We join BACHI KARKARIA as she wishes members of her Parsi community a Happy Navroz and takes us through a typical Parsi New Year celebration in Mumbai and Kolkata The Parsis celebrated their New Year yesterday, and I hope you didn’t go around brightly wishing them ‘Happy Pateti’. That would have meant you wished… Continue reading Untitled
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Recipes for Parsi New Year
The Parsi New Year is tomorrow. Cook up these traditional Parsi dishes and join in the celebrations Parsi cuisine is influenced by many cultures; it has a mix of the Caspian, the coastal cuisines of western India and a hint of colonial British and Portuguese flavours. By Hushmoin Patell | Hindustan Times Murghi Na… Continue reading Recipes for Parsi New Year
Ghambar: Parsi-style Thanksgiving
Come summer and the Zoroastrian community is buzzing with excitement, in anticipation of ghambar, a Parsi thanksgiving feast. Everyone is eager to know which residential compound is going to host the first event and whose arrangements are going to be better than the others. Posted by Dilaira Mondegarian | Tribune Pakistan For most of you… Continue reading Ghambar: Parsi-style Thanksgiving
Of Garas and Patra Ni Machhi
Every year, in March, the Parsis, who are probably Delhi’s smallest community, celebrate Navroze, their New Year, at the 62-year-old Parsi Dharamshala on Bahadurshah Zafar Marg, next to Delhi Gate. There is music and dancing as a jolly bunch of Parsis wish each other saal mubarak and feast on delicious salli murghi and patrani macchi.… Continue reading Of Garas and Patra Ni Machhi
Jamshedpur Parsis: Prayers at Fire Temple ring in Parsi New Year
It was a day of happiness and devotion at the Fire Temple here on Wednesday. Clad in traditional attire, members of the Parsee community celebrated Jamshed-e-Navroze, the Parsi New Year, by conducting special prayers, greeting each other and enjoying delicacies. By Parvinder Bhatia | The Pioneer Dressed in their best, the men arrived at the… Continue reading Jamshedpur Parsis: Prayers at Fire Temple ring in Parsi New Year
Nagpur Parsis: Wining & dining rings in Navroz
While festivals are all about loosening up, it was more so on Wednesday when the Parsi Gymkhana members decided to welcome their New Year with the Nagpur Wine Lovers’ Club along with a whole lot of free-flowing wine and dine. By Payal Gwalani | Times of India The club, that was also holding its quarterly… Continue reading Nagpur Parsis: Wining & dining rings in Navroz
Navroze Mubarak 2012
Parsi Khabar takes this opportunity to wish all our readers a very Happy Jamshedi Navroze. May the festive season bring happiness and prosperity, peace and understanding, good health and long lives to all our families and friends. The above picture is the Haft Seen table set up by Parsi Khabar editor, Mehernaaz Shovir Irani at… Continue reading Navroze Mubarak 2012
