Category: Everyday Parsi

Our third author in the Everyday Parsi 2020 is Homi D. Gandhi Homi writes… When I was a child, Muktaad prayers at the Gandhi household on the Gandhi Street of Parsiwad, Fort, Bharuch had a special significance, as it was one of the few Parsi homes hosting the 18-day Fasli Muktaad at home. Although I… Continue reading Everyday Parsi: Homi Gandhi

Our second author in the Everyday Parsi 2020 series is Feroze Jamshedji Unwalla from Mumbai, India. Feroze Jamshedji Unwalla writes… My earliest memories of Muktad, in the mid-1940s, were of accompanying my parents and siblings to Daman from Udvada, where we lived. My Bapawaji , Ervad Hormusji .J. Unwalla , the Panthaki of the Daman… Continue reading Everyday Parsi: Feroze Jamshedji Unwalla

Our first author in the Everyday Parsi 2020 series is Nergish Udwadia from Melbourne, Australia. I was recently invited by Parsi  to provide a write up on the significance of Muktad in my life. After quite some reflection, memories both coherent and remarkably clear began to emerge. Memories thought lost, though details still sketchy, musings… Continue reading Everyday Parsi: Nergish Udwadia

August 6th 2020 is the first day of the Muktad per the Shehenshahi Parsi Zoroastrian calendar. Parsis around the world and especially in India remember the dear departed of their family. Special prayers are offered at the Agiaries and in homes. The 10th day of the Muktad culminates into the Shehenshahi Parsi New Year. A… Continue reading The Everyday Parsi in 2020

Our seventh and last author of the 2015 Everyday Parsi series is Ervad Jehangir R. Madon Jehangir Madon writes August 1992, Bombay. 4:15 am. I would wake up to the constant reminders that it was already 4:30. My parents always did this, telling me and my brother that it was 15 minutes past the actual… Continue reading Everyday Parsi: Ervad Jehangir Madon

Our sixth author in the 2015 Everyday Parsi series is Ervad Soli P. Dastur A Mobed’s Recollections and Involvement in Muktad Gatha Days! On the P&O SS Oronsay ship somewhere near Suez Canal during the first part of August 1960, we some 20 or so J. N. Tata Endowment Scholars on our way to USA/UK… Continue reading Everyday Parsi: Ervad Soli P. Dastur

Our fourth author in the 2015 Everyday Parsi series is Sheroo Vispi Kanga Sheroo writes Thank you Parsi Khabar for giving me this opportunity to write about what the Muktad (free soul) days mean to me. The Muktad days for me are full of loving memories that are very special; it is a bitter sweet… Continue reading Everyday Parsi: Sheroo Vispi Kanga

Our third author in the Everyday Parsi 2015 series is Dr. Firoze B. Jungalwala ­­My recollection of Muktad in Surat during the Late 1940s I vividly remember the Muktad days at my grand father’s home in Surat during the late 1940s, as a young boy. In those days, the muktad days were celebrated for 18… Continue reading Everyday Parsi: Firoze Jungalwala