Twenty-five fire tenders battled the blaze in central Calcutta for over six hours from 5.30am, when the first alarm reached the Kolkata Police headquarters, LalbazarA fire that broke out early on Saturday morning at a godown on Ezra Street left Calcutta’s first Parsi...
At 89, conductor Zubin Mehta doesn’t make things easy for himself. Since taking on the role of the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s conductor emeritus, Mehta has been bringing Walt Disney Concert Hall audiences some of the largest-scaled late-Romantic works on earth. ...
Ashdeen Lilaowala's relationship with Parsi Gara embroidery began long before it became his life's work. Growing up surrounded by the craft—watching his mother and aunts adorned in intricately embroidered garments at weddings—the art form was simply part of his...
Bapsi Sidhwa, a globally celebrated author and a prominent voice in cultural and partition literature, passed away on Wednesday in Houston, Texas, at the age of 86. Her death is a loss not just for the Zoroastrian (Parsi) community, but also for literary groups of...
The 4th Edition of the Iranshah Udvada Utsav was held from December 27-29, 2024. The Utsav built on past three editions in 2015, 2017 and 2019. Below is a day by day report shared by Delaveen Tarapore.Day 1: A Grand Celebration of Parsi Culture and HeritageUdvada,...
A Parsi mother-daughter duo is set to perform their ‘arangetram' together after years of training in Bharatanatyam. Arangetram, a Tamil word, which means ‘ascent to the stage', marks a dancer's graduation to a professional performer on stage. When motivational speaker...
In article article authored by Kristina Killgrove and published on LIVE SCIENCE Geographical barriers and cultural differences can prevent people from mingling with their neighbors, leading to genetic isolation — and the phenomenon is more common than most people...
Satara (Maharashtra): Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, travelled to Maharashtra to attend the funeral of Raiyan B. Banaji, son of leading Mumbai ophthalmologist Dr Burjor P. Banaji, official sources said here.A sports enthusiast and an online trader,...
The head of Iran's Zoroastrian community, Dr. Mehraban Puladi, is on a religious and cultural tour in India. On Monday, he visited the three-century-old Bhikha Behram well at Churchgate, an important place of worship of the local Parsi-Zoroastrian community.The...