Everyday Parsi: Ervad Adil Mithaiwala

Everyday Parsi: Ervad Adil Mithaiwala

Today is Ahunavaiti Gatha, the first Gatha Day of this year’s muktad. And in the 2025 Everyday Parsi series we feature our sixth author Ervad Adil Mithaiwala In the Presence of Fravashis: My Muktad Journey By Ervad Adil Mithaiwala It begins with a bell. A quiet Agiary...

Everyday Parsi: Ava J. Patell

Everyday Parsi: Ava J. Patell

Our fifth author in the Everyday Parsi 2025 series is Ava J. Patell My husband and I come from families where the tradition was to do Muktad ceremonies only for the first year. Visiting the Agiary early in the morning was a fast trot down Altamont Road to the Bai...

Everyday Parsi: Havovi Antia

Everyday Parsi: Havovi Antia

Our fourth author in the Everyday Parsi 2025 is Havovi Antia of Melbourne, Australia. Muktad: A Journey into Meaning Growing up in Jamshedpur, my memories of the Muktad Gatha days are few and scattered. Ours was not a particularly religious household, though we held a...

Ashdeen Lillaowala On Keeping Traditional Crafts Alive

Ashdeen Lillaowala On Keeping Traditional Crafts Alive

Persian excellence takes centre stage as Ashdeen and Good Earth come together for a one-of-a-kind limited-edition capsule collection that takes inspiration from Persia's famous seven-coloured decorative tiles. Known for his ground-breaking work in reviving Parsi Gara...

Why Pakistani Parsis Achievements Are Extraordinary

Why Pakistani Parsis Achievements Are Extraordinary

Pakistani Parsis are far fewer but much like in India their achievements are extraordinary as they own Pakistan’s only brewery, the oldest shipping firm, and a chain of hotels besides being regarded as makers of the country’s financial hub of KarachiNote: The above...

Lisa Bandari Appointed UK’s Ambassador to Portugal

Lisa Bandari Appointed UK’s Ambassador to Portugal

In an email update Zoroastrian Trust Funds of Europe informs….ZTFE congratulates Lisa Bandari, daughter of Kay & Darayus Bandari, for been appointed His Majesty’s Ambassador to Portugal as per the Press Release from the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office...