A Parsi and a Bengali Bring Calcutta Flavors to Beijing

A Parsi and a Bengali Bring Calcutta Flavors to Beijing

While Prime Minister Narendra Modi attends the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Summit elsewhere in China, two Indians in Beijing — Mehernosh Pastakia, a Parsi, and Rabiul Baksh, a Bengali — have quietly been building cultural bridges through food.Beijing, a city of...

Opera Singer Minoo Golvala Passes Away

Opera Singer Minoo Golvala Passes Away

Minoo Golvala, an opera singer who was called ‘Mario Lanza of Bombay’, passed away in London on Friday. He was 88.Born into a Parsi household in 1936 in Mumbai, Golvala, who studied at St Xavier’s College, was awarded a scholarship to the Conservatory in Rome at age...

Firdaus Kharas Appointed Officer of the Order Of Canada

Firdaus Kharas Appointed Officer of the Order Of Canada

Indian-born Parsi Awarded High Honour By CanadaOttawa, December 28, 2023: The Governor-General of Canada Her Excellency the Right Honourable Mary Simon announced the appointment of Indian-born Firdaus Kharas as an Officer of the Order of Canada, one of the country’s...

Secret Lives of the Wise Men

Secret Lives of the Wise Men

The scene of three ornately dressed potentates handing out the very first Christmas presents has been depicted in countless ways -- in classical paintings, greeting cards and town-square tableaux.We know their names: Melchior, Caspar and Balthazar. They stand off to...