Official website of the 7WZYC: https://wzycongress.org All Congress Sessions on Video: https://wzycongress.org/video/ All Congress Photographs: https://wzycongress.org/memories/ 400 Zarathushti youth from all over the world gathered in sunny Southern California to participate in the 7th World Zoroastrian Congress earlier this month. The Congress returned to Los Angeles, also the home of the very first Youth Congress… Continue reading 7th World Zoroastrian Youth Congress: A Report
Month: July 2019
Parsi Presence at the 24th World Scout Jamboree 2019 in USA
Scouting and Guiding are very much a part of the Parsi DNA for over a century. India’s oldest continuously running scout group is the Sethna’s 18th West Bombay Scout Troop and since its inception in 1914 there have been dozens of other scout troops started by Parsis, many of them alumni of the 18th. And… Continue reading Parsi Presence at the 24th World Scout Jamboree 2019 in USA
Niloufer Mavalvala Launches New Book “The World Of Parsi Cooking: Food Across Borders”
Our dear friend Niloufer Mavalvala has just launched her latest cook book titled “The World Of Parsi Cooking: Food Across Borders”. Niloufer is an award winning author and chef, and has over the years painstakingly archived, resurrected and perfected Parsi food recipes, many of them long forgotten. She runs the hugely succesful website Niloufer’s Kitchen… Continue reading Niloufer Mavalvala Launches New Book “The World Of Parsi Cooking: Food Across Borders”
Shernaz Patel: Theatre is not a stepping stone for cinema
I have done many other things. First, I thought of becoming a psychologist. It has been 35 years since Shernaz Patel debuted with the play, The Diary of Anne Frank. Excerpts from her time in Indian theatre and Bollywood: You grew up absorbing Gujarati Parsi theatre, and yet most of your plays are in English,… Continue reading Shernaz Patel: Theatre is not a stepping stone for cinema
‘At 60, I still encounter condescension and pity’
Freny Manecksha on fighting the myopic vision of society that denounces single Parsi women for being ‘choosya and ‘selfish’ My progression into singlehood happened, perhaps, because I had started enjoying my independence a little too much. Some relationships had not culminated in marriage. I had consented to ‘seeing’ a few prospective matches more to assuage… Continue reading ‘At 60, I still encounter condescension and pity’
Beyond winning and losing
SEEING the legendary Farokh Engineer among the spectators at the Old Trafford, with his shock of curly white hair and a Falstaffian girth that seemed to meld nicely with his incorrigibly impish smile, my mind went into the enticing time machine for a rendezvous with the great Parsi cricketers India once flaunted. Then, the penny… Continue reading Beyond winning and losing
Israel Philharmonic bids emotional farewell to Maestro Zubin Mehta
After 50 years as musical director Israel Philharmonic bids emotional farewell to Maestro Zubin Mehta Conductor, 83, performs one last time at Tel Aviv’s Yarkon Park to a vast crowd of adoring fans; Mayor hails him as the ‘crown jewel of Israel’s cultural life’ Article By Hannah Harnest | The Times of Israel Maestro Zubin… Continue reading Israel Philharmonic bids emotional farewell to Maestro Zubin Mehta
