Mr Mistry’s second novel Such a Long Journey, which won the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize, was removed from Mumbai University’s literature syllabus following threats from the Shiv Sena, a violent political group which promotes the state’s indigenous Marathi people. By Dean Nelson / Telegraph UK Rajan Weluka, the university’s… Continue reading Author Rohinton Mistry slams Mumbai University after book ban
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Parsi Delegation at Art of Living Centre in Bangalore
Parsis were represented at a well attended inter-faith conference held at the Art of Living International Centre in Bangalore on 27 & 28 September 2010. By Noshir Dadrawala. The Parsi delegation included three priests from Mumbai – Ervad Aspandiar Dadachanji, Ervad Cyrus Dastur & Ervad Homi Gowadia, as also Ervad Mehernosh Bharucha of Hyderabad and… Continue reading Parsi Delegation at Art of Living Centre in Bangalore
Don’t take my book away
A Mumbai University student responds to the Shiv Sena’s syllabus censorship. I am just another Mumbaikar who has lived all his life in the suburbs. The 50-minute Harbour Line local train journey from Vashi to Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus brings me to south Bombay every day. I am also a regular 18-year-old college student, for whom… Continue reading Don’t take my book away
Parsis pitch for cricket to revive it among youth ‘lost in Facebooking’
When British colonialists first introduced cricket to India, the first Indians to take up the sport were Parsis. They dominated the game in Mumbai for more than a century. Lately, it seems, the pitches no longer attracts young Parsis to the game. By Manoj Nair / DNA India Now the Parsee Gymkhana, the Parsee Cyclist… Continue reading Parsis pitch for cricket to revive it among youth ‘lost in Facebooking’
Tata Group endows $50 Million to Harvard University
Harvard Business School on Thursday announced it received a $50 million donation from India’s diversified conglomerate Tata Group, the largest gift the school received from an international donor in its 102-year history. The funds will be used to build a new academic and residential building on the school’s campus in Boston. Harvard said it hopes… Continue reading Tata Group endows $50 Million to Harvard University
Dance Bawa Dance: ZYNG Organizes Dance Competition
When this group of Parsis decided to get the country’s Zoroastrian youth on one platform, they chose to do it reality-TV style. By Aarefa Johari, Hindustan Times On Saturday evening, Mumbai’s Zoroastrian Youth for the Next Generation (ZYNG) will host Dance Bawa Dance, a showcase of some of the most talented Parsi dancers in India.… Continue reading Dance Bawa Dance: ZYNG Organizes Dance Competition
Parsis say no to conversion
A gang of Mexican drug smugglers, a sect of Brazilian nudists, a group of paedophiles__they have all professed to be Zoroastrians. Shocked and to stop such "infiltrations", about 35 Parsi-Irani Anjumans, representing different cities, towns and villages in India, passed a resolution against conversion into the community after the UK-based World Zoroastrian Organisation (WZO) recently… Continue reading Parsis say no to conversion
Hey, I got a flat
The only time one can be ecstatic about getting a flat is when it is a house in the city, not a tyre that one is talking about. The Bombay Parsi Punchayet (BPP) is one of the largest land owners in Mumbai, scrambling to provide housing to a dwindling community By Hemal Ashar / Mid-Day… Continue reading Hey, I got a flat
Parsis debate race vs religion
In February, Russian Zoroastrian Michael Chistyakov rubbed several orthodox Indian Parsi leaders the wrong way when he came to Gujarat to become a religious priest. He returned to Russia almost immediately, but left behind a community divided more vehemently on questions of conversion and ethnicity than ever before. By Aarefa Johari / Hindustan Times One… Continue reading Parsis debate race vs religion
