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Man on a Mission – Bomi Bhote
Bomi Bhote, CEO of the renowned Ruby Hall Clinic in Pune, is committed to creating medical facilities that are at the cutting edge of healthcare. In conversation with Dhanishta Shah What started in...
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Xerxes Mullan & Jasmin Sohrabji
15th April, 2017 Leading NYC-Based Financial Executive, Xerxes Mullan, Launches Avestar Capital as an Independent Advisory Firm In Partnership with Dynasty Financial Partners Xerxes Mullan a WZCC – NY...
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The Story of Rustom Framna Agiary
Rustam, was a poor youth, who had lost his father, when he was very young, and was staying with his ailing mother, in Pandey Chawl, at Karelwadi, Thakurwad, Mumbai. Due to poverty he was not properly...
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Colombo Fort Clock Tower (KHAN CLOCK TOWER)
The Khan Clock Tower was built in Colombo, Sri Lanka by the Khan Family of Bombay. The Clock Tower is a popular landmark and marks the entrance to Pettah Market. The Clock Tower was built in the early...
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Parsis strive to preserve their culinary heritage
Despite their dwindling population, the Parsis strive to preserve the legacy of their rich, robust and wholesome cuisine by even using social media to popularise it among food lovers around the world....
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Looking for Dara Dastur’s brothers
We are trying to get in contact with one or both of the brothers of Dara Dastur, who has died recently in County Durham, England. We know that he was from a Parsi family, and that Dara and brothers...
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Toward a Definition of Persian Culture
India International Centre and Parzor Foundation invite you to a talk: Toward a Definition of Persian Culture Professor Ramin Jahanbegloo, Vice Dean and Executive Director, Mahatma Gandhi Centre...
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Looking for HOMI DARUKHANAWALLA
Trying to trace Homi Darukhanawalla who was studying at billimoria high school, Panchgani and passed out in 1977. I’m his classmate Percy Sasuri. He is the only one missing from our batch. Please...
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Para Mobeds?
Last week’s column on the ordainment of two deacons in Mumbai’s Catholic Church attracted a lot of interest among Parsi-Zoroastrians. Unlike members of the clergy, who need to be celibate, deacons can...
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Kozhikode has the only Parsi temple in Kerala
The fire temple was built in the 18th century when Parsi traders settled in Kozhikode about 200 years ago. KOZHIKODE: On April 18 which is observed as World Heritage Day, among the several monuments...
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The Chinese Roots of the Parsi Gara
DiSCOVER THE CHINESE ROOTS OF THIS TRADITIONAL PARSI EMBROIDERY Text by Tina Dastur We delve into the history of the gara to understand what makes it so special in the 21st century Chinese Roots And...
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Sad Demise – Sam Fredoon Pedder
It is sad informing you that Sam Peddar, pilot with the Royal Indian Air force during the early 1940’s, who along with the Engineer brothers saw action in the then N.W.F. Provinces & Burma....
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Adar – The Divinity Of Light And Life
Parsi Times brings you our monthly ‘Religion Special: Parab Series’, by our religious scholar and cultural expert, the erudite Noshir Dadrawala. Every month, we share with you a deeper understanding...
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Book on Parsis traces their demographic decline
Decade in the making: (Left to right) Lata Narayan, Shalini Bharat, Dr. Pheroza Godrej, Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, Dr. Martin Walde and Prof. S. Parasuraman releasing the book at the Max Mueller Bhavan on...
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Book on Parsi heritage gets second shot at life
Mr Rustom Kanga with Mrs Subina Aurora Khaneja, who completed the book The Parsis Of Singapore, History, Culture, Cuisine.ST PHOTO: JONATHAN CHOO Mrs Suna Kanga, a Parsi, set out to write a book about...
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Workshop for Priestly Development: Jiyo Parsi
Dear Friends, For many years we have been discussing the importance of giving respect to our Priests and enabling them to become Pastors to the Parsi community, as are the Catholic Priests as well as...
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The Zoroastrian Saga | Mumbai Live
Just like other communities, Mumbai’s Zoroastrian or the Parsi community, as we lovingly know, has always been an integral part of the city. Frohar foundation has been organising the 2-day event “The...
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How Zoroastrians were purged in China
In 12th-century China, there were several temples of Zoroastrianism, which the Chinese called Ao Jiao, left standing in several cities. By then, few people remembered the tenets and origins of the...
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