The move follows widespread backlash within the Parsi community, which had launched online campaigns and social media groups opposing the auction of the loss-making property.Article by Manoj Ramakrishnan | Free Press JournalThe WZO Trust Funds has decided to suspend...
The last tables of Karachi’s Parsis still tell stories of faith and family
KARACHI: The aroma of sizzling Patra Ni Machi — fish wrapped in banana leaf and slathered with green chutney — drifted through a quiet home in Karachi’s Parsi Colony earlier this month. Inside the kitchen, 63-year-old Gulnar Cowasjee moved with the precision of...
Diana Pundole from Pune to Make History as First Indian Woman to Race a Ferrari Internationally
The 32-year-old from Pune will compete in the Ferrari Club Challenge Middle East, driving the Ferrari 296 Challenge across F1 circuits in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Qatar and Saudi Arabia.Diana Pundole, a 32-year-old racing driver from Pune, is set to create history...
Poet Keki N Daruwalla passes away at 87
The Delhi Parsi Anjuman is deeply saddened to inform you that Keki N. Daruwalla, distinguished member of our Delhi Parsi Anjuman passed away on 26th September 2024.A police officer by profession, he was a renowned author and was the Zoroastrian Member of the...
Varun Balsara Co-Founder of Nova Technologies Group on the Immigrant Founders Podcast
Our dear friend and young Zarathushti entrepreneur and co-founder of Let’s Level Up speaks about his journey on the Immigrant Founders Podcast. Check out the short clip on Linkedin and listed to the full episode on Spotify or Apple PodcastsIt was the darkest day of my...
7th Return To Roots 2023: Annual Trip Report
We are happy to inform that the Annual Trip Report of the 7th Return To Roots Trip to India in December 2023 is out. The report will give you a detailed flavor of the trip and insights from the RTR Fellows who attended the 15 day life-changing journey through...
Diana Pundole: Steering the wheels of destiny
Diana Pundole recently became India’s first female national racing champion in the saloon category at the MRF National Car Racing ChampionshipsArticle by Kalyani Sardesai | New Indian ExpressIt was Diana Pundole’s birthday just two days before the MRF National Car...
The critic as artist: Hoshang Merchant
On how India’s first openly gay poet, Hoshang Merchant has created an entire tradition of interdisciplinary literary and cultural criticismArticle by Saikat Majumdar | Hindustan TimesIn his exquisite hybrid of memoir and literary criticism, Partial Recall, Arvind...
Stone-eating Lichen that threaten Iran’s ancient Persepolis
A UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1979, Persepolis features colossal sculptures and intricate stone reliefs of ancient Persian kings, nobles and deitiesAFPRuins of the stone Gates in Persepolis, the ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid Empire. Conservationists at...

