He’s a 3rd-generation actor making a living in TV. It started with the role of ‘Pompous Face’ Behzad Dabu is an actor...
Month: May 2023 Articles
With No Towers of Silence in the West, Zoroastrian Last Rites are a Fraught Affair
The West has no structures or legal precedent for corpses to decay in the open air. For those wishing to follow...
Ronnie K. Irani Awarded Honorary Degree at University of Oklahoma
Ronnie K. Irani of Oklahoma City, an entrepreneur and a geoscience enthusiast whose 43 years in the energy industry led to many commercial developments in oil and gas.Ronnie K. Irani is founder and...
Nawaz Merchant: Removing racial biases necessary for harmony in society
Our dear friend and award-winning author Nawaz Merchant writes…Until 1968 black families were systematically discriminated against in housing (a process called redlining), which led to economic and...
A new Iranian cookbook puts the spotlight on yogurt and whey
Two weeks before the launch of Homa Dashtaki’s book “Yogurt & Whey,” she threw a party at the California Zoroastrian Center in Westminster, southeast of Los Angeles. For several days she and her...
Katayun Kapadia featured in Local Voices: Memories, Stories and Portraits
Our dearest friend, mentor and past FEZANA President Katayun Kapadia is featured in“Local Voices: Memories, Stories, and Portraits,”one of two new exhibitions on view at Grounds For Sculpture in...
Looted relics worth US$3.5 million on loan to New York’s Met museum returned to China
Stone carvings valued at more than US$3 million handed back after investigation into private art collectionThe artefacts were ripped from a seventh century tomb Article by Cyril Ip | South China...
All Pune Parsee Indoor Sports tournament held in Pune
To beat the heat and make summers more enjoyable JJ Building Sports Committee along with the Zoroastrian Youth Association of Pune had for the 1st time organised an All Pune Parsee Indoor Sports...
Collegium Clears The Appointment Of Firdosh Phiroze Pooniwala As Bombay HC Judge
The Supreme Court collegium headed by Chief Justice of India D. Y. Chandrachud has recommended a Parsi lawyer for appointment as a Bombay High Court judge, while declining to consider an objection...
Remembering Sherna Gandhy
Bachi Karkaria writes about her friend Sherna Gandhy the legendary journalist and editor who passed into the ages on April 28 after a long battle with cancer.Of forgetting and RememberingTwice...
Memoirs of a Parsi daughter: Book review |
THE STORY OF MY LIFEby Dosebai Cowasjee JessawallaSPEAKING TIGER ₹799; 344 pagesArticle by Shabnam Minwalla | India TodayIn 1842, Meheribai, a widow, enrolled her daughter in Mrs Ward's Seminary in...
Who was Muncherji Cowasji Murzban?
The Esplanade area was still a blueprint when Muncherji Cowasji Murzban arrived in Bombay in 1863MUMBAI: The Esplanade area was still a blueprint when Muncherji Cowasji Murzban arrived in Bombay in...
Barjor Mehta Appoined as new President of CEPT University in Ahmedabad
CEPT University has announced the appointment of Mr. Barjor Mehta (FA UG ’74), an alum and former director of the School of Planning, as the President and Acting Director of the University for a...
Ba Humata Lecture Series: May 2023
The May 2023 Ba Humata Lecture is scheduled for Sunday May 7, 2023The month’s topic is: Life is an Expression of Our Deepest Realization… Yasna Ha 51.22 & Yenghe-HatamSpeakers:Ervad Rustom...
With No Towers of Silence in the West, Zoroastrian Last Rites are a Fraught Affair-Two
The West has no structures or legal precedent for corpses to decay in the open air. For those wishing to follow traditions, funerals are a compromise.Zoroastrian priests pray for the religious...
Tehemton Homi Mehta: 101-year-old Dubai expat reveals secret of long life
Tehemton Mehta lives alone and does all his household chores himselfArticle by Mazhar Farooqui | Khaleej Times Tehemton Homi Dhunjiboy Mehta is not your typical centenarian. This Zoroastrian Dubai...
Parsi swag and style on display at May Queen Ball beauty pageant in Rustom Baug
No one can quite place when the May Queen Ball started really, but most of its loyal audience trace their association with the event to its revival in 1993. For at least three decades, the pageant...