Xerxes Bodhanwala is the chef-owner of Red Fork a successful restaurant in Bangalore. At a young age he has achieved many laurels and this month added the Times Food Award 2016 for the “Best Chef Owned Restaurant. The award was presented to him in a glittering ceremony on Friday December 11th, 2015.
News and Updates
Zerbanoo Gifford and Farida Master at the Ripon Club
Over 100 people filed up the 3rd floor of the Ripon Club on Wednesday December 16, 2015 for a book reading event organised by the Jame Jamshed newspaper. An Uncensored Life: Zerbanoo Gifford authored by Farida Master was recently released at the Times Lit Fest and at the Ripon Club, both Zerbanoo and Farida enthralled… Continue reading Zerbanoo Gifford and Farida Master at the Ripon Club
Scouter Pervez S Irani Awarded the Silver Star by President of India
Scouter Pervez Shapur Irani was awarded Scouting’s second highest award the Silver Star, by the President of India at a glittering ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on December 8th 2015. Scouter Irani has spent a lifetime of active duty in Scouting at all levels and held various positions in the West Bombay… Continue reading Scouter Pervez S Irani Awarded the Silver Star by President of India
Parsi beloved community of India
Man, I love Parsis. And director and photographer Sooni bawaji, the term of respect for an older Taraporevala in her charming lm Little Zizou. Bombay, the city I was born and raised in, was built on the dedication and ingenuity of stalwarts like Phirozeshah Mehta, Dadabhai Naoroji and JRD Tata. At every stage of my… Continue reading Parsi beloved community of India
Ancestral Affairs by Keki N Daruwalla: First Read
There has been no news from Zarine for over ten days. I am worried. Resentments have been building up from her side. Resentments, in any case, are not hard to work on. I had put Rohinton, our son, in a boarding school at Lawrence College, Murree. Zarine had argued and fought. We need to make… Continue reading Ancestral Affairs by Keki N Daruwalla: First Read
Bone Marrow Match Drive for Kamron Sohrabian
Meher Amalsad, friend of Parsi Khabar informs us… Kamron Sohrabian, a senior in high school is in dire need of a bone marrow transplant. He is a resident of Orange County, California. His chances of finding a match within the Zarathushti community are greater. Thus, we are asking you to reach out and make a… Continue reading Bone Marrow Match Drive for Kamron Sohrabian
Princeton’s Great Persian Book of Kings: Book Review
Imagine a 948-page book so large that, open, it stretches 3 feet across. Imagine further that as you read of heroism and intrigue, romance and war, bloody battles and festive celebrations, every so often you turn the page to find not columns of words but a painting in colors as rich as its composition is… Continue reading Princeton’s Great Persian Book of Kings: Book Review
Woman with ties to Gainesville starring in movie about Mother Teresa
Mahabanoo Mody-Kotwal is major character in ‘The Letters’ When Mahabanoo Mody-Kotwal was a little girl, she loved being on stage. Article by Kristen Oliver Gainesville Times But she set aside her passion for almost 40 years, out of respect for her father’s wishes. The Mumbai, India, native whose family now resides in Gainesville, is co-star… Continue reading Woman with ties to Gainesville starring in movie about Mother Teresa
Zubin Mehta Conducts First Delhi Concert of Australian Orchestra
Music maestro Zubin Mehta on Friday led the Australian World Orchestra to a scintillating evening of rousing Western classical music in New Delhi with the highlight being the powerful voice of soprano Greta Bradman, granddaughter of cricket legend Don Bradman. The 79-year-old Mumbai-born virtuoso received a standing ovation who swished his baton with a theatrical… Continue reading Zubin Mehta Conducts First Delhi Concert of Australian Orchestra
