As a prelude to eight-day Persian festival in Mumbai, the grandeur of the Persian empire is being re-awakened by the city architect Jimmy Mistry in the heart of the metropolis. It intends to reintroduce present generation Parsis and the general people to the rich cultural heritage of the empire. Mistry, who is a Paris, conducted… Continue reading Persian Festival in Mumbai
Month: February 2007
JRD Tata and The Infosys Story
It was probably the April of 1974. Bangalore was getting warm and gulmohars were blooming at the IISc campus. I was the only girl in my postgraduate department and was staying at the ladies’ hostel. Other girls were pursuing research in different departments of Science. I was looking forward to going abroad to complete a… Continue reading JRD Tata and The Infosys Story
Vote For Parsi Khabar
We are very happy to inform you that Parsi Khabar has been nominated in the “Best Topical Blog” for the Indibloggies Award. The Indibloggies are the Filmfare Awards of the blogging world. If you read Parsi Khabar, and like what you read, we urge you to please go and vote for us. Click on the… Continue reading Vote For Parsi Khabar
Parsi theatre academy to come up in Surat
To breathe a new life into Parsi theatre in the state, the first ever Parsi theatre academy in the country will start functioning soon in Surat. The academy is expected to play a crucial role in promoting theatre activities, specifically among schoolchildren. The brain behind the academy, Yezdi Karanjia — who has been staging Parsi… Continue reading Parsi theatre academy to come up in Surat
HC verdict on Parsi trust row soon
Come Thursday and the Parsi community will know whether most of the trustees including chairperson Minoo Shroff can continue on the Bombay Parsi Punchayet (BPP) board. The Bombay high court will on February 8 decide if the controversial resignation and its subsequent withdrawal last June by four of the six trustees of the BPP was… Continue reading HC verdict on Parsi trust row soon
Dwindling Numbers in India
Concerns for dwindling numbers. Seminars on how to save their race. In 1940, when their number in India was a sizeable 1.14 lakh, the community probably never imagined that 67 years later, it would be fretting over its strength. Parsis came to India from Iran 1,100 years ago “for a better way of lifeâ€, as… Continue reading Dwindling Numbers in India
Parsi Punchayet trustees can continue to hold posts
The Bombay high court on Thursday ruled that the withdrawal of resignation of the four trustees of the Bombay Parsi Punchayet (BPP) was valid and they still continue to be trustees. Justice Roshan Dalvi ruled that Minoo Shroff, Dinshaw Tamboly, Maneck Engineer and Burjor Antia who had resigned and later withdrawn their resignations last year… Continue reading Parsi Punchayet trustees can continue to hold posts
Air India Symbol Undergoes Change
“People trust Air India to carry those nearest and dearest to them, even when they themselves might fly on another airline!†Recognising from carriers like Singapore Airlines how valuable a differentiator service could be, the carrier will now focus on it. From its grandiloquent old proposition of ‘Your Palace in the Sky’ it is now… Continue reading Air India Symbol Undergoes Change
Rebel Parsis ready with agiary plan
A group of reformists acquires land at Malad to build a fire temple that will be open to even spouses of community members married outside the fold It could be an event quite unprecedented in the 3000-year-old history of the Zoroastrian religion. A group of reformists in the community, called the Association for Revival of… Continue reading Rebel Parsis ready with agiary plan
