Metal magic and colourful characters were what it was as Tarana Khubchandani presented Arzan Khambatta's creations at...
Month: February 2011 Articles
Majestic Bakery: A slice of heaven
This humble bakery is also home to such delights like the charming little glass cakes. As I cruised down the busy MG...
Kersi Dubash attire attracts customers
A weeklong dazzling variety of Indian saris, shalwar kameez, jewellery and bags in an exhibition by Kersi Dubash of Nazakat Collection at Jacaranda Guest House, continued to attract a large number...
What next, Karan?
The founder of Cobra beer has become a minority partner in UK, exited USA and downsized in India The Karan Bilimoria sitting across the table at House of Ming in Delhi’s Taj Mahal Hotel is not the...
Of Zubin Mehta, Berlin Musicians and Nature Conservation
Zubin Mehta, a renowned Indian conductor of western classical music -- who commutes between the major music centres in Europe, the United States and Israel -- remains emotionally attached to the...
Genome decoded, now Parsi ills can be tackled
Parsis are known to be prone to cancer. Soon, we may know what causes it. For the first time, scientists have sequenced the entire genome of a Parsi woman (74) suffering from an heritable form of...
Poona Parsee panchayat allowing encroachments
Members of the Parsi community in the city are a worried lot. Many fear properties worth Rs 1,500 crore belonging to the community might be acquired by the government or taken over by land grabbers....
High rate of cancer puts Parsis under microscope
Neville Wadia was only a child when his parents sat him down and told about the deadly disease that plagued his community. By Andrew Buncombe | The Independant “I was seven years old and my father’s...
Parsi Cricketer at the World Cup: Zubin Surkari
Zubin Surkari is only the second Parsi cricketer to represent his country in a World Cup. Farokh Engineer the flamboyant wicketkeeper of the Indian cricket team was the first one, during the...
No more an option to stay quiet: An Interview with Dastur Khurshed of Udvada
No more an option to stay quiet says Dastur Khurshed Kaikobad Dastoor. High Priest of Iranshah The below is an interview by Teenaz Javat who interviewed Dastur Khurshed, the Vada Dasturji of Udvada....
Viraf Daruwala (Nalladaru) Vies for Guinness Book of Records
He is faster than a calculator. Give him two 500-digit numbers in two rows and he can subtract the second from the first in 200 seconds flat. Meet 50-year-old Viraf Daruwala (Nalladaru), Surat's...
Update on the Udvada Land Issue
The below is a communique by The Udvada Samast Anjuman. Udvada Samast Anjuman has earlier on October 21, 2010 and November 02, 2011 released updates to the media on the threat faced to Shreeji Pak...
Parsi Boy Among Three Dead in Bombay House Fire.
On Tuesday, an excited Farhad Wadia, 26, had rushed to his mother’s office at Grant Road to tell her that he had been promoted at work. Within two months of joining Bombay House as a canteen boy,...
Jamshed Bharucha Named President of Cooper Union in New York
Cooper Union, the highly selective Manhattan college known for its free tuition, plans to announce on Monday that it has chosen the provost and senior vice president of Tufts University to be its...
The ZYNG 2011 Calendar
The Zoroastrian Youth for the Next Generation has come out with a calendar for 2011. This calendar has 12 Parsi models posing exclusively for the camera. This calendar has caused an unnecessary...
Pune Parsee panchayat in Rent War
Tenants of a Lullanagar society are accusing the Poona Parsee Panchayat of charging rent exceeding original terms. PPP refutes charges saying they charge according to the income of the tenant and...
Update on the Udvada Land Issue: Dinyar Patel
Below is an update on the Udvada Land Issue by Dinyar Patel. Dinyar is a doctoral student at Harvard University. He is currently in India doing research for his thesis Dear all, I know that there...
Deena Mistri, former principal of BVS Parsi High School, dies
Deena Mistri, the great-granddaughter of the founder of Bai Virbaijee Soparivala (BVS) Parsi High School, and its former principal, passed away on Thursday at the age of 85. She had taught there for...
Vahbbiz Dorabjee: Movie Actress
Seems like Shakespeare's famous quote was meant for Vahbbiz Dorabjee who essays the role of Panchi in Ekta Kapoor's Pyaar Kii Ye Ek Kahaani. She is one of the few Parsi actors on television, besides...
Businesses held by diminishing races in a crisis to stay afloat
Ratan Tata is used to being feted. So when shareholders showered effusive eulogies in the mid-August annual general meeting, the managing director of the country’s largest conglomerate hardly batted...