When 2,500 Parsis gathered at the Mahalaxmi racecourse on Saturday evening, the main topic of discussion was the birth and death rates of the Message To Get My Ex Girl Back community, whose population has been on the decline. The community, which gathered to celebrate the second anniversary of the World Association of the Parsi… Continue reading WAPIZ celebrates Second Anniversary
Month: May 2007
Bottle your own great idea
Image copyrights DNA India Even before he became the first Parsi in history to enter the British House of Lords, 45-year-old India-born Lord Karan Bilimoria was nobility of a different kind, widely billed as UK’s resident beer baron. Robustly friendly, he’s a qualified chartered accountant with a degree in law from Cambridge University. How in… Continue reading Bottle your own great idea
Mathematical Minoo Jokhi
Minoo Jokhi is so passionate about calculations that he teaches mathematics tricks and memory games to others We’ve heard of people being phobic to mathematics and calculations. Here’s one person, to whom “life is a number game”. Meet 30-year-old Minoo Jokhi, a ‘mathemagic show’ presenter and memory development trainer. At the age of 15, Jokhi… Continue reading Mathematical Minoo Jokhi
Vulture breeding plan shelved
The world’s first vulture breeding programme for a socio-religious purpose has been shelved. Parsis are traditionally laid to rest in Mumbai’s Tower of Silence where vultures (now endangered) devour their dead bodies. But scientists from the Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) say that the breeding programme, which would have cost Rs 1 crore, would have… Continue reading Vulture breeding plan shelved
Concern Over Delhi’s Dwindling Parsi Population
Delhi Minorities Panel plans to meet Parsi families New Delhi, May. 17 (PTI): Concerned over the declining population of Parsi community in the Capital, Delhi Minorities Commission is planning to meet the Parsi families here to assess their alround growth. “We would soon meet each Parsi family in the city and try to resolve the… Continue reading Concern Over Delhi’s Dwindling Parsi Population
LAHORE LAHORE AYE: The Parsis of Lahore
As the sun is about to set, a group of pale tall men in spotless white can be found on the beach, the sacred Zorastrian belt knotted around their waists. They stand at the edge, bend down and immerse both their hands into the water, which they then raise to their forehead, touching it briefly.… Continue reading LAHORE LAHORE AYE: The Parsis of Lahore
How Keki Gharda stunned the MNC giants
Once upon a time he used to bite pens. Now he fidgets with a knife in a cramped office lined up to the ceiling with books that range from Game Theory to the history of the Roman Empire to polymer science. Whether as a businessman, or as a technologist or as a human being, Dr… Continue reading How Keki Gharda stunned the MNC giants
