Jiloo Billimoria writes in informing us about a book that she has reprinted. I have recently reprinted the prayer book shown in the picture above. It is a wonderful translation & transliteration of the Daily Zoroastrian prayers into simple English with meanings and insightful explanatory notes which, when read along with the daily prayers, gave… Continue reading Daily Prayers of The Zoroastrian: A Prayer Book
Month: January 2018
Tehmi Bhandari: The Grand Lady of Amritsar
UPDATE: Shirin Bhandari the author of the piece below reminds us “This was originally published in 2004, my grandmother died in 2007 at the age of a 101.” “It is all like a dream now…” I stand in the thicket and look over the board to read an article written about my grandmother. The bulletin… Continue reading Tehmi Bhandari: The Grand Lady of Amritsar
For 31 years after his death, Homi Bhabha’s office room was unoccupied
The secular condolence ceremony for Homi Bhabha of which no photographs were found has remained firmly etched in the scientists’ memory, and the religious one was forgotten. On 24 January 1966, Homi Bhabha, physicist and founder of India’s nuclear programme, died in a plane crash. The Kanchenjunga — a Boeing 707 aircraft — had crashed… Continue reading For 31 years after his death, Homi Bhabha’s office room was unoccupied
Amyra dastur’s Telugu Film debut
“On one fine morning, Manjula madam called me and narrated the story. She asked me if I was interested in working for a role which is now played by Tridha. She somehow thought that I would fit in the role Nithya. That’s how it went on,” said Amyra. Amyra Dastur, who has acted in Bollywood… Continue reading Amyra dastur’s Telugu Film debut
Jal Nariman Bharucha: Obituary
Jal Bharucha died peacefully in Middletown, Connecticut, at age 92, having lived a good and full life. He was born in Bombay, India, in 1925 to Nariman Bharucha and Aloo Bharucha (née Patel). Jal’s chronic poor health as a child led his parents to enroll him in a school in Panchgani, nestled in the Sahyadri… Continue reading Jal Nariman Bharucha: Obituary
Undocumented Parsi Ph.D. Student Meets Congress to Advocate for DREAM Act
Indian American Boe (Benaz) Mendewala, an undocumented Ph.D. student studying physics at the University of California-Merced, travelled to Washington, DC Jan. 19 to urge members of Congress to pass a clean DREAM Act, permanently protecting 800,000 Dreamers from deportation. Article by Sunita Sohrabji | India West “I love science. It is such a beautiful way… Continue reading Undocumented Parsi Ph.D. Student Meets Congress to Advocate for DREAM Act
Clouds By Chandrahas Choudhary: Book Excerpt
Two Parsis walk into a bar. And that is (almost) the beginning of a remarkable new novel In Chandrahas Choudhury’s ‘Clouds’, the newly single Mumbai psychotherapist Farhad Billimoria meets Zahra, a vivacious visitor from San Francisco. Zahra giggled. “What a strange lot we Indians are, don’t you think?” “I’ll confess, after years of study I’ve… Continue reading Clouds By Chandrahas Choudhary: Book Excerpt
The Vultures of the Parsi Cemetery
‘The vultures of the Parsi Cemetery’ is from a collection of stories called The Greatest Urdu Stories Ever Told. The stories are translated by Muhammad Umar Memon. The story has an interesting beginning where all the vultures suddenly stopped visiting the Parsi cemetery one particular day. It says, It was all so unexpected. They were… Continue reading The Vultures of the Parsi Cemetery
Half Parsi. Half Muslim. Full woman.
‘Name?’ I say my name, in full. ‘Date of birth?’ I say my date of birth, in full. ‘Religion?’ ‘Half Parsi, half Muslim,’ I say. In full. Article by Shaista Tayabali |Sister-hood She looks up at me. I am standing in the classroom, as each of us must when the roll call reaches the letter… Continue reading Half Parsi. Half Muslim. Full woman.
