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Month: July 2011 Articles
Endearing Memories Of the Parsi New Year
The Kadmi New Year went by a few days ago. The Shehenshai New Year is less than a month away. The Parsi New Year has...
Is Karachi step a Game Changer for Indian Parsis?
It has recently been reported that two years ago, Pakistan's top Zoroastrian trust explicitly declared that children with at least one Parsi parent can enter the faith. This means that even children...
Malabar Hill : From Jungle to the Most Sought After Address in Town
In 1883, James Douglas, author of several books on Mumbai said: “Malabar Hill seems, like Clive and Carnac, born to command.” Two years later, the governor of Bombay moved to Malabar Point, sealing...
Will Bombay Parsi Panchayat Go The Karachi Way
A recent decision by the Karachi’s apex Parsi trust to give children of women married to non-Zoroastrians the right to adopt their mother’s religion has generated interest in Mumbai where the...
Rohinton Nariman To Be Appointed Solicitor General of India
Senior advocate Rohinton Nariman is all set to be appointed as the new solicitor general of India, the second senior most law officer of the country, in place of Gopal Subramanium, who quit...
What is the Zarathushti Identity ?
The Parsi diaspora in North America has a long history and presence. The Zoroastrian Association of Greater New York [ ZAGNY ]has been one of the first Zarathushti community associations in North...
Full House: A Parsi-Owned Pizzeria
Edul and Hanoz Mahudawala run Full House, a new eclectic pizzeria in Juhu, Mumbai. Below is a review of the restaurant in Time Out Mumbai In the world of Amercian sitcoms, the story of Full House’s...
Preaching Through The Media
Last month, a senior Vatican official said that Catholic bloggers are an extraordinary reality in the life of the church. As if acknowledging the power and reach of the new social media, the Pope,...
Parsis And Our Cars
This is an old clip from UTV that exemplifies Parsis and their love for vintage cars.
Darius Karani and Manuka Gold Liqueur: Flavours to tempt Asian tastebuds
Only at the end of the interview does Indian New Zealander Darius Karani reveal this surprising fact: Auckland boasts the third-highest population of practising Zoroastrians in the world, outside...
Old Family Ties
“On hearing him say he loved her She felt like a fairy queen When all he meant in saying it Was that the grass in spring is green.” From The Songs of Sinbad by Bachchoo My great grandmother, Avabai...
Kobad Gandhy speaks from Tihar
A petite Mumbaikar, Anuradha Shanbag, captured the fancy of a tall, lanky, bespectacled young man, who had returned to Mumbai from London after a stay in jail. By Madhusree Chatterjee| IANS The man...
Jeejeebhoy Senior Citizen’s Centre Navsari
Here are two video clips about the Bai Manechbai P. B. Jeejeebhoy Senior Citizen’s Centre situated in Navsari Gujarat. Part 01.
Dokhmenashini Controversey
Noshir H. Dadrawala’s take on the Dokhmenashini controversey. Thanks for provoking me to respond on the latest controversy surrounding ?Dokhmenashini. I believe this controversy has a time cycle of...
Laughter In The House: Meher Marfatia On Parsi Theatre
That Sunday afternoon was as soggy with nostalgia as a khari biscuit dunked in chai. Fifty old troupers of Mumbai's Parsi stage had reunited to celebrate a new book, Laughter in the House. They met...
Has the genteel Mr Taraporewalla turned tapori?
The Parsis reeled from another dirty (and cyber) election war. Bachi Kakaria reports from the sidelines of the Inbox Insurgency Munchi Cama is not just the new replacement Trustee of the Bombay...
Parsi community has created modern India: Amitav Ghosh
The Parsi community is an amazing pool of talent, having created modern India as we know it, says one of the country's foremost novelists and chronicler Amitav Ghosh, who tails his Parsi...
The Nanavati Case
Kawas Manekshaw Nanavati vs. State of Maharashtra was a 1959 Indian court case where Nanavati, a Naval Commander, was tried for the murder of Prem Ahuja, his wife's lover. With Nanavati frequently...
Adi Modi: Obituary
Adi Modi, who died on June 27 aged 60, was general manager for more than 25 years of the Bombay Brasserie in London, Britain's first upmarket Indian restaurant. Published in the Telegraph UK A...
BPP Bypolls In the Aftermath: An Overview
The below is an Op-Ed by Mickie Sorabjee, regular contributor to Parsi Khabar and a good friend and well-wisher of the website. The moving hand writes and having written, moves on. The Fravashis of...
Mumbai Samachar MD wins Parsi elections
Muncherji Cama, the managing director of Asia’s oldest newspaper ‘Bombay Samachar’ has won the fiercely contested elections to choose a trustee in the Bombay Parsi Punchayet (BPP). By Manoj R Nair |...
Muncherji Cama Wins BPP Bypolls
Muncherji Cama has been elected in the Bombay Parsi Punchayat bypolls to fill the seat left vacant on the resignation of one trustee. This result has been reported in various forums. At the end of...