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How a lack of vultures threatens Mumbai’s ‘Towers of Silence’
In exclusive Malabar Hill, the city’s dwindling Parsi community continues with the Zoroastrian tradition of disposing of dead bodies by exposing them to scavenger birds. How much longer can this...
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Live Encounters Magazine February 2015
People of the Good Faith: A brief history of the Parsis by Aryaa Naik, Parsi cuisine by Peri Avari and introspection from Adi Patell on the dwindling tribe of Parsis (Zoroastrians). Click Here for the...
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Tata Sons ties up with Bombay Heritage Walks for weekend walking tours for...
How many Tata Group employees would know that George Wittet, the Scottish architect who designed the Gateway of India was one of the first board members of the Tata Engineering Co, the earlier avatar...
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Maj Gen Cyrus Pithawalla
Maj Gen Cyrus Pithawalla (centre) at the Republic Day Parade yesterday. He holds the unique distinction of being the only member of the Armed Forces to have been awarded both the Ashok Chakra and the...
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Kerman holds biggest Zoroastrian Sadeh Festival
Every year, on 30 January, thousands of Zoroastrians or even the Muslims in Iran as well as other countries gather in Kerman, the city with the greatest Zoroastrian population, to celebrate the...
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Why Hungry Vultures Miss Iran’s Towers of Death
The Zoroastrian ritual of placing bodies on top of towers to be picked apart by vultures was supposed to ensure the circle of life continued. It was also Nina Strochlic really gruesome. Across Iran,...
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K.N.Choksy passes away
Sri Lankan lawyer, politician and a former member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka K.N.Choksy passed away at the age of 81. Choksy who was a senior UNP stalwart was Cabinet Minister of Finance under...
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Heritage enclave cracks open its door to redevelopment
At the entrance to Parsi Colony in Dadar, two new towers signal the changes creeping into this low-rise, historic neighbourhood. One is Parsi builder Jimmy Mistry’s Della Tower, a Persian behemoth that...
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Old-world charm of Irani cafes around Kala Ghoda
They may be few and far between, but Irani cafés are an institution in themselves. Goldmines of history, these age-old eateries with their checkered table covers and high ceilings have a character of...
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At 71, this lady did what she always wanted to
Ketty Shroff stood first in her MA in Awesta Pehlavi from Mumbai University Ketty Shroff, 71, with husband Cyrus at Bhatia hospital in Grant Road. Ketty, who pursued MA in Awesta Pehlavi, language of...
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Ashdeen Exhibition in Mumbai
ASHDEEN hand embroidered saris are inspired by centuries of craft and craftsmanship of the Orient and Persia. The label is designed by Ashdeen Z. Lilaowala. Ashdeen creates spectacular saris, apparel...
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Biggest Zoroastrian Sadeh Festival in Kerman Iran
Photos by Laleh Khajouyi KERMAN, Jan. 31 – The Zoroastrians marked Sadeh, an ancient feast celebrating the creation of fire, in Kerman last Friday.Sadeh has been observed since the days when...
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The Story of Capt. Dara P Chinoy
Hello Everyone, This year, 2015 is the 50th anniversary of the Indo Pak conflict of 1965 and my uncle Capt Dara P Chinoy was a fighter pilot with the IAF who was shot down behind enemy lines but evaded...
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Must a Zoroastrian Date only Zoroastrians?
Dwindling numbers add to the pressure young members of this religion feel to marry inside the community. Karishma Patel, 32, knows that if she marries outside of her religion, her aunts and uncles in...
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Dwindling Parsis go back to their roots
Just as the matriarch of the Tamil household in Chennai dots her porch with a kolam at the crack of dawn every day, women of the Parsi community pretty up theirs with what they call a ‘chalk’. “It’s...
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Meet Ami Shroff, India’s bartending champ
“I am constantly improvising my tricks. I get bored doing the same tricks,” she says. “Besides entertaining audiences, I like taking part in competitions. It helps me learn and meet new people,” Shroff...
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Meet Youngest Female Chef – Anahita Dhondy
Anahita Dhondy is a Chef Manager at the very famous SodaBottleOpenerWala. Being a Parsi herself, she brings in the trademark flavours of Parsi food at two restaurants of SodaBottleOpenerWala in...
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Young Zoroastrians to foster community links
At a time when population of Zoroastrians or Parsis in India has declined, an effort is being made at the global level to foster new links between community members and strengthen their identity. This...
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Special Briefing with 2014 Nobel Laureate Kailash Satyarthi – Tuesday, 17...
Department of Public Information / Non-Governmental Organization (DPI/NGO) of the United Nations Special Briefing with 2014 Nobel Laureate with Kailash Satyarthi When: 17 March 2015 Venue: ECOSOC...
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Parsi Times – Special Navroze Issue
An in-depth visit to Navsari 3 years ago 3 kids from Parsi Times hopped into a car and chased the sun to Udvada to see the Religious Mecca for the Parsis through our own eyes. What resulted was a...
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