Ashdeen is textile designer Ashdeen Lilaowala's first store in Mumbai, its racks filled with hand-embroidered clothing inspired by the traditional Parsi Gara. Article By Nicole Newby | Architectural Digest IndiaTalib ChitalwalaAfter setting up a successful...
Parsi naataks miss the rich sonic texturing lent by the late greats, Kersi Mistry, Dara Mehta and Sarosh Bhabha Music director Kersi Mistry (extreme left) in rehearsal with members of his troupe. Pics Courtesy/Meher Marfatia, Laughter in the House: 20th-Century Parsi...
Madam Cama first fluttered the Indian flag to the world in August 1907, paving the path for Bombay Presidency’s feistiest women patriotsBhikaiji Cama, the early catalyst for free India. Pic Courtesy/WikicommonsArticle by Meher Marfatia | Mid-DayAll was far from quiet...
The South Asian American Digital Archive announcesThis collection of oral histories represents the living and lived histories of Zoroastrians from South Asia who’ve migrated to the United States in the past fifty or so years. In 1965, after many migration quotas were...
It’s been a difficult, challenging road from Mumbai, India, to a seat on the bench on the Los Angeles Superior Court for Hon. Firdaus F. Dordi. But, it’s been a path built on a foundation of hard work, determination, and ethical standards rooted in ages past.IT IS A...
All of the tealights are now sold out. If you would like to be on our mailing list for future updates and products email us at shop@parsikhabar.net The peace, tranquility and oneness with Ahura Mazda that we experience when we gaze upon an atash is an inexplicable...
Remembering Sam Tata, the photographer who was equally at ease on the street and in the studioBetween taking portraits of everyone from Prithviraj Kapoor to Leonard Cohen, Tata teamed with Henri Cartier-Bresson to capture a snapshot of the 20th century.Article by...
Saturday April 23, 2022 will forever be a red letter day in the annals of the Parsi Irani Zarathushti community in India, and all over the world. It was on this day that the Empowering Mobeds Trust held their first function after officially forming the Trust per...
Why I switched to the good old Indian secret I was raised on a steady diet of ghee. Ghee was in my bowl of white rice as a toddler, in the simple vegetable dishes mum cooked, in the daal I loved eating, slathered on my toast if mum ran out of butter and yes, even in...