Though Marshalls, the lone family of Kozhikode keeping the lineage of the Parsi tradition, seems to have embraced the...
Month: August 2013 Articles
Frazan Adil Kotwal: Zoroastrian Priest at 20
When you meet Frazan Adil Kotwal, a 20-something media student it is hard to believe that he is a Zoroastrian priest....
Delnaz Irani: In theatre,I do dark roles
Actress Delnaz Irani is excited about going back to her roots of a Parsi girl for the first time on-screen with the TV show Kehta hai Dil Jee Le Zara. Source: Deccan Herald Delnaz has been in the...
Goolrukh Gupta: The panchayat is inconsistent
Interview with Goolrukh Gupta, the Parsi woman who petitioned the court seeking freedom to enter Parsi religious places. By Lyla Bavadam | Source: Frontline AN ISSUE THAT HAD ITS ORIGINS IN THE...
Keeping Zoroastrianism alive after 3,000 years: BBC Report
On the occassion of the Parsi New Year, the BBC ran a special telecast of the Navroze ceremonies from the STFE headquarters in London. They also ran a short segment about Zoroastrianism Robert...
The State of the Parsi Union: Dinyar Patel
The below is an article written by good friend of Parsi Khabar, and Zoroastrian Scholar; Dinyar Patel. Dinyar Patel writes: On this Navroze, I want to share a few of my thoughts about future of...
Navroze Mubarak: Happy New Year 1383 Yz.
Dear Parsi Khabar reader We would like to take this opportunity to thank you all for your valued readership over the past eight years. May this be the year when we find the best in all of us as...
Everyday Parsi: Mahrukh Cama
Our eighth author in the Everyday Parsi Series Mahrukh Cama writes To this date, arrival of Fall reminds me of the muktad/gatha days when I was growing up in Karachi. While Muktad prayers took place...
Everyday Parsi: Rita Jamshed Kapadia
Our seventh author in the Everyday Parsi series. Rita Jamshed Kapadia writes: The sweet smell of flowers, the beautiful aroma of sandalwood and "loban", the well laid out tables with "karasiyaas"...
Everyday Parsi: Perzen Patel
Our sixth author in the Everyday Parsi Series. Perzen Patel writes: Memories of Muktad and Gatha days The days of muktad and gathas have always been full of special memories for me. As a child, my...
Of frilly cutlets and wedding custard: Parsi Food Festival at the Trident
Chef Jamsheed Bhote lays down a true-blue Parsi cuisine at an exclusive food festival on at The Trident Author: PRIYADERSHINI S. Source: The HINDU Happy and effusive, Jamsheed Bhote is...
The theatre actor was also good at selling advertisement space
I boarded a train that made just four stops in 55 years. Author: Burjor Patel Source: DNA India Let me start today with my first destination: Jam-e-Jamshed, a Gujarati newspaper catering largely to...
Everyday Parsi: Shireen Palia
Our fifth author in the Everyday Parsi Series. Shireen Palia writes: I am Shireen Palia, a Clinical Psychologist working at a school for children with special needs, in Bombay. As I think back to...
New Zealand Parsis Plant Trees in Memory of Departed Ones
The Parsi community in Auckland has embarked on a very unique idea, that maybe could be incorporated back in Mumbai at the vast Doongarwadi lands. Cue Haven’s website informs: The Zoroastrian...
Plan to boost Parsi numbers falters
IMRAN AHMED SIDDIQUI New Delhi, Aug. 9: A central scheme for sponsored fertility treatment among Parsis to arrest their dwindling numbers has found no takers, prompting plans for a new...
Everyday Parsi: Shazneen Rabadi Gandhi
Our fourth author in the Everyday Parsi Series. Shazneen Rabadi Gandhi writes: A Personal Muktad My first memory of muktad is that of the one that followed my grand-uncle Sapal kaka’s death. That...
Everyday Parsi: Khushnood Viccaji
Our next author in the Everyday Parsi series Khushnood Viccaji writes: I’m Khushnood Viccaji, staying in Mumbai, India with my wife and teenaged son. We are quite religious and traditional in our...
Everyday Parsi: Kaikhosrow Oshtori
Our second author in the Everyday Parsi Series. Kaikhosrow Oshtori writes: Dear Arzan, how nice and kind of you to think of me for your new project. I would love to participate and contribute my...
Everyday Parsi: Naz Jokhi
Our first author in the Everyday Parsi Series. Naz Jokhi writes: I am Nazneen Jokhi living currently in Copenhagen with my 10 month old son and husband Shahzad Jokhi. My husband and I both are...
The Everyday Parsi
Today is the first day of the Muktad. Over the next 10 and 18 days, Parsis around the world and especially in India remember the dear departed of their family. Special prayers are offered at the...
Zubin Mehta to Perform in the Kashmir Valley
It has been Zubin Mehta's life-long dream to play in Jammu and Kashmir. Author: Naseer Ganai Source: The Daily Mail UK Come September, and the world famous musician and composer's wish will finally...
The story of Adi R. Kanga
A visionary & the birth of Navi Mumbai By Rusi Sorabji Before my email of April 30th 2013 informing friends and Zarathushti entities of the passing away of this Visionary who helped create the...
Parsi Baug Builder: Bai Jerbai Naoroji Nusherwanji Wadia
A few days ago we had posted an article titled “The Parsi Baugs of Mumbai” A Parsi Khabar reader, Mr. E. J. Kanga wrote in with further information on this topic. To All Diaspora & Bharati...
Cyrus Poonawalla: Polio vaccines – Injecting competition
WILL the world eradicate polio? If it does, some of the credit may go to a 73-year-old billionaire horse-breeder from the Indian city of Pune: he wants to provide injectable polio vaccine at a...
Parsi cafes: Custom Made in Mumbai
They once numbered in the hundreds, but the few Parsi cafes that survive in Mumbai today have lost none of their charm, writes Rosie Birkett for the South China Morning Post in Hong Kong I'm eating...