By Rathin Das | Surat At a time when most countries are engaged in controlling the population explosion, the miniscule Parsi community here is busy taking steps to increase its fast-dwindling numbers. The Parsis in Surat, estimated to be only around 3,500, now have reasons to celebrate as 19 babies have been added to the… Continue reading Parsis push on with sops to boost birth rate
Category: Issues
Parsis moot Waqf-like body to protect land
By Nauzer Bharucha, TNN 7 September 2009, 12:47am IST Large-scale encroachments on properties belonging to Parsi trusts across the country led to suggestions during a two-day meet over the weekend that the community should urge the Centre to set up a Wakf Board-like body to protect such properties. The Muslim Wakf Board, set up through… Continue reading Parsis moot Waqf-like body to protect land
Zoroastrians: Mapping Our Future: A Survey
Sam Balsara of Madison Advertising is putting together a presentation for the World Zoroastrian Congress in Dubai at the end of this year. As part of that he would like as many Zoroastrians to fill out a survey that will help him analyze current trends and thought process and lead to an analysis/brainstorming session. The… Continue reading Zoroastrians: Mapping Our Future: A Survey
Religious Adultery and Parsis
Ervad Marzban J. Hathiram, a good old friend, editor of Frashogard.com and the Panthaki at the Jogeshwari Daremehr has written a hard hitting post on religious adultery. Marzban writes My apologies for not updating the blog for the last few weeks since I was tied up in the Muktad preparations and prayers in our Daremeher… Continue reading Religious Adultery and Parsis
Zoroastrians hope ‘Facebook for Parsees’ will revive religion
By Rhys Blakely in Mumbai for the Times UK. During their brief history, social networking websites have united millions of long-lost school friends and diverted millions of office workers from, well, working. But can one save a 3,500-year-old religion on the brink of extinction? Zoroastrianism, whose fire-worshipping followers subscribe to the teachings of the prophet… Continue reading Zoroastrians hope ‘Facebook for Parsees’ will revive religion
Parsis seek apology from Arjun Rampal over ‘hurtful’ remark
Arjun Rampal should apologise to the Parsis. This is the demand from sections of the Parsi community who are scandalised with the actor for stating in a recent interview to a men’s magazine that he had visited a Parsi fire-temple or agiary. "I must be one of the few people who has gone into the… Continue reading Parsis seek apology from Arjun Rampal over ‘hurtful’ remark
Parsi Priests Challenge BPP Decision after Ban
Zoroastrian priest banned by the apex community trust challenges its decision; says he will not stop conducting rituals for mixed-marriage Parsis A Zoroastrian priest – who was banned from praying at the Towers of Silence and fire temples because he has been conducting Navjotes (initiation ceremonies) for children from mixed marriages and offering after-death prayers… Continue reading Parsi Priests Challenge BPP Decision after Ban
