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ZAGNY Ties up with Lladro for Zarathustra Votive
Lladro Lithophane Votive: Zarathustra ZAGNY is excited to announce an exclusive partnership with Lladró to bring you a stunning Zarathushtra votive. Released and designed by Lladró in 2014 as part of...
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Vasanu: Parsi winter warmer
Not even Google, in its infinite wisdom, can spell out what precisely goes into vasanu, an exotic Parsi fudge. We hear its ingredients -chaar jaatna magaz, baval nu goonder, cummar kakri, jabar jas and...
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The men of steel with a softer side
Tata, the Indian company that owns Tetley Tea and Jaguar Land Rover, prides itself on its ethics – 66% of the business is owned by charities. Its unique character was shaped by the passions of its...
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Secret Cuisines and Sacred Rituals: Perzen Patel & Shernaz Petigara In...
Good friends of Parsi Khabar and mother daughter duo Shernaz Petigara (ahuramazda.com) and Perzen Patel (bawibride.com) were on a radio talk show talking about Parsi cuisine and traditions. You can...
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Of Steel, Metal Birds And More: The Tatas
The Tata sky is a limitless firmament, and its gods a generation of Parsi gentlemen like no other Article by Zareer Masani | Outlook India Telling the story of the Tatas, both the Indian business...
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Jamshed Dorab Nagarwala: Gujarat’s first IGP was in team that investigated...
Jamshed Dorab Nagarwala, the first IGP of Gujarat after its birth as a separate state after on May 1, 1960, was earlier one of the two officers investigating the Mahatma Gandhi murder case. Nagarwala,...
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Kairshasp Nariman Choksy: Former Sri Lankan Minister Passes Away
Former Minister of Finance and prominent constitutional lawyer K.N. Choksy in Colombo died at the age of 82. He also served as Cabinet Minister of Constitutional & State Affairs from 1993 to 1994...
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Dr. Dhun Noria Receives Order of Ontario
The Scarborough Hospital (TSH) is pleased to announce that Dr. Dhun Noria, TSH’s Chief of Laboratory Medicine and Medical Director of Laboratories, was presented with the Order of Ontario by the...
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A Death Rite At Peril
There are roughly 500 Parsis in Kolkata. But sadly, even this small community finds it difficult to maintain their age-old death ritual owing to a drop in the number of vultures and other problems....
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Warming Up To Winter
It might sound like the name of a corny Parsi comedy, but doodh na puff, as once whipped up by the doughty matrons of the clan, is as vanishing a winter speciality as Vera Aunty’s vasanu. Or Edulji’s...
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Heritage enclave cracks open its door to redevelopment
At the entrance to Parsi Colony in Dadar, two new towers signal the changes creeping into this low-rise, historic neighbourhood. Article by Nergish Sunavala | Times of India One is Parsi builder Jimmy...
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Train to Jamshedpur: The story of Tata, India’s global giant
A BBC documentary in which Dr Zareer Masani tells the story of this 150-year-old Indian giant with a reputation for ethical capitalism. India’s biggest industrial plant is hidden away in what were once...
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Ronnie Screwvala: The disruptive entrepreneur
The former film and TV tycoon on the mammoth marketing plan for his forthcoming book, and investing in digital media There was a time in the early 1990s when Ronnie Screwvala was lining up outside...
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Ketty Shroff: At 71, this lady did what she always wanted to
As a young girl, Grant Road resident Ketty Shroff, 71, always wanted to be a post graduate. However, she could not fulfill her dreams because of financial constrains. But she did not lose heart and 50...
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Bombay Airport’s Terminal 2 Art Wall To Depict Parsi-Style Theatre
Having already set the standard in terms of artistic beauty, the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport’s (CSIA) T2 terminal is now undergoing the completion of its ‘art museum’ on the walls, set to...
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8 CCTV cameras to keep a watch on Khada Parsi statue
In a bid to safeguard the Khada Parsi from drug addicts and thieves, the BMC is set to install eight CCTV cameras and a circular fence around the statue. One of only two such cast-iron statues in the...
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Reviving Parsi Drama
Apart from saving the Parsi community from extinction, theatrewallahs must take the onus of saving their rich cultural heritage as well! We’re talking about the revival of Parsi-Hindi rangmanch. Parsi...
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Zoroastrian Stree Mandal’s Cookbook for a Cause
For those who have decided to get into kitchen and try their hand at cooking delicious food, without picking up recipes from YouTube and other apps, they can opt for the Zoroastrian Stree Mandal (ZSM)...
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A Legendary Life: Dr. Rustom P. Soonawala
A legendary life RUSTOM P Soonawala’s 86 years have had no effect on his boundless energy (he has just returned from inaugurating and working in hospitals in Dubai, Delhi, Kolkata and Jaipur) and...
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Majestic Talkies Ajmer: Closing the first and the oldest Cinema of Rajasthan
Closing the first and the oldest Cinema of Rajasthan Maj. (Rtd.) Noshir K. Marfatia writes: With tears in my eyes and a very heavy heart I have to inform all that we are closing the first and the...
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