Tata Group chief Ratan Tata Thursday slammed the government for not learning from the past and failing to put in place...
Month: November 2008 Articles
Lots of Parsis Feared Dead in the Attacks
TMYZ readers are reporting that at least two Parsis are confirmed dead. A third unidentified lady is also believed to...
A Barbaric Wake Up Call
The terrorist attacks in Mumbai, which ordeal is not over even as I write, is, in my opinion a rude and dastardly wake up call. For Mumbai. For Bombay. That we are world citizens. The world has...
Terror Attacks in Mumbai
We at Parsi Khabar express our utter condemnation towards the events of last nite and early today. The terror attacks against the citizens of this city is something that is to be abhored. We hope...
Pasargade: Plant Growth at Tomb of Cyrus
Iranfara reports on growth of mold and plants at the Tomb of Cyrus. See more pics and read text (in Farsi) here .
For some Parsis, the wait just got longer
Several Parsi families that were allotted flats by former trustees of the Bombay Parsi Punchayet (BPP) this year have now been put on the waiting list again. On Friday, they were present at the...
Out of this world: Bombay Theosophical Society
The Bombay Theosophical Society turns 129 today. Kareena N Gianani pays a visit Blavatsky Lodge at Grant Road doesn’t quite echo the enthusiasm of its ex-president and a much-respected speaker, Keki...
Capt Cyrus Cama becomes first Indian to commander the A380.
Article suggested by Percy Kavarana Indian to command world’s first double-decker aircraft MUMBAI: The world’s first double-decker aircraft A380 may not have had its maiden commercial...
The Roots of a Name: What is Barack?
This is an article I read on a email newsgroup. The original author is Parviz Varjavand Tonight was a very special night as Barack Obama became the president of the United States of America. May the...
44 Parsis allotted houses at new board’s first meet
The newly-elected Bombay Parsi Punchayet (BPP) trust allotted houses to 44 Parsis at its first board meeting held on Tuesday. The new trustees were of the view that 44 of the 90 cases that were...
Nazneen Contractor’s long, strange trip to ‘The Border’
As customs agent Layla Hourani on “The Border” — which airs Mondays on CBC Television — Nazneen Contractor is almost a genre of one. Hourani defies both the Western...
He willed for street kids, but sons came in way
Before his death in March 2007, Dr Shapoor Behram Badshah, a rich Parsi living in Germany, wanted to do something for the welfare of Mumbai’s street children. He executed a will, which provided for...
Dr. Homi Bhabha Birth Centenary
Article contributed by Parsi Khabar reader Percy Kavarana The Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) on Thursday celebrated Dr Homi Bhabha’s 99th birth anniversary amidst its Founder’s Day...
Ancient Blessings Near the Flat-Screen TV
By JAMES ANGELOS for NY Times PERVEZ PATEL, a Zoroastrian priest from Elmhurst, Queens, was wearing a long white robe and a white cotton veil over his mouth that looked something like a surgeon’s...