Parsi Vegetarian and Temperance Society celebrates movement founded in 1911 to promote vegetarianism and temperance.Article by Manoj Ramakrishnan | Free Press JournalMumbai: In Bahman Month, Parsis Celebrate Vegetarianism | FPJ It is onerous to think of Parsi...
Youth from the ancient faith campaigned to fund an interfaith center in England to promote the goals of inclusivity and interorganizational communication. World Zoroastrian Youth Leaders Forum youth leader Fravash Chothia after the Jashan, or blessing, prayer...
Filmmaker Kaevan Umrigar has a humorous take on Parsi surnames Kaevan Umrigar | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Kaevan Umrigar is a Mumbai-based writer and documentary filmmaker. He is also a surname analyst i.e.; he researches Parsi surnames to trace their...
Flops, frauds or community disapproval did not prove obstacles to the growth of the theatre enterprise. Elphinstone Circle in Bombay in the 1870s. Photo: Lee-Warner Collection/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA When one thinks of Horniman Circle – the ring of elegant old...
Food historian Kurush Dalal recalls Zend as the baker who wasn’t afraid to experiment and wished to give his customers quality products.Sitting behind the cash counter or instructing staff by the woodfire oven, Zend Meherwan Zend was synonymous with Yazdani Bakery. He...
An interesting short documentary on the iconic B. Merwan & Co. Bakery
Cars are in the Parsi DNA since the day automobiles were invented, or so it seems ! It is no surprise that some of the top automobile restorers, journalists, organizers and most importantly owners and collectors are Parsis. One such gentleman is Perseus Bandrawalla...
Union Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan launched India’s first indigenously developed pneumococcal vaccine, 'PNEUMOSIL' manufactured by the Serum Institute of India.
Mumbai: Members of the Parsi community are aggrieved with the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) as the fate of the iconic 'Parsi Gate' continues to remain uncertain. In order to facilitate the ongoing construction work for the Coastal Road Project (CRP), the...