Bettina Ehrhardt’s film on the celebrated music conductor is being screened at the Mumbai Film Festival. The central...
Month: October 2016 Articles
Capt. Hormazdiar Desai: A ray of light for those in dark
Padma Shree awardee, Capt. Desai who celebrates his 100th birthday on October 20, today has founded seven institutes...
Mistry Vs Tata: Duel of ‘dikras’ has Parsi community shaken and stirred
A day after the Tata group sacked Cyrus Mistry as chairman and appointed Ratan Tata as interim chairman, there is widespread dismay in the Parsi community at the way events unfolded. “This is a very...
Parsi Tea Parties for Two
Parsis and hill stations are irrevocably connected. Where you find one, you will find the other… And they make for the most delightful conversations and the most uplifting friendships One of the...
Zubin Mehta – Good Thoughts, Words, Deeds, And Music!
'Aapro' Zubin Mehta is in the news. The ongoing Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival has an 89-minute documentary on the celebrated Western classical music conductor in its 'Discovering India' section by...
India’s Tata gives UCSD $70M in hot area of genetics to University of California San Diego
One of India’s top philanthropists is giving UC San Diego $70 million to explore ways to use a radically new way of editing genes to fight insect-borne diseases, make crops more resistant to drought...
Shakeup at House of Tatas: Ratan Back !
The board of Tata Sons, the holding company of the Tata Group, has unexpectedly replaced Cyrus Mistry as chairman. Ratan Tata has been named as interim chairman and a selection committee has been...
Remembering the 20th century theatre impresario who built Mumbai’s iconic Opera House
A slice of history is being resurrected in Mumbai this week. The Royal Opera House, an imposing Baroque building, will come alive again on Thursday after a hiatus of 22 years and following seven...
Family matters: Raghu Karnad and the Calicut Parsis
On the Calicut seafront, Raghu Karnad traces the lingering stories of the Parsis who lived there, including a thrice-great-grandmother It’s soon after sunrise, and women in burqas are power-walking...
Zubin Karkaria: Meet the first Indian to head a Swiss company
'Sometimes it's better to ask for forgiveness rather than permission,' Zubin Karkaria, CEO of the Kuoni Group and the first Asian to head a listed Swiss company, tells Niraj Bhatt. In the past...
All You Ever Wanted To Know About Sacred Rituals Of A Parsi Wedding
Marriage in India is a sacred institution where the bride and the groom exchange vows and promise to stay together through thick and thin, not only in this birth but in the following births as well....
Patiala court acquits Kobad Gandhy of all charges
The court of Additional Sessions and District Judge Mohammad Gulzar on Tuesday acquitted Kobad Ghandy, an alleged leader of banned CPI (Maoist), of all charges in a six-year-old case. He was booked...
With Kersi Lord’s Passing a Long Era of Hindi Film Music Comes to an End
In 1969, Hindi film music fans were enthralled to hear the songs of Aradhana, a film starring a budding actor Rajesh Khanna and the well-known actress Sharmila Tagore. Each song was hummable, but...
Where Is My Tent
Where is my Tent is a beautiful film directed by Zubin Sethna that documents the journey of a tent. “Somewhere in the middle of nowhere in Northern Pakistan: I find myself back in a village named...
The Agas on the dynamics of giving
Thermax’s Anu Aga and her daughter Meher Pudumjee see philanthropy as much more than writing out cheques for charity Anu Aga and her daughter Meher Pudumjee, of energy and environment...
The Parsi Connection to the US Diwali Stamp
Due to the request of the author quoted in an earlier version of the article, we have removed the author's note. Here is an interesting Parsi connection to the very first Diwali Stamp issued by the...
How 100 Parsi Kids Collected 12000+ Shoes under 3 Hours For the Underprivileged in Mumbai
One hundred Parsi children, who are a part of the Xtremely Young Zoroastrians (XYZ) foundation, have collected 12,199 shoes for the underprivileged within three hours in Mumbai. The shoe collection...
Garshasb Soroosh’s NASA Project: Terps in Space
Dr. Behram Pastakia, Chair of FEZANA’s Publication committee, and a dear friend writes in. Garshasb Soroosh, (see Fezana Journal - summer 2016 issue) is part of the Zarathushti Youth Without Borders...
Feritta – Get Up Now – Official Music Video
A new music video by Feritta was recently launched on youtube. Readers of Parsi Khabar will remember that Feritta has been featured here in the past for her previous music videos and other...
Navroze Contractor: The dying culture of ‘kushti’ in akhadas
Navroze Contractor now records the tradition of kushti and akhadas. Navroze Contractor wishes there are more than 24 hours in a day . The veteran cinematographer, known for his work in national...
PARZOR Kusti Exhibit On Google Arts & Culture.
The amazing folks at PARZOR under the leadership of Dr. Shernaz Cama have been coming up with virtual online exhibitions on Parsi and Zoroastrian themes. The latest one is on the Kusti. Kusti...
The Parsi Directory Android App
Our dear friend Yazdi Tantra informs us of a new Android app that he has launched called The Parsi Directory. TheParsiDirectory.com has been around for over 10 years now, with more than 79,000+ live...
Adil Jal Darukhanawala, the man who eats, sleeps and drinks automobiles!
Circa 1983, Nehru Stadium, Pune. A couple of days before the start of Pune’s first ever International Motocross event. The roar of the dirt-track motorcycles, clouds of dust and the inimitable...
Vanishing point:The last remaining parsis of Delhi
Delhi’s Parsi community is by far the smallest minority group residing in the city. According to the 2011 Census report, the number of Parsis in the national capital is now down to three figures,...