Lladro Lithophane Votive: Zarathustra ZAGNY is excited to announce an exclusive partnership with Lladró to bring you a stunning Zarathushtra votive. Released and designed by Lladró in 2014 as part of their Lithophane Votive Light Series, each votive is handmade in Valencia, Spain, with an intricate engraving of Asho Zarathushtra on one side and a… Continue reading ZAGNY Ties up with Lladro for Zarathustra Votive
Month: January 2015
Jiyo Parsi Heritage Walk
The Jiyo Parsi Heritage Walk of 3 km flagged off with 125 Parsi-Irani Zoroastrians from Bhikha Behram Well at Fort from 9 am onwards on Sunday, January 25 and ended at Kayani Restaurant for tea and snacks by 1 pm. Article By Dr Shernaz Baji Avari | Afternoon D C Khojeste Mistree, well-known Parsi religious… Continue reading Jiyo Parsi Heritage Walk
Bombay Heritage Walks for Tata Employees
The business group takes staff back in history by organising Bombay Heritage Walks every week in an effort to reacquaint them with the company’s storied links to the city. By Anirban Chowdhury | TNN How many Tata Group employees would know that George Wittet, the Scottish architect who designed the Gateway of India was one… Continue reading Bombay Heritage Walks for Tata Employees
Rustom’s Parsi Bhonu in New Delhi
Home-style Parsi food, like your friend Dhun’s mummy used to make it. There’s a sudden flood of appreciation for Parsi food in Delhi, and I’m not at all surprised. With its abundance of meaty fare, decadent curries, and fried potatoes, there’s no easier cuisine for the meat-loving North to get stuck into. But this isn’t… Continue reading Rustom’s Parsi Bhonu in New Delhi
Brigadier Cyrus Addie Pithawalla: Highest gallantry award winner breaches rank ceiling
Most winners of India’s highest gallantry award — Param Vir Chakra in war and its peacetime equivalent Ashoka Chakra – have received it posthumously, laying down their lives while displaying “most conspicuous bravery” in battling the enemy or terrorists. The ones who survived never went beyond the rank of a Colonel. Article by Rajat Pandit… Continue reading Brigadier Cyrus Addie Pithawalla: Highest gallantry award winner breaches rank ceiling
Death in the city: How a lack of vultures threatens Mumbai’s ‘Towers of Silence’
In exclusive Malabar Hill, the city’s dwindling Parsi community continues with the Zoroastrian tradition of disposing of dead bodies by exposing them to scavenger birds. How much longer can this 3,000-year-old tradition survive? The Towers of Silence in the Indian city of Bombay, now known as Mumbai, around 1890. The first tower was consecrated… Continue reading Death in the city: How a lack of vultures threatens Mumbai’s ‘Towers of Silence’
Nobody learns Parsi history in schools, says historian
On just a short stretch of Veer Nariman Road in Fort, beginning at the stained glass enclosure of the Bhikha Behram Well and ending at the v-shaped Eros Cinema with its Art Deco dome, six Parsi gents are memorialized. Article by Nergish Sunavala | Times Of India There are three bronze statues of Sir Hormusjee… Continue reading Nobody learns Parsi history in schools, says historian
