Month: August 2007 Articles

Powai’s ‘Parsi’ Connection

Originally published on PLANET POWAI [Article Link] The renowned site where Powai Lake stands known as Framaji Kavasji was Powai Estate. It was in 1890 that the Britishers dug out the lake at a cost of Rs 6.5 lacs which was given to one Dr Scott in...

A World Of Silence

A friend recently attended the last journey of a Parsi friend and noted how a Parsi funeral was so peaceful, had a...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...