Parsi Gayan Uttejak Mandali: Parsis, custodians of the raaga

Parsi Gayan Uttejak Mandali: Parsis, custodians of the raaga

How Mumbai’s first music club transformed Hindustani classical from an imperial privilege into a cultural movement that shaped the nation’s musical identityHow did Hindustani classical music escape the narrow confines of exclusive imperial durbars to find its place in...

The Parsis who once ran theatres in Madras

The Parsis who once ran theatres in Madras

Parsis settled in Madras ran most of the single-screen theatres in the city since mid-1910sArticle by Sriram V | The HinduAn old poster for Casino Theatre, Madras | Photo Credit: Music Academy archives Cinema theatres and Parsis – both are dwindling in numbers. This...

The taste of tra­di­tion: Shel­ley Sub­awalla

The taste of tra­di­tion: Shel­ley Sub­awalla

Shel­ley Sub­awalla sells Parsi spices not just for busi­ness, but to keep her com­munity’s tra­di­tions alive“For every spice mix that I sell, I give a recipe on how to make the dish. So even a non­Parsi can make a pop­u­lar dish...