How did you know?”was Perizaad Zorabian’s reaction when we congratulated her on the news of her wedding. December 7 will see the actress tying the knot with beau Boman Irani – not the funnyman from Munna bhai, but a Mumbai-based real estate developer. But it will take some time before the whole idea sinks in.… Continue reading Perizaad Zorabian all set to marry Boman Irani
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Kennedy Center to Honour Zubin Mehta
Zubin Mehta is among the five stalwarts from the arts and entertainment field who will be honoured by the John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts this year. Apart from Mehta, the others are musical theatre composer and producer Andrew Lloyd Webber, country singer and songwriter Dolly Parton, singer, songwriter and producer Smokey Robinson,… Continue reading Kennedy Center to Honour Zubin Mehta
Dr. Homi Dastur, Eminent Neurosurgeon Turns 80
Dina Mehta, the power-house Indian blogger writes to inform that My dad, Dr. Homi Dastur, is 80 today … and you’d never know it if you met him. He’s a neurosurgeon and still operates at Jaslok Hospital, where he has been since 1974, and will until he is 83. One of the pioneering neurosurgeons in… Continue reading Dr. Homi Dastur, Eminent Neurosurgeon Turns 80
Dinyar Vania At the NY City Opera
Dinyar Vania, a Parsi tenor performs at the NY City Opera on October 14, 2006 and again the following Tuesday. As per the announcement “Dinyar Vania is making his lead tenor role debut with N.Y. City Opera in the role of Rudolfo in LaBoheme. It will be staged at the N.Y. State Theatre at Lincoln… Continue reading Dinyar Vania At the NY City Opera
Tata: the Indian industrial giant with a core of steel
Tata Steel was set up in the teeth of racist scorn and the incredulity of many servants of the Raj Both groups are headed by Indians and both are hungry to take over non-Indian steel companies. But there the similarities between Tata Steel, which yesterday was said to be contemplating buying the Anglo-Dutch steel firm… Continue reading Tata: the Indian industrial giant with a core of steel
Dasturji Jamasp Asa achieves fifty years of service
Tuesday was an important day for Mumbai’s Parsi community. The high priest of the community, Vada Dastur Saheb Khaikhusroo Dastur Minocher Pamasp Asa, of the 109-year-old Anjumana Atash Behram at Dhobitalao, completed 50 years of Dasturship (high priesthood). Khaikhusroo is the first priest of the community in Mumbai to complete such a long tenure. The… Continue reading Dasturji Jamasp Asa achieves fifty years of service
Capturing golden moments
Meet Armaity Bamanbehram, the first Parsi lady to have completed 25 years as a videographer Armaity Bamanbehram is no stranger in the world of videography. And is quite a renowned name among the Parsi community. After all, she has 25 years of experience in the field. Also known as the first Parsi lady to have… Continue reading Capturing golden moments
