The NYTimes carries a piece on the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Israel Philaharmonic. Zubin Mehta, the...
Month: January 2007 Articles
Wing Cdr Hoshang K Patel
I came across a wonderful interview with Wing Commander (Retd) Hoshang K Patel. He talks about life in the Air Force...
Indian of the Year: Ratan Tata
Think India, think Tata. The visionary business house that grew up with independent India, driving down new highways, providing the nation its morning cup of tea and adding that vital pinch of salt...
Astad Deboo Awarded Padma Shri
The phone hasn’t stopped ringing at the Antia residence in Parsee Colony for a couple of days. Not that anybody minds. After all, one of their kin, noted choreographer Astad Deboo, has just...
Corus deal: Lord Bilimoria chips in for Tatas
In a boost to Tatas’ bid for Corus, UK lawmaker of Indian origin, Lord Karan Bilimoria asked shareholders of the Anglo-Dutch steel maker Corus to keep in mind the reputation of Tatas before...
Kayhan Irani: Artivist with a cause
Kayhan Irani’s play, ‘We’ve Come Undone,’ has been playing to audiences around the nation since 2003. From Harlem to the streets of Baghdad, all the world’s a stage for...
Cdr Kurush F Morris United States Navy
CDR Kurush F. Morris Commanding Officer USS TAYLOR (FFG 50) Commander Morris was born in Mumbai, India and migrated to the U.S. at the age of 5 with his parents. Upon graduating from high school in...
Hill Road hawkers
Hill Road has long since been a bone of contention between the shopkeepers, the residents, the ward officers and the hawkers. Protests were evident when the BMC announced their plan of widening the...
Courage Under Fire: A Tribute to Nani Palkhiwala
This is an edited version of Teesta Setalvad’s acceptance speech on being conferred the Nani A Palkhivala award, 2006 Nani Palkhivala has been described alternately as a passionate democrat, a...
ZAGNY Essay Competition For Children
As per brief on ZAGNY’s website. 2007 Gool Kothawala Essay Competition Topics: 1. “No, in fact, I’m Zoroastrian†(An unusual personal story about telling a new friend that you are a...
Parzania: Death of humanity in Mahatma’s land
Film on Gujarat riots gets green signal; to be released this Friday Almost five years after Gujarat riots of February 2002, a gutsy English-language feature film that looks at the communal carnage...
Safe in Poonawalla’s hands
Dara Bhesania: Life at the Mahalaxmi Racecourse
It’s not just the members, horses, trainers and jockeys who make things happen at the Mahalaxmi Race Course. There are many others who play vital roles in their own capacity. Sadly, limelight...
Yazdani Bakery Fights Inflation and Globalization
The nearly century-old bakery, set amid crowded streets lined by massive stone Victorian-era buildings near the city’s Stock Exchange, looks like a gingerbread house and stands out in sharp...
Parsi Judge in Body Building Gym Ad
One can’t say for sure if Justice B J Shethna really packed some power in the punches he allegedly rained on his colleague, Justice P B Majmudar, in Ahmedabad on January 11. But, if he really...
Ancient religion may face extinction
This article appeared in the Boston Globe. I cannot seem to find the online direct link. However, read on… As screaming children raced around the hall in joyous play, adult workers readied...
The shy architect: Ratan Tata
Ratan Tata has transformed India’s biggest company, and done it alone CASTING about for someone to run a big family firm when a successful tyrant is due to retire is usually a troublesome...
Investing in Gujarat: Parsi Connection
It is stupid if you are not in Gujarat: Ratan Tata “It is stupid if you are not in Gujaratâ€, this is how the Tata Group chairman Ratan Tata described the advantage of investment in Gujarat. He...
Aden to India: Shifting of the Parsee Fire Temple
Shifting of the Parsee Fire Temple from Aden to India (Aden 1886 – 1976) The Flames of Faith: A Historical Saga by Pervez Daruwala Jam-e-Jamshed Weekly, Parsi New Year Special Published...
Happy New Year 2007
On behalf of all of us at Parsi Khabar we wish our dear readers a very happy new year 2007. The last year has seen parsi Khabar grow from one blogger to three. All three of us endeavor to bring you...