Our dear friend Nairika Cornett speaks about the The Transformative Power of Art: Appreciating Art’s Range of Impact on a podcast with Phil Bonelli.If art were our mental diet, we’d be very healthy people. – Nairika CornettNairika Cornett, Director of the Quinlan...
Suggestion to shut down fire temple comes after former trustee of Bombay Parsi Punchayet wrote in community newspaper that community should sell off some of its 48 fire temples and use money from sales for charity.Manoj Ramakrishnan | Free Press JournalFire Temple |...
The dismantling of the monument, built in the early 20th century by Parsi philanthropists, had created a furore in the Parsi-Zoroastrian community which uses the site for religious rituals associated with water.Redressing worries about the delay in restoring the...
Dr Sarah Stewart, Shapoorji Pallonji Senior Lecturer in Zoroastrianism and co-chair of the Institute of Zoroastrian Studies at SOAS, explores the exciting history of the Parsis, from relgious practices to international relations. Dr Stewart was curator of The...
He once said there was a time when most Indians saw his style as ”too western” while westerners found that it was ”not Indian enough”.Contemporary Indian dancer Astad Deboo, renowned for marrying Kathak and Kathakali into a unique form, died in Mumbai on Thursday, his...
‘His works represent an important segment in contemporary dance expression in India,’ the Sangeet Natak Akademi had said.Dance pioneer Astad Deboo passed away in the early hours of Thursday, his family said in a brief announcement. He was 73.“He left us in the early...
8th World Zoroastrian Youth Congress: London calling! Spotlight on Youth Organisers Article by Zeena Batliwalla, Treasurer 8WZYC With the 8th World Zoroastrian Youth Congress (8WZYC) 2023 being hosted by the Zoroastrian Trust Funds of Europe (ZTFE) in the United...
The IranShah InitiativeInspiration With Vision 2020IranShah: Our Emblem Of FreedomFree To Be A ZarthushtiBy: Meher Amalsad, Westminster, California, USAHumanity Wakes Up In Different Times And In Different Ways.Humanity woke up two and half millennia ago in ancient...
Perzen Patel was a finalist in the University of Auckland's Velocity $100k challenge after cooking up an idea for a tasty business.Perzen Patel: By day she's communicating the services of the General Library; by night she's working on her Indian paste business.Perzen...