As the city prepares for the 9th World Zoroastrian Youth Congress in 2027, a new generation is shaping the conversationIn the shaded lanes of Dadar Parsi Colony, the tight-knit buildings of Rustom Baug, the courtyards of Khareghat Colony and the Zoroastrian blocks of...
A newly revealed 1964 painting by Angelo da Fonseca reworks Parsi iconography with daring tendernessIn an unexpected and delightful twist of Indian art history, a previously unknown 1964 painting entitled ‘Spitama Zarathustra’ has emerged in Goa from the hitherto...
The Supreme Court of India on Tuesday heard a constitutional challenge raising questions about gender discrimination within the Parsi community, with Senior Advocate Percival Billimoria describing a 1908 Bombay High Court ruling governing Parsi identity as “a blot on...
Remembering dramatist and columnist extraordinaire Dorab Mehta (1917-2005) who entertained theatre audiences and newspaper readersA dated photograph of Dorab (left) and Homai MehtaArticle by Meher Marfatia | Mid-DayWhen I write I also laugh,” he declared. Dorab Mehta...
Today marks the start of the Shehenshai New Year, when Parsi Zarathushtis all over the world welcome the “Navu Varas.” Over the past 10 days of Muktad and Gatha, we brought you along on a journey of tradition, nostalgia, and the value of continued customs—traditions...
Today is the Vahishtoishti Gatha, the fifth and final Gatha day of this year’s muktad. And in the 2025 Everyday Parsi series we feature our eleventh and final author Xerxes Commissariat. The ten days of Muktad prayers are, to me, a time of deep reverence — when the...
Today is the Vohuxshathra Gatha, the fourth Gatha day of this year’s muktad. And in the 2025 Everyday Parsi series we feature our ninth author Arnavaz Sethna. My Memories of Muktad in Karachi Growing up in Karachi in an Athornan family, Muktad days were special to me....
Today is the Spentamainyu Gatha, the third Gatha day of this year’s muktad. And in the 2025 Everyday Parsi series we feature our eighth author Roshan Rivetna. Muktad Memories – From Mumbai (Bombay) to Chicago Early Days in Mumbai My early days, growing up in Bombay...
Today is the Ushtavaiti Gatha, the second Gatha day of this year’s muktad. And in the 2025 Everyday Parsi series we feature our seventh author Mahtab Dastur. The Muktad times have always been a time of prayer and remembrance. When we were younger, we would go to...