It’s 5 p.m., but even at this late hour, the 50-some sixth-graders in Rushali Daga’s Mumbai classroom are bopping in and out of their seats. It’s the last class of the day; the kids belong to the second shift of students to attend classes — there aren’t enough seats or teachers to handle all the… Continue reading Shaheen Mistri’s Teach for India: Read, Baby, Read
Month: November 2015
Banajee Agiary in Calcutta is now an Electrical Market
The huge Rustomjee Cowasjee Banajee Agiary (Agiary – is a fire temple in which Parsi Zoroastrians pray) at 26 Ezra Street in Central Kolkata has been turned into an electrical market of sorts, but who cares! Article by Phiroze Edulji | News World India The Kolkata Municipal Corporation know that time and tide wait for… Continue reading Banajee Agiary in Calcutta is now an Electrical Market
The Parsi Contribution to Indian Cinema
Being Parsi ‘The Path of Zarathrustra’ made in English is a film that perhaps for the first time explores the Parsi identity and the history and origin of the faith. This reminds us of the contribution of the Parsis to Indian cinema. But has Indian cinema been kind to the community in portraying them? SHOMA… Continue reading The Parsi Contribution to Indian Cinema
Bumsuckerwallah Family of Karachi
Have you heard of the Bumsuckerwallah’s of Karachi ? Parsi family on a motorcar (Karachi, 1925): A Parsi family of Karachi poses for a photograph on their motorcar. Patrick O’ Meara wrote the following anecdote in his Indian Tales: “You will probably be aware that, there is a caste of people called Parsees, who… Continue reading Bumsuckerwallah Family of Karachi
The K.R.Cama Oriental Institute Turns 100
Institute houses Madam Cama’s will, and oldest image of Zarathushtra Today, images of the prophet Zarathushtra with his flowing beard, soft brown eyes, and golden halo, are ubiquitous in fire temples and Parsi homes. But as historian Daniel J Sheffield explains in his paper, ‘Picturing Prophethood’, they are a “recent innovation” dating back to just… Continue reading The K.R.Cama Oriental Institute Turns 100
Parsis: Come Baby Come
The Parsi community, alarmed by dwindling numbers, has reason to celebrate as a repopulation programme shows results Around 35 Parsi middle-aged men and women, most of them couples and several of them accompanied by their children, have gathered in a community hall on a rainy Sunday morning for a parenting workshop in Mumbai. The din… Continue reading Parsis: Come Baby Come
Vohuman cafe…. The Journey !
A man is known by the place he occupies. Very rare it is that a place us known by the man who is the life and heart of the place, Vohuman Cafe truly belongs to Hormaz Irani and his heart beats for his Vohuman Cafe… Vohuman now and forever with Irani Sarosh- The road where… Continue reading Vohuman cafe…. The Journey !
Draw My Life: Ratan Tata
Watch as Vir Sanghvi takes us through the life story of one of the most philanthropic industrialists of India-Mr. Ratan Tata, in the latest episode of #DrawMyLife
Homi Bhabha:7 Things You Need To Know About The Father Of India’s Nuclear Program
Today is the 106th birth anniversary of the father of India’s nuclear program, Homi J. Bhabha. Not many know that he had initiated a successful nuclear programme in Great Britain and was in India on vacation. As luck would have it, that’s when World War II began in September 1939 and he was forced to… Continue reading Homi Bhabha:7 Things You Need To Know About The Father Of India’s Nuclear Program
