Gen Z women are wearing Ashdeen garas on their own terms

Gen Z women are wearing Ashdeen garas on their own terms

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...

TISS course on Parsi culture draws global participation

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

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

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...

Mumbai’s iconic Taraporevala Aquarium to be reopened

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...

Proud recreation of the Parsi past

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...