In the Calcutta of the 1970s and '80s lived a young Parsee who made her community proud with her sporting achievementsArticle by Shamya Dasgupta | CricinfoIt was 1972 or 1973. Kumkum Banerjee was part of a group of five well-connected society ladies with an interest...
Dear friends,I woke up today to the pleasant news of longevity and resilience—my high school located in the beautiful Zoroastrian enclave of Dadar Parsi Colony, Mumbai—The J. B. Vachha High School for Parsi girls and the Cowasjee Jehangir Primary & Infant School...
Iona Italia talks to Nev March about her historical novel, Murder in Old Bombay, and about the Zoroastrians of Bombay both past and present. Hello everyone, welcome to the Quillette podcast.I’m your host this week, Iona Italia, and my guest is Nev March. Nev is a...
Parsi-Owned — Bawas And Their BikesBut don’t go asking if they’re for sale. Chances are, you’ll be chased away with colourful languageBY Kartik Ware | PHOTOS Kaizad DarukhanawalaZend is a consummate Commando fan and rightly waxes eloquent about his great motorcycle....
Former international umpire Piloo Reporter was on Monday honoured for his service to Indian cricket by the Cricketers Foundation here. The 82-year-old, who stood in 14 Tests and 22 ODIs in a career spanning 28 years, was handed an amount of Rs 75,000 by the...
India’s vaccine diplomacy drive which has become the toast of the town in many a world capital, has much to thank the Parsis - a tiny community which migrated from ancient Persia to India’s western shores some 12 centuries ago. Billionaire Adar Poonawala and his...
Each year the World Zarathushti Chamber of Commerce recognizes outstanding Zarathushti entrepreneurs in four different categories. Due to the pandemic the WZCC Global AGM was conducted virtually on zoom. The award winners were announced by the Global President of WZCC...
Sundays on #FinelyChoppedTV are #foodocracyforher days and in this episode, I speak to Mumbai based Parsi home chef, Mahrukh Mogrelia who runs Mahrukh's Kitchen. Mahrukh's food talks of the times of yore and has a certain rustic flavour that one does not see in the...
Wonder how the world-famous author Rudyard Kipling, a Parsi artist and a Rhinoceros are connected? Look at the portrait of a Parsi artist, Pestonjee Bomanjee (1851-1938) with his long white beard, working on a canvas and beside it is a facsimile of a story written by...