A little after 8 pm on a wet night in June two years ago, inside a ground floor apartment in Dadar’s quaint Parsi Colony, Keiki Karai’s life changed forever. Three unidentified youths walked up to the flat. One of them fired a single shot from a countrymade weapon through the open door at Karai’s 21-year-old… Continue reading ‘I can’t forget the killers’ faces’
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Run Lola
Of all her celebrity guests so far, she’s loved chatting with the Parsis–Boman Irani, Homi Adajania and Perizaad Zorabian. “It’s probably because Bawas and Malayalees are both a mad bunch of people,” she laughs. Unfortunately, the first thing hottie Adajania said to her was, “My wife is a huge fan of yours.” Continue reading here
Lagan Nu Achar
Pickles preserve the historical flavours of communities like the Persian origin of Parsis in the dried fruits of their celebratory lagannu achar, or the Portuguese vinegar in which Goans preserve their prawns and fish, or the bamboo shoot pickle that Coorgs spice only with the pepper that grows wild in their hills, from a time… Continue reading Lagan Nu Achar
Shayan Italia: Music Sensation
Shayan Italia, a new musician in the mainstream music world is all set to release his album Deliverance. As his press release notes My name is Shayan Italia and I am the artist/songwriter of the forthcoming album DELIVERANCE. I also happen to be the first Zoroastrian to ever release a mainstream music album on International… Continue reading Shayan Italia: Music Sensation
Five Parsi Films by Kaevan Umrigar
Kaevan Umrigar, is a recent graduate from the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune. The Zoroastrian Youth Association of Poona is screening FIVE PARSI FILMS, five short films on contemporary Parsi issues Kaevan made during his four years at the Institute. The films are: 1. Dadar Ormaj, maney jaldi bolaavo (15min) (short fiction) A… Continue reading Five Parsi Films by Kaevan Umrigar
New things at Parsi Khabar
New things are happening here at Parsi Khabar. First and foremost we have our own domain. Parsi Khabar now resides at www.ParsiKhabar.net The establishment of its own domain was something that was on the backburner for a long time, but somehow was forced onto the front burner this week. All links and trackbacks will work… Continue reading New things at Parsi Khabar
Rediscover the Axial Age ethos
complained to Lord Mazda (Aryan god of harmony): ‘For whom did you shape me? … Fury and raiding, cruelty and might hold me captive.’ ” Lord Mazda replied that Zoroaster, a priest, would protect her, and the cow’s response was something like – big deal, he’s got no power. Zoroaster had a vision of a… Continue reading Rediscover the Axial Age ethos
Lost in time
Down a narrow lane from my school was a candy shop. It was actually a general store but a range of mouth-watering chocolates and candies in colourful wrappers were displayed on the racks visible from the street — as kids we were oblivious to anything else in the shop. A Parsi gentleman, a former freedom… Continue reading Lost in time
Some thoughts, some reservations
A case of great constitutional significance is being argued before a bench of five justices of the Supreme Court, presided over by the chief justice of India. A few years ago both houses of Parliament added sub-clauses (4A) and (4B) to Article 16 of our Constitution by a rare unanimous vote, but with hardly any… Continue reading Some thoughts, some reservations
