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Reconnecting with HPY
Hoshang, Parinaz, Yasmin. Hasaavta, Pataavta, Youngsters. Happy Parsi Youth. Holiday Programme for Youth. HPY. Could anyone imagine what three random letters would mean to a bunch of 15-year old Parsi...
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Parsi Rendezvoyeur: Glimpses from another world
For most parts of the year, the Lady Jehangir Kothari Memorial Hall at the Balekundri Circle is swathed in banners that highlight some exhibition or the other. It’s therefore understandable if you...
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A Brief Study of Parsi Baugs
Enclosed is the PowerPoint presentation made by Freyan Bhathena, Editor, Parsi Times, on the thought process of the Youth in our Parsi Baugs in Mumbai. The Presentation was made to the Return to Roots...
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Oldest Fire Temple
BACHI KARKARIA relives her visit to the oldest Fire Temple, the Iranshah, in Gujarat on the eve of Jamshedi Navroz Iam in Zoroastrianism’s holiest place, the Iranshah at Udvada in Gujarat. The marble...
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Meet the Scientists: Dr. Adi Bulsara
Adi Bulsara, scientist, holds a 3-axis coupled-core magnetometer originally developed for C-IED applications at the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific. (Photo by Alan Antczak Released) WHO:...
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Reviving the legacy of ‘Gara’, exquisite embroidery of Parsis
Reviving the legacy of ‘Gara’, exquisite embroidery of Parsis It took designer Zenobia Davar nearly six months to create this white garas Photos: Anuja Gupta “I lose my sleep if I do not get it...
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Karachi’s Parsi General Hospital
Beloved but left behind Photos by the writer There was a royal feast at Aunty Villy Engineer 96th birthday. There was cake, and there was suuji ka halwa too. Everybody inside the Parsi General...
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AirAsia India Unveils Aircraft With JRD Tata Livery
AirAsia India on Saturday unveiled its fourth aircraft with a livery dedicated to JRD Tata as a mark of respect to the pioneer of civil aviation in the Indian sub-continent. The aircraft has been...
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Flats available on Rent
We have a trust called the Kalyan Parsi Anjuman where we have an Agiary and two charitable buildings meant only for Zoroastrians. If any couple is not getting married because they don’t have a place to...
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A judge who knows God
Your faith in the judiciary may notch up if we tell you that justice Rohintan Fali Nariman, one of Supreme Court’s judges is an ardent man of God once his judicial duties have been meted. And if...
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Tata Sons gets 1st woman director
Farida Khambata Tata Sons, promoter of the major operating Tata companies, appointed top ranked investment strategist Farida Khambata as the first woman independent director in the company’s 103-year...
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Yemen & Parsis
As Houthi rebels overran the Yemeni capital of Sana’a in March, the embattled government shifted its capital to Aden. For many Indians, and especially for residents of Mumbai, the name of the city has...
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A Zoroastrian Lady on Mount Everest ?
A ZOROASTRIAN LADY CONQUERS EVEREST. Dr. Fereshte Bakhtiari, a Zoroastrian lady from Kerman, Iran, has conquered Everest. Dr. Bakhtiari who is part of Asha, a Zoroastrian Group, has a PhD in...
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Eating in Thousands !
It’s a fight for a seat, and sometimes, a chicken leg, at the Parsi gahambar that celebrates an age-old tradition of praying and feasting. At 8 pm on March 21, stewards from legendary caterer Tanaz...
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Persian Day Parade – April 2015
It was great to watch the Persian Day Parade on Sunday April 19, 2015. I filmed the entire parade in sections. They had the Zorastrians represented. I thought you might like the video. I put it on...
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Clarification issued jointly by Jamsheed Kanga & Homi Khusrokhan
Clarification issued jointly by Jamsheed Kanga & Homi Khusrokhan There appear to be several misunderstandings concerning the Settlement entered into on 17.02.’15 in the matter of the Notice issued...
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Parsi Lying-In hospital may see development soon
Parsi Lying-In hospital may see development soon Saturday, 2 May 2015 – 5:40am IST | Agency: dna | From the print edition Ashutosh Shukla The hospital at Fort has not been functioning for over two...
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Photo Essay: Hi, darling!
Portraits of ageing Parsis living in Navsari, Gujarat—‘dhaakad’ men and women battling loneliness with a ready smile and zest for life Shuchi Kapoor, ePaper, Livemint, Bombay, Saturday, May 9, 2015...
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Keeping the flame alive
The world’s longest continually-burning flame, found in Udvada, a town in Gujarat, is the most important pilgrimage site for the Parsis of India. Parsis have lived in the country for 1,200 years after...
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If boys will be boys, girls will be girls: Mahabanoo Mody-Kotwal
In a year when our collective consciousness has been shocked by the horrific treatment of women across the country, Mahabanoo Mody-Kotwal – one of the India’s best-known feminists and playwrights – is...
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