Men in PLO T-shirts march through noisy, chaotic streets; their leader, all in white, stands before the wrought iron gate of a Zoroastrian fire temple urging followers to pledge purity and denounce outsiders. Welcome to the fictitious world of the Parsi Liberation Organisation led by a buffoon character in a zany movie that looks at… Continue reading Indian filmmaker unveils her own minuscule Parsi Minority
Month: November 2009
Parsi Memories: Ideal Restaurant
By Rusi Sorabjee IDEAL RESTAURANT ….a gastronomic heaven (Still there in 2009,But shifted about 100 mtrs away and inside from main road.) (The IRANI Restaurant… quintessentially Zarathushti Restaurant of old.) It was an old building standing guard –resolute and proud – on Hornby Road, a street that was and still is the main artery of… Continue reading Parsi Memories: Ideal Restaurant
Parsi Memories: Chom-e-shvaa
By Rusi Sorabjee In our scriptures there is a mention that ‘it was obligatory, as thanks-giving’ to save a bit of the meal at the end for the dog – during Sassanian times, it was called the "Chom e shvaa". Those who did not have a pet dog , used to carry the saved food… Continue reading Parsi Memories: Chom-e-shvaa
Parsi Memories : Daily Loban Ritual
By Rusi Sorabjee One of the daily ritual in a Parsi/Irani homes in India of the early 20th Century, that brings back happy memories of our childhood, of a bygone era, when the days had morehours, families had more members, dinning tables had more chairs, we were more religious and the community felt like being… Continue reading Parsi Memories : Daily Loban Ritual
