Yesterday we published an editorial by Jehangir Patel titled “A Parsi Trupti Please”. Below is a rebuttal to the same by Ervad Marzban J. Hathiram, Editor of Frashogard The ubiquity of Whats-app means that even on days when prayer and reflection is necessary, the peace is broken by the incessant beep announcing one more message.… Continue reading A box of tissues for Mr. Jehangir Patel please!
Month: June 2016
A Parsi Trupti, please
Parsi women have tolerated discrimination for over a century, and there’s no-one to fight for them. Trupti Desai’s efforts to seek equality between the sexes in matters of worship have been on the front pages of newspapers, and on prime time television. The government and the courts have backed her efforts. If men can enter… Continue reading A Parsi Trupti, please
Prof. Almut Hintze of SOAS awarded European Research Council grant of €2.5 million to study core ritual of Zoroastrianism
Professor Almut Hintze FBA, Zartoshty Brothers Professor of Zoroastrianism at SOAS University of London, has been awarded a European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Investigator Grant of just under €2.5 million (ca. £2 million) for a project on the Yasna, the core ritual of one of the most ancient and influential living religions, Zoroastrianism. The project… Continue reading Prof. Almut Hintze of SOAS awarded European Research Council grant of €2.5 million to study core ritual of Zoroastrianism
Cyrus Todiwala embraces the spice of life
HE’S the Indian chef who takes the guesswork out of cooking with spices, but Cyrus Todiwala is at home in Wales as he is in his native India. For now, at least… WHEN it comes to familiar faces at the Abergavenny Food Festival, Cyrus Todiwala is definitely up there with the best of them. Article… Continue reading Cyrus Todiwala embraces the spice of life
Jehangir Art Gallery set to gift more room to artists
When the beloved Café Samovar shut shop in the March of 2015, the city’s cognoscenti mourned. The Jehangir Art Gallery’s (JAG) chairperson Adi Jehangir, however, was determined to make something better out of “a cafe that bloomed beyond everyone’s imagination“. In fact, in an interview with the Mumbai Mirror last year, Jehangir pointed out, “Wouldn’t… Continue reading Jehangir Art Gallery set to gift more room to artists
Dasturji Kotwal In Conversation with Shernaz Cama
Here is a 2007 interview where Dastur Dr. Kotwal is in conversation Dr. Shernaz Cama; Chair of the UNESCO PARZOR Project. This interview originally appears on the PARZOR website Dastur Dr. Firoze Kotwal is a High Priest of the Parsi Zoroastrians of India and perhaps their greatest scholar in the Priestly tradition. From the age… Continue reading Dasturji Kotwal In Conversation with Shernaz Cama
Dates Announced for 11th World Zoroastrian Congress 2018 in Perth Australia
Chalo Perth !! The 11th edition of the World Zoroastrian Congress will be held from June 1 to June 4th 2018 in Perth, Australia Firoz K Pestonji who heads the organizing team of the 11th World Zoroastrian Congress to be held in Perth, Australia in 2018 G’day All Zoroastrain friends, Exactly 2 years from today… Continue reading Dates Announced for 11th World Zoroastrian Congress 2018 in Perth Australia
Remembering Nari K Rustomji
May 16 was Meghalaya’s first chief secretary Nari K Rustomji’s birth anniversary. Glenn C Kharkongor recalls his contribution to the Northeast NARI K Rustomji studied classical Latin and Greek, was secretary of the Musical Society and played the piano and violin at Cambridge University. Such a background would be considered unusual for a bureaucrat today.… Continue reading Remembering Nari K Rustomji
