Mumbai's Dr TE Udwadia, Emeritus professor of surgery, Grant Medical College, consultant surgeon and the head of...
Month: May 2006 Articles
Whats the Fuss About: Da Vinci Code
It's the Da Vinci showdown As protests against The Da Vinci Code gather momentum, Mumbai comes out strongly in favour...
Bhicoo J Manekshaw : Food Writer
Parsi Platter Bhicoo J Manekshaw has been the lone crusader of Parsi cuisine in the country. And at 83, she is still trying to popularise it through her books. She was the first Cordon Bleu chef...
Why are so many Parsis unmarried?
Minoo Shroff, chairman of Bombay Parsi Panchayat, feels most Parsis are very fussy about their choice of life partner One third of Parsis do not marry, according to a yet-to-be published study...
Shrinking flocks of vultures spoil ancient culture’s funeral rituals
Destruction of birds by a cattle drug presents the Parsis of India with a dilemma MUMBAI -- Smack in the middle of the thicket of ultramodern high-rises that make up Malabar Hill, one of Mumbai's...
Drug ban could save vultures
Vultures in danger of being wiped out by a drug used to treat livestock in India have been given a reprieve after the Government called on companies to phase out the medicine. While perhaps not the...
The Yellow Badge of Denial
The bizarre, humiliating, and enduring nature of the dress regulations imposed upon the Zoroastrian community of central Iran (Yezd) were captured in this eyewitness account by Napier Malcolm, (Five...
‘I can’t forget the killers’ faces’
A little after 8 pm on a wet night in June two years ago, inside a ground floor apartment in Dadar's quaint Parsi Colony, Keiki Karai's life changed forever. Three unidentified youths walked up to...
Run Lola
Of all her celebrity guests so far, she's loved chatting with the Parsis--Boman Irani, Homi Adajania and Perizaad Zorabian. "It's probably because Bawas and Malayalees are both a mad bunch of...
Lagan Nu Achar
Pickles preserve the historical flavours of communities like the Persian origin of Parsis in the dried fruits of their celebratory lagannu achar, or the Portuguese vinegar in which Goans preserve...
Shayan Italia: Music Sensation
Shayan Italia, a new musician in the mainstream music world is all set to release his album Deliverance. As his press release notes My name is Shayan Italia and I am the artist/songwriter of the...
Five Parsi Films by Kaevan Umrigar
Kaevan Umrigar, is a recent graduate from the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune. The Zoroastrian Youth Association of Poona is screening FIVE PARSI FILMS, five short films on contemporary...
New things at Parsi Khabar
New things are happening here at Parsi Khabar. First and foremost we have our own domain. Parsi Khabar now resides at www.ParsiKhabar.net The establishment of its own domain was something that was...
Rediscover the Axial Age ethos
complained to Lord Mazda (Aryan god of harmony): 'For whom did you shape me? ... Fury and raiding, cruelty and might hold me captive.' " Lord Mazda replied that Zoroaster, a priest, would protect...
Lost in time
Down a narrow lane from my school was a candy shop. It was actually a general store but a range of mouth-watering chocolates and candies in colourful wrappers were displayed on the racks visible...
Some thoughts, some reservations
A case of great constitutional significance is being argued before a bench of five justices of the Supreme Court, presided over by the chief justice of India. A few years ago both houses of...
Parsi debate: panchayat vs federation
Don't force radical changes on us: Ahmedabad panchayat to governing body Express News Service Ahmedabad, April 30: Accusing it of forcing its radical propaganda upon Parsis, the Ahmedabad Parsi...
Green Cuisine
No Parsi wedding or celebration is complete without the famous Patro na Machchi (fish in a leaf). And a famous style of Bengal cuisine called "bhapa" (meaning steam) is steaming spiced vegetables or...
Zubin Mehta Turns 70
Los Angeles, Apr 29: Zubin Mehta, one of the world's greatest conductors of Western classical music, is celebrating his 70th birthday today. Mehta, a Parsee has been the conductor of the Israel...
The Dilemma of Iran and US relations
Historically, a mass exodus of Iranians from the greater Persian plateau has occurred presumably for fear of religious persecution, by people of the Zoroastrian faith emigrating to Gujarat and...
Zubin Varla to Play Rajiv Gandhi
British Parsi actor may play Rajiv If all goes well for Jagmohan Mundhra, his film Sonia, based on Congress president Sonia Gandhi's life, will rise to a remarkable level of authenticity before a...