Since the 1990s, The World Zoroastrian Organisation Trust, based in India, has been working in the villages of Gujarat, specifically in the villages of Navsari and Surat, to uplift the lives of poor Zoroastrians and their families. The Promise Of A New Day, highlights some of the organisation’s most notable work over the last two… Continue reading The Promise Of A New Day: World Zoroastrian Organisation Trust
Category: Issues
The Parsi Elite Welcomed in their Host Societies
Agnostic over at Dusk in Autumn poses a very interesting question… Why are Parsi elites welcomed, while Jewish and Chinese elites are reviled? Even though they are only one case, it is such a strong counter-example that it must make us reconsider what truly underlies the psychology of anger toward ethnic elites. The Parsis, like… Continue reading The Parsi Elite Welcomed in their Host Societies
Should Parsis promote funeral alternatives?
The discovery of a desiccated human body part in the garden of a fire temple on Napean Sea Road last week caused a lot of distress and deliberation among the city’s Parsi-Zoroastrians. By Manoj Nair |DNA India The Malabar Hill police suspect that the body part must have been picked up by a scavenger bird… Continue reading Should Parsis promote funeral alternatives?
Dasturji Khurshed Dastur on the Udvada Land Issue
Dinyar Patel at Yazdegard.net has published an interview with Dasturji Khurshed Dastur, addressing the Udvada Land issue. What can Parsis do to help the Udvada Samast Anjuman? Parsis need to stop listening to and spreading rumors about the case. There have been a lot of rumors and inaccurate accounts that have been floating around… Continue reading Dasturji Khurshed Dastur on the Udvada Land Issue
Allahabad Parsis Relying on ‘temporary’ Parsi priest for rituals
ALLAHABAD: Even as the heads count of the Parsi community is diminishing, both in the Sangam city as well as across the country, the community is struggling to find a ‘Mobed’ (Priest) to perform various rituals spanning from birth of individual to his death. Even in this crucial juncture, the Atash Behram or the Holy… Continue reading Allahabad Parsis Relying on ‘temporary’ Parsi priest for rituals
Carrying Hope: The Parsis of Surat
As the world’s population crosses the seven-billion mark, the dwindling Parsi community is trying to make its contribution By Mayank Austen Soofi | LiveMint Farzana Kharadi is carrying the weight of her community’s hopes. Not because this 29-year-old is a former beauty queen or a trained fashion designer. She is trained in Bharatanatyam, but that’s… Continue reading Carrying Hope: The Parsis of Surat
The Movie Shooting Controversey and Doongerwadi: An Open Letter.
The below is an open letter by Arzan J. Ghadially, regular reader of Parsi Khabar, on the recent incidents about the movie shooting at Khareghat Colony and the subsequent parking of vehicles, etc at the Doongerwadi premises. To The Trustee of the Bombay Parsee Panchayat Funds and Properties Kind Attn: Mr Yezdi Desai – Trustee… Continue reading The Movie Shooting Controversey and Doongerwadi: An Open Letter.
For a Zarathushti, there is no alternative but to go the dokhma way
Ervad Marzban J. Hathiram, editor of Frashogard.com and a good friend of Parsi Khabar shares a letter the editor of Jame-Jamshed. Ervad Marzban J. Hathiram writes The Editor Jame-Jamshed Mumbai. Dear Sir, I have been following with interest the ongoing debate about Dokhmenashini in your paper. As one who has done a little study… Continue reading For a Zarathushti, there is no alternative but to go the dokhma way
Why Parsi girls won’t pick Parsi boys for marriage
At a posh venue in Dadar Parsi colony, the glass doors open to a scene that’s something between a promising party and a formal social gathering. The music is loud enough to drown the voices of the 40 Parsi boys and girls who’ve assembled here to seek out ‘the one’. By Kareena Gianani | DNA… Continue reading Why Parsi girls won’t pick Parsi boys for marriage
