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Rohinton Mistry wins Neustadt Prize 2012
Rohinton Mistry, a Canadian-Indian writer, will be the 2012 laureate of the $50,000 Neustadt International Prize for Literature. The honor is sponsored by the University of Oklahoma, the Neustadt...
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Delkash Shahriarian Launches ‘Cricket for Girls’ Program
The Cricket League of New Jersey (CLNJ) Youth program and DreamCricket Academy announced their support of Delkash Shahriarian’s plans to launch a ‘Cricket for Girls’ program starting this Fall. Delkash...
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Parsi enclave wins UNESCO award
A good-hearted initiative by the Parsi community to preserve its old architecture while securing the housing needs of poor members has earned it international recognition. By Bella Jaisinghani | TNN...
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For Ahmedabad Parsis, festivities go on after a week after Pateti
So what if the Parsi New Year ‘Pateti’ was celebrated last Saturday (August 18)? The mood in the Parsi community is still continues to be that of celebration. Published in DNA India And as part of...
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Pallonji Shapoorji Mistry: A quiet billionaire
Pallonji Shapoorji Mistry, 82, is the world’s most reclusive billionaire. For a man with an estimated wealth of almost $10 billion (Rs 55,000 crore), he is surprisingly invisible, rarely seen or heard...
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‘Flat’ lure for Parsi youths to marry
Now, this is one reality bait that realty-savvy Parsis will not be able to ignore! Surat Parsi Panchayat has neatly packaged its ulterior designs of encouraging young Parsis to get hitched in a ‘get...
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To the Batliwalas and forgotten Rustoms
During the late 70s, it was not important to personally know a Batliwala, Daruwala or Rustom to have some knowledge of the sudra (long muslin shirt) or China silk skull caps, sali boti and patra ni...
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Parsi Youth Porus Shroff Selected To Train at Manchester United
First Parsee boy from Bombay to get selected to train at the prestigious Manchester United Football Club in UK!!! KENKRE TRAINEE PORUS SHROFF MAKES IT TO MAN–U Airtel Rising Starts received 20000 boys...
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India’s Only Symphony Orchestra
Western classical music has historically struggled to find a place in India, a country that has its own vibrant tradition of classical music. By Khushita Vasant | WSJ Khushroo N. Suntook, chairman of...
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Straight, Honest Parsimoney
The Parsi reputation for diligence and trustworthiness warms their businesses By Arti Sharma | Outlook India Compass Card Honest, straightforward Parsis will tell it like it is, whether you want to...
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A Chief Justice of India who breathes integrity
By the time the 38th Chief Justice of India, SH Kapadia, hangs up his cloak and collar on September 29, he would have added yet another landmark verdict in the form of an ‘opinion’ in deference to the...
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Sr citizen dies as Tardeo bldg flooring caves in
A 78-year-old polio afflicted woman, who was lying on her bed at her second floor flat in Soonawala building in Tardeo, died on Tuesday morning after the flooring gave way and she fell to the ground...
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Laughter Club
Laughter in the House shows us a community that can laugh at itself Long ago, in an interview with Bachi Karkaria, the late Adi Marzban said, “All this longhaired discussion on Miller and...
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Jer Bulsara on her son Freddie Mercury
Twenty years after the death of rock’s most famous singer, and with a lavish book of rare photographs about to be published, his mother, Jer Bulsara, talks to Angela Levin about how she coped with his...
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Jennifer Kotwal: Oprah Winfrey Inspires Me
Oozing with confidence, this model-turned-actor is chirpy as ever. Jennifer Kotwal, who started her career as a model at the age of 15, has over the years gained a name for herself. By Uthra Jayakumar...
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Sooni Taraporevala: Photography Exhibition at Harvard University
Not very often does an occasion come where two legendary Zarathushti women photographers have exhibitions of their works on the eastern seaboard of the United States. However now is one such time. In...
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Yazdani Restaurant and Bakery: Where time stops for cutting chai
Mumbai’s Parsee cafés – bakeries run by the city’s Zoroastrian community – have long been an institution in the city. Most of them have been wiped out, replaced by identikit fast-food joints and coffee...
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Armin Wandrewala: SOOR Sanity On Our Roads: An Interview
Below is an article on Armin Wandrewala’s initiative “Sanity On Our Roads” called SOOR. Listen to her radio interview on Radio ONE here. Now, you can enforce traffic discipline on Mumbai’s roads Breach...
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Tabla player Aban Mistry passes away
Aban Mistry, a musician and scholar, known as the first woman solo tabla player in India, passed away in Mumbai on Sunday evening. She was 72. Mistry, one of the few members of the Parsi community to...
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Parsis in Kolkata celebrate Fire Temple centenary
Their community comprises barely 600 in Kolkata, but what the Zoroastrians lack in numbers, they make up through their enthusiasm. Over the last couple of days, the Parsi community brought the curtains...
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