A Kiwi-Indian woman and noted short filmmaker Zia Mandviwalla has become the first ever New Zealander to direct an...
Month: February 2019 Articles
Healing Through Sharing
At the invitation of the Consulate General of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ervad Zarrir Bhandara represented the...
Empowering Mobeds Offsite Training Seminar in Sanjan
The first ever off site Mobed Training seminar was organized by the Empowering Mobeds team last weekend in Sanjan, Gujarat, India Young Binaifer is in a deep dilemma- her first heartbreak has left...
XYZ VESSEL-A-THON
The amazing folks at XYZ have a fantastic new initiative and if you are local in Mumbai, please do get involved. Our dear friend and XYZ Founder Hoshaang Gotla writeDear members of the community,...
Behramji Merwanji Malabari: A Parsi in London
Historians have written not just pages, but books on his life; he is a wellknown figure in the Parsi historical hall of fame; it should be a polite yawn by now to read the writings of social...
Noel Tata joins Tata Trusts board
Tata Trusts, which controls India's largest conglomerate, the Tata Group, has inducted chairman Ratan Tata's half-brother Noel Tata on the board. The appointment is seen as paving the way for a...
Zarathushti Women’s Herstories: An Oral History Project
The ZXX study was created as a tribute to Zarthusti women and as a way to celebrate their lives. Our aim was to interview Zarthusti women about their lives in order to gain insight and contribute to...
Ronnie Screwvala’s production house RSVP donates 1 crore to Welfare fund for Army widows on Army Day
Ronnie Screwvala’s production house RSVP has kick-started 2019 with a big hit Uri: The Surgical Strike grossing over Rs 46.24 crores over four days of its release. Touted to be the first content...
Fake Emails Implicating Parsi Khabar
Dear readers of Parsi Khabar Over the past few months, a series of anonymous emails and Whastapp messages have been floating around that claim to be from Parsi Khabar and make reference to me...
145-year-old Parsi agiyari in Rajkot battered by encroachments
The only agiyari (fire temple), holy place of worship for Zoroastrians or Parsis in Rajkot, has been battered by encroachments from nearby residents, causing irreparable damage to the 145-year-old...