Darius Kadivar over at Iranian.com writes about legendary conductor Zubin Mehta meeting the Shah of Iran in 1967. The Shah of Iran personally asked Zubin to spread the word that Parsis were welcome back to Iran. Years later Zubin narrates that incident on a TV interview while on his trip to India. See video… Continue reading Zubin Mehta Reminisces About the Shah of Iran’s Invitation to Parsis
Month: October 2011
Parsi films that never made it to the big screen
Here are some Parsi films that never made it to the big screen…not forgetting the classic Shakespearean remakes: Rumi and Juliet Two Gentlemen of Udwada Much Bhonu about Nothing The Taming of the Kekashrew …and some of the classics… Quantum of Soli Moby Dikra The Towering Inferno of Silence Indian Jones and the Temple… Continue reading Parsi films that never made it to the big screen
Parsi Woman Cricketer To Represent USA at the World Cup Qualifiers
Delkash Shahriarian, a New York based architect and cricketer has been selected to represent the USA in the ICC Women’s World Cup Qualifier 2011. The event is scheduled to be played across four Dhaka venues from 14 to 25 November. Host Bangladesh will be joined by teams from Ireland, Japan, Netherlands, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri… Continue reading Parsi Woman Cricketer To Represent USA at the World Cup Qualifiers
BBC Report on Prince Philip’s visit to ZTFE 150 Years Celebration
Below is a BBC video segment on the recent visit of Prince Philip to the ZTFE’s 150th year celebrations in London.
BPP Chairman Clarifies Doongerwadi Film Shooting Issue
CHAIRMAN CLARIFIES ABOUT DOONGERWADI FEASTING & FILM SHOOTING Sir, The Khareghat Colony “film shooting” is over but the guns are still firing away. So many different versions are circulating all over since I left for London on the night of Tuesday 4th October, 2011, and since the buck stops with me, I feel it incumbent… Continue reading BPP Chairman Clarifies Doongerwadi Film Shooting Issue
Marzban’s Dark Laughter
In my boyhood in Pune, the West End cinema would, at least once a year, transform itself into a live theatre to host a Parsi natak by a visiting troupe from Bombay. The wooden benches of the five-anna seats closest to the screen would change places with the sofas of the two rupee-four anna balconies.… Continue reading Marzban’s Dark Laughter
The Freddie Mercury we didn’t know
To his legions of fans, Freddie Mercury was a flamboyant, and very British, rock star. But in the background was a much more complex sense of identity, summed up by one picture, a black and white image of a baby called Farrokh Bulsara smiling in his pram, watched over by an African nanny in the… Continue reading The Freddie Mercury we didn’t know
