Emperor Akbar’s Parsi counsel
Established in 1874, the first Dastoor Meherjirana Library in Navsari is named after the first Parsi high priest of India. The most priceless manuscript at the library is a framed original document...
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Dear Fellow Zarathushtis The FEZANA Bulletin for March 2015 can be viewed here: http://fezana.org/wp-content/uploads/FEZANA_Bulletin_2015_03.pdf Feel free to share the FEZANA Bulletin with your...
View Article“Personality Development”- Vacation Batch Course
Friends:You will be glad to know that our popular Vacation Batch Course on “Personality Development” for Under graduates/SSC completed students has been scheduled from 15th to 24th April 2015. Click...
View ArticleFirst Persian Parade in Los Angeles , California – March 2015
First Persian Parade in Los Angeles, California Report from Voice of America – Dated: 31 March 2015
View ArticleZAGNY Expands Lladro Votive Sales
Zoroastrian Association of Greater New York ZAGNY continues its exclusive partnership with Lladró to bring you 8 stunning votives. Released and designed by Lladró as part of their Lithophane Votive...
View ArticleBawas and Babies
Bawas and Babies By Kallol Bhattacherjee Story Dated: Tuesday, March 31, 2015 20:6 hrs IST Parsis: India’s micro-minority is pushing for a revival of its numbers and way of life The ZYNG team: Pearl...
View ArticleFOZAWAC ALL PARSEES TENNIS TOURNAMENT
Date: Sat. 11 / Sun. 12 April, 2015. Venue: Wodehouse Gymkhana, Opp. MSLTA near Cooperage Ground EVENTS : Men’s Singles & Doubles, Women’s Singles & Doubles, Juniors’ Singles & Doubles,...
View ArticleTata Sons gets 1st woman director
Farida Khambata Tata Sons, promoter of the major operating Tata companies, appointed top ranked investment strategist Farida Khambata as the first woman independent director in the company’s 103-year...
View ArticleAppeal to preview and purchase my book ‘Enlarged Compendium of Zoroastrian...
I am a civil engineer settled in Bangalore, India. I have authored a book entitled ‘Enlarged Compendium of Zoroastrian Calendars – 1384 Yz (2014 CE) through 1500 Yz (2132 CE) under Kadmi, Shenshai...
View ArticleArticle on Parsis of Delhi
While a dwindling community struggles to survive, filmmaker Shernaz Italia documents the little-known lives of the Delhi Parsis who moved to the capital at the turn of the 19th century “Aavoji, aavo,...
View ArticleFor the love of eggs
Cheese and eggs at Smokehouse Deli On the love of eggs that unite Parsis and Bengali I tried the eggs and cheese scrambled egg at Bandra’s Smoke House Deli recently and immediately thought of how...
View ArticleThe Food Gallery
Dear All, This is to inform all members that Farhad Aibara (My partner) and myself have started a new business in the food industry. We are known by the name of The Food Gallery and operate from Shop...
View ArticleWhy can’t a Parsi pen Urdu poetry, asks orthodontist
Plans To Bring Out Collection Of His Ghazals Soon When he is not fixing his patients’ teeth, he is penning Urdu couplets. But orthodontist Dr Navroze Kotwal’s passion for Urdu poetry , especially its...
View ArticleThe steady inspiring rise of Zia Mody
The steady inspiring rise of Zia Mody Last updated on: April 06, 2015 18:34 IST We bring you this excerpt from Shaili Chopra’s book, When I was 25. You’ve seen them at the peak of their careers — P...
View ArticleFOZAWAC All Parsi Badminton Tournament
Entry form for the FOZAWAC All Parsi Badminton Tournament to be held on 2nd and 3rd May 2015 ADMISSION: 50/- PER EVENT. LAST DATE FOR ENTRIES MONDAY 27TH APRIL 2015.. Tournament will be subject to...
View ArticleYemen & Parsis
As Houthi rebels overran the Yemeni capital of Sana’a in March, the embattled government shifted its capital to Aden. For many Indians, and especially for residents of Mumbai, the name of the city has...
View ArticleThe Taste of a Parsi Home Fare
(Clockwise from top left) Patrani Macchi; Mutton Dhansakh; Marghi Na Farcha; Vengna No Patio; Bheeda Par Eedu (From left) Kainaz Contractor and Rahul Dua|Ravi Choudhary It is not every day that you...
View ArticleAct of Devotion: Couple wins over Syracuse theater scene, 20 years running
Navroz Dabu hand sketches the set of “A Man for All Seasons,” the 2007 stage production at the Civic Center. Photo courtesy of Navroz Dabu. Scattered on the walls of his home architecture studio,...
View ArticleCyrus Todiwala on GM foods
Ranting about what we know about GM food and soya at Abergavenny Food Festival, September 2012
View ArticleWZO Trusts at Work – 2015
Dear Donors, Friends, Well Wishers, Please visit www.wzotrust.org and see the 37 photographs in the section “WZO Trusts at work – 2015″. Whatever has been done has been possible only because of the...
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