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Brand New Navar
The navar ceremony of Marzish Homiar Godha, son of Jasmine & Homiar Godha was performed at Wadiaji Aatashbehram on 13th November 2014. The ceremony was conducted under the able supervision of...
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Sanjan Day – 2014 – A brief Report
Afternoon Despatch & Courier - dated 17/11/2014. Courtesy : Marazban Mehta Sanjan Day-2014 Sanjan Day: It marks the historic landing of Parsis in India 13th Centuries ago By Dr. Shernaz Baji Avari...
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Meeting with Dr. Mayaram – Secretary, Ministry of Minority Affairs
A brief report in the Parsi Times dated 22.11.14 on the meeting with Dr. Mayaram, Secretary, Ministry of Minority Affairs, Govt. of India, held on Thursday, 20 November 2014 at the BPP Board Room in...
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Parsi community and Jiyo Parsi.
NDTV India Hum Log interviews Dr Zinobia Madan with other eminent Parsis, on Sunday 23rd at 8 pm and repeat on Monday 24 th at 2 pm .
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Lebanon’s Zoroastrians want a civil state
Zoroastrians’ integration into local communities has not meant that they feel secure in this supposed country of diversity In Lebanon, diversity is not limited to customs, traditions and the sharing...
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Form Living in a Mumbai Brothel to Seeing the World
ZAGNY’s own Zaneeta E. Daver lives in Washington D.C. Last year she did ….for a second time ….something we all dream of ! Sailing around the world. And now she is trying to give the same opportunity...
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Rest in Peace – Dadafarid Ferozshah Pestonji
Rest in Peace – Dadafarid Ferozshah Pestonji, a descendant of the family that consecrated (on 12th September 18470 the 167 year-old Seth Viccaji Meherji & Seth Pestonji Meherji Agiary of...
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Lieutenant Colonel Ardeshir Burzorji Tarapore, PVC
Lieutenant Colonel Ardeshir Burzorji Tarapore, PVC was an ace Battle Tank Commander like General Montgomery, and was greatly loved by the men that served under him, as he cared for them to the best of...
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The story of Udvada
The first boat, led by their High Priest, landed in Sanjan after a terrible storm around 720 AD. During the storm at sea, the Persians vowed to build a fire temple which they consecrated from 16...
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Bombay Parsee Assn celebrates 93rd anniversary
The 93rd anniversary of the Bombay Parsee Association was held in Albless Baug on Saturday. The function involved the felicitation of the members of the association and the ones who have made the...
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Narges M. Kakalia Receives Human Rights First’s Pro Bono Star Award
Narges M. Kakalia, a Member of the Litigation Section of Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C., has received Human Rights First’s prestigious Pro Bono Star award for excellence in legal...
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Through the eye of a needle
As part of Crafts Council of India’s golden jubilee celebrations, efforts are being made to revive the exquisite Parsi Gara embroidery. Apoorva Sripathi meets the people behind the initiative For a...
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Zoroastrians must keep the fire ablaze
Funerals are the only constant for Zoroastrians in Pakistan. For a community of less than 1,800 — last recorded in 2006 in a research conducted by KE Eduljee — the announcement comes faithfully almost...
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Liverpool brothers Kersi and Kayo Kadva are behind the award-winning Papadum...
Two Liverpool inventors have brought their boyhood dream to life. Brothers Kersi and Kayo Kadva’s impatience at waiting for papadums to cook in oil one at a time sparked an idea to quickly satisfy...
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Parsis, dodos and other mysteries
Let me state at the very onset that I want Parsis to fight extinction for purely self ish reasons. It is very important to have three Parsis in your life: Your doctor, your jeweler and your lawyer...
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A treasured Parsi legacy
I still recall how extremely careful my Parsi friend would be when we all went out together for a special occasion and she was wearing a Gara saree. She would take great pains to walk, gently...
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Parsis in Jharkhand look to PM Modi
Ignored by state parties, Parsis in Jharkhand look to PM Modi Largely ignored by political parties as a vote bank, the Parsi community in Jamshedpur has reserved their votes for a candidate who can...
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Parsis debate priest’s organ donation appeal
Hvovi Minocherhomji and High Priest Khurshed Dastur While most support it, a small section of orthodox Parsis are in opposition claiming the body belongs to god. A Parsi high priest’s appeal to...
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The Perils of Organ Donation
Dasturji Khurshed’s appeal on Sanjan Day to Parsis to join other Indians in Organ Donation is most noble and noteworthy. Dasturji’s enthusiasm for this movement arose from his being moved to tears...
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