A 75-year-old family physician and known personality in the Parsi community, Dr Khushroo Laskari, succumbed to the novel coronavirus late on Thursday night. Dr Laskari was fighting a battle against Covid-19 for the past six weeks at the Seventh Day Adventist hospital. He is survived by his wife and two daughters Also known as a… Continue reading Dr Khushroo Laskari: Eminent Surat doctor loses coronavirus battle, dies at 75
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Kaiser-I-Hind: How an Anglo-Gujarati newspaper kept publishing through the Bombay plague and into the 1980s
Jehangir Patel, editor of the Parsi community magazine Parsiana, acquired the weekly Anglo-Gujarati newspaper Kaiser-i-Hind in the early 1980s. Along with it, he also got control of its hoary printing press. Located on Bazaar Gate Street in the Fort of Bombay, most of the printing equipment in the press was hopelessly outdated. At a time… Continue reading Kaiser-I-Hind: How an Anglo-Gujarati newspaper kept publishing through the Bombay plague and into the 1980s
Nergis Mavalvala named MIT School of Science dean
Astrophysicist Nergis Mavalvala has been named the new dean of MIT’s School of Science, effective Sept. 1. She will succeed Michael Sipser, who will return to the faculty as the Donner Professor of Mathematics, after six years of service. Mavalvala, the Curtis and Kathleen Marble Professor of Astrophysics, is renowned for her pioneering work in… Continue reading Nergis Mavalvala named MIT School of Science dean
As Covid separates, Karachi’s Parsis grow closer with online Humbandagi prayers
Natasha Mavalvala is standing on the upper floor of the H. J. Behrana agiari in Karachi’s Saddar, singing hymns for the souls of the departed. Her audience is a camera, recording her recitations of the Humbandagi prayer. The hall, which used to be packed with Parsis, echoes with her solo voice. Article by Anushae Engineer… Continue reading As Covid separates, Karachi’s Parsis grow closer with online Humbandagi prayers
19 days later, Tardeo family still living with landslide rubble
A portion of a stone wall crashed right outside Adil Driver’s bedroom window in Parsi colony, but rain is impeding clearance; he wants permanent relocation. Each time it rains, Adil Behram Driver rushes to his bedroom window and warily eyes a hillock 3 ft away. Nineteen days after a landslide sent a portion of a… Continue reading 19 days later, Tardeo family still living with landslide rubble
ZOROVERSE Podcast Launches
An amazing initiative by 5 Zarathushti youth from the UK…. the ZOROVERSE Podcast is live !! Check out episode one that features the amazing athlete Ayesha Bilimoria aka “FitGirl” Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Zoroversepodcast/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zoroversepodcast/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoNGGt_w7xo Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6cwQfUWZF6haMU7WSaEIfy
Parsis in Hong Kong: what’s the secret behind their growing population?
Twelve years ago, Homyar Nasirabadwala was working as an accountant in his hometown of Mumbai, India, when he came across a job advert in a Parsi magazine seeking a full-time dasturji, a Zoroastrian priest. Already ordained in doctrines dating back to antediluvian Persia that influenced essential principles of Judaism and Christianity, Nasirabadwala figured it might… Continue reading Parsis in Hong Kong: what’s the secret behind their growing population?
