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Architect Sarosh Anklesaria Wins 2019 Richard Rogers Fellowship

Sarosh Anklesaria is one of the six winner of the 2019 RIchard Rogers Fellowship. Announced by the Harvard Graduate School of Design, Sarosh will will spend three and a half months completing an in-residency research program at the Wimbledon House in London. The Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD) revealed the six winners of the… Continue reading Architect Sarosh Anklesaria Wins 2019 Richard Rogers Fellowship

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South Mumbai Zoroastrian Heritage Walk for Children by Team Empowering Mobeds

Yesterday was a sunday of different sorts- the snarling traffic of South Mumbai which has become more painful with the ongoing Metro works seemed to be lesser. Is it the Lagan Navjote season that made this happen , we don’t know but we were very happy to conduct a fun and interactive heritage walk with… Continue reading South Mumbai Zoroastrian Heritage Walk for Children by Team Empowering Mobeds

Zerbanoo Gifford Enters the Honorable Society of Knights of Round Table

We are thrilled to learn that our dearest friend and mentor Zerbanoo Gifford has been welcomed into the Honorable Society of the Knights of the Round Table. Zerbanoo Gifford is the founder of the ASHA Centre near Flaxley, now globally recognised as one of the most vibrant places for young people to be empowered and… Continue reading Zerbanoo Gifford Enters the Honorable Society of Knights of Round Table

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Meet Chef Delzad Khurshed Avari whose signature dish is the barbecued pulled pork

Chef Delzad Avari’s pulled pork is one for all seasons: it can be cuddled between breads, bundled in rotis or tucked in with rice. Delzad Avari, 30, wanted to cook since the time he couldn’t reach the stove. “I was brought up in a typical Parsi family, which loves their food and alcohol,” he says.… Continue reading Meet Chef Delzad Khurshed Avari whose signature dish is the barbecued pulled pork

Parsis in Mumbai move SC to realign Metro-3 tunnel below Atash Behrams

A special leave petition was filed challenging the HC order, which was mentioned before Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi. Article by Yesha Kotak | Hindustan Times Three days after the Bombay high court (HC) rejected their petition, members of the Parsi community moved the Supreme Court (SC) on Monday, seeking the realignment of a tunnel for… Continue reading Parsis in Mumbai move SC to realign Metro-3 tunnel below Atash Behrams

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Sale to non-Parsi stokes society’s 25-yr legal battle to expel member

A cooperative housing society formed exclusively for Parsi community members in Sanjan town of south Gujarat has been fighting a legal battle for more than 25 years to expel a member. The main grouse against the member, fellow Parsi E E Sabawala, being that he sold society’s property to non-Parsi people. The dispute erupted between… Continue reading Sale to non-Parsi stokes society’s 25-yr legal battle to expel member

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Could a Tower of Silence For Zoroastrian Funerals Be Built in Texas ?

Khushbu Solanki, a Rutgers Law graduate makes a compelling arguement for a Dokhma in Texas. Khushbu writes… Traditional Zoroastrian funerals require stone structures called Dakhmas — “Towers of Silence” — on which corpses are eaten by buzzards, because the Zoroastrian holy text bans other funeral methods. Excarnatory funeral practices are classified as criminal “Abuse of… Continue reading Could a Tower of Silence For Zoroastrian Funerals Be Built in Texas ?

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Bombay High Court Permits Mumbai Metro 3 tunnelling under two fire temples

Senior Journalist and friend of Parsi Khabar, Nauzer Bharucha writes A COMMUNITY SCARRED “The Bombay High Court today allowed a metro rail tunnel to run under one of the most venerated Fire Temples of the Parsis in India—the 188-year-old Wadia Atash Behram in south Mumbai. The entire Parsi-Irani community is in a state of shock… Continue reading Bombay High Court Permits Mumbai Metro 3 tunnelling under two fire temples

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