One of the biggest worries of the Parsi community has now been spelt out in numbers. In 2010, 38% of Parsi marriages registered in the city were interfaith marriages, a figure that has shot up by seven percentage points in just one year. By Aarefa Johari, Hindustan Times According to a report by community magazine… Continue reading 38% Parsi marriages in city were interfaith in 2010
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Actress debarred from agiary revives gender bias debate
An incident last week at an agiary (Parsi fire temple) in Andheri has restarted a debate in the community about bias against women who marry non-Zoroastrians. By Manoj Nair | DNA India While there is a deep divide among orthodox and liberal Parsis over whether a distinction should be made between men and women whose… Continue reading Actress debarred from agiary revives gender bias debate
Genome decoded, now Parsi ills can be tackled
Parsis are known to be prone to cancer. Soon, we may know what causes it. For the first time, scientists have sequenced the entire genome of a Parsi woman (74) suffering from an heritable form of breast cancer. Researchers say, the exercise will help in finding variations in DNA. Once matched with DNA of other… Continue reading Genome decoded, now Parsi ills can be tackled
Poona Parsee panchayat allowing encroachments
Members of the Parsi community in the city are a worried lot. Many fear properties worth Rs 1,500 crore belonging to the community might be acquired by the government or taken over by land grabbers. Worse, there are those who say the charitable trust that controls these estates is trying to sell off prime properties… Continue reading Poona Parsee panchayat allowing encroachments
Viraf Daruwala (Nalladaru) Vies for Guinness Book of Records
He is faster than a calculator. Give him two 500-digit numbers in two rows and he can subtract the second from the first in 200 seconds flat. Meet 50-year-old Viraf Daruwala (Nalladaru), Surat’s ‘man of subtraction’, who is vying for a record in the Guinness Book of World Records. A Parsi, Viraf is a former… Continue reading Viraf Daruwala (Nalladaru) Vies for Guinness Book of Records
Update on the Udvada Land Issue
The below is a communique by The Udvada Samast Anjuman. Udvada Samast Anjuman has earlier on October 21, 2010 and November 02, 2011 released updates to the media on the threat faced to Shreeji Pak Iranshah by the proposed commercial / residential development. Before we provide an update on the developments to date (February 09,2010),… Continue reading Update on the Udvada Land Issue
Parsi Boy Among Three Dead in Bombay House Fire.
On Tuesday, an excited Farhad Wadia, 26, had rushed to his mother’s office at Grant Road to tell her that he had been promoted at work. Within two months of joining Bombay House as a canteen boy, the eldest son of the Parsi family had been appointed as a cashier. A day later, Wadia’s father… Continue reading Parsi Boy Among Three Dead in Bombay House Fire.
