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Tinaz Cooper Caters Parsi Food Across USA
A chance conversation with a very dear friend got me introduced to Tinaz Cooper the chef behind the catering business “Flavors of the World”. Touching base on Whatsapp, I had a menu in minutes and...
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Niloufer Mavalvala’s Food videos featured on FOODEOS
Our dear friend and ace chef and cookbook author Niloufer Mavalvala is featured on The Cook’s Cook FOODEOS video series. Also a big shoutout to my dearest friend and professional videographer and...
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Darius Ferzandi of Byculla Restaurant and Bakery Passes Away
We are saddened to hear about the passing away of Darius Ferzandi, the owner of Byculla Restaurant And Bakery which closed down earlier this year. In a social media post Bombaywalla Historical Works...
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The Five Questions Series: Jimmy Mistry
In a series organized by India Today Homes….our dear friend and eminent designer and hospitality man Jimmy Mistry answers 5 questions. The questions are posed by his daughter Pearl Mistry who is a...
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Parsi Dharamshala in Calcutta: A Short Film
Born in Bombay, Jaimin Rajani is a documentary filmmaker and singer-songwriter now residing in Calcutta. He has extensively written about the Parsi cuisine. The Parsi Dharmshala in Central Calcutta...
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Unity in Adversity: The Abu Dhabi Bawa Gang
Parsis first migrated to the UAE long before its unification in 1971. While Dubai is where the majority settled, it’s capital, Abu Dhabi hosted a smaller but equally thriving community now rising to...
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Hydroxychloroquine Controversey for the treatment of COVID-19
The prospect of using hydroxychloroquine to treat persons affected with Covid-19 during this pandemic has sparked rancor and disagreement among politicians and scientists. What is Hydroxychloroquine?...
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We are Zoroastrians: Chaiye Hame Zarthoshti English Version
In 2016 the FEZANA Annual General Meeting was hosted by the Zoroastrian Association of Michigan in Detroit, USA. At the Gala Event, one of the most interesting events was the rendition of the song...
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Covid-19: Mumbai’s Parsi community enraged over denial of ancient traditional...
Parsi victims of Covid-19 are being denied their ancient traditional funeral rites and forcibly cremated, leaving families traumatized and a community enraged against its leaders. Over the past month,...
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How to cover our heads as Zoroastrians
Some people have asked why we cover our heads as Zoroastrians. I was perturbed to hear a Parsi grandmother telling her grandkids that it was a symbolic act of submission and humility, thus...
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Have an Iranshah Query ? Ask NOSHIR
This is a first of a three part series by The IranShah Initiative The first part is titled “Education With Vision 2020” The IranShah Initiative provides a Precious Avenue to build a Priceless Life...
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COVID 19 and Doongarwadi: A Statement by BPP
Statement for Doongerwadi and Covid 19 Sometime in mid-March when the Covid 19 deaths started in Mumbai, the issue of consignment of our dead at Doongerwadi has been at the forefront of the various...
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Renowned astrologer Bejan Daruwalla passes away at 89
He was admitted to a private hospital in Ahmedabad last week after he complained of breathing difficulty. Famous astrologer Bejan Daruwalla succumbed to lung infection on Friday in a hospital at...
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Hirji S. Adenwalla: Man who made more than 15K people smile is no more
The man with a missionary zeal who helped over 15,000 people smile, by doing cleft surgery has passed away, said a hospital official. Thiruvananthapuram: The man with a missionary zeal who helped over...
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How Polson made butter a commercial product in pre-Independence India
Polson butter had monopolised the business by the 1930s and become a household name in India, much before the Amul revolution. Article by Mahua Venkatesh | The Print Much before India became...
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The Serum Institute: How one Indian company could be world’s door to a...
If the world is to gain access to a vaccine for COVID-19, there’s a good chance it will pass through the doors of Serum Institute of India. Article By Abhirup Roy, Euan Rocha | Reuters Serum Institute,...
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JRD Tata — the democratic capitalist
In today’s context, JRD would have approved of ‘Make in India’, but not the dilution of workers’ rights to attract foreign investors JRD Tata was chairman of Tatas, India’s largest industrial...
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How COVID Impacted Our Family
The below account is from a very dear friend (…like family..) who I have known for a decade. We met at the Zoroastrian Association of Greater New York (ZAGNY) and have over the years volunteered...
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The Parsi Gara Sari – Threads of History | Tales & Trails
Threads too can tell a tale – catch the story of merchants, voyages and far off lands through the traditional Gara saris, of the Parsis in Tales & Trails.
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Remembering Navroze Mody: A Zarathushti Victim of Hate Crime in the United...
Over the last few days the United States grapples with the aftermath of the murder of George Floyd by a policeman. The racial profiling, violence and brutality are rightly condemned by one and all....
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