Category: Diaspora

Houston Welcomes Udvada’s Vada Dasturji Khurshed Dastoor It began with a simple email from Ervad Soli Dastur of Florida, who wrote to some of us about Udvada’s Vada Dasturji Khurshed Dastoor’s visit to Dallas, Texas. This started a flurry of emails among Parsi Zarathushtis of Houston to see if the Dasturji could visit Houston as… Continue reading Houston Welcomes Udvada’s Vada Dasturji Khurshed Dastoor

One small community that has continued to punch way above its weight and even today sweetens the rich cultural diversity that is India is the Parsi community. And just as Indians started immigrating to Canada, so did some of India’s Parsi community — and they continue to sweeten the fabric of Indo-Canadian society, and of… Continue reading Parsis sweetening rich Canadian diversity, like sugar in milk

A service was held in remembrance of the 100th Anniversary of the Battle of Somme 1916-2016. Many Indian soldiers sacrificed their lives during this devastating war and 19 Parsi soldiers died on the battlefield of Somme. This article by FIROZA PUNTHAKEY MISTREE appeared first in the Jam-E-Jamshed and was forwarded to us via email by… Continue reading Westminster Service Honours Parsi/Irani Soldiers in United Kingdom

UPDATE: An earlier version of this article indicated that Russi was the current President of PZAS. Russi informed us that he had stepped down earlier this year. We have made the appropriate correction. Rustom M. Ghadiali Past-President of the Parsi Zoroastrian Association of Singapore has been elected as the incoming President of the Inter-Religions Organization… Continue reading Rustom M. Ghadiali Elected President of Inter-Religious Organisation Singapore

WZCC NY CHAPTER LECTURE SERIES INVESTMENTS IN INDIA AND THE TAX IMPACTS BY VIKRAM VENKATARAMANI VVV CPA PC At the New York Dar-E-Mehr On SUNDAY JUNE 5, 2016 @ 1:30 PM WZCC NY Presents: INVESTMENTS IN INDIA AND THE TAX IMPACTS from ZAGNY on Vimeo.   The following are covered by VIKRAM Non-taxable income in… Continue reading WZCC NY Lecture Series: Investments In India and Tax Impacts in the USA

At the young age of eight, did you know what you wanted to do with the rest of your life? Well, Hormuz Javat knew what he wanted to be. He made a choice, and he’s sticking with it: Hormuz decided to begin his training to become a Zoroastrian priest. You have to start early because… Continue reading Becoming my mother’s priest: keeping Zoroastrianism alive in Canada

Nestled in the northwest corner of the US lies a city where not only does the rain come pouring down, but so do adorable Zoroastrian babies. Our once small ZSWS (Zoroastrian Society of Washington State) community is now bustling with children around each corner. In the last five years we have celebrated multiple births and… Continue reading It’s Raining Zarathushti Kids in Seattle