Delna Shroff, who comes from a family of engineers, was stubborn about the fact that she did not want to be one. She...
Month: April 2019 Articles
Feritta–Set Myself Free: In Conversation
Our dear friend Feritta is featured in an interview on Broad Tube Music Channel Feritta grew up in a family where...
My Happy Place: Banaji Limjee Agiary
Tucked away in the bylanes of Fort, Mumbai stands the quaint old Banaji Limjee Agiary. Article by Ervad Sheherazad R. Pavri One of the many fire temples to celebrate it’s Salgreh (birthday)...
Godrej and the Ballot Boxes for for India’s First Elections
When independent India was laying the groundwork for its first elections in 1952, clueless to the rest of the world, workers at a factory in Mumbai’s Vikhroli were making history. They were...
Made To Order: Gulshan Kolah
Custom-made garments, whether couture or everyday outfits, are a significant part of our dressmaking heritage. Verve scouts around for Mumbai-based tailors and boutiques that specialise in the art...
Jimmy Engineer selected for Habib Jalib Peace Award
World-renowned Pakistani artist, peace activist and social crusader Jimmy Engineer has been selected for Habib Jalib Peace Award for 2019 in appreciation and recognition of his meritorious services...
Dr. Khursheed Wadia Wins the W J M Mackenzie Book Prize
Dr. Khursheed Wadia, an Associate Professor at the University of Warwick in the U.K. was the winner of the prestigious W. J. M. Mackenzie Book Prize for her book Muslim Women and Power: Political...
Dosabhoy Framji Karaka
Karaka, Dosabhoy Framji [Dosoo] (1911–1974), journalist and writer, was born on 14 April 1911 in Bombay, British India, into a middle-class Parsi family, the eldest of three children of Framji...
Pervin Taleyarkhan received award from American Bar Association’s Section of Intellectual Property Law
Pervin Taleyarkhan has received an award from the American Bar Association’s Section of Intellectual Property Law. She received the honor in “Recognition for Outstanding Leadership...
Leah Divecha Graduates from the Symphony Orchestra of India
The Symphony Orchestra of India’s SOI Music Academy celebrated the graduation ceremony of five of their academy students last Saturday (April 13th 2019). Among these was 15 year old Leah...
Celebrated Parsi chef Anahita N Dhondy is today the toast of Asia
Chef Anahita N Dhondy was selected in the ‘Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia 2019’ list for her contribution towards food sustainability and for popularising the Parsi cuisine. Chef Anahita N...
Empowering Mobeds Invites Mobeds To Open House Discussion
Empowering Mobeds invites all Mobed sahebs and their wives to an Open-house discussion on a much needed topic that needs attention – ‘Expectations To Enroll Your Son In Full Time Mobedi’. This will...
Delhi Parsi Anjuman Defends Right of Entry to Fire Temple
Parsi body defends ‘right’ to keep people out of fire temple The bench was hearing a PIL which alleged that persons belonging to other races and religions were being discriminated against as they...
Arashasp Shroff Conferred Ontario Hostelry’s ‘Top 30 Under 30 Award’
We are really proud to hear that our dear buddy Arashasp Shroff has been selected as one of the Top 30 Under 30 Hospitality professionals in Ontario, Canada. Per Parsi Times: On March 28, 2019,...
BJP vs Congress: Parsi community stands divided over Lok Sabha elections
The Parsi community who otherwise shows the united front is split when it comes to voting this election season. The members who are known to support the Congress, are now divided. Many members of...
Zoroastrian ‘fire temple’ opens in Houston
On a typical-looking stretch of southwest Houston — down the street from Kwik Kar Lube and Storage Choice, across from a privacy fence hiding cookie-cutter McMansions — a Zoroastrian fire temple...
It’s There To Stay: Mahabanoo Mody-Kotwal On The Vagina Monologues
“Let’s just start with the word “vagina.” It sounds like an infection at best, maybe a medical instrument: “Hurry nurse, bring me the vagina.” “Vagina.” “Vagina.” Doesn’t matter how many times you...
The Forever Bike by Adil Jal Darukhanawala: Book review
This near-300-page volume is an encyclopaedic account of Ideal Jawa and Yezdi’s history and is overflowing with insights. Book reviewed by Ruman Devmane | Autocar India That The Forever Bike makes...
Hong Kong-based Parsi couple renew pledge to donate $22.5 mn to hospital at Breach Candy
A Hong Kong-based Parsi tycoon and his wife on Saturday renewed their pledge to donate $22.5 million (Rs 160 crore) to the financially-ailing Parsi General Hospital (PGH) at Breach Candy in south...
Ban on Parsi newsletter shows an old press tradition
The ban on the distribution of the newspaper in community housing estates, which houses nearly 5,500 families, was ordered by the BPP’s chairperson Yazdi Desai Last week, HT had reported that a...