Month: February 2009 Articles

A tribute to Rustom Tirandaz

The email below was circulated on a email list. From: Mr. Jimmy and Mrs. Pervin Mistry Tribute to our friend Rustom Sheriyar Tirandaz: The sudden demise of Rustom Sheriyar Tirandaz (January 27th) has left many in our community and in other...

Parsis Reminisce about Karachi of yore

Karachi’s finest mayor: it’s not who you think By Sabeen Jamil If there is anyone who can comment on the administration of Karachi in its early days, it is the elderly members of the Zoroastrian, or...

Zidane and Little Zizou: A close miss

French soccer legend Zidedine Zidane might have had a Parsi connection. Had things gone according to plan, the soccer star would have done a cameo in Sooni Taraporewala's award winning film Little...

A Thousand and Counting

Over the weekend, Parsi Khabar crossed a small milestone. We had our 1000th post up on the website. The website began as a labour of love way back in August 2005 and still remains one. On August 19,...

Gustadji Ghode Chadhya

Surprise is the spice of drama. "Don't think Gustadji is going to ride a horse in the play as a groom," director of Gustadji Ghode Chadhya' Yazdi Karanjia tells the audience, "one rides different...

The permanence of Persia

The remarkable perseverance of Iran's cultural identity By David Morgan Iran is now widely spoken of as a “regional superpower”. That status owes a good deal to the operation of a law that Michael...

Kushti Prayers: The Correct Protocol

Prescribed Method of doing Paadyaab-Kushti Originally featured in Dini Avaz, Mar.-Apr. 1999 PAADYAAB The Paadyaab is an important step while performing the Kushti. The Kushti is incomplete without...

Persia: The Lost World

Eric Lurio writes a wonderful three part travelogue on modern day Iran. Titled Notes on the Iran/Persia Conflict: A Travelogue it runs on the famous Huffington Post website. Below is an excerpt from...

Porus Shroff: Football Wonderkid

As an youngster — he’s still only 12 — Campion School student Porus Shroff had told his father Firdaus that since the Sr Shroff had played club cricket in England, he should end up playing his...

Ratan Tata Industrial (RTI) Institute

  The below is an article by Kayezad Adajania on his blog slashfundas. Where is my Ratan Tata Industrial (RTI) institute? If you are a Parsi, then the words RTI shouldn't be Greek and Latin to...