Let alone India’s first cotton mill, first steel plant and first institute for fundamental research in science, we...

Let alone India’s first cotton mill, first steel plant and first institute for fundamental research in science, we...
The Seth Rustamji Dhanjibhai Tarachand Parsi General Hospital, locatedin the centre of the city in Shahpore area, was...
How the self-chosen dress codes of Cornelia Sorabji gave her a distinguished persona like no otherCornelia Sorabji (1866-1954) was India’s first woman lawyer. Beyond that, she doesn’t fit easily...
Talyarkhan, Indian cricket's first commentator, began speaking from a little corner of a Bombay maidan.In the ‘Signpost’ section of the magazine India Today, dated 15 August 1990, an announcement...
It all began in 2009, when Khurshed Daruvala from Dadar picked up a copy of Bombay Times on a flight, and noticed a WhatsHot listing on go karting in Powai, during the weekend. He made a mental note...
On this new episode, Bawi Bride Perzen Patel talks to two famous television personalities, Cyrus Broacha and Kunal Vijaykar about their childhood memories around Parsi food.Together, they recall the...
Khojeste P. Mistree’s association with Zoroastrian Trust Funds of Europe (ZTFE) is a long standing one. A life member since the early 1980s, Khojeste has given talks at ZTFE, beginning soon after...
· Founder and CEO of VFS Global recognised for outstanding contribution to India-UK relationship development and to global travel by transforming the visa application process· Award comes as VFS...
A sea-loving Parsi family moved to Port Blair 35 years ago, to a house that had no electricity, no toilets, and on one occasion, no roof. Today, they run a thriving homestay, a spice farm and a...
Boman Kohinoor, 97, has spent the past eight decades committed to his beloved Britannia & Co., one of Mumbai's last Parsi cafes. Here, he proudly holds up a photo of himself with two members of...
Maya Joshi shares with us something she wrote for a writing contest. The piece is called “Do You Speak My Language”. Maya writes… The Language We Pray In My grandmother closes her eyes in the dawn...
This week we dive into the elusive Parsi wedding and the delicacies one can find there. Bawi Bride, Perzen Patel talks to Kaizad Patel from Kaizad Patel Caterers about all the food traditions...
On this episode, Bawi Bride Perzen Patel is in conversation with Kainaz Messman, Founder of the famous Indian brand Theobroma Patisserie. Kainaz shares stories of her idyllic childhood where...
9 -year old Er. Verzan Karkaria, son of proud parents Jennifer and Er.Cherag Sam Karkaria, was ordained Navar on 2nd June, 2019 at Kappawalla Agiary, Tardeo under the able guidance of Panthaki...
Our dear friend Nerina Rustomji writes in…Under the canopy of trees in Riverside Park overlooking the Hudson River, the energetic crowd was ready to get going. There in the midst was our Yasmin and...
Veteran actor-comedian Dinyar Contractor died in Mumbai on Wednesday morning, reported news agency ANI. The actor was 79. The actor died because of old age related ailments, reported news agency...
Eminent community historian and our dear friend Marzban Jamshedji Giara writes in The uthamna ceremony of the late Vada Dasturji Kaikhushru Navroji Dastoor Meherjirana was held at the Mody Hall of...
Vada Dasturji Meherjirana passed away in the early hours of June 4, 2019 in Navsari, India. Garothman Behest to dear Dasturji soul.The above photograph is from December 2018, when the participants...