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Justice Vazifdar takes over as Punjab and Haryana high court CJ
Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar, Punjab and Haryana governor Kaptan Singh Solanki during the swearing-in ceremony of chief justice SJ Vazifdar (right) in Chandigarh on Saturday. (Karun...
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Mumbai Lens: Bomonjee’s steps
My Favourite Things It was the golden hour before sunset a couple of weeks back and I was on a walk with my friend Rama on Mount Mary Road. We were generally chatting about that and this and as we...
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The Parsi Directory – Now as an Android App
TheParsiDirectory.com has been around for over 10 years now, with more than 78,000 live registrations, making it the Largest, Free, Worldwide Listing of Parsis, Iranis, Zoroastrians across the world....
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‘P’ in Parsi stands for productive
Anand Mahindra says ‘P’ in Parsi stands for productive; wishes the community were ‘more reproductive’ Anand Mahindra lauded Parsis and in a witty tweet said, “The ‘P’ in Parsi stands for Productive....
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Navroz Celebrations
I am not aware of any Navroze when Parsis got such widespread coverage in the print media! Read on….....
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Parsis still sweetening rich Canadian diversity
Parsis still sweetening rich Canadian diversity, like sugar in milk One small community that has continued to punch way above its weight and even today sweetens the rich cultural diversity that is...
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Like Sugar in Milk
Ratan Tata of the Tata Group, Adi Godrej of Godrej Industries, writer Rohinton Mistry, sculptor Arzan Khambatta, actor Boman Irani, singer Penaz Masani, musician Zubin Mehta, painter Jehangir Sabavala,...
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Milk canister seats at Parsi Dairy
One of South Mumbai’s oldest dairies may have stopped delivering fresh buffalo milk at dawn to loyal patrons in large aluminium milk canisters, but the iconic utensil finds new place of pride at the...
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Loss of Bladder control
Indo-American Society spreads medical awareness on a very common mid-age problem – Loss of Bladder control Indo-American Society organized a Medical Seminar, inviting Urologist, Dr Percy Chibber...
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PARSI TRUST GETS UNESCO AWARD FOR RESTORATION
The campaign to conserve heritage structures in the city received a boost by a special announcement on Thursday. The restoration of the Parsi Trust-owned Cama Building at Gilder Road received the...
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Living the Parsi way
A statue of Sir Pherozeshah Mehta, an emminent Parsi, in front of BMC building. A heritage walk in the city promises to acquaint one with the Parsi community in the city Established in 1934, Cusrow...
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Olympic gold medallist Michael Klim visits 81-yr-old coach Khorshed Bhathena...
Australian Olympic gold medal-winning swimmer and sister visit their 81-year-old coach Khorshed, who trained them in the late 1970s It was a different homecoming of sorts for former Australian Olympic...
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The delicate Parsi gara embroidery is getting a Benarasi update
Sumptuous Benarasi silks are no strangers to embroidery and embellishment. But when the famed handloom weaves of Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, meet a 200-year-old needlepoint technique that originated in...
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Houston Welcomes Udvada’s Vada Dasturji Khurshed Dastoor
It began with a simple email from Ervad Soli Dastur of Florida, who wrote to some of us about Udvada’s Vada Dasturji Khurshed Dastoor’s visit to Dallas, Texas. This started a flurry of emails among...
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Wedding at WZO Trust Funds Senior Citizens Centre, Navsari
DESTINY PLAYS ITS PART FOR SECOND NUPTIAL AT WZO TRUST FUNDS BAI MANECKBAI P. B. JEEJEEBHOY SENIOR CITIZENS CENTER AT NAVSARI. By: Dara M. Rivetna On September 16, 2016 early in the morning there was a...
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National Symposium on the Parsi Contribution to Literature & Culture
Yesterday (20 September 2016), I attended the National Symposium on the Parsi Contribution to Literature & Culture, hosted by the Sahitya Akademi and the Department of English, University of...
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Protect Our Heritage
Friends, As reported in Iran’s Amordad News of September 3, 2016 and an incident captured in a video, there has been an incident of defacement of a Fravahar symbol by a mullah in a from the wall of the...
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Udvada – A Photo Journey
Each visit to Udvada is a refreshing experience for the soul. This time, however, I thought I would capture the flavor of Udvada on camera, to share with those who have not been able to make it there...
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HOPES FOR ZOROASTRIANISM REVIVAL IN KURDISTAN AS FIRST TEMPLE OPENS ITS DOORS
The first official Zoroastrian temple opened its doors in Sulaimani on Wednesday. Photo: Sartip Osman/Rudaw ERBIL, Kurdistan Region—Zoroastrians in the Kurdistan Region hope that their first...
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