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A groundbreaking initiative to preserve the migration stories of Zoroastrians in Britain has received national...

A Global Gathering of Young Zarathushti Leaders The 3rd World Zoroastrian Youth Leaders Forum (WZYLF) concluded on...

In this episode of Wings Podcast we will meet Hoshedar Deboo a 3rd generation entrepreneur currently working as Director of his family business – Albaj Engineering Corporation Pvt. Ltd., a...

The Ba Humata Lecture Series November 2022 shall be held on November 6th 2022. on the theme “The Truth of Love Has More Power Than the Love of Truth”: The Zarathushti Prayers Speakers: Ervad Dr....

Dhun Baria, the feisty reformist who was also orthodox in certain ways, “was a real contradiction,” said Noshir Dadrawalla, her friend and former Bombay Parsi Punchayet (BPP) trustee. The community...

The October 2022 Ba Humata Lecture Series is on the theme “Life is a sample of our example: The Zarathushti Prayers” Speakers: Professor Emeritus Dr. Coomi Vevaina (India) Houman Farvahari (Iran)...

The Irani family from Mississauga, Canada will be appearing on the Canadian-version of the popular game show Family Feud. It features two families who compete to name the most popular answers to...

This fascination with the British monarchy is not just limited to Bomanbehram, 75. Every Zoroastrian Parsi and Irani home, it is said lightheartedly, has a portrait of the queen, be it Victoria or...

Did you ever have Sali Marghi — tender chicken wrapped in fiery masala and topped off with shredded fried potato? Sali Marghi is an age-old recipe that has been a traditional one in Parsi...

Indian creative professionals have made the industry proud, yet again. They bagged top ranks at the Lions Creativity report, which was released yesterday. The annual report is a definitive ranking...

My Lords, I was in Boston yesterday and at lunchtime, Boston time, I came out of a meeting with one of my Harvard Business School professors, looked at my phone and saw the sad news about Her...

The long, messy legal battle was also a fight for his reputation. Cyrus wanted to tell the world that he was doing the right thing Written by Coomi Kapoor An introvert who shied away from public...

FEZANA President & Parsi Khabar founder Arzan Sam Wadia on India’s largest English radio station Radio One 94.3 FM speaking with the legendary Hrishi K on Parsi New Year Day. The interview was...

Parsi Khabar is saddedned to hear about the passing away of Cyrus Mistry, past Chairman of Tata & Sons and head of the SP Group. He was in a car along with three others returning to Mumbai from...

Rati Cooper was a legendary educator and teacher at the Rajkumar College in Rajkot. Over the decades she taught and made an impact on thousands of students who studied under her. Rati passed away a...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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....

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...

The peace, tranquillity and oneness with Ahura Mazda that we experience when we gaze upon an atash is an inexplicable feeling. The silhouette of the aesthetic Afarganyu with the warm burning pile of...

Modi launches stamp for 200th anniversary of Mumbai Samachar: Look back at history of Asia’s longest-running newspaper The Gujarati newspaper was first published in 1822 as a weekly by Parsi...

Our friend Meher Amalsad writes in….. FATHER’S DAY 2022 TRANSFORMATIONAL SPECIAL This M&M Show Is Dedicated To All The Fathers Of Humanity And Specially To My Son Arash For His First...

As we extend our efforts to address inequity one step at a time, is a society with no economic discrimination in education attainable? This talk by Freyaz K. Shroff focuses on the certainty of it....

The May 2022 Ba Humata talk shall be on the theme Atarsh Niyayesh, Yasna Ha 43.3 And Related Prayers Speakers: Ervad Solicitor Zerick Dastur from India Dr. Dolly Dastoor from Canada Mobedyar Sarvar...

LLNL’s Huban Gowadia named to State of Alabama Engineering Hall of Fame Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s Huban Gowadia has been inducted into the state of Alabama’s Engineering Hall of...

THE BOMBAY PARSEE ASSOCIATION PAYS HOMAGE TO SIR HORMUSJI COWASJEE DINSHAW (ADENWALLA) ON HIS 165th BIRTH ANNIVERSARY The Bombay Parsee Association paid homage to Sir Hormusji Cowasjee Dinshaw...

On March 23, 2022, Pakistan-based Roshan Bharucha – the only Zoroastrian in Pakistan to have been elected as both – Senator and Minister in the Federal Government – was felicitated with the...

The April 2022 Ba Humata Lecture series will feature Vada Dasturji Khurshed Dastoor, High Priest of IranShah, Udvada, India Honorable Senator And Minister Roshan Bharucha from Pakistan Mobedyar...

Rescue: Extreme Medics shows how lives are saved in remotest Scotland after injuries on mountains and oil rigs Dr Jasmine Medhora trained in London but at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary she is often faced...

Mani Jehangir Clubwala passed away in Chennai, India on March 10, 2022, at the age of 92 with her sons, Astad and Kaikhushru by her side. She was adored by all and will be missed a great deal by...

Meet The Girl who Rode a Harley. 102-year-old Zarine Damry tells us about her love for motorcycles. When asked what people thought of her riding a Harley-Davidson up and down Ahmednagar road 80...

The March 2022 Ba Humata Lecture Series will feature the following speakers Ervad Kaiwan Turel (Hong Kong) Ervad Varzavand Dadachanji (India) Sanaya Master (Canada And New Zealand) Farida Master...

A Jashan was performed on Sunday, February 27th, Meher roj at the ZAC Atashkadeh by Zerkxis and Zarrir Bhandara, which was well attended by a strong crowd of 84 Zarthostis. This Jashan was arranged...

Supreme Court accepted tweaked protocol for cremation of dead bodies of Covid patients from Parsi community, after Centre and the community mutually agreed on adopting a standard operating procedure...

The B. D. Petit Parsee General Hospital in Mumbai inaugurated a new Dialysis unit on February 10, 2022. The facility was established from the donations Neville Sarkari made to honour his late mother...

The case was registered on December 15, over a year after the man, identified as Yezdiar Edel Behram, died, after which the police arrested the duo as the investigators ascertained that the they...

Adar Poonawalla made the statement as a panelist during the ‘Meeting the Challenge of Vaccine Equity’ session organised by the WEF. MoneyControl The vaccination rate needs to be faster worldwide for...

Parsi Khabar is thrilled to announce that Dr. Cyrus S. Poonawalla has been awarded the Padma Bhushan Award by the Government of India. This is India’s third highest civilian award and Dr. Poonawalla...

Our dear friend and mentor Zerbanoo Gifford pays tribute to the great humanitarian of our times, Bishop Desmond Tutu, who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984 for his work fighting the inhuman...

Patel was the former vice-president of marketing, Khaleej Times Article By Nithin Belle | Khaleej Times Eminent advertising and theatre veteran Burjor Patel has passed away early Tuesday morning....

Parsi Khabar is happy to share the news that Kersi Deboo has been appointed as the Parsi Zoroastrian representative on the National Commission of the Minorities India. Kersi is a lifelong resident...