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
Category: Everyday Parsi
Everyday Parsi: Ervad Jehangir Madon
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
Everyday Parsi: Ervad Soli P. Dastur
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
Everyday Parsi: Ervad Vispi Jehangir Mirza
Our fifth author in the 2015 Everyday Parsi series is Ervad Vispi Jehangir Mirza 18 days of Muktad in Udvada Ervad Vispi Jehangir Mirza writes The preparations of Muktad started on Aspandad mahino and Aspandad roj, which was called Vis ma di nu Parabh. The marble tables with metal stands were brought out from the… Continue reading Everyday Parsi: Ervad Vispi Jehangir Mirza
Everyday Parsi: Sheroo Vispi Kanga
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
Everyday Parsi: Firoze Jungalwala
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
Everyday Parsi: Niloufer Mavalvala
Our second author for the 2015 Everyday Parsi Series is Niloufer Mavalvala Muktad Recollected: Then and Now Childhood memories can be sweet and not easily forgotten. I grew up in Karachi amongst a small community of 4000+ Zoroastrians. I remember my childhood being fun a one, of the happiest times of my life, and definitely… Continue reading Everyday Parsi: Niloufer Mavalvala
