Ervad Marzban J. Hathiram informs us about the passing away of the holy Varasyaji, and a fascinating primer on the importance of Varsyaji in Zoroastrian religion and culture. It is my sad duty to inform readers of Frashogard that the holy Varasyaji ?Shah Behram?, attached to the Bhagarsath Panth in Mumbai and stationed at the… Continue reading Cama Baug Agiary Varasyaji Pass Away
News and Updates
CJI Kapadia calls upon Parsis abroad to help in nation building
Chief Justice of India (CJI) Sarosh Kapadia has urged members of the Parsi community settled abroad to return to India and contribute to national development. “I always believed that it is better to be a first-class citizen in India than a second-class citizen abroad,” said Kapadia, during his felicitation by the Bombay Parsi Punchayat here… Continue reading CJI Kapadia calls upon Parsis abroad to help in nation building
Fali Sam Nariman: An Interview
For The Record: Fali Sam Nariman. ‘I have no take on Supreme Court’s verdict on Carbide’ An interview with the Times Of India. At 81, Fali Sam Nariman, elder statesman and conscience keeper of the Indian Bar and former member of the Rajya Sabha, has decided to do some remembering about a life lived amid… Continue reading Fali Sam Nariman: An Interview
Govt scheme to arrest decline in Parsi population
Concerned over the dwindling number of Parsis, one of the five notified national minorities, Government has launched a scheme to arrest the trend of decline in their population. The Central Sector Scheme is one of the four new projects to be implemented by the Ministry of Minority Affairs during the current financial year. The population… Continue reading Govt scheme to arrest decline in Parsi population
Is it time for an international Zarathushti referendum?
For the last 50 years, at the least, a debate is raging within our Community, between The orthodox and the reformist lobbies, leading to nowhere. By B.T. DASTUR / The Bombay Samachar Zoroastrianism, Reforms & Referendum The bad blood between the two lobbies reached its peak at the time of the last BPP Elections in… Continue reading Is it time for an international Zarathushti referendum?
Britannia restaurant: Flying food and other Parsi tales
Boman Kohinoor and his son/chef Romin tell CNNGo the long history of Britannia & Co. and share the sacred sali meat recipe from one of Mumbai’s best loved restaurants Article by Aarthi Gunnupuri / CNNGo In 1923, like a few other Zoroastrian immigrants from Iran, Rashid Kohinoor decided to get into the restaurant business in… Continue reading Britannia restaurant: Flying food and other Parsi tales
Minoo Bhandara Remembered
Out of my 10 favourite contemporary Pakistanis, four happen to be Parsis: Justice Dorab Patel, Ambassador Jamsheed Marker, Ardeshir Cowasjee and Minoo Bhandara. Article by Khaled Ahmed / Express Tribune Minoo Peshotan Bhandara (1938–2008) was a parliamentarian who died in an accident in China. Like his novelist sister, Bapsi Sidhwa, he wrote extremely well. A… Continue reading Minoo Bhandara Remembered
The Woman Jinnah Loved
The personal life of Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah (1876-1948) arouses great compassion simply because he was an astutely rational man. Article written by Khaled Ahmed / The Express Tribune He was married off in 1892 when he was 16 and still in school in Karachi. He travelled to Kutch to marry a bride called Emibai.… Continue reading The Woman Jinnah Loved
This Parsi divorce court convenes only twice a year
Indian courts abound with pending cases, but there is a court which does not seem to have much in hand. Article by Hetal Vyas / DNA India Therefore, it sits only twice a year. It’s a divorce court for Parsis, which operates from the Bombay high court and has five members from the community on… Continue reading This Parsi divorce court convenes only twice a year
