Everyday Parsi: Mahtab Dastur

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...

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...

Bakhtiar Dadabhoy’s Homi J Bhabha: A Life

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...

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...

Pakistan: What happened to Zoroastrians in Karachi?

Pakistan: What happened to Zoroastrians in Karachi?

Karachi was once home to thousands of Parsis, followers of Zoroaster (Zarathustra), the spiritual founder of Zoroastrianism. Some of them still live in the city, but the future for their community seems grim.Article by Mohammad Salman | DWThe history of Zoroastrians...

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...