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Malcolm Mistry joins DNA as CEO
As confirmed by industry insiders, Malcolm Mistry, who had quit India Today Merged Entity (ITME) as Publishing Director in January this year, has joined DNA as CEO. He will report to Group CEO Dr...
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Monthly allowance for Parsi couples to have more kids
At a congregation of the community held at Sanjan in Valsad district of Gujarat yesterday, it was decided that every Parsi couple giving birth to second child would get Rs 3,000 per month till the...
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Ratan Tata elected to board of US think tank
Top Indian industrialist Ratan Tata has returned as a board member of East West Centre, a prominent American think tank. Tata, 75, is returning to the board and has worked with the organisation several...
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See the Zoroastrian Fire Temple in Central London
Fire, a primordial power has long held a certain fascination for mankind. Anything from its ability to heat early caves, and later homes, and then when fire was confined into gas boilers, we still...
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Reviving tradition with a twist
Designer Perveez Aggarwal will be presenting My Beautiful Embroideries, an exhibition of apparel with traditional Parsi ‘gara’ embroidery, in the city. She has had sold-out exhibitions in New York,...
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India comemorates 2500 year anniversary of Charter of Cyrus the Great
Picture of Stamp Re: India commemorates 2500 year anniversary of Charter of Cyrus the Great Commemoration of Charter of Cyrus the Great – 2500th Anniversary by India – THANK YOU INDIA !
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Exhibition Opening
Exhibition Opening: To Eternity And Back View this email in your browser You are cordially invited to the Preview and Opening of To Eternity and Back An Exhibition of Photography by Shirin...
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World Zoroastrian Congress in peril ?
By a vote of four to three the Bombay Parsi Punchayet trustees have cancelled the Tenth World Zoroastrian Congress to be held in Bombay this December. The four have filed a complaint before the Charity...
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Should the World Zoroastrian Congress be cancelled ?
Should the World Zoroastrian Congress be cancelled owing to infighting within the BPP ? By a vote of four to three the Bombay Parsi Punchayet trustees have cancelled the Tenth World Zoroastrian...
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Zoroastrian Day at Rice University
Here is a video of the Zoroastrian Day celebrated last week 23rdNovember at Huston. Bahrom Firozgary also fondly called the “6ft 9inch gentle giant” by a former FEZANA Pesident, plays for the Rice...
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Celebration of ZARATHUSTRA by Swedish Permanent Representation to European...
The Swedish Permanent Representation to the European Union in Brussels celebrated Zarathustra and Zoroastrian Culture last night the +27th November. The large Swedish community in Belgium and many...
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The great Parsi divide
He’s been accused of corruption, high-handedness and more in his almost two decade long “career” at the Bombay Parsi Punchayet, but it’s been water off a duck’s back for veteran trustee Dinshaw Mehta...
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Godrej family & Anu Aga honoured
Godrej family & Anu Aga honoured for their outstanding contribution towards the good of the society at Forbes India Philanthropy Awards. Corporate Catalyst Anu Aga Why she won For interpreting...
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Wise men from the east Zoroastrian traditions in Persia and beyond
This small exhibition at the British Museum (Great Russell Street, London) from 24 October 2013 – 27 April 2014, will explain Zoroastrianism, an ancient but living religion named after the Prophet...
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Information on Sorabji Merwanji Plumber
We are looking for one Sorabji Merwanji Plumber who has some property in Silvassa, which is sought to be disposed off. Anyone having any information on his whereabouts or his legal heirs, if any,...
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The Achaemenids At Ankleshwar
Parsis: myth, ethics, the arts and pride informs every fibre of their material pursuit. A SOAS exhibition says little. It means well, but fails to do justice to its subject. A new exhibition at...
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SodaBottleOpenerwala, Gurgaon
Even though SodaBottleOpenerwala is only a couple of weeks old, it seems that most foodies are clued into the existence of this new “Parsi/Irani/Mumbai street food” joint in Gurgaon, adjacent to the...
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Zoroastrianism needs to adapt its archaic laws
As the child of a female Zoroastrian I cannot follow the religion, even if I wanted to. Yet if it does not survive, the traditions of my Parsi ethnicity go with it As the child of a female Zoroastrian,...
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KHURSHID MISTRY WINS THE GOA RIVER MARATHON-2013 IN FIRST PLACE
KHURSHID MISTRY WINS THE GOA RIVER MARATHON-2013 IN FIRST PLACE Khurshid has won the Goa River Marathon- 2013 in First Position under the Veteran Category which was held on December 8, 2013. She...
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FEZANA at the Peace Concert
Yesterday evening UN/DPI NGO community had organized a Holiday Concert “Ambassadors Sing for Peace”, where five sitting Permanent Representatives from Canada, Cape Verde, Costa Rica, Nauru, and...
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