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VFS Global earns EcoVadis Platinum Medal, ranks in top 1 per cent for sustainability
The company secured an 88-point score from the sustainability ratings platform VFS Global, a global leader in trusted...
Parsi family of three tries to commit suicide
In a case of what can be described as arm twisting by creditors, a family of three, tried to commit suicide in Ahmedabad. They had consumed heavy dose of sedative and they were found unconscious in...
Rahul connects with his paternal roots
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi connected with his paternal roots and met up with his Parsi relatives at the wedding of his distant cousin Tanaz Patel at a gala traditional function at the Jeejeebhoy...
Matters of Heart and Faith Guide a Zoroastrian Matchmaker
When Pouroo Dorabshaw flew to Los Angeles four years ago on a business trip, her mother urged her to visit a family friend just outside the city. The friend, it just so happened, was having a party...
Vadodara Parsis break path, allow all to have a glimpse of Agiyari from inside
In A path-breaking development, the Parsi community in Gujarat will open the Agiyari to people from other communities. This is for the first time in the state that the Parsis have shed their...
Controversial Renovations at Iranshah in Udvada
We have received a note from Geve Eruch Narielwalla regarding the recent renovations at the Iranshah Atashbehram in Udvada. Geve has put up a website about the same issue The most sacred Zoroastrian...
He willed for street kids, but sons came in way
Before his death in March 2007, Dr Shapoor Behram Badshah, a rich Parsi living in Germany, wanted to do something for the welfare of Mumbai’s street children. He executed a will, which provided for...
Ahmedabad Flyover to be named after Field Marshal Sam Maneckshaw
Ahmedabad’s newest ready to drive Shivranjani cross roads flyover in Satellite area will be named after Parsi Gujarati Bangladesh war hero the late Field Marshal Sam Maneckshaw, in recognition of...
Rahul visits Firoz Gandhi’s grave in Allahbad
Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi, who is in Allahabad to address a public meeting, Thursday paid a visit to the grave of his grandfather, Firoz Jehangir Gandhi, in the Mumfordganj...
Southern California Mourns Manecksahaw’s passing
A condolence meeting was held at the Woodland banquet hall to celebrate the life of Field Marshall Sam Manekshaw. Organized by Zarir Bhandara the meeting brought together a large cross section of...
The Parsis October Revolution
Those Russians call it double – 10 from 10th October, when the Tsars were overthrown. We, Parsis, will call it the October Revolution. When a frustrated, fed up, angry, exasperated, irate, end...
Barack Obama Praises Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw
While the Indian Government screwed up and bungled in handling the funeral of Field Marshal Manekshaw, Barack Obama, the Presidential candidate in the U.S. issued a statement acknowledging the...
The last of the Punjabi Parsis
By Ajay Bharadwaj With the passing away of Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw on Friday, none of the Parsis who had made Amritsar their home are alive today CHANDIGARH: Amritsar has been in deep mourning...
Doomed by faith
India's Parsi community is shrinking fast. For every birth, there are five deaths, prompting fierce debate between reformists and traditionalists who are concerned about ethnic purity. By...
Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw Passes Away
Iconic former Army Chief Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw, who died in the wee hours on Friday, was given the final salute in a state funeral and laid to rest with full military honours. ( Watch ) As a...
Pune’s Parsi Online Portal
With an online portal disseminating information about all their activities and projects, Zoroastrains in the city find it easy to stay connected The Internet has always been appreciated for making...
Zoroastrian Information Center at Udvada: Speech by Dasturji Mirza
This is a brief report on the speech given by Dasturji Dr. Peshotan Dastur Hormazdyar Mirza at the launch of the Zoroastrian Information Center at Udvada, Adar roj, Adar mah, YZ 1377, April 24,...
All Parsis Can Now Vote in Parsi Panchayat Elections
Every Parsi, over the age of 18 years, will now have a vote in deciding the future of the Parsi community. In a significant judgment, Bombay High Court on Wednesday entrusted the process of electing...
Adi Ichhaporia Arrested in Sex Scandal
Adi Ichhaporia’s “fledgling health” didn’t stop him from “enjoying sex” even at 62. But it forced Matunga Police to grant him bail on Wednesday, after medical certificates were produced by the...
Narrow escape for Parsi priests, their families
It was sheer luck that saved three Parsi priests and their family members when the earth caved in the adjoining land where construction work was in progress on Thursday killing a labourer. The roof...
Bid to exploit Kappawala agiary land thwarted
An attempt to commercially exploit a portion of Tardeo’s Kappawala agiary (fire temple) land by one of the trustees has been scuttled after the charity commissioner rejected an application seeking...
Parsis from India Attending 4th World Zoroastrian Youth Congress
Young Parsis from India, and Zoroastrians from Iran, England, Pakistan, Singapore, Dubai, Hong Kong, the United States, New Zealand and around Australia will attend a week-long World Zoroastrian...
Denying industry speculation that Gharda Chemicals and Godrej…
Denying industry speculation that Gharda Chemicals and Godrej Industries may go for an out-of-court settlement brokered by leaders in the Parsi community, sources close to the agrochemicals major...
Vultures in Europe ‘attacking humans for the first time’
The silly season is hardly upon us and we have already had not one but an impressive three fearsome, flesh-eating creatures in the news guaranteed to put thousands of holidaymakers off their swims...
Naqsh-E-Rustom In Danger Due to Railway Track Construction
Despite all oppositions made so far by Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts, and Tourism Organization (ICHHTO) against construction of Isfahan-Shiraz railway only in 500-meter distance of Naqsh-e...
Bound by a handbook
In Deepa Mehta’s 1947: Earth, actress Kittu Gidwani, in the role of a Parsee, says how Parsees in India are like dissolved sugar in milk, not conspicuous, but noticeable because of their...
Senior citizen’s murder mystery solved finally
The Nagpada police on Wednesday announced to have solved the murder case of a 67-year-old Parsi lady. They arrested one Faisur Ansari and have deployed a team to search for the one who planned the...
The Western Railway disclaims responsibility; Dinaz’s case dismissed…
The Western Railway disclaims responsibility; Dinaz’s case dismissed as low priority The Railway Claims Tribunal of the city is least bothered about Dinaz N. Chhapgar(56) who was injured due...
WAPIZ celebrates Second Anniversary
When 2,500 Parsis gathered at the Mahalaxmi racecourse on Saturday evening, the main topic of discussion was the birth and death rates of the Message To Get My Ex Girl Back community, whose...
Bringing up the mediums: Parsi Mobeds
Parents make the heartbreaking decision to send their children to residential schools for various material reasons. It’s seldom for a cause. But last year, parents of 30 Parsi children decided...
Parsis in world can become members of Bombay Parsi Punchayet
In a significant ruling, the Bombay High Court cleared the decks for over 1.25 Parsis in the world to gather under one roof. Justice AM Khanwilkar ruled on Thursday that any Parsi in any corner of...
The King of Cobra is in town
HYDERABAD: It’s not exactly the return of the prodigal, because Karan Billimoria has been coming home to Hyderabad every year from London, the city that he has made his own for the past two...
Inbred Investment Eyes Genomes
Bangalore-based biotech firm Avesthagen is studying an inbred Indian population. Bangalore-based biotech company Avesthagen said Wednesday it has launched a genome project to build a genetic...
Persian Festival in Mumbai
As a prelude to eight-day Persian festival in Mumbai, the grandeur of the Persian empire is being re-awakened by the city architect Jimmy Mistry in the heart of the metropolis. It intends to...
Parzania: Death of humanity in Mahatma’s land
Film on Gujarat riots gets green signal; to be released this Friday Almost five years after Gujarat riots of February 2002, a gutsy English-language feature film that looks at the communal carnage...
Parsi Judge in Body Building Gym Ad
One can’t say for sure if Justice B J Shethna really packed some power in the punches he allegedly rained on his colleague, Justice P B Majmudar, in Ahmedabad on January 11. But, if he really...
Ancient religion may face extinction
This article appeared in the Boston Globe. I cannot seem to find the online direct link. However, read on… As screaming children raced around the hall in joyous play, adult workers readied...
Redevelopment doesn’t enthuse all
Sporting a fresh court of paint, a group of 70-year-old cessed buildings at Dadar and Churchgate are enjoying a new lease on life. Even as incentive floor space index (FSI) lures landlords and...
Mumbai’s Parsis do a Dhoom 2
Big boys like playing with their favourite toys and while they are at it, their girlfriends are keeping a watchful eye on their men who for one day seem to be paying a lot more attention to other...
Parsi youths come together
Mumbai, December 10: The message was clear. The Parsis are here to stay and pave way for their next generation through their innovative Parsi Resource Group (PGR) programme. At least, that was the...
Bawa Bikers on a roll for a good cause
Led by Jimmy Mistry, 300 Parsi bikers will spread the message that Parsis do a lot more than just bicker On Sunday morning when the roads of Mumbai are still sleepy, around 300 Parsi bikers will don...
Parsi apex body seeks universal franchise
By Nauzer Bharucha MUMBAI: Parsis may be one of the most literate and progressive communities in the country. But for the past 350 years, a vast majority of them in Mumbai had no stake in appointing...
Fars Railway Path Changed
Transportation Ministry Obliged to Change Fars Railway Path One of the bas-reliefs of Naqsh-e Rostam, depicting Sassanid king Ardeshir I with defeated Roman emperors Valerian and Philip at his feet...
Karate champs
Sisters Zinatra and Mahzarine Bonesetter make their parents proud by clinching seven medals at the recently held 8th All Gujarat Shotaokan Karate Championships Tennis and badminton move aside. The...
Ibad lauds role of Parsis in development
KARACHI: Sindh Governor Ishratul Ibad has said that the services rendered by Parsis in the development of Pakistan and particularly Karachi and their welfare work will never be forgotten. He was...
Bandra residents want BMC chief’s written promise
The Bandra Hill Road Citizen’s Committee movement to save old heritage structures, including the Tata Parsi Agiary, St Peter’s Church, St Stanislaus’ High School and St...
It’s a small but powerful community and Parsis…
It’s a small but powerful community and Parsis in Mumbai are joining hands to protect a 123-year-old community temple. Built by the Tatas, the agiary on Bandra’s Hill Road is under...
1400 people turn up to save Bandra Agiary
Parsis from Mumbai gather at agiary gates after SMS campaign Never underestimate the power of people. That’s what the Bombay Municipal Corporation (BMC) discovered on Saturday morning. About...
Bandra Agiary Wall Demolition Stopped
BMC defers demolition at Bandra agiary As anger built up among residents and activists of Bandra (W) against the proposed widening of Hill Road, the civic administration on Friday called off its...
Do You Know Kareena Panthaki ?
A reader, Andrea Marchon sent us this email. If you know the person she is looking for, please leave the information in the comments section below. We will pass it on to Andrea. Andrea Marchon...
Parsi from “Penang”writes back
A couple of weeks ago we posted an article by Ruby Lilaowala about her trip to Malaysia. She mentioned that there wre only two Parsi families in Malaysia. A reader Zarir Cama wrote back to us on...