Kobad Ghandy: I got support in all jail authorities except Tihar’
‘The IB and authorities knew I had given away all my property and had nothing in my name.’ ‘Even among police officers, they all respected me for this sacrifice which is rare these days.’ ‘They...
View ArticleChaos and Nuisance Reign Outside JJ Agiary in Pune
Devout Parsis visiting the Sir Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy Agiary on Dastur Meher Road in the Pune Camp area have been sending up a silent prayer for freedom from the chaos prevailing outside their sacred...
View ArticleBandian complex offers time travels to Sassanid era
An experience of traveling back in time to see magnificent examples of ancient plasterwork, bas-relief carvings, and other decorative elements is probably an unreachable dream. Bandian complex, a site...
View ArticleBook Launch: WHO WANTS TO MARRY KAI JUICEWALLA
This Valentine month author, former flight attendant and columnist, Kainaz Jussawalla’s fun, crazy and action packed memoir “ Who wants to marry Kai Juicewalla?”( one life, many loves, endless...
View ArticleBa Humata Lecture Series March 2023
The March 2023 Ba Humata Lecture will be on the topic “LIFE IS FOR-GIVING AND FORGIVING Ushtavaiti Gatha Yasna Ha 43.1” Speakers Ervad Poras T. Balsara (United States) Ervad Farhan Panthaki (Canada)...
View ArticleAlexander the ‘Accursed’ and Zoroastrianism
In his epic the Shahnamah (Book of Kings), the poet Firdawsi (940–1019 or 1025) vividly describes how Alexander (Iskandar/Sikandar) came upon the Persian emperor Darius (Dara) as he fled north after...
View ArticleNavroz Special: Firdosh Shroff in Conversation with Meher Amalsad
2023 NouRouz Transformational Special ASPIRE TO INSPIRE UNTIL WE EXPIRE With “I AM” ASK-FIRMATIONS with Dr. Firdos Shroff, India & Meher Amalsad, USA. Hosted by Yazdi Tantra and Moderated by...
View ArticleChef Viraf Patel transforms menu from bland to brilliant
Chef Viraf Patel, chef at Neuma, follows classical techniques and places the focus squarely on the ingredients. Chef and restaurateur Viraf Patel. (Photo courtesy: Neuma) Article By Ruth Dsouza Prabhu...
View ArticleLOST HISTORY – Zoroastrianism, Apocalyptic Events & Asian History by Ervad...
The Ranveer Show, invites Dr. Ramiyar P. Karanjia. He is an M.A., Ph. D. in Avesta-Pahlavi from St. Xavier’s College, University of Mumbai, and is presently serving as the Principal of Dadar Athornan...
View ArticleRashna’s Belamour Boulangerie and Patisserie: Parsi Khabar’s Sweet Suggestions
Dear readers, we’re approaching Navroze. And mitthu monu is a must, diabetes and sugar free diets can wait, jara please! Therefore, over the next week we will be presenting a few Zoroastrian bakers,...
View ArticleHappy Jamshedi Navroz Mubarak 2023
Dear readers of Parsi Khabar We wish you a very Happy Jamshedi Navroz. May this day and the new year usher in happiness, peace, health, and prosperity for all mankind. Below is the Haft Seen table laid...
View ArticleBa Humata Lecture Series April 2023
The April 2023 Ba Humata Lecture series shall be on the topic “ ME-NESS & WE-NESS IN CONSCIOUSNESS “Yasna Ha 51.22 & Yenghe-Hatam Speakers: Moobadyar Dr. Nooshin Jahangiri, MD (Iran &USA)...
View ArticlePastailo Pappo: How to unravel this cine mystery ?
The long history of the Parsi community in the city has another interesting page added to its chapters. The Film Heritage Foundation (FHF) recently recovered a lost 1951 film, Pastailo Pappo, from...
View ArticleSweet Suggestions – Mielle Pâtisserie
Parsi Khabar’s Sweet Suggestions – Mielle Pâtisserie Our second feature is a dishy one! Etle, Rushad Cama, through his venture Mielle Patisserie makes many an occasion happy with his fabulous bakes....
View ArticleWhere have the Parsees in Indian cricket gone? They were the first Indians to...
The Parsees founded the Oriental Cricket Club in 1848 and the Young Zoroastrian Club in 1850, and as for an opposition to play against, who better than the British themselves? Article By Abhishek...
View ArticleSpotlight on Khushnooma Kapadia: Marketing Head at Marriott International in...
“Marriott gave my passion, foresight and creativity the ‘wings’ and my abilities the ‘roots’!” ….Says Khushnooma Kapadia, Senior Area Director, Marketing, South Asia, Marriott International Khushnooma...
View ArticleTehmina Karani: A Visionary and Pioneer in Early Education
“Our school days so happy, too soon will be over. The world with its sterner tasks must be faced, But oh! What a store we are gathering daily Of mem’ries so dear, which will ne’er be effaced” The above...
View ArticleProfessor Hoshang Jehangir Unwalla Receives 2022-23 Outstanding Mentor Award...
Congratulations to Hoshang Unwalla, PhD, who received the 2022-23 Outstanding Mentor Award from the Florida Education Fund’s McKnight Doctoral Fellowship Program. The McKnight program aims to increase...
View ArticleZoroastrian Museum in Kerman, Iran
Zoroastrians anthropological museum is located in Kerman province, Iran. The museum is comprised of different sections and each section deals with one of the customs of Zoroastrians. Article By...
View ArticleThe Fire That Never Goes Out
What can we learn about long-term thinking from millennia-old Zoroastrian fire rituals? By Richard Fisher | Long Now Apr 13, 02023 At some point in the late fifth century, as the Western Roman empire...
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