A small fire is lit at dawn and quenched at dusk at the Zoroastrian center in Orange County, California in imitation of sacred fires in worshippers' home temples of Yazd and Tehran which have burned uninterrupted for centuries.In recent years, Iran’s Zoroastrian...
Shahnaz Pestonji was a nurse, a mom, a grandmother and a wife. Her two daughters and her husband are now left with the grief of a tragic death after she was fatally stabbed in a North York plaza parking lot Thursday.Article by Gabriela Silva Ponte & Naama...
‘Parsiana’, the journal, which stood out as much for airing social issues as for taut writing and tight editing, is facing an imminent closure in a few monthsMUMBAI: Come October, ‘Parsiana’ will ‘go gentle into that good night’. Unheeding of its legion of admirers...
At the end of July 2023, the second of two mega-events in the Zarathushti calendar for 2023 happened. On the coattails of the 8th World Zoroastrian Youth Congress, the WZCC UK Chapter welcomed over 105 Zarathushtis from all over the world for the 2023 WZCC Global...
Our dear friend Sarosh K. Daruwalla and his team at Mazda Multimedia bring us Season 2 of their extremely popular series of interviews and stories. What lies ahead in Season 2 ? Get a sneak peak from the trailer belowSarosh writes…We are happy to inform you about our...
At Parsi Khabar we are saddened to hear about the passing away of Darius Forbes. Our condolences to the entire family and his friends and loved ones. Here is an 2011 article on Darius Forbes that talks about his work, life and legacy.Darius Forbes, the visionary...
For Zubin Mehta, time is sacred. Few callings are as severely an imposition on time as is his pursuit: classical music. In the Western tradition, transcribed on paper in extraordinary detail, in fractions of a second, lie the thoughts and feelings of some of the...
If travelling on Ram Jhula towards Mayo Hospital Square, from the passenger side of the car you might be able to catch a glimpse of a small shop below called Banu Enterprises in Shanichara Market, right after the railway tracks below end. The unassuming facade of this...
Renowned choreographer Marzi Pestonji went down the memory lane and recalled his journey on how he bagged the opportunity to be a background dancer in ‘Dil Toh Pagal Hai’.Master Marzi, who is also fondly known as ‘Udi Baba’ will grace the stage of dance reality show...