While Mumbai and Pune are the first two cities people think of when it comes to good Parsi food, they forget that Udvada is really the heart of this cuisine. Udvada is home to the Iranshah, a sacred fire temple which houses the fire the Zoroastrians bought with them when they escaped from Iran. Article… Continue reading Food Picks in Udvada
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House of Fire: Can India’s Parsis survive their own success?
Fali Madon was looking for a bride. A boyish twenty-seven-year-old with twin passions for physical fitness and expensive cars, Fali was the chief priest of a Parsi fire temple in the Colaba district of Mumbai. For six years he’d been searching for a wife from within his tiny, tight-knit community — the Parsis, Indian practitioners… Continue reading House of Fire: Can India’s Parsis survive their own success?
3,000-yr Parsi tradition of final rites threatened by strike
The Bombay Parsi Punchayet received a notice of a strike by the Mumbai Mazdoor Sabha, which also includes workers who lay the community’s deceased to rest; the notice came after negotiations for a wage hike broke down yesterday Article By Anjana |Mid Day After causing months of unrest in the Zoroastrian community, the clash between… Continue reading 3,000-yr Parsi tradition of final rites threatened by strike
Parsis Aflame Over Snoop Dogg Video Featuring Sacred Symbol
A new video, “King,” featuring rapper Snoop Dogg and Iranian American singer Amitis has raised the ire of the worldwide Parsi community, including the Indian American community, for its use of a faravahar – a winged angel sacred to Zoroastrians – amongst its provocative imagery. Article by SUNITA SOHRABJI | India West The video opens… Continue reading Parsis Aflame Over Snoop Dogg Video Featuring Sacred Symbol
Navroze Godrej: 4th-gen Godrej ushers in new culture at Godrej & Boyce
Navroze Godrej, the son of Godrej & Boyce Manufacturing (G&B) chairman Jamshyd Godrej, and who is the only member of the fourth generation of the Godrejs so far to be inducted on the company’s board, is bringing about a culture change at the 118-year-old organization. Article by Namrata Singh | Times of India A key… Continue reading Navroze Godrej: 4th-gen Godrej ushers in new culture at Godrej & Boyce
YouTube withdraws Snoop Dogg video
Readers of Parsi Khabar might remember that we had broken the story of the video featuring Snoop Dogg and Amitis, that had questionable and disrespectful use of the Farohar in it. The story then got picked up by various news agencies and someone in Kolkatta filed a public interest litigation in the High Court against… Continue reading YouTube withdraws Snoop Dogg video
Khandias: The Keepers of Doongerwadi
Among Parsis, Khandias are a group of people spoken about only in hushed tones. It is their job to bathe and carry the deceased of the community to the Towers of Silence for vultures, and then tend to the mortal remains, pushing them ritually into a deep pit at the centre of the circular ‘tower’… Continue reading Khandias: The Keepers of Doongerwadi
How India makes Parsi babies
The Parsis of India are a unique community, but their numbers are declining fast. In an effort to change this, the government is spending $1.5m to encourage them to have more children. Persis Aspi Kamakhan still cannot believe her luck. She clucks and coos at her baby daughter, Hufriya, as she tries to dress her… Continue reading How India makes Parsi babies
Udvada gets Rs 20 Crore boost
Gujarat’s tourism ministry has sanctioned Rs 20 crore for the development of Udvada, home to the Iranshah Atash Behram, the highest order fire temple for Parsis. Article By Jyoti Shelar | Mumbai Mirror The first instalment of Rs 10 crore has already been released, and the second instalment will be released in the next financial… Continue reading Udvada gets Rs 20 Crore boost
