We are happy to share that our friend Niloufer Mavalvala has come out with a new bookThe Route to Parsi Cooking: From Pars to India and BeyondPreserving the past for the futurePlace your order by email at [email protected] info on Niloufer’s...
Portrait Unveiled to Honour Lord Bilimoria’s Decade-Long Term as Chancellor of the University of Birmingham
The University of Birmingham unveiled a portrait to commemorate Lord Karan Bilimoria’s remarkable ten-year tenure as Chancellor. Lord Bilimoria, the first Indian-born Chancellor of a Russell Group university in Great Britain, has stepped down, leaving behind a legacy...
Zerbanoo Gifford at Westminster Abbey to Celebrate 30th Anniversary of South Africa’s Independence
Our dear friend and mentor Zerbanoo Gifford participated in a recent Thanksgiving event at the Westeminster Abbey in London, UK. Below is a write up by Athravan Sett a young Zarathushti from the UK who accompanied Zerbanoo at this historic event. Art writes..At noon...
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...
Parsis – The People from Pars — and the ancient tradition of Jamshedi Navroze
Niloufer is a cookbook author and cooking instructor with a great passion for food and a love of world travel.The people from Pars – a province in the Persian Empire — migrated to Gujarat, India, 2500 years ago. Persecuted, most of them fled, taking with them their...
Brigadier Furdoon “Duck” Mehta: Obituary
Brigadier Furdoon "Duck" Mehta, the Royal Indian Artillery officer who survived a bullet passing through his cap and later became military attache in Washington, has passed away on his 101st birthday on March3.Cut to March 1944: flying a single-seater Auster over the...
Remembering-The lady of the Law – Mithan Tata Lam
Women's Day Special: Remembering-The lady of the Law- Mithan Tata Lam There are few life stories as invigorating as that of Mithan Tata. Mithan Tata has the distinction of smashing the thickest of all professional ceiling- she has the distinction of being the first...
Young Parsi comics share their insights on the community one joke at a time
Young Parsi comics, who are laughing at themselves and the innate behaviour that makes Parsis, Parsis, are taking over a corner of the Internet Pardiwalla believes that Bollywood stereotyping spoiled it for Parsis, and his portrayal of the community is closer to the...
Bhicoo Manekshaw: Indian women chefs who left indelible culinary footprints across the nation
Indian women chefs who left indelible culinary footprints across the nationFrom cookbook writers to chefs in commercial kitchens of hotels and restaurants, several Indian women too have emerged as path-breakers in the culinary world. Kitchen was their battlefield and...