By Nauzer K Bharucha / TNN Perhaps for the first time in the more than 1,300-year history of the Parsis in India, the...
Month: January 2010 Articles
Anu Aga of Thermax India Awarded the Padma Shri
Anu Aga, the ex-Chairman of Thermax India has been awarded the Padma Shri. Her name featured on the list of awardees...
Ervad K. N. Dastoor appointed Vada Dasturji of Navsari Atash Behram
From Ervad Marzban Hathiram I am happy to inform readers that the Bhagarsath Anjuman has elected Ervad Kaikhushroo Navroze Dastoor (more popularly known as K. N. Dastoor, or KND) as the 17th Dastur...
Dasturji Meherjirana: An Obituary
Parsi Khabar joins all the Parsis in expressing condolences on the passing away of Dasturji Meherjirana. Ervad Marzban Hathiram has written a wonderful obituary. It is my solemn duty to inform...
Even in Death, A Parsi to the End.
A very interesting account from way back in the 19th century. It was a hot and sultry afternoon, that 21st day of April, 1844 as Mr. Mancherji Hormuzdiar Chanddaru left the offices of the popular...
Jam-e-Jamshed: Return to the fold
With a new editor taking over Jam-e-Jamshed, the recently acquired reformist views of the 177-year-old Parsi weekly may be toned down By Manoj R Nair / Mumbai Mirror On Sunday, readers of...
Young Parsis toil to make agiaries shine
Do not be alarmed if you see a group of masked youngsters armed with brooms and mops entering a fire temple on a Sunday morning. KEEPING HERITAGE SPIC AND SPAN By Mahafreed Irani / TNN Mumbai: They...
Centre will help Parsis to boost count
By Vineeta Pandey / DNA Concerned about the dwindling Parsi population in the country, the ministry of minority affairs is trying to come up with a concoction to reverse the trend. Minister Salman...
Report: 9th World Zoroastrian Congress
The following is a report filed by Marzban Giara on the occassion of 9th World Zoroastrian Congress held in Dubai in December 2009. The 9th World Zoroastrian Congress was held at Dubai from 28th to...
Ratan Tata: Global visionary rooted to reality
Assume you are the head of a multinational group some of whose leading businesses are weakened by a troubled market and lack of refinance in overleveraged balance sheets. What’s the likelihood that...
Activist Nergis Irani Takes On Reliance in Dahanu
Activist Nergis Irani speaks with local Dahanu fisherwomen in the shadow of the power plant. by Sara Sidner / CNN Dahanu, India Nergis Irani is like a pit bull; once she sinks her teeth into...
Jokhi Agiary in Godrej Baug Celebrates Anniversary
More than 2,000 Parsis flocked to celebrate the anniversary of the city's youngest fire temple last week. Posted in DNA India The Shapurji Fakirji Jokhi Agiary in Godrej Baug, Malabar Hill,...
Boman Irani: In Conversation
There is something very, very real about Boman Irani. It can be felt in the way he gets into the skin of the character — being innocent enough to endear like Oscar Fernandes in Honeymoon Travels Pvt...
HC refuses to stay ban on 2 Parsi priests
The Bombay Parsi Punchayet got a shot in the arm on Thursday with the Bombay high court declining to stay its ban on two priests from performing religious Zoroastrian ceremonies at Doongerwadi and...
For Homi Ghadiyali Every Day is Uttarayan
For almost the past eighty years he has been flying kites every day. There are very few people who manage to live their passions. By Yogesh Chawda / TNN Dada, happens to be one of them. Since he was...
Jimmy Engineer: Man With A Mission
Jimmy Engineer is a man with a cause. He stands tall, somber and deep in a thought. His passion to make a difference comes with a style of his own. Posted in the Khaleej Times His courage and...
Dinaz Vervatwala Enters Guinness Book of Records
“I finally made it and can’t believe it’s over,” beamed a visibly exhausted fitness trainer, Dinaz Vervatwala, after claiming the Guinness Book of World Record for completing 26-hour-long aerobics...
Parsis hear chants of holy change
Farhad Bhesania, 31, a Godrej Baug resident, has never regretted the decision he took nearly 17 years ago. Belonging to a family of Parsi priests, Bhesania chose a different path for himself. By...
The Exodus
She calls it the U-Trip. Setting out from Karachi, 15-year-old Rosheen Birdie plans on visiting every major hub of Zoroastrians in the world, just so she can find one to marry. It’s not so easy to...
Can Zoroastrians save their faith?
By Deena Guzder / The Washington Post Many of us recently finished celebrating Christmas, Eid, and Hanukkah; however, few of us have heard of the religion that deeply influenced those traditions of...
Mumbai Parsis divided on intermarriage
With numbers dwindling, young Parsis turn to organized social events to meet, and hopefully marry, others of their cultural group. By Hanna Ingber Win — GlobalPost A group of about a dozen young...
9th World Zoroastrian Congress 2009 Opens in Dubai
World Zoroastrian Congress Opens in Dubai Today 28 December 2009 DUBAI - The global Zoroastrian diaspora will converge in Dubai for a four-day congress, starting today. The 9th World Zoroastrian...