Shaheen Mistri’s children ( from Akanksha ) teach the meaning of India’s...
Shaheen Mistri is the Founder of Akanksa Foundation, an NGO that works to educate children from underprivileged segments. On the occasion of India’s 68th Independence Day, they have just rolled out a...
View Article11th Annual Library Event – ZAH
Message from Aban Rustomji, ZAH Our 11th annual library event will take place on Saturday, November 1 & 2. Sarah Stewart, a lecturer in Zoroastrianism at SOAS, and who recently curated a fabulous...
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View ArticleThe Yezidis of Kurdistan
THE YEZIDIS OF KURDISTAN – ARE THEY REALLY ZOROASTRIANS ??? by Noshir H. Dadrawala Since some time, certain individuals have been regaling the community in India and abroad with colourful...
View ArticleZoroastrians celebrate their New Year day across India
Zoroastrians in India celebrated their New Year, Navroz, with much enthusiasm and fervour on Monday. Navroz, the New Year in the Persian calendar, is also referred to as Persian New Year. As a part of...
View ArticleA candid chat with Farrokh Khambata
A candid chat with restaurateur Farrokh Khambata It won’t be wrong to say that most restaurateurs in the world are avid foodies who derive great joy by feeding people. Farrokh Khambhata, founder and...
View ArticleA Place called PARSEE HILL in ARIZONA
Here is a detailed report on an important American, from Arizona becoming a Zoroastrian in the latter half of the 19th century, building a Fire Temple on a Hill, calling it the place the Parsee Hill ....
View ArticleContribution of Parsis to Chennai
A seamless part of the fabric that is Madras Deepa H. Ramakrishnan, The Hindu, August 21, 2014...
View ArticleMarzban Colony in Agripada, south Mumbai, gets a new lease on life
The story of ‘The Lal Chimney Compound’ begins in the 19th century, with Mancherji Marzban, who was a many-splendoured man. In 1892, he was elected to become an Executive Engineer of the Bombay...
View ArticleParsis plan 2-yr ad blitz to increase numbers
In a first, Parsis are gearing up with a massive advertisement campaign to tackle the issue of their dwindling population. Ad veteran Sam Balsara and his team at Madison have designed a four-pronged...
View ArticleUNESCO Parzor & Google
Google Cultural Institute – CI, From Persia to Akbar’s Court. You will be happy to know that Google requested UNESCO Parzor to create an introductory Virtual Exhibition bringing awareness of the basic...
View ArticleZAMWI inaugurates Kamran Dar-e-Meher
On the upcoming very auspicious day, Shehenshahi Ardibehesht Maah, Kadmi Khordaad Mah and Fasli Meher Maah, and Sheherevar Roj, Saturday, September 20th 2014, our humdins in Zoroastrian Association...
View Article86-year-old has cast his vote in every poll since ’51
Adi F Sadar, an 86-year-old resident of Byculla’s Rustom Baug,has not missed a single election -be it general, assembly or corporation election. “My father once told me, never miss your right to vote,“...
View ArticleRequiem for a Bird
This short documentary will be a synthesis of traditional documentary interviews with animation and choreographed dance. It will illuminate the private and public lives of the Parsi through their...
View ArticleTribute to Adi F Doctor
Sad News : Mr Adi F Doctor passes away Dear Zarathushti humdins, We regret to inform that Mr. Adi F. Doctor, veteran Zoroastrian scholar and lecturer, and a true defender of traditionality and...
View ArticleParsi Presence at the Narendra Modi Megaevent at Madison Square Garden in New...
Sunday September 28th, 2014 was the perfect Fall Sunday in New York City. It was like any other Sunday except for the fact that 20,000 Indians swarmed like bees to a honeypot. Madison Square Garden;...
View ArticleCyrus Jhabwala Passes Away
The architect who designed the Delhi Parsi Dharamsala, the Bhiwandiwalla Hall & the Dar-E-Meher. Husband of the Oscar winning Ruth Power & Son of the pioneering Trade Unionist Savaxshah...
View ArticleRita K Mehta appointed on panel of judges for the 7th Masala! Awards 2014
Rita K Mehta, Founder and Ex-editor of Cine Blitz; Owner of Media & branding powerhouses, Keynnote Media & Key Global If there is one journalist whose career graph is truly awe-inspiring, it is...
View ArticleMehergan in Denmark
Some more info on Mehregan , the second most important Zoroastrian festivals, how it is celebrated in different parts of the World by the Z community. Rusi Centre for Zoroastrian Culture in Denmark...
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