Month: September 2009 Articles

India’s Parsis use technology to keep religion alive

Phil Hazlewood at AFP recently interviewed our own editor Arzan Sam Wadia for an article about Parsis' use technology to keep religion alive By Phil Hazlewood (AFP) MUMBAI — India's Parsis, the modern-day descendants of migrants who fled...

Shiamak Davar: The world at his feet

Widely acknowledged as the guru of contemporary Indian dance, and proud founder of the largest chain of dance schools in the country, Shiamak Davar appears to have it all, on the surface. But dig...

Nazneen Sabawala: Landscape Designer

Nazneen Sabawala: Landscape Designer

Nazneen Sabavala, director of landscape design for Dubai’s 3 Square was born in India, raised in Dubai and educated in the Middle East and the USA. Equipped with a Bachelor’s degree in Architecture,...

Life in a Parsi Baug

SHERNAAZ ENGINEER peers into the minutiae of life in the Parsi colonies (or our baugs bustling with busybodies) and dishes up some delightfully saucy details. Forget 'Life in a Metro'. 'Life in a...

On the road in rural Iran

On the road in rural Iran

Rural Iran has startlingly beautiful landscapes that are largely unexplored by outsiders By Jini Reddy The Guardian, Saturday 12 September 2009 [Hat Tip: Jim Engineer via NextGenNow@Linkedin] I...

Parsis push on with sops to boost birth rate

By Rathin Das | Surat At a time when most countries are engaged in controlling the population explosion, the miniscule Parsi community here is busy taking steps to increase its fast-dwindling...

Zoroastrians: Mapping Our Future: A Survey

Sam Balsara of Madison Advertising is putting together a presentation for the World Zoroastrian Congress in Dubai at the end of this year. As part of that he would like as many Zoroastrians to fill...