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The September 2022 Ba Humata Lecture series Honors Asho Zarathushtra With the Special Theme of Communion in Religion a Zarathushti Perspective The Zarathushti Prayers Please Join Us For This Amazing BaHumata Super Special with the  BaHumata Super-Stars Speakers: Mobed Zarrir Bhandara (USA) Dr. And Professor Farzaneh Goshtasb, PhD (Iran) Ervad Xerxes Panthakee (United Kingdom) Rashna… Continue reading Ba Humata Lecture Series: September 2022

The replicas of a few hundred Pestonshahi Siccas were recently created by Kayarmin F. Pestonji, the president of the Old Parsi Fire Temple Trust, on the occasion of the 175th anniversary of the Seth Viccaji – Seth Pestonji Meherji Parsi Fire Temple. By Amrutha Kosuru  | News Meter India Hyderabad: The replicas of a few… Continue reading ‘To honor our forefathers’: Replicas of Pestonshahi Siccas mark 175th anniversary of fire temple

The August 2022 Ba Humata Lecture Series will be on the topic “Being Human Transforms a Human Being”. Speakers Ervad Kaivan Antia (Australia) Ervad Farzin Yazeshani (Pakistan, India And Iran) Payam And Parisa Khosravi (USA & Iran) Moderator: Dr. Karishma Koka, PhD On Sunday, August 7, 2022 7:00 AM Pacific, 10:00 AM  Eastern, 3:00 PM… Continue reading Ba Humata Lecture Series: August 2022

Vimadalal’s project took shape during a chat in March about Parsi noses with his husband, stylist Prayag Menon, and a friend The Parsi nose or the Persian nose, often described as large, with a prominent dorsal hump, is emblematic of the community (HT Photo) Article By Murali K Menon | Hindustan Times  Until about five… Continue reading The Parsi Nose Project documents a salient feature

The World Zarathushti Community Awards are held in conjunction with the World Congress every 4 years. The Awards are administered by the Global Working Group who worked with the 12WZC 2022 for this Award cycle.This year the Award Ceremony was held at the 12th World Zoroastrian Congress 2022, in New York.Awards were given out in… Continue reading Meet the 2022 World Zarathushti Community Awards Winners

The Minority Affairs Ministry has developed a plan to “restore” the Parsi population in India, which apparently has been seen to be dwindling because of little interest in marriage among the eligible bachelors. By Gursharan Bhalla | India Times In light of this, the ministry devised the “Jiyo Parsi” programme, which promotes Parsi men and… Continue reading ‘Jiyo Parsi’: Govt Encourages The Community Members To Get Married And ‘Restore’ Population

The July 2022 Ba Humata Lecture Series will be on the theme “Serve and You Shall Be Served” Ushtavaiti Gatha Yasna Ha 43.1 This month’s speaker list includes Ervad Darayesh Katrak (India) Mobed Dr. Bahrom Firozgary, MD (Iran And USA) Dilshad Solan-Davar  (UK And Pakistan) Gulshan Kavarana  (UAE) Hutoxi Doodhwala (India) Moderated by Dr. Karishma… Continue reading Ba Humata Lecture Series: July 2022

MUMBAI: In a congested lane off Girgaum Road in south Mumbai, a nondescript old man dressed in simple white clothes would be seen frequently walking into the city’s oldest Parsi Atash Behram, the Dadysett Fire Temple, founded in 1783. Not many passersby outside or the devotees inside would recognise one of India’s richest men, Pallonji… Continue reading Construction pioneer Pallonji Mistry who took building blocks overseas