Practice, Faith and Forgetting in Pakistan’s Zoroastrian Community

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...

How the tale of milk and sugar kept my people’s faith alive

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...

Epic Iran Exhibition: An Overview by V&A and ZTFE

Epic Iran Exhibition: An Overview by V&A and ZTFE

ZTFE would like to invite our members and well-wishers to join us for a specially curated evening on the Epic Iran exhibition, from the comfort of their homes.  The exhibition explores 5,000 years of Iranian art, design and culture, bringing together over 300...

Parsi Khabar Wishes You a Happy Jamshedi Navroze 2021

Parsi Khabar Wishes You a Happy Jamshedi Navroze 2021

Dear Parsi Khabar family,We take this opportunity to wish you and your family and loved ones a very happy Jamshedi Navroze Mubarak. As we enter a new spring, and a new year; and emerge from the events of the last year, may we be more compassionate, caring, healthy,...

London’s ZTFE Zoroastrian Center Goes Purple for Census 2021

London’s ZTFE Zoroastrian Center Goes Purple for Census 2021

Going purple for Census 2021Harrow’s Civic Centre and the iconic Zoroastrian Centre on Alexandra Avenue will join more than a hundred buildings and landmarks across England and Wales lighting up purple to celebrate the upcoming census and its importance to...

Nowruz—Zoroastrian advent of Spring

Nowruz—Zoroastrian advent of Spring

This spring we have much to be hopeful about, as 2021 brings us closer to universal vaccination and normalcy. Nowruz, the festival of Spring is a joyful time for Zoroastrians, as the start of the new year. Article by Nawaz MerchantA traditional Haft-Shin Table...

Through SEVA Bring Iranshah To The United Nations

Through SEVA Bring Iranshah To The United Nations

THROUGH SEVA: A PERSPECTIVE FROM THE FIVE STARS OF IRANSHAHIn 2021, our Goal Is To Bring IranShah’s Presence To The United Nations by building a Special Project through SEVA (Service) For Humanity using the guiding principles of Asha In The Light Of IranShah.And to...