Norouz 2009 event at Philadelphia Museum of Art on March 8th Silk Road Dance Company – click here for high resolution image The fourth annual Norouz (Persian New Year) event will be held at the Philadelphia Museum of Art on Sunday March 8th. This is a one day event with many fun activities for children… Continue reading Norouz 2009 event at Philadelphia Museum of Art
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Kushti Prayers: The Correct Protocol
Prescribed Method of doing Paadyaab-Kushti Originally featured in Dini Avaz, Mar.-Apr. 1999 PAADYAAB The Paadyaab is an important step while performing the Kushti. The Kushti is incomplete without doing the Paadyaab first i.e. while reciting Kshnaothra Ahurahe Mazdao. Ashem Vohu (1) wash the exposed parts of the body hands and arms, face and feet (if… Continue reading Kushti Prayers: The Correct Protocol
Firdaus Shroff to offer Sports Consultancy Services
Firdaus Shroff, father of teenage Indian tennis star Kyra & under-13 national football player Porus has launched his own Sports Consultancy service to guide parents on how to convert a sporting dream into a reality for their wards. Having spent an enormous amount of time developing relationships and evaluating training schools in India and abroad… Continue reading Firdaus Shroff to offer Sports Consultancy Services
Persia: The Lost World
Eric Lurio writes a wonderful three part travelogue on modern day Iran. Titled Notes on the Iran/Persia Conflict: A Travelogue it runs on the famous Huffington Post website. Below is an excerpt from the first part. Continue reading parts two and three at the links below. Part One: Tourism is not a dirty word Few… Continue reading Persia: The Lost World
Daddy’s Deli: Parsi Cuisine in Bangalore
Daddy A combination of Persian and Gujarati food, Parsi cuisine is interesting and flavourful Zarine and Nozer Daroga are both passionately fond of food, so they decided to open a restaurant specialising in the cuisine they grew up liking — Parsi. “We opened Daddy’s Deli, eight years ago in Richmond Town but since the place… Continue reading Daddy’s Deli: Parsi Cuisine in Bangalore
Matters of Heart and Faith Guide a Zoroastrian Matchmaker
When Pouroo Dorabshaw flew to Los Angeles four years ago on a business trip, her mother urged her to visit a family friend just outside the city. The friend, it just so happened, was having a party the night of Miss Dorabshaw’s arrival. There was even another guest who could drive her straight from the… Continue reading Matters of Heart and Faith Guide a Zoroastrian Matchmaker
Zoroastrians Observe Sadeh Festival in Iran
Iran’s Zoroastrian community held the Jashn-e-Sadeh Festival for celebrating the discovery of fire on the 10th of the Iranian month of Bahman (which coincided this year with Jan. 29). Considered one of the biggest Persian festivities in ancient times, Jashn-e-Sadeh — also known as the day of kindness — is celebrated by Zoroastrians throughout the… Continue reading Zoroastrians Observe Sadeh Festival in Iran
Vadodara Parsis break path, allow all to have a glimpse of Agiyari from inside
In A path-breaking development, the Parsi community in Gujarat will open the Agiyari to people from other communities. This is for the first time in the state that the Parsis have shed their conventional ideology and allowed people from outside their faith to have a close look at their holy place. The Maiyat Khan Saheb… Continue reading Vadodara Parsis break path, allow all to have a glimpse of Agiyari from inside
Porus Shroff: Football Wonderkid
As an youngster — he’s still only 12 — Campion School student Porus Shroff had told his father Firdaus that since the Sr Shroff had played club cricket in England, he should end up playing his favourite sport, football, in England, as well. That was before it struck the pre-teen that playing football in the… Continue reading Porus Shroff: Football Wonderkid
