From time to time, Parsi Khabar will publish letters it receives from readers on community matters. Below is one such letter sent to us by a regular Parsi Khabar reader Arzan J. Ghadially. Open Letter to BPP Sr Executive Mr Pheroze Patel Dear Readers,I humbly request all to spare some time to read this… Continue reading An Open Letter to BPP Sr Executive Mr Pheroze Patel
Category: Issues
What would you prefer: a museum or a thriving art centre?
In the news entirely for the wrong reasons is the Bhabha bungalow. (A little aside here: is anyone or anything ever in the news for the right reason?). The newspapers are full of it, and TV channels are running discussions about it. Yet, if we were in a logical world, there would be no fuss,… Continue reading What would you prefer: a museum or a thriving art centre?
For Parsi population, eight small beginnings: Jiyo Parsi
Less than a year after the government launched “Jiyo Parsi”, a scheme to check the alarming decline in the country’s Parsi population, the stork is set to visit eight couples from the community who are beneficiaries of the scheme. By Parul Chandra | New Delhi The scheme, a mix of community-driven advocacy and medical assistance… Continue reading For Parsi population, eight small beginnings: Jiyo Parsi
BMC allots land in Worli for Parsis who opt for cremation
With conservatives allegedly barring reformists from prayer halls in the Malabar Hill Doongerwadi, the civic body has allotted space to them in the Worli crematorium. By Jyoti Shelar | Mumbai Mirror The BMC has allotted 3,700 square feet of land inside the Worli crematorium for a prayer hall for Parsis who opt to cremate their… Continue reading BMC allots land in Worli for Parsis who opt for cremation
A Burning Question
Mumbai’s Parsis find themselves divided over a crematorium for those who’d rather not opt for the traditional Towers of Silence. By Lhendup G Bhutia |OPEN Magazine When Dinshaw Tamboly was about eight years old, he attended a Parsi funeral for the first time. His grandfather had passed away and his body was taken to Doongerwadi,… Continue reading A Burning Question
Canadian Parsi body decries its leader’s speech
The Zoroastrian Society of Ontario (ZSO) has denounced a controversial public speech made by its president Sarosh Bharucha, suggesting that Mumbai Parsis should migrate to Canada if they object to the community’s "outdated" practices. Bharucha made these remarks during the World Zoroastrian Congress in Mumbai last December. A TOI report had quoted him stating, "If… Continue reading Canadian Parsi body decries its leader’s speech
Can India save its Parsi community with assisted reproduction?
The size of the Zoroastrian population is in sharp decline, reports Jeetha D’Silva, so the federal government has decided to fund advocacy and in vitro fertilisation in the hope of bucking the trend By Jeetha D’Silva | BMJ A select team of doctors from throughout India will soon be working on an initiative that is… Continue reading Can India save its Parsi community with assisted reproduction?
