Yes, No, Can’t say Parsiana, Editorial Viewpoint, Issue Date: 07-Oct-2015 Covering a Bombay Parsi Punchayet (BPP) trusteeship election with 23 candidates (two dropped out on September 30) vying for five seats is a challenging proposition for a semi-monthly community magazine. Aside from limited personnel resources and allowing that several candidates don’t hold public meetings, how… Continue reading Parsiana Editorial Viewpoint on Bombay Parsi Panchayet Elections
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Nisaba Godrej: The ‘ovarian lottery’
Why you don’t need to wait till you’re a grandparent, to start passing it forward Disclaimer: I’m not a philanthropist. Not by the conventional definition anyway—that to fit (and foot) the bill, you have to be wrinkled, wear glasses and play bridge. Article by Nisaba Godrej | Live Mint Why then am I writing this?… Continue reading Nisaba Godrej: The ‘ovarian lottery’
There’s something about Parsis
Hindi films that churn the box-office mill have never been known to be kind to the diversity of the country’s culture. Without losing much sweat you will find the money-minting Gujarati, the loud-mouthed Punjabi, the bookish Bengali, the drunken Christian, the nasal accented ‘south Indian’, the Nepalese ‘bahadur’. Article by Usri Basistha | Tehelka And… Continue reading There’s something about Parsis
House of Fire: Can India’s Parsis survive their own success?
Fali Madon was looking for a bride. A boyish twenty-seven-year-old with twin passions for physical fitness and expensive cars, Fali was the chief priest of a Parsi fire temple in the Colaba district of Mumbai. For six years he’d been searching for a wife from within his tiny, tight-knit community — the Parsis, Indian practitioners… Continue reading House of Fire: Can India’s Parsis survive their own success?
Parsi Mumbai: The Legacy of Zoroastrianism in India’s Urban Fabric
An Iranian visitor can’t help but notice the Zoroastrian symbols that dominate old Mumbai. In the historic Fort District toward the southern end of this metropolis of twenty million souls, Zoroastrian monuments take center place at intersections and crossroads, while small signs warning “Entrance for Parsi Irani Zoroastrians Only” pop up here and there, hinting… Continue reading Parsi Mumbai: The Legacy of Zoroastrianism in India’s Urban Fabric
Provoking the Parsi to procreate: Why I am rooting for Sam Balsara’s ad campaign
In the early 1970s, one of the oil majors – I forget which one – ran an outdoor campaign with a headline that screamed, “Save that drop of oil – or walk to your destination 20 years from now.” Article By Anant Rangaswami | Firstpost It’s over 50 years since I saw that message, and… Continue reading Provoking the Parsi to procreate: Why I am rooting for Sam Balsara’s ad campaign
Nat Geo Parsi: Rahul Da Cunha
And so I’m sitting in Albless Baug at a Navjote — (for the unintiated, that’s the Parsi thread ceremony to initiate little Perizaads and Khushrus into Zoroastrianism). In this case, my hearty, sonically over-challenged neighbour Tempton’s grand daughter is entering the faith. Article by Rahul Da Cunha | MidDay Albless Baug, nestled in the heart… Continue reading Nat Geo Parsi: Rahul Da Cunha
