MUMBAI: Two reputed institutes TISS and Parzor have devised an online certificate course on Zoroastrianism that has been thoughtfully developed to explain Parsi culture. Apart from burnishing the CV of young students and researchers and advancing career opportunities,...
TISS PARZOR Launch Academic Programme on Parsi Zoroastrian Culture and Heritage Studies
Our dear friend and mentor Dr. Shernaz Cama writes in…I write to announce our TISS-Parzor Academic Programme. We are truly grateful for your support and faith in us. We will be glad if you will now help us through your networks to reach out, especially to youth across...
Practice, Faith and Forgetting in Pakistan’s Zoroastrian Community
The Parsi Zoroastrian community is a small minority in the Indian subcontinent, descended from Iranian Zoroastrians who migrated to the west coast of India around the 10th century. There they cultivated a syncretic ethno-religious identity by interweaving Iranian and...
We can no longer keep saying revolution is inevitable: Kobad Ghandy
The activist, whose book has just been released, criticises Indian Marxists for being terribly dogmatic, and says it’s the system that has failed, not the ideologyWhen he was arrested in 2009, headlines screamed ‘top Maoist nabbed’. Today, he’s juggling time between...
Protect water, conserve life: The AVA Project
Join the Ava Project’s effort to revitalize water’s importance in Zoroastrianism through service to our Earth Article By Kyra Singh | FEZANA The FEZANA Ava Project is an effort to rally Zoroastrians across the globe to work together to care for the environment. To...
Head of world’s largest vaccine manufacturer ‘to pay £50,000 a week for Mayfair home’
CEO at Serum Institute said to have agreed to pay Polish billionaire record sums for 25,000 square foot London mansion Article By Hayley Dixon | The TelegraphAdar Poonawalla is a member of one of the world’s richest families, which has a $15 billion fortune The head...
WZCC Talk: Dorab Mistry in Conversation with Piruz Khambatta of Rasna Fame
We are happy to inform you about the upcoming WZCC Talk. Our dear friend Dorab Mistry will be in conversation with Piruz Khambatta of RasnaSaturday March 27th, 20217:30 AM Pacific 10:30 AM Eastern2:30 PM London6.30 p.m Dubai8:00 PM India10.30 PM Hong Kong &...
Fish Meets Grill, a solo exhibition by Veera Rustomji
We are thrilled to inform that our dear friend Veera Rustomji will have a solo exhibition at VM Art Gallery in Karachi Pakistan.VM Art Gallery is pleased to present Fish Meets Grill, a solo exhibition by Veera Rustomji, opening on 24th March 2021 from 11am – 7pm. The...
How the tale of milk and sugar kept my people’s faith alive
My faith is Zoroastrianism, the oldest monotheistic religion in the world, originating in ancient Persia.The Persian prophet and religious reformer Zarthushta [Zoroaster] is regarded as its founder. It pre-dates the Abrahamic faiths of Judaism, Christianity and Islam...
