They fled to India back in the eighth century after more than 100 years of religious persecution following the Arab invasion of Iran and assimilated completely into IndiaWith Iran so much in the news, I find even my peripheral connection to the country evokes...
Consul General of India in Los Angeles felicitates Ervad Zarrir Bhandara during Jamshedi Navroz Celebrations
The Consul General of India in Los Angeles, Dr. K. J. Srinivasa, felicitated Ervad Zarrir Bhandara during Jamshedi Navroze celebrations at the Zoroastrian Association of California (ZAC), recognizing his three decades of humanitarian service and milestone in blood...
Supreme Court to examine plea against Parsi women losing religious identity after interfaith marriage
The Supreme Court on Monday decided to consider a plea, raising the question of whether a Parsi woman can be deprived of her religious identity after entering into an interfaith marriage.A bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and...
Gen Z women are wearing Ashdeen garas on their own terms
The designer has turned a ritual wardrobe into a piece of living heritage by Butool Jamal | The Nod Magazine Natalia J Mistry in an Ashdeen lehenga Ashdeen Lilaowala is probably the quietest rebel you’ll ever meet. At 45, the designer is charming, warm—the Delhi...
Future Zoroastrians – Leadership Programme for Emerging Priestly Leaders
SOAS informs….Scholarship overviewWe are delighted to announce that applications for the Future Zoroastrians: Leadership Programme for Emerging Priestly Leaders are officially open.Designed for Zoroastrian priests across global communities, this programme supports the...
TISS course on Parsi culture draws global participation
A lively online classroom of 50 students, including a five-year-old boy -- who asked more curious questions than his mother who had enrolled -- and a retired executive aged 80, made up the first edition of the TISS Parzor Academic Programme for Zoroastrian Studies...
Only brick & mortar remain to narrate tale of Punjab’s Parsis
From Field Marshal Manekshaw to ‘Grand Old Lady’ Bhandari, philanthropic community has had a notable impact on state’s cultural tapestryThe residence of Tehmi ‘Bogga’ Bhandari that once hosted the likes of Hollywood stars, political heirs and diplomats. FileThe Parsi...
Redevelopment creeping in, yet Dadar Parsi Colony has retained its charm
In the 1920s, when municipal corporator and civil engineer Muncherji Edulji Joshi, initiated a housing project for Parsi families in Dadar, his vision was to construct a model neighbourhood with two-storey buildings, large open spaces and gardens around them.A century...
1,500-year-old church found next to Zoroastrianism place of worship in Iraq
A 2,000-year-old palace in the Republic of Georgia and a 1,500-year-old church in Iraq suggest Zoroastrians coexisted with people of other religions.The Gird-î Kazhaw archaeological site is in Iraq's northern Kurdistan region, near the modern village of Bestansur....
