CNN’s Amanpour and the British Museum’s MacGregor – Complete Cyrus Cylinder Interview from Iran Heritage Foundation on Vimeo. During the launch event of the Cyrus Cylinder Tour of the US on March 5th, 2013, CNN’s Chief International Correspondant Christiane Amanpour interviewed the Director of the British Museum, Dr. Neil MacGregor, about the significance of the… Continue reading The Cyrus Cylinder Arrives in the USA
Month: April 2013
Revisit The Parsi Natak
The city’s Gujarati speakers of an older vintage will fondly recall the plays of Adi Marzban, the playwright and director who was synonymous with Parsi nataks from the 1940s to the 1980s. by Pronoti Datta | Mumbai Boss The nataks were usually comedies packed with double entendres, slapstick and nifty wordplay in Gujarati and performed… Continue reading Revisit The Parsi Natak
WZOT India Senior Citizen Center Navsari: An Overview in 2013
The Senior Citizen Center run by the WZO Trust Funds India is one of its most important activities. Below is a preface of a detailed brochure describing in text and photographs, the various activities of the center. "Aagar firdoze baroo-e-Zamin aast, hamin ast wa hamin ast wa hamin ast" (If there is paradise on… Continue reading WZOT India Senior Citizen Center Navsari: An Overview in 2013
Indian millionaire takes out advert looking for “slim, childless, meat-eating wife”
An Indian multi-millionaire has spent £15,000 on a full-page advertisement in The Times of India’s matrimonial section to spell out just how rich he is in an attempt to find a wife. By Dean Nelson "| Telegraph UK Despite owning his own private plane, sprawling palace, fleet of cars and superbikes, retired travel agency tycoon… Continue reading Indian millionaire takes out advert looking for “slim, childless, meat-eating wife”
World Zoroastrian Organisation Trust India: 2012 Overview of Activities
Dinshaw K. Tamboly, Chairman of WZO Trust India and a good friend of Parsi Khabar, sends us an overview of the Welfare Activities of WZOT for the year 2012. You can download the entire report here. The introduction is below for your reading pleasure. Dear Friends, Well Wishers, Donors, The year under review –… Continue reading World Zoroastrian Organisation Trust India: 2012 Overview of Activities
Iranian Anjuman Trust Ousts President and is Opposed to Palghar Land Deal with Bhai Thakur
Mehrwan Irani was against selling the community’s 963-acre plot to a company owned by the family of the Vasai-Virar strongman with a long criminal record The Iranian Zoroastrian Anjuman, whose proposed Rs 722-crore land deal with a construction company owned by Vasai-Virar strongman Bhai Thakur’s family is opposed by a section of the community,… Continue reading Iranian Anjuman Trust Ousts President and is Opposed to Palghar Land Deal with Bhai Thakur
Outside the homeland, inside the community?
From Mumbai to Toronto, Parsi identity is no simple matter The Parsi story starts with an exodus. My ancestors left Persia a thousand years ago, fleeing religious persecution, and finding a new home in the coastal trading cities of the Indian subcontinent. By Murad Hemmadi | The Varsity The exoduses of Parsis have continued since… Continue reading Outside the homeland, inside the community?
