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...
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
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
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
“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...
Inaugural Jashan on Navroze to Kick Off 12 World Zoroastrian Congress 2022 Planning
The 12th World Zoroastrian Congress (WZC) is co-hosted by ZAGNY (Zoroastrian Association of Greater New York, and FEZANA (Federation of Zoroastrian Associations of North America).The WZC returns to the United States after 22 years and is expected to attract 1500...
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...