A shocking incident from Thane, near Mumbai, has sparked widespread outrage after 70-year-old Mr. Sarosh Dastur, a...
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Sydney’s Noshir Irani awarded Medal of the Order of Australia 2026 for service to the community
Noshir Irani, a beloved figure in Sydney’s Zoroastrian and broader Indian-Australian community, has been awarded the...
Voter I-card demand lands Jeejeebhoy’s great grandson in a spot
Vijay V Singh | TNN Mumbai: His great grandfather, Jamshetji Jeejeebhoy, is mentioned in history books as one of Mumbai’s biggest philanthropists but businessman and real estate tycoon Byram...
Parsis fight to keep Sanjan coastline clean
Over a thousand years ago, Parsis landed on the shores of Sanjan on the Gujarat coast, seeking shelter and were welcomed by the local raja who allowed them to settle on his land. The descendants of...
Parsis refuse to do the poll dance
See corporator's attempt to include representatives of the community in the upcoming Assembly elections as a gimmick A proposal from a Malabar Hill corporator to include representatives from the...
It Pays to be Parsi at the Taj
India’s Top Chef Hemant Oberoi gets a hefty annual remuneration of over Rs. 6 million but a 60-year old Parsi senior laundry operator at the Taj Mahal Palace & Tower in Mumbai earns a net salary...
Homai Vyarawalla gets Nano car as ‘Pateti’ gift
Vyarawalla gets Nano car as 'Pateti' giftThe country's first woman photographer, who had cancelled her booking for a Nano car as it was not delivered to her on time, has accepted the low-cost...
PM Manmohan Singh Greets Nation on Navroze
New Delhi, Aug 18 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday greeted the nation on the “joyous occasion” of Navroz, the beginning of the Parsi New Year. In his message, the prime minister said...
Arjun Rampal and the desecration of an Agiyari
The image you see below is from a recent issue of GQ Magazine published in India. Arjun Rampal actor/model answers some candid questions and one of his answers is a boastful “I am one of the few...
Nargol leads Nilekani, has own ‘UID’ for residents since 2006
It is not a part of Jammu and Kashmir or even the North East, but if an outsider is visiting Nargol, a seaside village in Valsad in south Gujarat, about 150 kms from Mumbai, he or she will need to...
TOI prints an update in the Satarawala case
A month ago Parsi Khabar informed its readers about an erronous and factually incorrect article where in Aspi Satarawalla filed a suit against his son for maintenance. This article would have been...
Son asked to pay maintenance slams father
"For two minutes, imagine yourself in my place as a young boy seeing his mother being hammered savagely and vomiting blood. Her screams still ring in my ears. Even animals are better than this man....
100 Km Walk by Parsi Youth in New Zealand
The following a report by four Parsi youngsters who walked 100 km in suport of an Oxfam Charity Oxfam Trailwalker is an annual fundraising event organised and promoted by Oxfam New Zealand. The...
Fraudster Aspi Satarawala
Last week, on June 11, 2009, Parsi Khabar linked to an article in the Times of India titled “NRI Parsi asked to Pay for Dad’s upkeep”. Within an hour we retracted that post. A few of you got the...
Zoroastrian Representative on the European Council of Religious Leaders.
Received via email from Sarosh Jehangir Message from Lille , France where we had the European Council of Religious Leaders (ECRL) Council meeting. Delighted to inform you that the...
Sunita Sohrabji Wins Journalism Award
Parsi Zarathushti, Ms. Sunita Sohrabji, who is a reporter for India West weekly magazine (published in California) was given two awards for Excellence in Journalism by New America Media. Following...
J D Bharda School Moves High Court Against Closure
A school meant primarily for Parsi community has moved the Bombay High Court after Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai issued it a closure notice. The vacation court has given J D Bharda English...
Homi Daji: Veteran CPI Politician passes away
Veteran Communist Homi Daji, a former MP, died on Thursday at a private hospital in Indore, sources in the Communist Party of India (CPI) said. He was 84. Daji was admitted to the hospital May 2...
Assam vultures to the rescue of Parsis
As the Parsi community in India is facing serious concern for ensuring traditional disposal of bodies of their dead due to alarming decline in vulture population, members of this highly endangered...
Couple ends 40-yr marriage
"She has walked away with everything, even the (wedding) photograph,'' exclaimed a 78-year-old man in Bombay high court on Monday. His body was feeble but not his voice. Neither was the resolve...
Decades later, split wide open
It is seen as a landmark case. After 40 years as man and wife, a Parsi couple is fighting a bitter divorce battle. Roshan Cooper, all of 74, has dragged her 80-year-old husband Dadi Eruchshaw to the...
150 years of the Thoothi Agiary
Shernaaz Engineer informs us of the 150th anniversary of Sorabji Thoothi Agiary at Walkeshwar, Mumbai People have birthdays, and places do too. Sacrosanct places that are awash with a vibrancy which...
No more Farzins
Concerned community comes together for last prayers for shunned half-Parsi child who died of starvation By Manoj R Nair in the Mumbai Mirror Neglected in life, Farzin Batlivala - the seven-year-old...
Was Homi Bhabha’s plane hit by Italian aircraft?
On January 24, 1966, Air India flight AI 101 Mumbai-Paris crashed on Mont Blanc, the highest peak in the Alps on the border of France and Italy. Amongst the 117 passengers killed was noted nuclear...
Parsi couple seeks divorce after 40 years of marriage
A Parsi couple, married for 40 years, is fighting a legal battle for divorce in the Bombay High Court which has asked both life partners to settle their dispute amicably without any further...
India’s Youth Vote Rises From Ashes Of Mumbai Attacks
MUMBAI -- Before the November terrorist attacks on this city left three of his friends dead, Kaizad Bhamgara, 19, spent his evenings jamming with his hipster goth-rock band or chilling on the...
Farzin Batlivala: 7 year old found starved to death
When neighbours broke open the door of Farzin Batlivala’s house and rushed the inert child to the hospital, doctors were horrified to find not a single particle of food in her body By Manoj R Nair...
Bangalore Dasturji in Critical Condition
Received via email on a newsgroup It is unfortunate that Ervad Jamshed Unvalla, younger brother of our departed Bangalore High Priest Nadirshah Unvalla has suffered burns to 70% of his body....
Radio Free Europe Interviews Arzan Sam Wadia on Navroze
Parsi Khabar's own editor Arzan Sam Wadia was recently interviewed by Radio Free Europe on the occasion of Navroze. The program was about how Navroze is celebrated worldwide and I spoke about how...
Zubin Antalia Wins Maruti Suzuki-Autocar Young Driver Contest
ubin Antalia from Mumbai has won the inaugural Maruti Suzuki-Autocar Young Driver contest, beating 32 other competitors from across the country. Maruti Suzuki-Autocar Young Driver 2009 is a...
WZCC Confers Outstanding Entrepreneur of the Year to Dr. Villoo Morawala-Patell
Outstanding Entrepreneur of the Year; Dr. Villoo Morawala-Patell, Conferred Upon By The World Zarathusthi Chamber of Commerce (WZCC) at Houston,Texas, USA Submitted by sukhmani on March 12, 2009 -...
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 of...
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...