The southern port city of Pakistan, Karachi has enjoyed immense strategic value for centuries. When the British realised its strategic significance, the city became the centre of many official civil and military activities of the province of Sindh – the British also adorned Karachi with Victorian style buildings housing civil, commercial, educational departments along with… Continue reading Karachi Press Club: The majestic heritage monument that still stands tall
Month: April 2018
BBC Forum: Sacred flames that burn for hundreds of years
It is a religion that has lasted three millennia, claims to be the world’s first monotheistic creed and to have influenced major faiths such as Christianity, Judaism and Islam, inspired artists from Voltaire to Freddie Mercury but Zoroastrianism may be heading for extinction: in some communities only children of male Zoroastrians are admitted to the… Continue reading BBC Forum: Sacred flames that burn for hundreds of years
Saraswati Devi: India’s Maiden Female Composer
Saraswati Devi was a Parsi, born as Khursheed Minocher Homji, in 1912. India’s first female composer, Saraswati Devi had a sonorous legacy which met an abrupt end as she was swiftly erased from memory and compelled to live a reclusive life, writes Sharad Dutt. Towards the end of 1933, a young couple arrived in Bombay… Continue reading Saraswati Devi: India’s Maiden Female Composer
Zenobia Mistri: Teacher par Excellence by Shireen Isal
We are happy to learn that a new book titled ‘Zenobia Mistri: Teacher par Excellence’ by author Shireen Isal A young girl, with gritty determination, pursues her college education in Bombay (now Mumbai), then goes on to successfully obtain her doctorate from the prestigious Sorbonne University in Paris, France – not a given in the… Continue reading Zenobia Mistri: Teacher par Excellence by Shireen Isal
Astad Deboo never fails to surprise
The celebrated dancer collaborates with rudra veena artiste Baha úd-din Dagar for his new work The word ‘contemporary’ that is bandied about in the performing art world today has a committed champion in Astad Deboo. The original modernist on the Indian stage, he used his Kathak and Kathakali training to come up with his own… Continue reading Astad Deboo never fails to surprise
Parsis form team to maintain fire temples, look after priests and staff in Mumbai
Most of these Agiaries are managed by private trusts and are not a part of Bombay Parsi Punchayat Article by Yesha Naik | Hindustan Times To ensure all Zoroastrian Agiaries and Atash Behrams — two types of fire temples, the second being of the highest order —in Mumbai have enough funds and are well-maintained, a… Continue reading Parsis form team to maintain fire temples, look after priests and staff in Mumbai
Phiroz Dorabji Mehta
Phiroz Mehta was born on 1st October 1902 in Cambay, India. There were 5 generations of the family in the house where he was born at the time. His father was the chief superintendent of the Ceylon Wharfage Company in Ceylon, as it was then known. At the time he was well known throughout Colombo… Continue reading Phiroz Dorabji Mehta
