Tirgan
Tirgan In the starry Heavens, Ahura Mazda has positioned 4 Guardians, i.e. the 4 Fixed Stars in the 4 Sacred Directions to protect His Good Creations from the armies of Angre-Mainyu. The 4 Guardians...
View ArticleBangalore’s NAVAL DALAL Turns 103!
Life, at any age, is a celebration — more so when you turn 103, like Bangalore’s Naval H. Dalal did on November 27. Fittingly, the Bangalore Parsee Zoroastrian Anjuman (BPZA), on behalf of its...
View ArticleA time to honor
After over 10 years of ostracization, heartache, struggle and legal setbacks, Goolrookh Gupta and her sisters Shiraz Patodia and Kamal Thapar have won the right to attend their parents’ funerals in...
View ArticleArriving Displaced, Giving Back in Full
Sometime between the seventh and ninth centuries, a group of immigrants landed on the shores of India’s western state of Gujarat, after what probably was a long and arduous voyage from Persia, now...
View ArticleA GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO SUPPORT IRANSHAH UDVADA
A GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO SUPPORT THE LEGACY OF PAK IRANSHAH ATASHBEHRAM IN UDVADA – OUR PRICELESS AND TIMELESS HERITAGE TOGETHER Let Us Create An Inner Desire To Support Our Sacred Fire EDUCATION –...
View ArticleStamp on Dadabhai Naoroji
India Post dedicated a stamp on Dadabhai Naoroji, an independence stalwart, celebrating his 100th death anniversary in Ahmedabad on 29th December 2017 by Gujarat Governor along with officials n...
View ArticleParsis in a flame war
Orthodox community members, reformists divided over sanctity of fire in Pune temple Mumbai: For the reformists who built the newly opened Asha Vahishta Zoroastrian Centre in Pune’s Kondhwa area, the...
View ArticleThe Woman Behind the Golden Globes – is a Parsi lady Meher Tatna
The Woman Behind the Golden Globes Wants You to Take Them Seriously No, the awards are not fixed—and more secrets from H.F.P.A. president Meher Tatna. H.F.P.A. president Meher Tatna Rob...
View ArticleCyrus Boman Irani Conferred ‘President’s Police Medal For Meritorious Service’
Parsi Pride – Inspector Cyrus Boman Irani Conferred ‘President’s Police Medal For Meritorious Service’. Doing the Community proud on the wake of India’s 69th Republic Day (26th Jan, 2018), in an...
View ArticleCCI President Kekoo Nicholson passes away at 63
Kekoo Nicholson, President Of The Cricket Club Of India (CCI), Passed Away Last Morning At Parel’s Global Hospital Of A Liver Ailment Kekoo Nicholson. File Pic Kekoo Nicholson, president of the...
View ArticleCaptain Viraf Kekobad
Please read this real life story which became a International news The real heroes of AIR LIFT my cousin brother Captain Viraf Kekobad and Captain Modak mentioned in Mid day. They owned the cargo ship...
View ArticleParsi Gate to be restored soon
The Parsi Gate structure has two pillars of Malad stone with concrete pedestals. Mumbai: The Parsi Gate, a heritage structure located just opposite Taraporewala Aquarium at Marine Drive, will soon be...
View ArticleProfessor Emeritus Farhang Mehr Dies at 94
Farhang Mehr, Professor Emeritus at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, has died. He was 94. Since retirement, he had moved permanently to California, where he...
View ArticleAban Marker-Kabraji Conferred Tamgha-i-Imtiaz Award
Aban Marker-Kabraji Conferred Tamgha-i-Imtiaz Award by Pakistan Goverment We are thrilled to share the news that our dear friend and mentor Aban Marker-Kabraji has been conferred the Tamgha-i-Imtiaz...
View ArticleParsi Delegation Meets PM Modi On Navroz
On 20th March, 2018, a 16-member Parsi delegation from Mumbai and New Delhi met the H’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi at Parliament House, New Delhi. The delegation, organised and led by...
View ArticlePrime Minister Rt Hon Theresa May Jamsheedi NoRuz message to the Zoroastrian...
We at the ZTFE are delighted to share with you, that once again the ZTFE and the Zoroastrian community has received a celebratory message for Jamsheedi NoRuz on Wednesday 21st March 2018 from our Prime...
View ArticleHow To Be A Parsi In Paris
Survival in exile is an old Parsi credo and the 60-odd families, which comprise the community in Paris, refuse to give that up RANVIR NAYAR A PARSI-FRENCH GATHERING AT S.S. COOPER’S PARIS HOME IN 1950S...
View ArticleMumbai doctor in team that built machine to revolutionise liver transplants
For the first time in Asia, a “preservation” machine helped doctors ensure they had a “good liver” to transplant into a liver-failure patient in a Bengaluru hospital recently. The doctors were able to...
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