Month: March 2007 Articles

90 years of keeping the spirit alive; preserving Parsi Heritage, One sari At A Time in Kolkatta

Many participants shared stories of their own heirloom Parsi Gara saris, some more than 200 years oldHeirloom pieces carry stories of generations past and must be restored and revived to keep that legacy alive, Mumbai-based craft revivalist and...

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300 Reasons To Get Mad

Mar 21, 2007 |

By Firoze Hirjikaka Parsis (Zoroastrians) - in India and abroad - are up in arms over the unflattering portrayal of ancient Persians in the recently released movie '300'. The cause of all this...

Navroze Celebrations

Mar 21, 2007 | ,

Navruz: An evening crammed with joy For Zorastrians, Navruz is a time to eat, drink and celebrate. But in recent times, the festival has lost its zest as people leave celebrating to those precious...

Parsi Demographic Statistics

Mar 20, 2007 | , , ,

This article was sent to us by our regular reader Dilnaz Mory Indian census data (2001) records 69,601 Parsis in India, with a concentration in and around the city of Mumbai. There are approximately...

Iranian cyber attack against American movie

Mar 18, 2007 | ,

Tehran, March 11, Taliya News - Once again U.S propaganda machine raid another attack against Iran, its culture and civilization through a hateful movie:"300" "300" is the name of an irresponsible,...

Warring over ‘300’

Mar 17, 2007 | , , ,

In a scathing attack on the producers of the movie 300, Maneck Bhujwala comments Barry Koltnow's article, the "Mighty Spartans" [Entertainment, March 9]quotes comic-book artist Frank Miller saying,...

Scrapbooking Projects

Mar 17, 2007 | , , ,

Although the Iranian government has condemned " Scrapbooking Projects 300" as insulting to the Persian civilization, the film has been packing them in at movie houses across the country. This is...

JRD Tata: Man of steely values

Mar 17, 2007 | ,

Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata is an easy man to write about. With his iconic status and corporate accolades, JRD the businessman could have overshadowed JRD the man and yet the book 'Forever Jeh'...

Parsee Matrimony in Poem

Mar 13, 2007 | ,

A funny poem forwarded by a friend. Read on We are all somehow related Often times even belated. At reproduction they're not the best By working in banks they get their rest. The community is...