Diana Marfatia In Conversation: Mazda Multimedia
Ms Diana Marfatia, has touched the lives of several thousand Zoroastrian youth over the past three and a half decades as Coordinator and Mentor of HPY. In addition, her work as Principal of well...
View ArticleStarting up with Rs 1 Cr from their father, these sisters grew Theobroma into...
Mumbai-based patisserie Theobroma aims to double its Rs 121 crore revenue in the coming year. Here is how the brand has grown since it was launched in 2004. Article By Sindhu Kashyaap | YourStory At...
View ArticleSam Manekshaw was key architect of 1971 win, but it wasn’t his personal...
As India & Bangladesh fondly remembered Field Marshal Manekshaw on 50th Victory Day, Maja Daruwala gave insight into what then-Army chief was like to his soldiers and family. Article by Puja...
View ArticleThe Parsee Religion: A Speech by Dadabhai Naoroji
On March 18th, 1861, more than 160 years ago, Dadabhai Naoroji delivered a speech in Liverpool, England. The speech makes fascinating reading of what was the current status of the Parsi community....
View ArticleBa Humata Lecture Series January 2022
On January 2nd, 2022 Ba Humata Lecture Series will feature Vada Dasturji Keki Ravji, the High Priest of the Navsari Atashbehram Roshan and Rohinton Rivetna, Chicago USA Mobed Pedram Soroushpoor, Iran...
View ArticleNoted advertising and theatre personality Burjor Patel dies at 91
Patel was the former vice-president of marketing, Khaleej Times Article By Nithin Belle | Khaleej Times Eminent advertising and theatre veteran Burjor Patel has passed away early Tuesday morning. The...
View ArticleDiwan Bahadur M M Mullan: Father of Balaghat
Our dear friend and contributor Havovi Gowadia writes in… A notice was put up on our community WA group. The Municipal Corporation of Balaghat and the Mullan Trust had invited the Parsis of Nagpur to...
View ArticleZerbanoo Gifford: Remembering Bishop Desmond Tutu
Our dear friend and mentor Zerbanoo Gifford pays tribute to the great humanitarian of our times, Bishop Desmond Tutu, who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984 for his work fighting the inhuman...
View ArticleArdeshir’s: Pune’s own soda drink that’s quenching thirst for 137 years
Ardeshir’s flavoured soda, now christened Ardy’s, still packs nostalgia along with quality ‘old fashioned goodness’ in its glass bottles. Written by Ruchika Goswamy | Indian Express The soda company...
View ArticleCovid-19: Bombay Parsi Punchayet backs usual funeral; priest says can’t...
The BMC has barred the Parsi practice of letting the bodies of community members dying of Coronavirus decay naturally saying traces of the virus could spread through pallbearers Most Parsis are opposed...
View ArticleDr. Cyrus S. Poonawalla to be conferred with Padma Bhushan 2022
Parsi Khabar is thrilled to announce that Dr. Cyrus S. Poonawalla has been awarded the Padma Bhushan Award by the Government of India. This is India’s third highest civilian award and Dr. Poonawalla is...
View ArticleGoing strong at 113, Manackjee Rustomjee Dharamshala in service of Parsis in...
You can stay here only if you are a Parsi or married to one. But you don’t need to tick either box for a hearty Parsi meal Article by Debraj Mitra | Telegraph The Manackjee Rustomjee Parsi Dharamshala...
View ArticleCillie’s : Hidden gems of Karachi
Situated inside a 100-year-old house on Parsi Colony, Karachi, Cillie’s looks nothing like a mainstream confectionery yet immediately gives a warm homely feeling. Though the business started in a house...
View ArticleSII CEO Adar Poonawalla calls for faster vaccination at World Economic Forum
Adar Poonawalla made the statement as a panelist during the ‘Meeting the Challenge of Vaccine Equity’ session organised by the WEF. MoneyControl The vaccination rate needs to be faster worldwide for...
View ArticleDr. Tehemton Udwadia: In Conversation
I was ridiculed when attempting something different: Laparoscopy pioneer Tehemton Udwadia Photo Credit: IANS IANSLive Article by Vishnu Makhijani | IANS New Delhi, Jan 8 (IANS) His mentor taught that...
View ArticleWhat the Fork: Kunal Vijayakar Sinks Into Dhansak and Other Parsi Delicacies...
Wednesday is Dhansak Buffet Day at the Ripon Club. Article by Kunal Vijaykar | News18 The Ripon Club was founded in 1884 by Parsi stalwarts like Sir Phirozeshah Mehta, Jamshedji Tata and Sir Dinshaw...
View ArticleProfessor Mahzarin Rustum Banaji will receive a 2022 Atkinson Prize in...
The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) has awarded the 2022 Atkinson Prize in Psychological and Cognitive Sciences to Mahzarin R. Banaji, the 2010–2011 APS President and an APS William James Fellow and...
View ArticleBa Humata Lecture Series February 2022
The February 2022 Ba Humata Lecture Series shall be titled CELEBRATING TOGETHERNESS THROUGH MINDFULNESS Aa Airyama Ishyo And Other Prayers Speakers: Mobedyar Khushroo Mirza (Canada) Moobedyar Dr. Parva...
View ArticleWhat is Dhansak
And more importantly what it is not !! Our dear friend and award winning cookbook author and chronicler of Parsi foods and recipes Niloufer Mavalwala has written about the iconic Parsi Dish Dhansak....
View ArticleCaretaker, son held for ignoring 77-yr-old Parsi man’s sickness causing his...
The case was registered on December 15, over a year after the man, identified as Yezdiar Edel Behram, died, after which the police arrested the duo as the investigators ascertained that the they...
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