In a significant thumbs up to the progress that Jasmin Sohrabji has made as Chief Executive of Omnicom Media Group...
Month: May 2013 Articles
Special Youth Registration Pricing Announced for 10th World Zoroastrian Congress in Mumbai
To ensure participation of the younger members of the community to the 10th World Zoroastrian Congress and its...
The last of a Parsi culinary legacy
Mumbai’s grand old Parsi cafes are a symbol of the city’s diverse cuisine and ethnic groups, but they are a dying breed. I eat the best crème caramel of my life in 26?C heat, with life-sized cutouts...
Dr. Motibai Kapadia: Gujarat's first lady doctor treated sexism and untouchability too
Dr Motibai Kapadia (1867-1930) obtained a degree in medicine in 1889, just three years after Anandi Joshi became the first lady doctor of India. Motibai also strove to serve society and did so in...
A community poise: The Bngalore Parsis
he sun is at its peak, and so is the city’s maddening rush on the roads. The traffic policeman, who takes refuge under the shades of myriad trees that adorn the premises of the Fire Temple, is...
The Passing of an Icon: Keki Bhote
Keki Bhote ( 1925 – 2013) In the early days of our (Zoroastrian) presence in North America, in the 1950s and 1960s, any Zoroastrian bound for America was given the names of Keki and Mehroo...
Feasting over Parsi food
Parsi food is about the aroma and the spices, if you are meat lover than enjoy… Parsi food has its origins in Iranian cuisine and it is a delightful journey for those who are hardcore...
Villoo Appoo: Girl Scouts of Southern Illinois CEO Awarded Alumni Honors
Girl Scouts of Southern Illinois CEO Villie M. Appoo received a Distinguished Alumni award from Washington University’s G. W. Brown School of Social Work at a ceremony April 17 at Steinberg...
Out of Dough: Of Bhakras and Gharis
If Parsis made doughnuts and baklava, they’d taste like bhakras and ghari. Mirror looks at tea-time darlings in Bawa homes Article By Roxanne Bamboat | Source: Mumbai Mirror Baklava is one of...
A Master Plan: Fali Nariman
Fali Nariman offers a legal luminary’s guide on the follies of the corrupt and the way out of it Fali Nariman’s new book, The State of the Nation tries to explain why things are the way...
Ratan Tata: The Cornell Story
This documentary features Cornell College of Architecture graduate Ratan Tata ’59, BArch ’62, chairman of Tata Sons, India’s premier conglomerate. Created in honor of Tata’s...
Mumbai's Parsi cafe culture
Mumbai’s grand old Parsi cafes are a symbol of the city’s diverse cuisine and culture, but on a foodie tour of the city our writer finds out they are a dying breed By Rosie Birkett | The...
Zoroastrian Return To Roots Program
The Zoroastrian Return to Roots Program is a new initiative launched by a group of 4 young Zarathushtis resideing all over the world. It is a fantastic program and comes with the oversight of...
Marrying kind: Zoroastrians still keeping the faith alive in Australia
Ray Medhora would be a good catch in any community. He is 27, handsome, a former Sunday school teacher and a family counsellor. By Julie Power | Sydney Morning Herald Happy families: Zoroastrians...
To live on for the moments that take one's breath away
When I decided to call my call column Life Begins At 80, my wife asked: "Do you want to admit to the world you are past 80?" I understand that would be a sin for a woman! By Burjor Patel |...
No dignity for some even in death
The death of an 86-year old woman living in a trust-run housing colony in Colaba recently made news in the Parsi newspapers – not because she was a notable member of the community, but because...
What’s For Chai, Bawaji ?
If you haven’t gone beyond lagan-nu-custard, you ain’t seen nothing yet. The first of a two-part series on deliciously sweet Parsi snacks . By Roxanne Bamboat, Mumbai Mirror While the...
The Best Things in Life Are Free: Little Zizou on Hulu
Sooni Taraporevala’s film Little Zizou — which can be watched for free these days on Hulu — always makes me yearn for my first true love: Bombay. Because Little Zizou represents...
How Sohrab Modi won over Prithviraj Kapoor
In this special series, we re-visit great Hindi film classics. Today, we look back at Prithviraj Kapoor and Sohrab Modi’s 1941 film Sikander. By Sukanya Verma | Rediff Sikander ne Porous se ki...
Adi Kanga: Visionary who helped create New Mumbai
A week before Adi Kanga died he could not remember what he had for breakfast, but he could explain Pythagoras’ theorem to you. He was an all-rounder: a mathematician, an imaginative artist...