Parsis In Pakistan: A Fading Community And The Silence Of Survival

Parsis In Pakistan: A Fading Community And The Silence Of Survival

For a few weeks each year, in parts of Karachi and Quetta, you can hear Avestan prayers in the Parsi fire temples rising above traffic and generator hum. It is a small sound now, almost silent as the years go by, but it carries two thousand years inside it.Article by...

SC Hears Plea Challenging 1908 Dinshaw Ruling on Parsi Identity

SC Hears Plea Challenging 1908 Dinshaw Ruling on Parsi Identity

The Supreme Court of India on Tuesday heard a constitutional challenge raising questions about gender discrimination within the Parsi community, with Senior Advocate Percival Billimoria describing a 1908 Bombay High Court ruling governing Parsi identity as “a blot on...

Vachagandhy Agiary: A 168-yr-old agiary reclaims its glow

Vachagandhy Agiary: A 168-yr-old agiary reclaims its glow

Mumbai’s Vachagandhy Agiary undergoes its first full restoration in decades, blending Achaemenid motifs with Parsi classic designVachagandhy Agiary Marked its consecration anniversary on February 8, 2026On the bustling corner of Pedder Road and Hughes Road, where the...