A friend recently attended the last journey of a Parsi friend and noted how a Parsi funeral was so peaceful, had a...
Month: August 2007 Articles
Ancient Persian influence on Hinduism
Ruby Lilaowala | Friday, August 17, 2007 10:28:58 IST The Aryan settlers who lived in Persia and later, in India, had...
Zoroastrian Fires and Temples
Standing before a sacred fire, Zoroastrians pay homage to a creation that represents life and the power of Ahura Mazda. There are three kinds of sacred fires in Zoroastrianism, each standing for one...
Stalwarts of Our Past: Dadabhai Naoroji
Dadabhai Naoroji (1825-1917) At some point, his picture stared out from our history textbooks. A bespectacled man with a stiff Parsi hat, Dadabhai Naoroji was the Grand Old man of India. He was the...
FTII Award for Parsi Themed Film
Parsi Wada, Tarapore -- Present Day, a film that talks about the present and future of the Parsi community in Mumbai, has won cameraman Paramvir Singh the award for Best Cinematography (Rajat Kamal...
Stereotyping Parsis
It's often the quirks of a community that become its identity and set it apart from the rest. But with India becoming so globalised, are we still that ethno-centric? Yes, says Homi Adjania, the...
Trueroots: TATA Launches Long Distance Calling Service to India
Parsis celebrate ‘Pateti’ with fervour
Mumbai, Aug. 20 (PTI): Parsis in the metropolis heralded the Parsi New Year (Pateti), with traditional gaiety and fervour today. Besides visiting friends and relatives, preparation of sweets like...
Young keepers of the flame
Parsi Food Hub In Bandra
With a municipal vegetable market (Pali Market) nearby and lined with grocery stores, this road is also rather active during the day. After a hard day's shopping for groceries, people often like to...
Why gatecrash a Bawa lagan? Parsi bhonu…
The minute you told someone you were Parsi, they'd crib about how they never got invited to Bawa weddings, their only chance at nirvana after downing Patra ni Machchi. The load on our conscience is...
Pateti Mubarak
A celebration of Zoroastrians and their lip-smackers Mumbai, August 19: It may not be accompanied by public ceremonies or street dancing, but Pateti or Parsi New Year is a 'Mumbai' kind of day. It's...
Parsis ring in the new year
By Derineh Cooper Putting aside contentious issues like identity and the community's dwindling numbers, Parsis prepare to celebrate the New Year. As this year comes to an end, my ruminations and...
Parsi Saal Mubarak
The Mistry family is all prepared to usher in the Parsi New Year with some very delectable dishes Navroz commonly known as the Parsi New year not only marks the beginning of a new year but also...
Bambai ka Bawajis!
'We bawas live in a different world of our own.' Food, fun and farehghat. Three words that get every Parsi in the mood. Especially on Parsi New Year. After atoning for the wrongs done in the...
Saal Mubarak
!! Saal Mubarak !! August 20th is the first day of the Parsi New Year. A time of happiness and rejoicing for all members of the small Parsi community, of which Shirrin and I are a part. This is one...
Governor Greets Parsis on New Year
The Governor of Maharashtra S M Krishna greeted the people on the occasion of the 'Parsi New Year' on Monday. In his message, Mr Krishna said ''The contribution of the Parsi community to the...
Celebrating Parsi New Year
BY Rakshande Italia If I cherished one special day during the year, besides my birthday, it was the New Year - not Jan. 1, but a day in August when members of my tiny Zoroastrian community in...
Of new beginnings
A dekko at how the city’s Parsis are gearing up for their New Year which falls this Monday Pune, August 18: Saal mubarak", "Happy New Year" or even " Pateti mubarak" are the greetings that will...
Pray, atone and feast
That’s what Parsis will do on Pateti today, a day before celebrating Navruz. If you plan to wish your Parsi neighbours “Happy Pateti†on Saturday, don’t. That is, unless, you believe that...
Parsis Remembered in Hong Kong On Independance Day
As the tricolour is hoisted to mark the 60th anniversary of India’s independence, it is well worth acknowledging the contributions of the Indian diaspora across the world in keeping the tiranga...
Parsi Khabar Turns 2 years today
Two years ago today, the first post went up on Parsi Khabar. And since then it has been an interesting ride for all of us here at Parsi Khabar. 605 posts over two years averages to just under one a...
Of Parsi and modern Hindi theatre
PATNA: When it comes to setting standards in theatre, every Bihari Hindi theatre artist or director invokes the lessons learnt at the National School of Drama (NSD), New Delhi. Ironically,...
Distilling the Muslim World’s First 20-Year-Old Whisky
An almost 150-year-old brewery in Pakistan is preparing to bring the Muslim world's first 20-year-old single malt whisky to the market. Murree Brewery, however, can only sell to non-Muslims, who...
Panchgani: A Few Stray Thoughts
A Few Stray Thoughts Farzana Contractor | Saturday, July 21, 2007 12:55:37 IST I know from time to time, I wax eloquent about my second home, which is Panchgani, but this time I won't. I am miffed....
‘After Superman, it’s Bo-Man’
When ABN-Amro recently flew down the versatile Boman Irani for a chat with VJ Cyrus Sahuhar, the talent behind "Piddhu The Great" and "Simi Girebaal", the duo broke into the most entertaining...
Denying industry speculation that Gharda Chemicals and Godrej…
Denying industry speculation that Gharda Chemicals and Godrej Industries may go for an out-of-court settlement brokered by leaders in the Parsi community, sources close to the agrochemicals major...
Vultures in Europe ‘attacking humans for the first time’
The silly season is hardly upon us and we have already had not one but an impressive three fearsome, flesh-eating creatures in the news guaranteed to put thousands of holidaymakers off their swims...
Naqsh-E-Rustom In Danger Due to Railway Track Construction
Despite all oppositions made so far by Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts, and Tourism Organization (ICHHTO) against construction of Isfahan-Shiraz railway only in 500-meter distance of Naqsh-e...
Boman Irani: Interview with the Actor
• My guest today is one of Mumbai's Parsi Colony's most famous residents, Boman Irani. And it's really unfair to cast you as a Parsi, because you're a Sikh one day, Delhi Punjabi the other, a Rajput...
Bejan Daruwala going strong at 77
Bejan Daruwala missed turning 77 on 7/7/07 by four days, but that did nothing to dampen the spirits at the bawdy Parsi astrologer's birthday party on Wednesday night. Girlfriend and muse Tehmi...
Bound by a handbook
In Deepa Mehta's 1947: Earth, actress Kittu Gidwani, in the role of a Parsee, says how Parsees in India are like dissolved sugar in milk, not conspicuous, but noticeable because of their...
Youth, entrepreneurship are focus of ancient faith
The world's oldest monotheistic religion has taken steps to empower its youth and preserve the faith for the future. Zoroastrians, as they wound up their 14th North American Congress in Toronto this...