Mumbai: Parsi girls become women the day they wear a sari. The sari perawanu or sari-wearing ceremony is a rite of passage. At the centre of the celebration are five married women who help the girl wear a gara or sari for the first time. They tie a small knot of rice, a symbol of… Continue reading Blame the Parsi for the fashionable sari
Month: June 2013
Wear it Parsi style: Lady Gara
Parsi girls become women the day they wear a sari. The sari perawanu or sari-wearing ceremony is a rite of passage. At the centre of the celebration are five married women who help the girl wear a gara or sari for the first time. They tie a small knot of rice, a symbol of fertility,… Continue reading Wear it Parsi style: Lady Gara
Uncool in Mumbai, revived in London: Irani Cafe
Once something is out of fashion in India, the West recycles it and makes it trendy again. Newly-opened Bombay Irani Café, Dishoom, in Britain’s capital, shows us how. Article by Naomi Canton | Millenium Post Shoreditch is a cutting-edge part of London where art, experimentation, creativity, freelancers, hot-desking, designers and a breed of Londoners known… Continue reading Uncool in Mumbai, revived in London: Irani Cafe
Yazzad Rabadi's The Beard to Screen at Manhattan Film Festival
Toronto-based filmmaker Yaz Rabadi’s latest short film, The Beard, continues making rounds on the festival circuit well into 2013. The Beard is a powerful, gritty and emotional piece of filmmaking that tells the story of an elderly Sikh who has been victimized, and how he struggles to deal with his given circumstances in the aftermath… Continue reading Yazzad Rabadi's The Beard to Screen at Manhattan Film Festival
Zubin Damania aka ZDoggMD Rocks the Scene
Dr. Zubin Damania MD aka ZDoggMD is a board-certified internist, clinical hospitalist (formerly at Stanford), and current denizen of Downtown Las Vegas. He moonlights in medical satire—writing, performing, editing, producing, and distributing funny videos, music, and more from the discomfort of his spare bedroom. He is a throwback to a simpler time when being a… Continue reading Zubin Damania aka ZDoggMD Rocks the Scene
Music and Bollywood: The Parsi Way!
Here is an inspiring quote for when a job seems difficult, and you feel too insignificant to change things: “Whoever thinks he is too small to make a difference has never been to bed with a mosquito!” Indeed. Tiny mosquitoes are known to get a great deal of attention from creatures a million times bigger,… Continue reading Music and Bollywood: The Parsi Way!
Ronnie Screwvala: The Indian billionaire working for Disney
Bollywood pioneer Ronnie Screwvala is Disney’s point man in India. By Kurt Wagner | FORTUNE Ronnie Screwvala believes in India. As a self-made entrepreneur, Screwvala turned his small cable television company, UTV, into a multimedia conglomerate worthy of Disney’s (DIS) attention. (Disney fully purchased the company for an undisclosed amount in 2012, and Screwvala is… Continue reading Ronnie Screwvala: The Indian billionaire working for Disney
