by Roxan Aspi Driver in the Jam-e-Jamshed Jimmy Mistry has shown that he can accomplish what he sets out to. A man of action, and not just intention, barely a couple of months after the launch of his Parsi Resource Group, he brought together almost 350 mobeds at the inauguration of the Mobed’s Association, an… Continue reading Historic Association of Zarathushti Mobeds
Category: Opinion
Why Is The Truth About Conversion Not Told?
by Jamsheed Kanga in The Jam-e-Jamshed In a recent book, “Breaking the spell: Religion as a national phenomenon” the author Daniel C Dennett explains by an interesting analogy how religion can indoctrinate the mind. “An ant climbs a blade of grass over and over again, seemingly without seeking food or home because its brain has… Continue reading Why Is The Truth About Conversion Not Told?
“Zarathustra” the Sculpture
Post UPDATED since original posting. Read ahead. Today morning I received a forwarded email from Adil Nariman, from Sydney Australia. It brought to my attention, the events that will lead to the unveiling of Australia’s most imposing bronze nude statue. While this would otherwise be very good news, it rankled me when I read about… Continue reading “Zarathustra” the Sculpture
Life without Parsis would be like bun without maska
And for the last Saturday before Parsi New Year, the fifth without Busybee, a few stray thoughts. by Farzana Contractor | Saturday, March 18, 2006 11:11:0 IST Without doubt, life without Parsis would be like bun without maska, patia without the prawns. It is a community that lends charm to our living. It would be… Continue reading Life without Parsis would be like bun without maska
The Truth About Secret Societies
Parsi (Persian Zoroastrianism) influence is also seen in the Kusti ritual where each day they would tie a sacred cord around their waist. The fact that the Templars were accused of holding a ritual with a sacred cord closely resembling the practice of the Zoroastrian Kusti, indicates a tradition of knowledge going back through thousands… Continue reading The Truth About Secret Societies
Parsi Boy In A Red T-Shirt
So they were not Muslims. That little boy who loved cricket and who vanished in that post-Godhra carnage, belonging to a perfectly hardworking, reasonably honest middle class locality, was not a Muslim. So don’t create perverse noises of protest. Let him be. Let him be. He was a little Parsi kid who disappeared. You killed… Continue reading Parsi Boy In A Red T-Shirt
Ex-CU Prof. Takes Lit Hum to Harvard
Columbia Daily Spectator – New York City,NY,USA … Aristophanes’ Lysistrata has been replaced with The Frogs, and the Bhagavad-Gita and The Gathas of Zarathustra appear halfway through the course, adding the …
