The eminent Vada Dasturji, Dasturji Dr Firoze Kotwal enthralled the packed hall at the Empowering Powering Mobeds...
Month: July 2018 Articles
Legendary maestro Zubin Mehta looks back on six decades of conducting
Even at 82 years old, famed maestro Zubin Mehta conducts with the same vigor and passion that have brought him...
Bombay House: Iconic Tata headquarters to reopen after a year of renovations
After nearly a year of delicate refurbishment and some touches of modernity, Tata Group’s iconic headquarters near Flora Fountain, the Bombay House, will reopen on July 29, the 114th birth...
Professor John Hinnells : Obituary
Determined expert on Zoroastrianism who founded degree courses on world religion and zipped across the world on crutches As a child sick with tuberculosis of the bone, John Hinnells spent the best...
Lahore’s Cooper Agiary Celebrating 125 Years
Parsi Khabar is happy to learn that the beautiful Cooper Agiary in Lahore will be celebrating its 125th Salgreh this month. Below is a message from our dear friend Perin Boga. Cherished Friends and...
Parsi Zoroastrian Guards of the Holy Fire
To take care of Parsi fire temples across the country and fight for the preservation of their sanctity if need be, solicitor Berjis Desai has floated the idea of forming a body whose primary...
Dr. Irach J S Taraporewala – Zoroastrian Scholar
The below is a profile of the legendary scholar Dr. Irach J S Taraporewala penned by his grandson and namesake Irach Taraporewala. This appeared on the Zoroastrian Heritage page on Facebook When the...
Yezdi 250 CL II in Udvada
We help a charming, old Yezdi 250 CL II retrace its roots in Udvada, the holy land of the Parsis in India. Article by Ruman Devmane Autocar India To many, Udvada is no more than just a sleepy beach...
Now Available in United States: Zarathushtra and the Origins of Zoroastrianism
We are happy to announce that the beautiful coffee table book edited by our dear friend Meher Bhesania of Dubai UAE. “Zarathushtra and the Origins of Zoroastrianism” is now available and shipping...
Dr. Jamshed Bharucha to Lead SRM University in Amravati Andhra Pradesh India
In the heart of one of the world’s leading economies, a major transformation is underway. A recent redrawing of state boundaries has named Amaravati the new capital city of the Indian state of...
Mudras In Motion: The Unpindownable Mastery of Astad Deboo
Four decades ago, after a world-wide tour of the West and East that helped him expand his conceptual horizons, a young Astad Deboo returned to his native India—and went down south to train in...
Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw: Remembering India’s Finest Soldier
On the tenth anniversary of his passing away (27 June), a few reminiscences of the iconic Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw, with whom I share my alma mater. I was but four years of age when I first set...
Lesson from India to Make America Great Again
By granting asylum to Zoroastrians fleeing persecution a thousand years ago, a local Gujarati ruler inadvertently helped create modern India and benefited the entire world. The conventional view of...
Pashan Dadyburjor’s futuristic concept to keep Parsi culture, history alive
“I was a little worried and baffled when my mother made an unusual request (rather demand) one day. When I asked her what it was, she said marry a Parsi only. Now I get where that comes from, given...
Missing Sam
Field Marshal Manekshaw was loving, gracious, playful and charismatic Many of us have a day that no matter how hard we try, it leaves us sad and feeling blue. For me it’s June 27. It’s the day that...
Manuscript: Ashem Vohu
This manuscript comes not from India or Iran, the lands associated today with the Zoroastrian religion, but from Dunhuang in Central China, and is written in Sogdian, a medieval Iranian language. It...
The Zoroastrian Flame: An Interview with Khojeste Mistree
Khojeste Mistree talks about one of the world’s oldest surviving religions and what we can learn from it in the present day Zoroastrianism has an unbroken tradition going back 3,500 years. It is...
Pakistan Prime Minister inaugurates Jamsheed Marker Hall in foreign ministry
Jamsheed Marker Conference Hall opened at Foreign Ministry PM Mulk calls Jamsheed Marker a legend, an outstanding diplomat and a role model for his successors ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nasirul Mulk...
SOAS Shapoorji Pallonji Institute for Zoroastrian Studies Launch Event
On Wednesday 27th June, 2018, the SOAS Shapoorji Pallonji Institute for Zoroastrian Studies was officially opened. To mark this joyous occasion, a launch event was held in the Brunei Suite of the...
Ervard Xerxes V Dastur Elected as Trustee of the Bombay Parsi Panchayet
Parsi Khabar is happy to announce that our dear friend Ervard Xerxes V Dastur has won a very tight election for the lone seat of the Bombay Parsi Panchayet. In a hotly contested election that...
Astad Deboo wins Lifetime Legend Award for his pioneering work in contemporary dance
We are happy to announce that our dear friend and legendary contemporary dancer Astad Deboo shall be awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award today in Chennai. If music be the sounds between silence,...
Jamsheed Marker | Obituary
Naval officer under the Raj who became a cricket commentator and respected diplomat in Pakistan JAMSHEED MARKER, who has died aged 95, commanded a minesweeper in the Royal Indian Navy during the...
Metro Tunnel Hearing Now scheduled for July 17 2018
The Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRC) today approached the Bombay High Court seeking an urgent hearing on a plea filed by the Parsi community in the city opposing the alignment of the Mumbai...
In BPP Election Several Parsis fear takeover of punchayet by chief and wife
BPP chairman’s wife is contesting for trustee’s post, raising prospects of husband-wife pair in control of the community’s largest trust. Ever since the Bombay Parsi Punchayet Trust adopted the...