Community magazines try to keep pace with changing lifestyles

Below is an article by Nergish Sunavala on the above topic. Parsi Khabar is happy to be mentioned, in the august company of others like Parsiana. Amongst the dwindling Parsi community, interfaith marriage has long been a contentious issue. So in 1988, when Parsiana, a liberal community magazine, began listing interfaith unions in its “milestones”… Continue reading Community magazines try to keep pace with changing lifestyles

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Zarathushtis from America Win all WZCC Global Awards for 2014

At the Annual General Meeting and Gala Dinner of the World Zarathushti Chamber of Commerce, three Zarathushtis all from the USA, won the three awards presented. Edul Daver of New Jersey USA won the 2014 Entrepreneur of the Year Award. Nina Godiwalla won the 2014 Professional of the Year Award. Shirin Kumaana-Wadia (a Parsi Khabar… Continue reading Zarathushtis from America Win all WZCC Global Awards for 2014

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Baby, Come and Save Us

Kaiyan Mistree and Shireen Havewala are not very different from other young professional couples living in Mumbai. He is an architect and she is a banker. They are both serious-minded 20-somethings. He is communicative, and she is measured; he is robust, and she is trim. They get on well together. They met through common friends,… Continue reading Baby, Come and Save Us

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Ratan Tata to bring XPrize Foundation to India

Backed by Tata, the US-based non-profit XPrize Foundation plans to make an announcement on 11 December about its India operations Mumbai: Axiom Research Labs Pvt. Ltd-owned Team Indus, led and co-founded by Rahul Narayan from Bengaluru, is no stranger to the US-based XPrize Foundation. The team has already built a land rover for the moon,… Continue reading Ratan Tata to bring XPrize Foundation to India

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Pakistani Zoroastrians Must Keep The Fire Ablaze

Funerals are the only constant for Zoroastrians in Pakistan. For a community of less than 1,800 — last recorded in 2006 in a research conducted by KE Eduljee — the announcement comes faithfully almost once every month. The timings are noted in chalk on a designated blackboard — one in almost every colony — and… Continue reading Pakistani Zoroastrians Must Keep The Fire Ablaze

India’s Declining Parsi Population: Al Jazeera

Al Jazeera English TV had a panel discussion revolving around the Jiyo Parsi scheme and recent ad campaign. The panelists were Shireen Havewala of Zoroastrian Return To Roots, Hoshaang Gotla of XYZ Foundation, Simin Patel of Bombaywalla  and Parsi Khabar’s own Arzan Sam Wadia. Check out the video recording. If you are in the USA… Continue reading India’s Declining Parsi Population: Al Jazeera

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