Within a week of the first lockdown, I came across an appeal by the BPP (Bombay Parsee Punchayet). They were looking for volunteers to assist old and needy Parsees. Volunteers to deliver food, groceries & medicines to so many old people living alone, who were suddenly stranded without any help whatsoever. Now, the BPP are… Continue reading BPP: The Positive COVID-19 Experiences
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Rustom Cooper Becomes Oldest Living Middlesex First Class Cricketer
RUSTOM ‘RUSSI’ SORABJI COOPER BECOMES MIDDLESEX’S OLDEST LIVING FIRST-CLASS CRICKETER Rustom Cooper, born in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, on 15th December 1922, today became Middlesex’s oldest first-class cricketer, aged 97 years, 183 days old. [ Cricinfo Player Profile ] Article on Middlesex CCC website Prior to this, the record was held by James Gilman, who passed… Continue reading Rustom Cooper Becomes Oldest Living Middlesex First Class Cricketer
Avesthagen Releases The First Complete Zoroastrian-Parsi Mitochondria Reference Genome
Avesthagen releases “The First complete Zoroastrian-Parsi Mitochondria Reference Genome: Implications of mitochondrial signatures in an endogamous, non-smoking population” – The study unravels mitochondrial signatures linked to persian origin, longevity and associated health conditions Avesthagen Limited, with support from the Foundation for a Smoke Free World, New York, USA is developing a systems biology-based approach for… Continue reading Avesthagen Releases The First Complete Zoroastrian-Parsi Mitochondria Reference Genome
Iranshah Atashbehram Will Open post COVID-19 Lockdown
We are happy to hear from our dear Vada Dasturji Khurshed Dastoor….. Dear Humdins, Thank you for your patience and understanding during this unprecedented lockdown caused by the COVID-19 pandemic that has affected everyone globally. After careful deliberation and with a lot of caution, we, The Udwada Nine Family Athornan Anjuman have decided to start… Continue reading Iranshah Atashbehram Will Open post COVID-19 Lockdown
The Art Of Being Persian
It is sunset and I am standing on the top of one of the Towers of Silence — a massive rock citadel where the Zoroastrians once laid out their dead for the vultures, to avoid contaminating the air with cremation, or the earth with burial. Article by Samira Ahmed | Financial Times I look down… Continue reading The Art Of Being Persian
Survey on esoteric Zoroastrianism
Mariano Errichiello is a PhD candidate at the Department of History, Religions and Philosophies of SOAS (School of African and Oriental Studies), University of London. He is currently researching contemporary Zoroastrian esotericism under the supervision of Prof. Almut Hintze and Dr. Sarah Stewart. From October 2019 to March 2020, Mariano was conducting his fieldwork in… Continue reading Survey on esoteric Zoroastrianism
The irrepressible charm of Bapsi Nariman
With the passing at 89 on Tuesday of Bapsi Nariman, née Contractor, wife of eminent jurist Fali Nariman and a fiercely independent lady in her own right, I have lost a mother figure and my daughters a grandmother. Having been attached for over 25 years to Fali and Bapsi — the archetypal ‘Parsi lady,’ crisp… Continue reading The irrepressible charm of Bapsi Nariman
My stand on Tata legacy hotspots is vindicated: Cyrus Mistry to SC
In his affidavit filed in the Supreme Court, Mistry gave details on businesses which, he claimed, had failed due to wrong business calls made by Mistry’s predecessor, Ratan Tata. Cyrus Mistry, former chairman of Tata Group, has said his stand on the group’s sick businesses was vindicated as losses in these “legacy hotspots” continued to… Continue reading My stand on Tata legacy hotspots is vindicated: Cyrus Mistry to SC
Dadabhai Naoroji: A new life for the grand old man of India
Dinyar Patel’s biography of the politician shines a light on his multifaceted career, especially his campaign to be elected to the British parliament Dadabhai Naoroji reached Bombay (now Mumbai) from London on the afternoon of 3 December 1893. An estimated half a million people thronged the streets to welcome him. Over a year ago, in… Continue reading Dadabhai Naoroji: A new life for the grand old man of India
