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 individuals and as a community globally and locally. Our wishes extend to you, your loved ones,… Continue reading Navroze Mubarak: Happy New Year 1383 Yz.
Month: August 2013
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 in the two agiaris, the Parsi community met early morning for humbandagi at Jehangir Baug, a hall for navjotes, weddings… Continue reading Everyday Parsi: Mahrukh Cama
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” and vases and the soothing chant of the ancient prayers recited by our Dastoorji – these are all wonderful memories of the “Muktad” days,… Continue reading Everyday Parsi: Rita Jamshed Kapadia
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 earliest memories of these days were the availability of pretty sweet smelling flowers outside the agiary. I remember my… Continue reading Everyday Parsi: Perzen Patel
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 instantaneously likeable. Quite like the nutmeg flavoured lagan nu custard that he has prepared for the food festival showcasing Parsi cuisine. “It’s a must at… Continue reading Of frilly cutlets and wedding custard: Parsi Food Festival at the Trident
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 the Parsi community. A family-owned enterprise established in 1832 and being run by the fourth generation. Two brothers ran the show. The… Continue reading The theatre actor was also good at selling advertisement space
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 what the Muktad days meant to me, memories of my childhood come to mind. Growing up in a small colony in… Continue reading Everyday Parsi: Shireen Palia
