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Neglected Parsi museum in Mumbai being revamped
In about three years, non-Parsi scholars of Zoroastrianism will be able to see a replica of a fire temple at the revamped F D Alpaiwalla Museum, ensconced in Khareghat Colony on Hughes Road. The...
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Parsis get a new-year gift: Partly renovated museum
The New Year has brought some good news for the Parsi community. On the very first day of the New Year itself, community members held a jashan – celebration and prayer ceremony – at the completion of...
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Should the BPP Trustees be selected ?
Dinshaw Tamboly, in this thought provoking article, makes a strong plea for selection rather than election of BPP Trustees to restore the status of the BPP. Please go through it and then vote for what...
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A Stitch in Time
Small Talk with Ashdeen Lilaowala The textile designer who gussy ups hot numbers with a 160-year-old needlework tradition. He says it with a dead-pan face, making it a shade more macabre. “I walked...
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The Persian connect
Two significant exhibitions highlight the ancient link between Mumbai and Persia “Why is everyone crowding around to see this small clay drum?” a bystander wondered aloud during an ongoing exhibition...
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World Zoroastrian Congress – Individual Session Videos
For those who want to see just individual sessions of choice, I have separated the sessions to the best of my ability. Enjoy ! A Zoroastrian Legacy through the Ages Mr. Khojeste Mistree -...
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Kalash Tribe of Pakistan
I wonder if this is the tribe we heard of while in Iran. A friend had visited a tribe living up in the mountains in Pakistan. They were supposed to be of Zoroastrian descent – a couple of things...
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Mehr Fardoonji
Die-hard nature lover and ecologist Mehr Fardoonji talks to P. Sujatha Varma about reversing the bio-diversity crisis We all die. The goal isn’t to live forever; the goal is to create something that...
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How Bombay’s Parsis cracked the opium trade
A glimpse into the life and times of some of the real Bahram Modis of the 19th 12 Time Passages century is currently on display at Mumbai’s National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA). Titled Across Oceans...
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The Prayer Hall Trust
Press Note issued by Mr. Dinshaw Tamboly for the construction of a Prayer Hall for those who opt for voluntary cremation after death. The Hall will made available not just for cremation but also for...
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Holiday Programme for Youth-2014
BOMBAY PARSI PUNCHAYET (BPP ) “Striving for Excellence” The 28th Holiday Programme for Youth – 2014 invites Parsi/Irani Students who have appeared for their S.S.C., I.C.S.E., C.B.S.E. Exams in March...
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Cyrus Mistry wins the 2014 DSC Prize for South Asian Literature
Jaipur: Cyrus Mistry’s Chronicle of a Corpse Bearer, published by Aleph Book Company in 2012, won the 2014 DSC Prize for South Asian Literature, perhaps the most prestigious award given to a...
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How to build your family tree
The urge for identifying our roots has been around for centuries. However, recently there has been a growing interest in the subject and one is keen to learn how to go about it systematically. Sensing...
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Mr. & Miss Vogue
You will be happy to know that a student of Dadar Athornan Institute and DPYA High School Ardeshirshaw Nariman and Anahita R. Karanjia of J. B.Vachha High School are among the Finalists in the...
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Gallery Chemould
The Dreamers Gallery Chemould celebrates 50 years on the art scene The son of a wealthy Parsi businessman, Kekoo was born in 1920 in his family’s sea-facing bungalow, Kekee Manzil, in Bandra. “As a...
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Patuck goes Solar
Patuck Education Trust, one of the pioneers in education from KG to Senior College, recently inaugurated their first Solar Power Generation system in their premises. Mr. Adil Patuck, Chairman,...
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UN Commission on the status of Women
FEZANA presents a panel event at the UN Commission on the status of Women - March 10, 2014 at New York
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NAMC SEMINAR 2014
ZAH Library, home of FIRES (FEZANA Information Research & Education Systems) is pleased to host the third NAMC (North American Mobed Council) Seminar. Topics and presenters are:1. Mobedyar Khushroo...
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18th Annual Iranian Film Festival — Washington D.C.
18th Annual Iranian Film Festival Meyer Auditorium, Freer Each film is in Persian with English subtitles. Parviz Friday, February 7, 7 pm Sunday, February 9, 2 pm Parviz, a man in his fifties, lives...
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