Month: July 2017 Articles

The FPZAI will intervene in the Calcutta case

PARSEE VOICE REPORT ON TODAY'S FPZAI MEETING An Originating Summons has been filed in the High Court at Calcutta by one Prochy N. Mehta and her daughter, Sanaya Mehta Vyas. Sanaya is married to a non-Parsee. Report by H. M. Mistry | PARSEE VOICE...
The Birth of the University of Mumbai

The Birth of the University of Mumbai

On 18th July 1857, the University of Mumbai (then Bombay) was incorporated by an act of the Legislative Council of India. It was a culmination of the efforts of the prominent community members of...

Jiyo Parsi Phase 2 to focus on counselling

Jiyo Parsi Phase 2 to focus on counselling

The second phase will be launched on July 29 by the Union Minister of minority affairs, Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, who will be in Mumbai for it After a successful 20 per cent increase in the birth rate in...

Parsi Paghdis and Phetas: Armin Pooniwalla

Parsi Paghdis and Phetas: Armin Pooniwalla

If there is one piece of our daily attire that has practically disappeared in the last century, it is headgear. And nowhere is it more noticeable, than the Parsis. Every single picture of Parsis...

Honour or Undermine: Your Choice

Honour or Undermine: Your Choice

When I read ‘This is how USA treats Indian Military Veterans’ by Lt Gen Vijay Oberoi in the May 2017 issue of "Fauji India", I could not help but write about the experiences of my husband and I over...

Parsi food is more than dhansak

Parsi food is more than dhansak

For a culinary tapestry as rich and diverse, Parsi cuisine has for a long time remained circumscribed by stereotypes, identified largely by the dhansak-sali boti routine popularized by Mumbai’s...

Iranshah Udvada Utsav 2017 Announced

Iranshah Udvada Utsav 2017 Announced

Parsi Khabar is delighted to inform that registration for 2017 Iranshah Udvada Utsav is open. Per an email from our dear Vada Dasturji Khurshed Dastoor We just launched the edition of "IUU-2017'...

The Bombay Blackwood: A Class Apart

The Bombay Blackwood: A Class Apart

Queen Anne, Empire, Elizabethan, Louis XVI… these are familiar terms for aficionados who are passionate about antique furniture. Rare and often priceless pieces of furniture from these styles -...

Tata Steel & Gwalior’s Chambers of Secrets

Tata Steel & Gwalior’s Chambers of Secrets

This could well have inspired an Indiana Jones sequel - with a twist. Connecting hidden and lost treasures buried deep underground, to a modern day conglomerate with factories across the world. As...

Percy Bahmani: Parsi Powerlifter

Percy Bahmani: Parsi Powerlifter

Why this veteran has set his hopes for a dying community on a weightlifting competition. Percy Farhad Bahmani runs a farm in Dahanu. But his calm exterior hides a great love and passion for martial...

The Roda I know

The Roda I know

dentsu X’s Divya Karani on media veteran Roda Mehta (ex-O&M), the AAAI’s Lifetime Achievement Award Winner for 2017 I have had the fortune of working with some very tall men. Roda is one of...

Phil Shroff: From Dreams to Reality

Phil Shroff: From Dreams to Reality

When I moved to New York, one of the first dozen Parsis I must’ve met included Phil and Dhun Shroff. And over the years as I got to meet them more and more and get to know them better, I was always...

101 babies in 3 years – Jiyo Parsi

101 babies in 3 years – Jiyo Parsi

Studies conducted by the National Commission for Minorities, and other joint studies conducted by Parzor and Tata Institute of Social Sciences, have identified several reasons for the decline in the...

Ashdeen: Embroidering Surreal Parsi Dreamscapes

Ashdeen: Embroidering Surreal Parsi Dreamscapes

Few things are as beautiful or have such a convoluted history as Parsi Gara – the gorgeous embroidery which came to India by way of Persia and China through the Parsi traders dealing in opium in...