SHAPURBAUG: A retired school teacher is trying to cull out fables and legends about the Parsis in a bid to retrace the path trodden by the community and record people’s lives for posterity. Article by Supriya Thanawala | DNA India “The Parsi community cannot simply be allowed to forget its culture,” says Ratti Wadia, former… Continue reading Of myths, legends and fabled Parsi gems
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Learn culture the Parsi way
We want to educate the youngsters of the Parsi community about their religion and culture… The Russian Cultural Centre at Peddar Road is currently showing an exhibition on the Zoroastrian religion, their history in Iran and their presence in India. The exposition will be on, today and tomorrow from 11:30 am to 9:30 pm followed… Continue reading Learn culture the Parsi way
Udvada Where The Fires Are Always Burning
CYRUS H. MERCHANT describes and FARZANA CONTRACTOR photographs Udvada for the UpperCrust. A tribute to the Holy City of the Zoroastrians on the occasion of Jamshedi Navroze today. The 20th day of the Zoroastrian calendar is not just another day, but a date with Victory. For, it belongs to the angel Behram Yazata who presides… Continue reading Udvada Where The Fires Are Always Burning
The palaces of Iran
Iranian Ben Sarjhi has been photographing the architecture of his homeland for many years. The whole collection is found here
Challenge of religious conversion and Hindu response
Thus, when the Dwarka Mutt Shankaracharya gave the arriving Parsi refugees in Sanjaan [Kutch coast] a five-point requirement for settling in the country, they readily accepted and have not deviated from it even today. These five points were: Giving up Persian language and adopting Gujarati; wearing Indian clothes instead of Persian; treating the cow as… Continue reading Challenge of religious conversion and Hindu response
Agiaries will go high-tech
‘Parsi Resource Group’ (PRG) aims to strengthen pillars of Parsi community – its Agiaries, priests and youth.. Jimmy Mistry, an architect by profession and owner of Della Tecnica, has launched ‘Parsi Resource Group’ (PRG), a charitable organisation that seeks to intensify growth of the Parsi community, by aiming at three areas – agiaries (fire temples),… Continue reading Agiaries will go high-tech
Old pacemakers win hearts
Most families at the rally had cars that had been in the family for years, like AR Dadachanji, a Parsi priest, who took his family for a spin in their 1939 Morris-8. “It’s from the same year that I was born,” he smiled. He added that he had been participating in the rally for the… Continue reading Old pacemakers win hearts
