The designer has turned a ritual wardrobe into a piece of living heritage by Butool Jamal | The Nod Magazine Natalia J Mistry in an Ashdeen lehenga Ashdeen Lilaowala is probably the quietest rebel you’ll ever meet. At 45, the designer is charming, warm—the Delhi...
Future Zoroastrians – Leadership Programme for Emerging Priestly Leaders
SOAS informs….Scholarship overviewWe are delighted to announce that applications for the Future Zoroastrians: Leadership Programme for Emerging Priestly Leaders are officially open.Designed for Zoroastrian priests across global communities, this programme supports the...
TISS course on Parsi culture draws global participation
A lively online classroom of 50 students, including a five-year-old boy -- who asked more curious questions than his mother who had enrolled -- and a retired executive aged 80, made up the first edition of the TISS Parzor Academic Programme for Zoroastrian Studies...
The Silversmith’s Puzzle: A Mystery by Nev March
Terrific praise for The Silversmith’s Puzzle by Nev March:“Packed with historic detail and local color. A leisurely, decorous period mystery, gracefully told.” —Kirkus Reviews“Oh, what splendid novels Nev March writes! Rich, rowdy, and romantic, old-fashioned yet...
Beacons of Parsi heritage
A new book on a historic well, a freshly reopened museum and the reinstallation of the Parsi Gate on Marine Drive give us three reasons to celebrate Mumbai's Zoroastrian communityTHE CHRONICLER OF MUMBAI: Journalist and author Bachi Karkaria at the Parsi Gate on...
A Sociological Survey of Rural Parsis in South-Gujarat: Dr. Cashmera Percy Bhaya
A Sociological Survey of Rural Parsis in South-Gujarat: A Microscopic Study, With Compiled Data on the Parsis by Dr. Cashmera Percy Bhaya Article By Yezdi Farokh Motiwalla, Ex- Vice Chairman, Poona Parsee Panchayat Trust. Dr. Cashmera Percy Bhaya's "A Sociological...
Mumbai’s iconic Taraporevala Aquarium to be reopened
Mumbai: The iconic Taraporevala Aquarium at the picturesque Marine Drive in Mumbai - which has been shut since the Covid-19 pandemic - is being revived and will be transformed into a world-class tourism spot. Located on the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Marg aka Queen’s...
Designer Ashdeen Lilaowala On Reviving Parsi Gara, A Timeless Indian Textile Tradition
Ashdeen Lilaowala is bridging centuries of craftsmanship with contemporary style and making slow, meaningful fashion relevant again.By Alfea Jamal | Travel+Leisure AsiaPhoto Credit: Ashdeen Lilaowala Delicate, detailed, and deeply symbolic, Parsi Gara embroidery is...
Proud recreation of the Parsi past
Who were the dynamic duo of collectors who contributed rare finds to the city’s only centre dedicated to Zoroastrian history and culture? We find out more at the re-opening of the FD Alpaiwalla MuseumRecreation of the “lifestyle room” of a wealthy Parsi merchant, with...
