We at Jiyo Parsi are collating information about Matrimonial Services. As a small Diasporic community we feel the need for our networking to expand globally bringing together our youth to make friends as well as possible partners. It would also help with networking about professional development and possible partners in the same profession or with… Continue reading Jiyo Parsi collating information about Matrimonial Services
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Visitations from the World Above – MUKTADS, the Festival of Hamaspathmaedaya
Online session on Zoroastrianism by Khojeste P. Mistree titled, “Visitation from the World Above – MUKTADS, the Festival of Hamaspathmaedaya” Copyright © 2020 Khojeste P. Mistree | Zoroastrian Studies – Mumbai All rights reserved Also find a primer on how to celebrate the Muktads at home. The Muktād or the Fravardīgān is the Zoroastrian festival… Continue reading Visitations from the World Above – MUKTADS, the Festival of Hamaspathmaedaya
Indian Billionaires Bet Big on Head Start in Coronavirus Vaccine Race
The world’s largest vaccine producer, the Serum Institute, announced a plan to make hundreds of millions of doses of an unproven inoculation. It’s a gamble with a huge upside. And huge risks. Scientists at the Serum Institute in Pune, India, working on a bioreactor. Inside is a promising coronavirus vaccine candidate.Credit…Atul Loke for The New… Continue reading Indian Billionaires Bet Big on Head Start in Coronavirus Vaccine Race
The Irani Aviator And His Flying Machine
The Irani doctor of Dahanu and his flying machine Dr. Behramshah Mazda, MBBS, was on the phone. Talking to me from Dahanu. Hometown of the Zoroastrian Iranis. About 120-km from Mumbai by road. I was speaking to him after years. But I could picture him easily. A burly, blustery Irani. Trusted in Dahanu for decades… Continue reading The Irani Aviator And His Flying Machine
Saklatvala Mausoleum in New York
An email from my friend Kersi Shroff tipped me off on what turned out to be a great treasure hunt in search of the Saklatvala Mausoleum in the Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx in New York City. Kersi writes… The Woodlawn Cemetery has cuneiform inscription on the tomb of the then well-known Phirozshah Saklatvalla, whose… Continue reading Saklatvala Mausoleum in New York
The Killing of a Zoroastrian Priest Highlights Religious Apartheid in Iran
The murder of a Zoroastrian cleric in Kerman province in late July has sparked fresh debate over the rights of religious minorities in the Islamic Republic. In Iran, non-Muslims are not entitled to the same legal rights as Shia Muslims, and this has a huge impact on the way murder is dealt with in the… Continue reading The Killing of a Zoroastrian Priest Highlights Religious Apartheid in Iran
Massiah Foundation challenge gift to fund UCI chair in Zoroastrian studies
$1.5 million endowment will establish first chair of its kind in the U.S. The University of California, Irvine has received a $1.5 million challenge commitment from the Massiah Foundation to establish the Ferdowsi Presidential Chair in Zoroastrian Studies – the first of its kind in the United States. Additionally, the University of California will support… Continue reading Massiah Foundation challenge gift to fund UCI chair in Zoroastrian studies
The Starting of Good Times: Zoroastrian Perspective
I’d like to shed some light on the present circumstances from a Zoroastrian perspective. The virus, pandemic, or any kind pain and sickness does not come from God, God is all good. Hence, only the good and good can ever come from God. Evil comes from an agency outside God, namely Ahriman. It depends on… Continue reading The Starting of Good Times: Zoroastrian Perspective
US-based Zoroastrian priest killed in Iran, in apparent murder
Local prosecutor tells Iranian media that body of Arash Kasravi, who was visiting to deal with his father’s estate, found alongside those of two other men days after going missing A Zoroastrian priest who resided in the United States has been killed on a visit to Iran, the country’s judiciary said in local media reports… Continue reading US-based Zoroastrian priest killed in Iran, in apparent murder
