Here is a 2007 interview where Dastur Dr. Kotwal is in conversation Dr. Shernaz Cama; Chair of the UNESCO PARZOR Project. This interview originally appears on the PARZOR website Dastur Dr. Firoze Kotwal is a High Priest of the Parsi Zoroastrians of India and perhaps their greatest scholar in the Priestly tradition. From the age… Continue reading Dasturji Kotwal In Conversation with Shernaz Cama
News and Updates
Dates Announced for 11th World Zoroastrian Congress 2018 in Perth Australia
Chalo Perth !! The 11th edition of the World Zoroastrian Congress will be held from June 1 to June 4th 2018 in Perth, Australia Firoz K Pestonji who heads the organizing team of the 11th World Zoroastrian Congress to be held in Perth, Australia in 2018 G’day All Zoroastrain friends, Exactly 2 years from today… Continue reading Dates Announced for 11th World Zoroastrian Congress 2018 in Perth Australia
Remembering Nari K Rustomji
May 16 was Meghalaya’s first chief secretary Nari K Rustomji’s birth anniversary. Glenn C Kharkongor recalls his contribution to the Northeast NARI K Rustomji studied classical Latin and Greek, was secretary of the Musical Society and played the piano and violin at Cambridge University. Such a background would be considered unusual for a bureaucrat today.… Continue reading Remembering Nari K Rustomji
How Dilshad Master Applied Learnings From Launching A Television Channel To The Travel Business
In 2014, just weeks after a major surgery for a cancer diagnosis that two-years earlier had thrown Dilshad Master’s life into some sort of chaos, she found herself leading a trip to the Everest Base Camp. It was but a step in a journey that saw her go from launching television channels in India to… Continue reading How Dilshad Master Applied Learnings From Launching A Television Channel To The Travel Business
Speaking Tree: Ahura Mazda Ahura Mazda
Threads of Continuity — an exhibition on philosophy and culture of Zoroastrians in India is currently on in Delhi. MONA MEHTA reports on what she learnt about the Parsis from the show Half way through ‘Threads of Continuity’— a living culture exhibition on the 61,000-strong Zoroastrian community in India,I run into two senior citizens I… Continue reading Speaking Tree: Ahura Mazda Ahura Mazda
The Parsi phenomenon
As one of the smallest communities in number, the Parsis have made a phenomenal contribution in India. Firstly in business enterprise, and then richly in the fields of the visual arts, film, theatre, poetry and literature. Their contribution is being celebrated over the past two months in Delhi, at the National Gallery of Modern Art,… Continue reading The Parsi phenomenon
Amitav Ghosh: Of Facts and Fiction
Author Amitav Ghosh shared unknown facts about the roots of trade between India and China and the role played by the Parsi community. Sharang Bhaskaran reports That the Parsi community was at the forefront of all major trade activities in India during the 18th and 19th centuries is a well known fact. But what many… Continue reading Amitav Ghosh: Of Facts and Fiction
Phiroza Anklesaria: In Conversation
I wanted to be the Attorney General”, Anuj A in conversation with Phiroza Anklesaria She does not look like it. She simply does not. You would be forgiven for mistaking Phiroza Dhanjishaw Anklesaria as a gentle old lady, demure and happy to trundle along the path of the orthodox. You would be completely wrong. Designated… Continue reading Phiroza Anklesaria: In Conversation
Lt Gen Faridoon N Bilimoria: A Soldier’s General
Endearingly called Billy by his friends, Lt Gen FN Bilimoria, PVSM was undoubtedly one of the most distinguished and dedicated soldiers in the Indian Army. His family lineage too was uniquely illustrious. Among his forebears were a naval chief, a vice chief of the army staff, an army commander, a corps commander, a governor, an… Continue reading Lt Gen Faridoon N Bilimoria: A Soldier’s General
