“It was a wedding laced with affection and not with power. Everyone who walked into the various functions was treated with equal affection and love, and that’s what set it apart,” says Suhel Seth about the recently concluded wedding of Tahira Karanjawala to Jatin Mongia in Delhi, which saw the power elite of the country… Continue reading Arun Jaitley, Mukesh Ambani spotted at the Karanjawala wedding in Delhi
Category: Festivities
Navroze Celebrations at Dadar Parsee Colony
The Dadar Parsee colony celebrated Jamshedi Navroze with great enthusiasm and festivities. This program was organized by the Mancherji Edulji Joshi memorial trust at the Dadar Parsee colony gymkhana. On this occasion, community members from the colony were felicitated at the hands of Patron Peroza Godrej and Padmabhushan Dr Tehemton Udwadia. The festivities continued with… Continue reading Navroze Celebrations at Dadar Parsee Colony
NoRuz Celebrations Usher in New Day for Zoroastrians at Spring Equinox
Zoroastrians Throughout North America Celebrate Ancient Tradition of NoRuz, Ushering in a “New Day” to Mark the Turn of the Spring Equinox Zoroastrians throughout North America will mark the celebration of NoRuz (pron. nouˈɾuːz), Tuesday, March 21, 2017, the official turn of the Zoroastrian New Year and the Spring equinox in the Northern hemisphere. Article… Continue reading NoRuz Celebrations Usher in New Day for Zoroastrians at Spring Equinox
Persian New Year, or Nowruz, explained for non-Persians
In Iran, the idea of “spring cleaning” isn’t just a seasonal excuse to gut your closet; it’s the basis of a national holiday dating back millennia. Every year, millions of Iranians celebrate Persian New Year, or Nowruz (prounced “no-rooz“). In Iran, the new year begins with the advent of spring, and most everyone in the… Continue reading Persian New Year, or Nowruz, explained for non-Persians
The Verdant Food of Iran Entices at Persian New Year
Pardis Stitt still remembers the grocery shopping trips of her childhood in Birmingham, Ala.: loading into the family car, a silver Oldsmobile station wagon with a maroon interior and an eight-track player, and wandering the store aisles as her mother tracked down the ingredients for dishes like kuku sabzi, the Persian frittata densely packed with… Continue reading The Verdant Food of Iran Entices at Persian New Year
Nowruz: Persian New Year’s Table Celebrates Spring Deliciously
The first day of spring is cause for a celebration, especially after the winter many of us have been having. But it’s hard to top the 13-day festivities of the Persian New Year, Nowruz. Nowruz, or “new day” in Persian, is an ancient festival that marks the beginning of spring and celebrates the rebirth of… Continue reading Nowruz: Persian New Year’s Table Celebrates Spring Deliciously
The Mehergan Festival: Advent of autumn
Thursday, September 22, 2016 is the autumn equinox, the first day of fall. The autumn equinox marks the moment the Sun crosses the celestial equator – the imaginary line in the sky above the Earth’s equator – from north to south and vice versa in March (www.timeanddate.com). For Zarathushtis, this celestial event is marked by… Continue reading The Mehergan Festival: Advent of autumn
