It’s funny that the only Irani features in an Irani cafe are black tea and its owner. The menu usually has Parsi food, which has more in common with Lucknow than Tehran. It’s ironic that the city’s fair-sized population of Iranis-both Muslims and Zoroastrians who migrated to India from Iran several centuries after their Parsi… Continue reading Authentic Irani Food in Bombay: Cafe Universal
Month: August 2009
Go forth and multiply in Punchayet flats
By: Alisha Coelho for Mid_Day Bombay Parsi Punchayet hopes its new scheme to give priority in housing allocation to engaged couples with a wedding date will bear fruit In a desperate attempt to boost numbers and save the community from impending extinction, the Bombay Parsi Punchayet (BPP) will give first priority in housing allocation… Continue reading Go forth and multiply in Punchayet flats
Religious Adultery and Parsis
Ervad Marzban J. Hathiram, a good old friend, editor of Frashogard.com and the Panthaki at the Jogeshwari Daremehr has written a hard hitting post on religious adultery. Marzban writes My apologies for not updating the blog for the last few weeks since I was tied up in the Muktad preparations and prayers in our Daremeher… Continue reading Religious Adultery and Parsis
The Parsis in Colonies
This is a hilarious forward sent to us by dear family friend and regular Parsi Khabar reader Bakhtavar Mistry. BE PROUD as After the the British colonies there is only the parsi colonies on which the sun never sets Because …………… at 2 am old ladies are chasing stray dogs with sticks, at 3 am… Continue reading The Parsis in Colonies
Zoroastrians hope ‘Facebook for Parsees’ will revive religion
By Rhys Blakely in Mumbai for the Times UK. During their brief history, social networking websites have united millions of long-lost school friends and diverted millions of office workers from, well, working. But can one save a 3,500-year-old religion on the brink of extinction? Zoroastrianism, whose fire-worshipping followers subscribe to the teachings of the prophet… Continue reading Zoroastrians hope ‘Facebook for Parsees’ will revive religion
Parsis refuse to do the poll dance
See corporator’s attempt to include representatives of the community in the upcoming Assembly elections as a gimmick A proposal from a Malabar Hill corporator to include representatives from the Parsi community in the upcoming state Assembly elections has not found favour with the community. The letter by BJP Corporator Mangal Prabhat Lodha to Governor S… Continue reading Parsis refuse to do the poll dance
Parsis call for revival of business skills
Concerned over the community losing its entrepreneurial knack over the years, a group of Parsis has decided to inject the much-needed impetus. The World Zarathushti Chamber of Commerce (WZCC), a forum for Zarathushti businessmen to meet and exchange ideas and concepts, and perhaps do business with each other, has announced a contest for Parsi-Zoroastrians to… Continue reading Parsis call for revival of business skills
