A CRUMBLING TEMPLE for an ancient religion lies hidden from the street, just beyond the fields of Mnazi Moja. All but forgotten, its doors are rarely opened; the once prominent Zoroastrians have all but disappeared from Zanzibar. Their fire temple, now falling to ruin, was once a place where worshippers gathered to celebrate their god,… Continue reading Zanzibar’s forgotten religion
Category: History
A reborn Persian Empire captured Rome’s lands—and its emperor
Inspired by their powerful ancestors, the Sassanian dynasty restored Persia to imperial glory, ruling lands that stretched from Turkey to Pakistan. By Miguel Ángel Andrés-Toledo | National Geographic Alexander the Great conquered Persia in 331 B.C. and ended the Achaemenid Empire founded by Cyrus the Great. For the next five centuries, the Iranian plateau became… Continue reading A reborn Persian Empire captured Rome’s lands—and its emperor
Lord Chelmsford, Viceroy of India at Jamshedpur.
Our dear friend and eminent Parsi historian Marzban Giara writes… Lord Chelmsford the Viceroy of India visited the Tata Steel plant in 1919 after the First World War. Sakchi Village in Bihar was named Jamshedpur in memory of its enterprising and foresighted founder Jamshedji Nusserwanji Tata and the Kalimati railway station as Tatanagar. During the… Continue reading Lord Chelmsford, Viceroy of India at Jamshedpur.
Manekji Limji Hataria
Tomorrow 15th February is the baj of Manekji Limji Hataria, the Parsi missionary to Iran. A jashan will be performed at Wadiaji Atash Behram 1st floor hall in the morning at 10 a.m. Below is an article penned by our dear friend and esteeem Parsi historian Marzban J. Giara. MANEKJI LIMJI HATARIA (1813-1890) He was… Continue reading Manekji Limji Hataria
Eduljee Sorabjee: The Curious Case of the ‘First’ Indian-American Citizen
Los Angeles in the 1880s was a town reinventing itself. The Gold Rush was subsiding but the air was filled with promise and there were new opportunities for those who knew how to seize them. Among these was an enterprising and ingenuous Parsi gentleman from Bombay, who “with a little money and a little mystery”… Continue reading Eduljee Sorabjee: The Curious Case of the ‘First’ Indian-American Citizen
Gandhi & The Tatas
Revisiting the relationship between the Mahatma and the founders of the Tata group, from satyagraha to swaraj October 2019 | Tata.com Throughout his public service Mahatma Gandhi, in his own words, ranged himself “seemingly against capital”. The few exceptions to this included the Tatas. On his 150th birth anniversary, we recount the Tatas’ interactions with… Continue reading Gandhi & The Tatas
KM Nanavati vs State of Maharashtra: All we learnt about the landmark case from Bollywood
Before we watch web series The Verdict: State Vs Nanavati, we look back at the actual Nanavati case and how it has been presented in Gulzar’s Achanak (1973), R.K. Nayyar’s Yeh Rastey Hain Pyar Ke (1963) and Tinu Suresh Desai’s 2016 film Rustom. Written by Arushi Jain | Indian Express The Nanavati case inspired three… Continue reading KM Nanavati vs State of Maharashtra: All we learnt about the landmark case from Bollywood
