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Once home to thousands of Parsis, Rawalpindi’s community has dwindled to fewer than 15 people Century-old cemetery...

The Parsi community has lost one of its most distinguished sons. Group Captain Dara Phiroze Chinoy, VSM, a retired...

Scouting and Guiding are very much a part of the Parsi DNA for over a century. India’s oldest continuously running scout group is the Sethna’s 18th West Bombay Scout Troop and since its inception in...

The 24th World Scout Jamboree will be held at the Summit Bechtel Family National Scout Reserve in West Virginia from 22 July to 2 August 2019. The hosting duties will be split between the Boy Scouts...

According to a 2017 study, almost 99.9% Parsis within the age group of 18-25 said they wanted to marry within the communityParsi youth can now find a match within their community with the help of a...

It was a select group of his inner circle that accompanied Cyrus Poonawalla, founder and chairman of Serum Institute of India, when he received an honorary degree from the University of Oxford for...

Let alone India’s first cotton mill, first steel plant and first institute for fundamental research in science, we have Parsi Theatre to thank for the musical routines of Bollywood!by Amulya B June...

The Seth Rustamji Dhanjibhai Tarachand Parsi General Hospital, locatedin the centre of the city in Shahpore area, was started in 1920. The general hospital, which will celebrate its centenary next...

Khojeste P. Mistree’s association with Zoroastrian Trust Funds of Europe (ZTFE) is a long standing one. A life member since the early 1980s, Khojeste has given talks at ZTFE, beginning soon after...

A sea-loving Parsi family moved to Port Blair 35 years ago, to a house that had no electricity, no toilets, and on one occasion, no roof. Today, they run a thriving homestay, a spice farm and a...

Our dear friend Nerina Rustomji writes in…Under the canopy of trees in Riverside Park overlooking the Hudson River, the energetic crowd was ready to get going. There in the midst was our Yasmin and...

Veteran actor-comedian Dinyar Contractor died in Mumbai on Wednesday morning, reported news agency ANI. The actor was 79. The actor died because of old age related ailments, reported news agency...

Eminent community historian and our dear friend Marzban Jamshedji Giara writes in The uthamna ceremony of the late Vada Dasturji Kaikhushru Navroji Dastoor Meherjirana was held at the Mody Hall of...

Vada Dasturji Meherjirana passed away in the early hours of June 4, 2019 in Navsari, India. Garothman Behest to dear Dasturji soul.The above photograph is from December 2018, when the participants...

Here is a detailed report of XYZ’s SUmmer Camp 2019, sent over by our dear friend and XYZ founder Hoshaang Gotla Day 1 of the week long XYZ summer camp began on a beautiful Sunday morning with 4...

On Thursday May 16th, our very own Mobed Zarrir Bhandara along with clergies of different faith were invited to speak at Interfaith Iftar hosted by the American Muslim Women Empowerment Council in...

Earlier today news broke of the passing away of Dasturji Jamasp Asa in London, U.K. The high priest of the community, Vada Dastur Saheb Kaikhusroo Dastur Minocher Jamasp Asa, of the 124-year-old...

“I keep telling my children, ‘You are my real wealth.’ My husband always makes fun of me at this by saying, ‘Great then you must have the BSES bills and all of that covered’,” says Shernaz Mehernosh...

The week of May 1-5, 2019 became ground zero in the Zoroastrian world as three major events coincided in Orlando, Florida. The Central Florida Zoroastrian Community played host to the multi-day...

A prominent south Mumbai dentist, who was injured in an elevator crash at the Dr Bhau Daji Lad Museum (BDL) on April 28, died on Thursday at Masina Hospital. Dr Arnavaz Havewalla, 63, suffered a...

Earlier this year Toxy Cowasjee, the editor of the Hamazor magazine reached out to me asking if I would cover a local NYC event for her to go in the next issue of Hamazor. I, of course said yes. You...

Our dear friend Perzen Patel a.k.a Bawi Bride writes in... What is the first thing that comes to your mind when someone tells you they are Parsi? Is it Dhansak? Well, no one would blame you!Over the...

Delna Shroff, who comes from a family of engineers, was stubborn about the fact that she did not want to be one. She started her journey in advertising five years ago. ‘Dil mein always kuch-kuch...

Pervin Taleyarkhan has received an award from the American Bar Association's Section of Intellectual Property Law. She received the honor in "Recognition for Outstanding Leadership Contribution" on...

The Parsi community who otherwise shows the united front is split when it comes to voting this election season. The members who are known to support the Congress, are now divided.Many members of the...

A Hong Kong-based Parsi tycoon and his wife on Saturday renewed their pledge to donate $22.5 million (Rs 160 crore) to the financially-ailing Parsi General Hospital (PGH) at Breach Candy in south...

Delzin Choksey the gifted artist behind Crispy Doodles, brings us new artwork just in time for Jamshedi Navroze.Delzin writes…Get your favorite Baby Zarathustra swag just in time for Jamshedi...

Kainaz Jussawalla from Bandra, an author blogger, journalist, travel vlogger and International flight attendant  won the Shiksha award, at the 14 th International Press Community Awards. Her...

At the invitation of the Consulate General of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ervad Zarrir Bhandara represented the Zoroastrian faith accompanied by Xerxes Commissariat representing the FEZANA on...

The amazing folks at XYZ have a fantastic new initiative and if you are local in Mumbai, please do get involved. Our dear friend and XYZ Founder Hoshaang Gotla writeDear members of the community,...

Tata Trusts, which controls India's largest conglomerate, the Tata Group, has inducted chairman Ratan Tata's half-brother Noel Tata on the board. The appointment is seen as paving the way for a...

Ronnie Screwvala’s production house RSVP has kick-started 2019 with a big hit Uri: The Surgical Strike grossing over Rs 46.24 crores over four days of its release. Touted to be the first content...

The only agiyari (fire temple), holy place of worship for Zoroastrians or Parsis in Rajkot, has been battered by encroachments from nearby residents, causing irreparable damage to the 145-year-old...

Cyrus Meher-Homji, General Manager, Classics and Jazz, Universal Music Australia is among those awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) today as part of the Australia Day 2019 Honours...

Parsis offer interest-free loans, flexi pay options to its young entrepreneursA year ago, Parsi community came together to encourage young entrepreneurs and new start-ups and founded a programme to...

Farzad Irani, a physical therapist born and raised in New York, tucked into a plate of mutton dhansak and egg chutney pattice, happily reacquainting himself with Parsi cuisine as part of a 15-day...

The 5th edition of the Zoroastrian Return To Roots Program began in Mumbai, India today on December 19, 2018. 22 Zarathushti youth from USA, Canada, Pakistan, New Zealand and India gathered in...

‘Jiyo Parsi’ – the Government of India’s undertaking which supports our community’s efforts in arresting the declining Parsi population and aid in its increase – kicked off its latest Campaign...

Ava Irani is an 8th grader living in the Bay Area, where she also volunteers to teach Sunday School at the Zoroastrian Association of Northern California. Ava has started a Kickstarter campaign...

We are thrilled to learn that our dearest friend and mentor Zerbanoo Gifford has been welcomed into the Honorable Society of the Knights of the Round Table. Zerbanoo Gifford is the founder of the...

Two weeks ago, over 8000 people gathered in Toronto for the 7th edition of the Parliament of World's Religions. The Zoroastrian flag was flown by under the aegis of the Federation of Zoroastrian...

Neomi Rao, Trump's Deregulatory Leader, Gets DC Circuit Nod to Replace KavanaughNeomi Rao, who has led the Trump administration's push to curtail agency regulations, would succeed Brett Kavanaugh on...

Are Parsi men Mama’s boys? Are Parsi women really fussy?’ This was the topic of debate at a matrimonial meet for 108 eligible Parsi men and women on Sunday. Of course, the men and women refused to...

Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu on Monday honoured senior advocate Fali Sam Nariman with Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award for Excellence in Public Administration and said Nariman was one of the...

The court of Additional Sessions and District Judge Mohammad Gulzar today acquitted CPI (Maoist) ideologue Kobad Ghandy of all charges. He was booked by the Patiala police under Sections 10,13,18...

An FIR was registered by the Gamdevi police on Tuesday after a community member made repeated complaintsParsis have been most displeased and unhappy the last couple of months. Reason: certain...

Mitra Sharafi a legal historian of colonial South Asia, and a regular reader of this site writes about Jamshedji Behramji KangaDuring a recent visit to the basement of Columbia Law Library, I came...

On Monday October 15, 2018 I had an opportunity to attend a fantastic panel discussion titled “She’s the Boss: Growing into Success”. The panel was moderated by my very dear friend Narges Kakalia, a...

NORTH AMERICAN ZOROASTRIAN RELIGIOUS, COMMUNITY LEADERS TO REPRESENT ANCIENT FAITH AT 7TH PARLIAMENT OF WORLD’S RELIGIONS, NOV. 1-7, IN TORONTOBurr Ridge, Illinois, Oct. 18, 2018 – FEZANA, the...

A day after offering an out-of-court meeting to discuss options, MMRCL yesterday stated it would review the alternatives and decide whether the meeting was requiredArticle by Arita Sarkar |...

For Parsi’s information - about the opium trade. A Copyright compendium in limited circulation. © Formatted from various acknowledged original sources – By E. Kanga. China Remembers – A vast crime...

Setting community and MMRCL on warpath, govt pleader taunts petitioners: 'show more than two-and-a-half documents to prove that the Atash Behram is integral to ZoroastrianismThe Anjuman Atash...