Parsi Portal is a new and interesting app for Android smartphones and tablets that’s just been launched recently Jamshir Goorabian, one of the creators of the new Parsi Portal app writes in… “Parsi Portal”, our very own community app, is available on the Play Store! Parsi Calendar, Community Events, Prayers, News, Yellow Pages and much… Continue reading Parsi Portal: Android App Launched
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Parsis Aflame Over Snoop Dogg Video Featuring Sacred Symbol
A new video, “King,” featuring rapper Snoop Dogg and Iranian American singer Amitis has raised the ire of the worldwide Parsi community, including the Indian American community, for its use of a faravahar – a winged angel sacred to Zoroastrians – amongst its provocative imagery. Article by SUNITA SOHRABJI | India West The video opens… Continue reading Parsis Aflame Over Snoop Dogg Video Featuring Sacred Symbol
YouTube withdraws Snoop Dogg video
Readers of Parsi Khabar might remember that we had broken the story of the video featuring Snoop Dogg and Amitis, that had questionable and disrespectful use of the Farohar in it. The story then got picked up by various news agencies and someone in Kolkatta filed a public interest litigation in the High Court against… Continue reading YouTube withdraws Snoop Dogg video
Kolkata Parsi Zoroastrians file petition in high court against Snoop Dogg video
The Parsi Zoroastrian community in Kolkata is up in arms against a video uploaded on YouTube that they feel is blasphemous and shows disrespect to the ‘Faravahar’, a symbol held sacred by them. Darayas Jamshed Bapooji, president of the Parsi Zoroastrian Association of Kolkata has filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in Calcutta high court… Continue reading Kolkata Parsi Zoroastrians file petition in high court against Snoop Dogg video
Sticky dispute as Kurdish Zoroastrians blast diaper maker
Members of the Zoroastrian religious minority in Erbil, Kurdistan have threatened a diaper company with a lawsuit for giving a baby product the same name as their holy book. The product in question, the Avesta Baby Diaper, has outraged the faith’s leaders who have demanded the name be changed at once. “Avesta’ is the name… Continue reading Sticky dispute as Kurdish Zoroastrians blast diaper maker
WZO Trust Funds and Jiyo Parsi work together in South Gujarat
With the kind cooperation and support of Mr Dinshaw Tamboly and the Members of the local Committee at Navsari of the W.Z.O Trust Funds (Mrs Sharmin Tamboly, Mr Cyrus Vandriwala, Mr Rohinton Contractor, Mr Aspi Ambapardiwala, Mrs Simin Bharda and Mrs Pauruchist Kadodwalla), a workshop for parents was held for the first time at Navsari… Continue reading WZO Trust Funds and Jiyo Parsi work together in South Gujarat
Perth Or Mumbai May hold next World Zoroastrian Congress
Mumbai may become the venue for the next World Zoroastrian Congress (WZC) for the second time in a row after the Singapore community body, scheduled to host the event in 2017, declared its inability to do so. Article by Swati Goel Sharma | Hindustan Times The Parsi Zoroastrian Association of Singapore (PZAS) has written an… Continue reading Perth Or Mumbai May hold next World Zoroastrian Congress
