one of the three main festive days in the Parsi Calendar. The others being Parsi New year in August and Khordad Saal, the birthday of Zarathustra. Navroze falls on March 21st, which is also Spring Equinox. It is celebrated the world over in various manifestations. It heralds the coming of Spring. In… Continue reading Jamshedi Navroze….a festival to welcome Spring
Navroze: A great time to bond
Zoroastrians are looking forward to celebrate Navroze with their loved ones tomorrow.. Oh yeah, the preparations have begun. At the Kajanwalla household in Grant Road, it’s just finishing touches to the festive preprarations that are being given. The house is spick and span, new clothes hung up all ready to be worn, the aroma of… Continue reading Navroze: A great time to bond
Noruz in Iran
Noruz, a festival marking start of the new Iranian year, is celebrated in Iran. Passage of time has not reduced importance of the traditional festival and it is being observed by people more gloriously each year than the previous year. Norouz rites start in the northwestern How To Get Your Ex Love Back Iranian city… Continue reading Noruz in Iran
Vyarawalla: Witness to History
NO, no, no. No blinding flash, not again,” shouted Mahatma Gandhi, the apostle of peace, as the Parsi photographer, a woman in her early thirties, clicked her camera using a big bulb for flash. “Gandhiji was a trifle annoyed as he came out of a prayer meeting on that winter evening,” recalls Homai Vyarawalla,… Continue reading Vyarawalla: Witness to History
Life without Parsis would be like bun without maska
And for the last Saturday before Parsi New Year, the fifth without Busybee, a few stray thoughts. by Farzana Contractor | Saturday, March 18, 2006 11:11:0 IST Without doubt, life without Parsis would be like bun without maska, patia without the prawns. It is a community that lends charm to our living. It would be… Continue reading Life without Parsis would be like bun without maska
Humata Hukhta Hvarashta strikes a century
The only serial based on Zoroastrian religion and culture, completed 100 episodes recently Funded only by donations, Humata Hukhta Hvarashta — the only serial on air based on Zoroastrian religion — completed 100 episodes last Sunday. “Through this serial we wish to promote awareness of the significance of our rituals and a deeper understanding of… Continue reading Humata Hukhta Hvarashta strikes a century
