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Indian Parsis seek NCM’s help to dispose of dead

NEW DELHI: India’s official National Commission for Minorities (NCM) has come to the rescue of the tiny Parsi community, which is worried over the disposal of their dead because of the dwindling population of vultures. It has decided to set up a nursery for breeding vultures around Mumbai, where most Parsis reside. Dr Mehroo Dhunjisha… Continue reading Indian Parsis seek NCM’s help to dispose of dead

Spinning the yarn

Perveez Aggarwal tells story behind her creation: the traditional Parsi gara embroidery MUMBAI: She wears her years as gracefully as she does her saris. Parveez Aggarwal became a model by chance, at a time when “there were not too many young women willing to be photographed”. She had just come to Bombay (as it was… Continue reading Spinning the yarn

Khada Parsi statue at Flora Fountain set to get facelift

The Khada Parsi, the statue of Shet Cursetjee Manockjee erected in the memory of the illustrious Parsi in the 1860s, was made to order after his youngest son Manockjee Cursetjee shelled out Rs 20,000–a princely sum then. The family later “gifted” the statue to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on the condition that it would… Continue reading Khada Parsi statue at Flora Fountain set to get facelift

Giving up the Ghosts

By Farrukh Dhondy My twenty something daughter refused to sleep in her own room the other night. She had memories of the room at the back of the house on the first floor not far from where the other bedrooms are, being haunted. I remembered the incident from when she was a child. We had… Continue reading Giving up the Ghosts

Tanaaz plays mom to hubby

Tanaaz and hubby Bakhtyaar Irani love to have fun. In fact, “we are both mad” is how they describe themselves. Now the two are set to do something even more crazy. Tanaaz will play Bakhtyaar’s mother in her next play Daddy Kool, which incidentally also marks her debut as director. Of course, this was not… Continue reading Tanaaz plays mom to hubby

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Iranian temple under excavations

Ruins of a Zoroastrian fire temple in western Iran. A joint Iranian-Polish team has started excavations at the site of the Azar Barzin Mehr fire temple in Sabzevar, northeastern Iran. Iran’s Archeology Research Center and a team from Warsaw University are studying the temple, a quadric-arch.

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We Are Getting Wiped Out

[Note: The following article expresses the views of Dr Fredie Mehta, the well known executive in the Tata house Are we imparting any religions knowledge to our children? Dr Fredie asks. Every other community does it, but not we. Our youth has no idea whatsoever about our own Religion and the way of life taught… Continue reading We Are Getting Wiped Out

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