A Moral Obligation to Protect the Planet

A Moral Obligation to Protect the Planet

UNITED NATIONS, Feb 22 2021 (IPS) - Legends are the lodestars of history, the marriage of Sir Dorabji Tata with Meherbai on Valentine’s Day of 1898 among the most lyrical of them. Two years later, he gifted her the Jubilee Diamond, the sixth largest diamond in the...

This Mortal Coil: Zoroastrian Religion

This Mortal Coil: Zoroastrian Religion

Zoroastrianism is the world's oldest monotheistic religion, revealed by a prophet in Persia back in the 5th Century BC. Believing in one supreme deity, Ahura Mazda (Lord of Wisdom), creator and sustainer of all things, the central value is everyone has free will to...

A Portrait of Ruttie Jinnah That Doesn’t Hold Up

A Portrait of Ruttie Jinnah That Doesn’t Hold Up

There is much that is debatable and untenable in the new book on Jinnah’s wife.Who goes into history?Who is worthy of a biography?The shakers who change civilisation and our view of the world – the scientists, writers, painters and philosophers. And perhaps more than...

Navrose and Nirang: My life as a modern Zoroastrian

Navrose and Nirang: My life as a modern Zoroastrian

“I have to drink cow pee?!”Nine-year-old me glared up incredulously at my older brother, Tyler, who snickered, and with a devilish teenage grin, nodded his head — the answer was, unfortunately, yes.“I did it and now so do you!”Now, you may be thinking, ​what kind of...

The Pompous Legacy of the Persian Language in India

The Pompous Legacy of the Persian Language in India

From to 'Hind' and 'Hindostan' to 'Chashma' and 'Biryan', the words you know and the language and history you don't. Persian“The best memory is that which forgets nothing, but injuries. Write kindness in marble and write injuries in the dust.”This is not a quote...