"Was N.F. Suntook a Parsi?" I asked Mr. Vappala Balachandran, former Special Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat, who also...
Month: September 2026 Articles
From Mumbai to Hong Kong: Mehroo Turel and the Community She Built, Mums@PLAY
Mehroo Turel, originally from Mumbai's Dadar Parsi Colony and now based in Hong Kong, is the founder of Mums@PLAY (now...
IndiGo Cabin Crew Member Kainoor Mistry Dies in Mumbai Road Crash
IndiGo Cabin Crew Member Kainoor Ardeshir Mistry Dies After Mumbai Road Accident, Raising Questions About Airline Cab SafetyMUMBAI: Kainoor Ardeshir Mistry, a 32-year-old IndiGo cabin crew member,...
How Chef Anahita Dhondy’s New Book The Grain Kitchen Rewrites India’s Relationship With Forgotten Staples
Chef Anahita Dhondy, well known for her work in championing millet has graced us with a new book built around the complexity of India's grains. 'The Grain Kitchen', published by Harper Collins...
No Child Should Die in the Dawn of Their Life: Sheroo Kanga’s Ninth St. Jude Walk/Run
Each September, when the days turn crisp and summer gives way to fall, Sheroo Kanga of Cranbury, New Jersey, laces up her shoes and joins thousands across the country for the St. Jude Walk/Run,...
A Documentary on Mumbai Samachar, Asia’s Oldest Newspaper — and a Parsi Legacy in Print
For anyone with an interest in Parsi history and the story of the press in India, a documentary on Mumbai Samachar made by Zahan Sawhney is well worth a watch: Mumbai Samachar holds a distinction...
Zubin Nalawalla’s “Ahura Mazda – An Ode” Enters Top 5 on UK Apple Music Charts
In a remarkable long-tail success story, Mumbai-based singer-composer Zubin Nalawalla’s spiritual anthem “Ahura Mazda – An Ode” has climbed to Number 5 on the UK Apple Music Charts, four months...
Calcutta High Court: Remove illegal stalls near city’s oldest fire temple
Calcutta High Court on Wednesday directed Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) and Kolkata Police to immediately remove encroachments around the city’s oldest Parsi fire temple to facilitate its...
Parsi-Zoroastrian War Martyrs Honoured At Century-Old Khareghat Colony Cenotaph In Mumbai
Military veterans joined members of the public on Wednesday morning at the century-old cenotaph at Khareghat Colony on N S Patkar Road to pay tribute to Parsi-Zoroastrian war martyrs who died during...