TEHRAN – On Tuesday evening, clusters of Iranian Zoroastrians in various cities such as Tehran, Yazd, Shiraz,...
Month: January 2024 Articles
Rishad Minocher: A BSA Gold Star and A Honda CB 750
An Old Story? – A BSA Gold Star and A Honda CB 750 Finding the strangeness of truth over fiction between a Gold Star...
Relationships: Finding Balance In A Digital Age
Our dear friend and contributor Havovi Govadia gives us something to think about… Some old photographs landed in my WA messages. My Sister-in-law wrote that she couldn’t recognize some faces so...
Parsi Food Bazar 2024 At The Calcutta Parsee Club
In pictures: A dash of dhansak, sprinkle of spice and the thrill of treasure hunt at Parsi Food Bazar The afternoon fair at Calcutta Parsee Club was a medley of Parsi food, fun and frolic By...
Hormusji N Cama Awarded Padma Bhushan in 2024
Hormusji N Cama, the Managing Director of the Mumbai Samachar was awarded the Padma Bhushan Award on the eve of the Republic Day 2024 Hormusji N Cama, Director, Mumbai Samachar has served as the...
Dr. Yazdi Maneksha Italia Awarded Padma Shri in 2024
Dr. Yazdi Maneksha Italia, renowned microbiologist who pioneered the development of India’s inaugural Sickle Cell Anemia Control Program has been awarded the Padma Shri Award on the eve of...
Why the Parsi community is divided over special prayers for the Ram temple
There is uneasiness over rituals being held for a Hindu temple as well as the message it sends out to another minority group. Article by Tabassum Barnagarwala | Scroll A special prayer for the Ram...
BNHS to re-introduce Vultures Into Doongarwadi Again
Plans are on to have vultures flock Doongerwadi once again The Bombay Natural History Society plans to work with Mumbai’s Parsi community to introduce vultures in Tower of Silence to...
Zubin Mehta to be Given Munich’s Golden Medal of Honor
Mehta, aged 87, is one of the most distinguished conductors of our time Conductor Zubin Mehta will be honored for a lifetime’s work on January 26, 2024, when he will receive the Golden Medal...
Passing of Dr. Maneck J. Kotwal
Maneck Kotwal Obituary Obituary published on Legacy.com by Friedel, Williams & Edmunds Funeral Home – New Hartford on Jan. 15, 2024. Dr. Maneck J. Kotwal passed away peacefully on Sunday,...
Opera Singer Minoo Golvala Passes Away
Minoo Golvala, an opera singer who was called ‘Mario Lanza of Bombay’, passed away in London on Friday. He was 88. Born into a Parsi household in 1936 in Mumbai, Golvala, who studied at St Xavier’s...
Ervad Zarrir Bhandara Takes Center Stage at Orange City California Epiphany Gathering
Historic Moment: Parsi Priest originally from Mumbai Takes Center Stage at Orange City CA USA Epiphany Gathering https://cityoforange.granicus.com/player/clip/781 (Orange, CA – January 11, 2024): In...
Worli Crematorium’s Prayer Hall, Facilitating Post-Death Rites For Parsi-Zoroastrians, Celebrates 8 Years Of Service
Worli Crematorium’s Prayer Hall, Facilitating Post-Death Rites For Parsi-Zoroastrians, Celebrates 8 Years Of Service Bodies that were interred in the Dakhmas, or Tower of Silence, in a system...
Though I am Parsi, I love Punjabi culture: Khushi Sadry
Actress and singer Khushi Sadry, who is a Parsi by nativity, says she made a Punjabi debut in singing because of her love for the Punjabi culture and her friends who are largely from this region....
Firdaus Kharas Appointed Officer of the Order Of Canada
Indian-born Parsi Awarded High Honour By Canada Ottawa, December 28, 2023: The Governor-General of Canada Her Excellency the Right Honourable Mary Simon announced the appointment of Indian-born...