I remember celebrating Navroze since I was in Mama Parsi Girls’ Secondary School. All the Zarthosti children and teachers would put up the Navroze table on the eve of the New Year. Every girl would be assigned to bring a single item and then together we would help each other set it up on the… Continue reading Navroze: Yesterday and today
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Pakistan’s Parsi Parliamentarian fights for minority rights
Isphanyar Bhandara Demands 5% Job Quota In Private Sector The 1857 Revolt had big and small consequences for the sub continent. One of the largest was the British Crown formally extending its sovereignty over India. A far smaller side-effect was a brewery established in the Punjab in 1860 to cater to British troops. Fast forward… Continue reading Pakistan’s Parsi Parliamentarian fights for minority rights
The 2015 Zoroastrian Return To Roots Tour Kicks Off
The 2015 Zoroastrian Return To Roots kicked off today in New Delhi, India. This is the second tour after the widely acclaimed first one in December 2013. The program organized under the aegis of UNESCO PARZOR bring Zarthushti youth from all over the global diaspora to an immersive exoerience of the Zoroastrian culture, history, tradition… Continue reading The 2015 Zoroastrian Return To Roots Tour Kicks Off
Anahita Dhondy: Chef at SodaBottleOpenerWala in New Delhi
Anahita Dhondy is a Chef Manager at the very famous SodaBottleOpenerWala. Being a Parsi herself, she brings in the trademark flavours of Parsi food at two restaurants of SodaBottleOpenerWala in Delhi(Khan Market) and Gurgaon (Cyberhub). She speaks to OFFDHOOK on how challenging it is to be a female Chef and what does International Women’s Day… Continue reading Anahita Dhondy: Chef at SodaBottleOpenerWala in New Delhi
Tehnaz Bahadurji: What’s it Like to be a Parsi ?
Just as the matriarch of the Tamil household in Chennai dots her porch with a kolam at the crack of dawn every day, women of the Parsi community pretty up theirs with what they call a ‘chalk’. “It’s just like the kolam, except we have readymade tins with holes designed in them so all we… Continue reading Tehnaz Bahadurji: What’s it Like to be a Parsi ?
Elderly Parsi killed by ex-help in Bandra
A 78-year-old retired principal secretary to a former Chief Justice of the Bombay high court was murdered at his residence at Tata Blocks, Bandra (West), early on Sunday. His wife was bound, blindfolded and threatened by the killers before they made off with valuables worth Rs 8.09 lakh. The accused, both in their early twenties,… Continue reading Elderly Parsi killed by ex-help in Bandra
J. N. Tata: A man who made a lot of wealth, and a lot more goodwill
‘Wealth came to him in full measure, but he remained to the last what he was in nature, a simple modest gentleman, seeking neither title nor place, and loving with love that knew no bounds the land that gave him birth.’ – Sir Lawrence Jenkins (chief justice of Bombay High Court, 1905) Those who know… Continue reading J. N. Tata: A man who made a lot of wealth, and a lot more goodwill
Rustom’s Parsi Bhonu in New Delhi
Lace curtains, antique cabinets, wooden chairs, glass ceiling lanterns and family photographs stud the little room, as Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da plays over the speakers. The space is a replica of her own home, from the geometric tiles to the creamy yellow walls, smiles chef-owner Kainaz Contractor, who has tied up with Café Lota’s Rahul Dua for… Continue reading Rustom’s Parsi Bhonu in New Delhi
Must a Zoroastrian Date only Zoroastrians?
After we linked to the article you will read below, we received emails from Karishma Patel, who is one of the subjects of the article below; and Homi D. Gandhi; Vice-President FEZANA. Their emails both touch upon the same issue of misrepresentation by the author. We hope that the original author of the article will… Continue reading Must a Zoroastrian Date only Zoroastrians?
