Mazda likes to do things differently — it always has, and hopefully always will. The Japanese automaker pushed rotary engines for decades, and it continues to explore new hybrid rotary powertrains today. Mazda also recently introduced an all-new inline-6 engine, despite competitors increasingly dropping big-displacement engines for compact inline-4s and aggressively downsizing across entire model… Continue reading Why Mazda Is Literally A God-Tier Name For A Car Company
Month: June 2026
Want to fix the Parsi birth rate? Protect the women: Nawaz Merchant
The Parsi Zoroastrian population is declining at 18 per cent each decade. Recent efforts to increase the Parsi population, including the National Commission for Minorities hosting a high-level national seminar last month, have missed a key reason for the consistent decline: an unjust law that leaves Parsi women destitute. Article by Nawaz Merchant Between 2016… Continue reading Want to fix the Parsi birth rate? Protect the women: Nawaz Merchant
How Perizaad Zorabian Left Bollywood And Turned Her Family’s Poultry Business Into A Rs 120-Crore Enterprise
Perizaad Zorabian made her mark in Bollywood with memorable performances on the big screen in the early 2000s. In her relatively short career in the movies, the actress shared space with some of the industry’s biggest names, including Amitabh Bachchan, Shabana Azmi, Victor Banerjee and Om Puri. NDTV Lifestyle Desk She was at the peak… Continue reading How Perizaad Zorabian Left Bollywood And Turned Her Family’s Poultry Business Into A Rs 120-Crore Enterprise
Parsi Journalist Feroza Mehta To Represent Minnesota At Mrs. International 2026
Feroza Mehta, a Parsi journalist, community volunteer, and autism advocate, will represent Minnesota at the Mrs. International 2026 pageant this July after being crowned Mrs. Minnesota International 2026. The national competition, taking place July 23–24 in Skokie, Illinois, brings together married women from across the United States for a program that emphasizes interview, fitness, eveningwear,… Continue reading Parsi Journalist Feroza Mehta To Represent Minnesota At Mrs. International 2026
How two men refused to bend to press censorship during the Emergency
Dhun Mehta hollered a greeting as he passed by the compound of our office on the morning of June 26, 1975. Were we aware, he inquired, that prominent opposition leaders like Jayaprakash Narayan, Morarji Desai, Jyoti Basu, LK Advani and others had been arrested, censorship imposed and a state of emergency declared in the country?… Continue reading How two men refused to bend to press censorship during the Emergency
Rhea Mogul: A century-old rule shuts my daughter out of her own community. A court case could change that
Burning sandalwood thickens the air in a room that’s so exclusive only a vanishingly small number of people are allowed to enter. This is an agiary, a Zoroastrian place of worship for India’s Parsi community, where priests in white robes stoke a sacred flame around the clock and recite ancient Avestan prayers that have survived… Continue reading Rhea Mogul: A century-old rule shuts my daughter out of her own community. A court case could change that
Echoes in a Parsi attic: How a box of keepsakes opens story of early Jamshedpur via Mumbai
In 1935, Khurshed Maneckji Bharucha, the first Indian chief cashier of Tata Steel in Jamshedpur, borrowed ₹3.5 lakh from a friend who owned an island near Bombay. Soon, on an open ground at Bistupur junction, arose a four-storey building with partition walls made of surkhi, a burnt clay and limestone mix. Article by Sharmila Ganesan… Continue reading Echoes in a Parsi attic: How a box of keepsakes opens story of early Jamshedpur via Mumbai
