Polymath doctor brings his work to Delhi to inspire junior doctorsWritten by Rinku Ghosh Dr Farokh Udwadia (Express photo by Praveen Khanna)For years, Dr Farokh Udwadia has sat by the bedside of his patients at the intensive care unit (ICU) of Mumbai’s Breach...
Tucked away in a lane in the southern end of India's financial capital, Mumbai, is a museum dedicated to the followers of one of the world's oldest religions, Zoroastrianism.The Framji Dadabhoy Alpaiwalla Museum documents the history and legacy of the ancient Parsi...
Taipei, May 2025 – In a landmark achievement that has reverberated across the global Masters athletics community, Mr. Fareez Vasania has secured his third gold medal at the World Masters Games 2025, completing a rare and historic treble in the 60+ category. His...
Elements of Indian culture and pre-Islamic Persia that survive in India shape modern Iranian culture, even today. Article by Adhiraj Parthasarathy & Mohammad Dawood | Scroll A copy of The Blind Owl by Sadeq Hedayat, Rabindranath Tagore, and an engraving of the...
The African National Congress leader became the first democratic speaker in the country’s National Assembly in 1994. Frene Ginwala, feisty feminist, astute political tactician and committed cadre of South Africa’s governing party, the African National Congress, has...
Parsi Khabar is saddened to hear about the passing away of Frene Noshir Ginwala, a leading freedom fighter in South Africa, and the first speaker of an independent South Africa. Our dear friend Zerbanoo Gifford, President of the World Zoroastrian Organization, knew...
Mumbai’s Parsis mourn passing of legend Dr Tehemton E Udwadia as they remember a man grand in talent, spirit Surgeon and gastroenterologist Dr Tehemton Erach Udwadia passed away on Saturday, bringing a somber, reflective end to the first week of the New Year. The...
Incentive Scheme for Encouraging Boarders to join Dadar Athornan InstituteThe Dadar Athornan Institute (DAI) established in 1919 by the Athornan Mandal, Mumbai is the only seminary that provides Zoroastrian youth from Athornan families completely gratis training in...
Our very dear friend Jamshed Ghadiali from New York writes in…On December 18, 2022 I gave my 350th blood donation. It all started on August 28, 1965 when three friends went to the Indian Red Cross blood donation center near the Town Hall in Bombay. Since that day I...