Today is the Vohuxshathra Gatha, the fourth Gatha day of this year’s muktad. And in the 2025 Everyday Parsi series we feature our ninth author Arnavaz Sethna. My Memories of Muktad in Karachi Growing up in Karachi in an Athornan family, Muktad days were special to me....
Everyday Parsi: Roshan Rivetna
Today is the Spentamainyu Gatha, the third Gatha day of this year’s muktad. And in the 2025 Everyday Parsi series we feature our eighth author Roshan Rivetna. Muktad Memories – From Mumbai (Bombay) to Chicago Early Days in Mumbai My early days, growing up in Bombay...
Everyday Parsi: Mahtab Dastur
Today is the Ushtavaiti Gatha, the second Gatha day of this year’s muktad. And in the 2025 Everyday Parsi series we feature our seventh author Mahtab Dastur. The Muktad times have always been a time of prayer and remembrance. When we were younger, we would go to...
‘Am I going to feel anything?’: Young Zoroastrians reconnect with their faith
Looking to ensure a future for the aging, mostly immigrant Zoroastrian community, the faith’s leaders in the United States are rallying young Zoroastrians to make friendships across demographic lines and rediscover their spiritual heritage.The fire altar at the...
Dadar Parsee Gymkhana Membership Dispute: ‘Nobody seems to want to do anything in our case’
Five years on, Parsi woman’s fight continues for membership of son after five changes of dates for hearing in three months at the SC; Dadar Parsee Colony Gymkhana allegedly rejected it over his non-Parsi statusThe president of Dadar Parsee Colony Gymkhana declined to...
Unlocking the secrets of the Parsi gene: What makes them live longer, protects them from certain cancers
A life sciences firm has turned to this community to understand how certain diseases occur in the general population Written by Anuradha Mascarenhas | Indian ExpressThe project, started by a Bangalore-based life sciences firm, seeks to identify genetic risk factors...
Zoroastrianism, The Great Deluge, Human History: Dr. Ramiyar Karanjia I
The iRonik Show on youtube speaks with Ervad Dr. Ramiyar Karanjia. iRonik writes: We have done a few episodes on Hinduism and our spiritual history, going ahead we do want to understand about other religions from the experts. We have Dr. Ramiyar Karanjia with us who...
Ba Humata Lecture Series: October 2023
The October 2023 Ba Humata Lecture Series shall be on the Theme: IN LIFE - FOCUS ON THE INVINCIBLE IN THE INVISIBLEReference: The Gathas including Yasna 47.1, 2, 3, and other Zarathushti PrayersSpeakers: Mobedyar Armita Dalal (USA & Iran)Ervad Darian Shahlori...
Bakhtiar Dadabhoy’s Homi J Bhabha: A Life
Bakhtiar Dadabhoy’s Homi J Bhabha: A Life chronicles not only the life of an exceptional scientist, but an important era in Indian scienceThe biography of Bhabha, who established India's nuclear energy programme, covers a vast canvas — his early life, scientific...
