Category: Everyday Parsi

Today is the Vahishtoishti Gatha, the fifth and final Gatha day of this year’s muktad. And in the 2025 Everyday Parsi series we feature our eleventh and final author Xerxes Commissariat. The ten days of Muktad prayers are, to me, a time of deep reverence — when the community gathers to honor the Fravashis of… Continue reading Everyday Parsi: Xerxes Commissariat

Today is the Vahishtoishti Gatha, the fifth and final Gatha day of this year’s muktad. And in the 2025 Everyday Parsi series we feature our tenth author Dr. Persis Driver. Flickering Memories of Fearless Women In my fast-paced, often chaotic life, Muktad days are when time holds still; they are a kind of placeholder on… Continue reading Everyday Parsi: Persis Driver

Today is the Vohuxshathra Gatha, the fourth Gatha day of this year’s muktad. And in the 2025 Everyday Parsi series we feature our ninth author Arnavaz Sethna. My Memories of Muktad in Karachi Growing up in Karachi in an Athornan family, Muktad days were special to me. Until I was 7 years old, Muktad only… Continue reading Everyday Parsi: Arnavaz Sethna

Today is the Spentamainyu Gatha, the third Gatha day of this year’s muktad. And in the 2025 Everyday Parsi series we feature our eighth author Roshan Rivetna. Muktad Memories – From Mumbai (Bombay) to Chicago Early Days in Mumbai My early days, growing up in Bombay (Mumbai), were spent between my Bapaiji’s flat on Gowalia… Continue reading Everyday Parsi: Roshan Rivetna

Today is the Ushtavaiti Gatha, the second Gatha day of this year’s muktad. And in the 2025 Everyday Parsi series we feature our seventh author Mahtab Dastur. The Muktad times have always been a time of prayer and remembrance. When we were younger, we would go to Mumbai every August for Muktad. Every morning we… Continue reading Everyday Parsi: Mahtab Dastur

Today is Ahunavaiti Gatha, the first Gatha Day of this year’s muktad. And in the 2025 Everyday Parsi series we feature our sixth author Ervad Adil Mithaiwala In the Presence of Fravashis: My Muktad Journey By Ervad Adil Mithaiwala It begins with a bell. A quiet Agiary at dawn. The air is heavy with sandalwood.… Continue reading Everyday Parsi: Ervad Adil Mithaiwala

Our fifth author in the Everyday Parsi 2025 series is Ava J. Patell My husband and I come from families where the tradition was to do Muktad ceremonies only for the first year. Visiting the Agiary early in the morning was a fast trot down Altamont Road to the Bai Soonabai Hirji Agiary. Entering the… Continue reading Everyday Parsi: Ava J. Patell

Our fourth author in the Everyday Parsi 2025 is Havovi Antia of Melbourne, Australia. Muktad: A Journey into Meaning Growing up in Jamshedpur, my memories of the Muktad Gatha days are few and scattered. Ours was not a particularly religious household, though we held a quiet respect for tradition. I remember the calm of our… Continue reading Everyday Parsi: Havovi Antia

Our third author in the Everyday Parsi 2025 series is Dr. Shernaz Cama The Living Presence of the Fravashis By Dr. Shernaz Cama Muktad in childhood was a time of joy and excitement. The scent of roses, mogra, and tuberoses from the corridor—where photographs and portraits of our ancestors were kept—wafted through the house. Silver… Continue reading Everyday Parsi: Shernaz Cama