TheParsiChronicle

TheParsiChronicle.com

Updated August 23, 2008

Chronicling Parsi culture on the Net
Afternoon Dispatch & Courier - Bombay,India
Gandi founded the Parsi Chronicle in late 2003 and since
then it has become the most visited site on Zoroastrians.
http://www.cybernoon.com/DisplayArticle.asp?section=fromthepress&
subsection=inbombay&xfile=April2006_inbombay_standard9505

After the great success of www.TheParsiDirectory.com, where more than 63,000 Parsis, Iranis, and Zoroastrains have registered themselves, we have now launched www.Zoroastrians.net This new web site is unique in that it covers everything related to us Parsis, Iranis, and Zoroastrains. Plus you can post your comments on improvements, additions, and deletions in each topic. You can also include your own website about your area of interest in the appropriate topic to have a global reach.

Started a new web site called TheParsiVideo.com. Please check it out at www.TheParsiVideo.com and let me know your thoughts. The idea behind the TheParsiVideo.com is simple: use the power of the Internet to help fellow Parsi's and Zoroastrians be able to view and hear videos and audio's about our community. Consider it a audio visual history of our community.

Started a new web site called TheMissingParsi.com. Please check it out at www.TheMissingParsi.com and let me know your thoughts. The idea behind the TheMissingParsi.com is simple: use the power of the Internet to help fellow Parsis and Zoroastrians connect with people they have lost touch with. Check it out and let me know your thoughts.

Started yet another web site called TheParsiMatch.com. Please check it out at www.TheParsiMatch.com and let me know your thoughts. Very simply it is a FREE match making web site for our community. So go ahead and register every single Zoroastrian man and woman you know for FREE, and you will be rewarded in heaven for having made a Zoroastrian Match :)

Started another new web site called TheParsiDirectory.com. Please check it out at www.TheParsiDirectory.com and let me know your thoughts. It is the largest free Parsi Zoroastrian directory with over 50,000 registrations!

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Hi and welcome to TheParsiChronicle.com

My name is Ader Gandi and I live in San Francisco, California, USA. My email address is Ader@Gandi.com and AderGandi@gmail.com . my AIM name is AGandi .... my MSN Messenger is AderGandi

Currently, I am in Bombay. You can reach me on my cell phone 93249 16509

I started TheParsiChronicle.com on December 1st. 2003.

My idea behind the TheParsiChronicle.com is simple: keep a chronicle of Parsi-Zoroastrians mentioned in the news. Consider it a living history of our community.

I welcome your comments and suggestions. You can subscribe to future news about Parsis and Zoroastrians by emailing Ader@Gandi.com with the words subscribe to the Parsi Chronicle in the subject line.

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Chronicle:	1 : a usually continuous historical account of events arranged in order of time without analysis or interpretation.
	2 : a record of events presented in chronological order. Although the scope and level of detail provided varies greatly among the chronicles.

Hi Ader, Villi joins me in congratulating you on a great web site. I visit it often, and tell a lot of people about it; specially those who express an interest in our religion. Ken Bhappu

If you are the same Ader Gandi from Parsi Colony in Karachi i salute you on launching this site. It is very informative . Regards Rohinton Jehangir

Ader, The Parsi Chronicle is a great idea; I am a journalist with the Philadelphia Inquirer. Would love to stay in touch with you. Regards,
- Porus P. Cooper

Hello Ader, I am Mehernosh from London and want to say I am glad I visited your site. Will keep in touch with it. It has good links and lots of information. Thank you.
Mehernosh Pajnigar

Great website you have; as an adopted Parsi (I'm English by birth and married to a Parsi), I find great interest in the different pieces from all over the world, containing different., mind-opening perspectives.
Selina Darukhanawala

I love your site!!! I am not a Parsi but I am entranced and in deep admiration of your culture and history. I have read quite a bit about Parsis but not enough by far. Your site was a great find. Sincerely,
Chloe Ross, West Hollywood, Ca.

Dear Ader, As a fellow Zarathushtrian, allow me to congratulate you on hosting and setting up a new web site, theparsichronicle.com. I have visited it and perused almost all of the articles. It makes very interesting reading. -Noshir

Read almost all articles. I think the varied choice adds flavor. You have a bit of current, past, music, social issues and the arts. Good luck. J...

The Parsi Chronicle is very sexy - light weight (data transferred by loading the page) and simple. Congratulations on the inauguration! Cheers! Kir...

Hi Ader. My name is Ava and im a young parsi girl living in England. Iv searched the web high and low for good sites about our religion and by-far, yours is one of the best. Keep up the good work! take care.

Ader, I'm really impressed You're keeping us alive! Keep it up. Soonu...

Hi, I am a Zoroastrian working now in bangalore, I just came upon your site and wanted to say that I think by you creating this site you have not only widened the scope for all of our community to know more, but also for people to feel a more closer bond to their near and dear. Take care and keep up the good work.
Dinaa...

Been reading your site with interest for the last two months. I look forward every week to see what the media has to say about us. Hope you can find the time and energy to keep it up. - Aspi Doctor

Ader, I'm just writing to you to say thank you for setting up theparsichronicle.com website. It's fantastic! As a Parsi, it's great to find so much international Zoroastrian news & information in one place - especially as I live in London and don't get to spend that much time with fellow Parsis. Once again, thank you & well done. Shirin

Satara Agiary: The tale of a fire temple and two families http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1184271

Housing in Ahmedabad: Many non-Hindus find doors closed
Economic Times - Gurgaon,Haryana,India
Parsis - another peace-loving minority community, have also found themselves at the receiving end in Ahmedabad. "Though we have not been denied homes in any ...

Bye bye to the baklava
Daily News & Analysis - Mumbai,India
But the authentic Parsi flavour, and ‘no-nonsense’ Parsi ladies have gone missing from the Ratan Tata Institute, finds Derineh Cooper Join the queue winding ...

Iran Mullahs' Blame Game
Persian Journal - Iran
For centuries, the Zoroastrians paid heavily in all manners of ways under the rule of the converted Muslims; many were forced to leave for other lands such ...

Strong is who strong does!
The News - International - Pakistan
You were telling me the other day about some of your Parsee friends. Fr & Sq: Yes, they are very noble people. Fr & Sq: Very kind-hearted, humble and always ...

Freed giant emerges from chaos
The National - Abu Dhabi,United Arab Emirates
The 71-year old Parsee, who had earlier bought Tetley’s, a top English tea brand, and Corus, the Anglo-Dutch steelmaker, now owns a car brand that has been ...

Avesthagen begins work on new R
Business Standard - Mumbai,Maharashtra,India
Referring to the Avestagenome project which enables the archiving of the genome of 69000 members of the Parsi community and determining the genetic basis of ...

Bibliography Page 24
Protecting the Physical World / Fireze M. Kotwal, Khojeste Mistree 336 The Court of the Lord of Rituals / Firoze M. Kotwal, Khojeste Mistree 366 ...

Parsee New Year day and launch of a new face
GlamSham - Mumbai,India
When the Parsees are celebrating their New Year Today, there must be a sense of satisfaction that around the same time another new star from the fraternity ...

Bawas of the world unite
Daily News & Analysis - Mumbai,India
Several years ago, the couple attended a conference conducted by religious speaker Khojeste Mistree, in which, he spoke of the meaning of the word Ushta in ...

'I'm very proud to be a Parsi'
Times of India - India
About the community, I am very proud to be a Zoroastrian. I do not know anyone who does not have a Parsi family friend. They are difficult but at the same ...

Caption Only
StarPhoenix - Saskatoon,Saskatchewan,Canada
HAPPY NEW YEAR: An Indian Zoroastrian woman prepares a traditional door decoration known as a Toran on the eve of Navroze, the Zoroastrian New Year. ...

Day in pictures
BBC News - UK
An Indian Zoroastrian or Parsi girl kisses her brother as they stand in front of figures of "knights" or guardians of a fire temple on the occasion of ...

Navroze Mubarak! Time for hugs and cheers
Daily News & Analysis - Mumbai,India
The mummified village of Udwada is located on the Gujarat coast and is preserved by all its old Zoroastrian residents. The entrances to every home here have ...

Vice President greets People on Navroj
Press Information Bureau (press release) - New Delhi,India
“I greet the people of our country on the auspicious occasion of ‘Navroj’, which marks the beginning of the Parsi New Year. Navroj is celebrated with ...

The Iran Letters – Part III: A Survey of 'Iran Profound' Barin ...
Journal of Turkish Weekly - Ankara,Turkey
A product of millennia, “Iran Profound”[1] houses magnificent Zoroastrian fire temples and towers of silence; brilliant badgirs and qanats (wind towers and ...

Are Parsis on a path to self-destruction?
One such optimist is Khojeste Mistree, who runs the Centre for Zoroastrian Studies in Mumbai. "We must remember the Parsis were always a small community ...

The Truth Behind Spiegel's Article
Payvand - Iran
Whether such tolerance was intended to prevent revolts or whether it was part of their Zoroastrian culture is a matter of debate. ...

Mumbai Parsi Panchayat election heats up http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20080060846

Couple hopes to find son lost during ’02 riots
Gulf Times - Doha,Qatar
The trauma faced by this middle class Parsi family, years after the carnage, inspired filmmaker Rahul Dholakia to make the much-acclaimed film Parzania. ...

Parsis set to exercise their franchise for BPP polls
Mumbai Newsline - Mumbai,India
Environmentalist and member of the Association of Inter-Married Zoroastrians (AIMZ) Meher Rafaat says, “Most people are not aware of the areas where the ...

Parsi community is shrinking fast
By BS
If the Wadias represent one end of the spectrum, the other is occupied by people such as Khojeste Mistree, a chartered accountant and scholar who established the Zoroastrian Studies institute. Mr Mistree is one of the most outspoken ...

Parsi punchayat gears up for polls
Times of India - India
"I am not a practicising Zoroastrian. When I asked a childhood friend, who has a different viewpoint on religion if she would vote for me, she said no. ...

Parsi punchayat gears up for polls
Times of India - India
MUMBAI: Otherwise known to be a genteel people, the Parsi community is likely to witness mud-slinging, name-calling and character assassination over the ...

Challenge-loving scribe who quizzed world leaders and delivered ...
Sunday Times.lk - Columbo,Sri Lanka
She would make Indian sweets and Parsee dishes and bring these to office, and then look on happily as her colleagues did justice to her culinary ...

THIS ABOVE ALL
Chandigarh Tribune - India
As for religion, apart from Jainism and its founder Mahavir, no other religions of the world or their founders were vegetarians—Buddha, Zoroaster, Abraham, ...

A COMPANY THAT SURVIVED ADVERSITY
Calcutta Telegraph - Calcutta,India
If I remember right, the Tatas originally made their money in the opium trade; at any rate, their first venues were those in which the Parsis made their ...

The Cheese Course: Cowgirl Creamery's luscious panir reflects ...
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
Her own rendition reflects her Parsi heritage. India's Parsi community, a dwindling ethnic group with roots in Persia, makes a fresh, spreadable panir ...

Answers About the Vegan Lifestyle in New York
New York Times - United States
Dinshah, of Parsee descent, infused veganism with the Jain and Buddhist doctrine of ahimsa-(non violence to all living creatures). ...

Second New Year's looming
Toronto Sun - Ontario, Canada
One New Year -- the same as the New Year in Iran, where the Zoroastrian religion began -- is on March 21, a fixed date in the Gregorian calendar. ...

The Harbour That Gave the Name 'Bombay' to Mumbai
Daijiworld.com - Mangalore,India
One of the Parsi families, the Wadias was instrumental in developing the docks at Mumbai. Realizing the enterprise and integrity of the Wadias, ...

Friendship Day celebrations turns unpleasant for organisers
Mumbai Newsline - Mumbai,India
Mumbai, August 3 The Friendship Day celebrations hosted by the Parsi community on Sunday turned sour for the organisers with residents objecting and the ...

Parsi couple still hopes to find son lost in 2002 riots
Smash Hits - India
The trauma faced by this god-fearing, middle class Parsi family, years after the carnage, inspired filmmaker Rahul Dholakia to make the much-acclaimed film ...

Parsi community in Mumbai gear up for a Friendship Day drive
Thaindian.com - Bangkok,Bangkok,Thailand
Mumbai, August 3 (ANI): People of the Parsi community in Mumbai celebrated Friendship Day by taking out a car rally on Sunday. Parsi Resource Group, founded ...

Community Mourns Sam Manekshaw
India Journal - Sante Fe Springs,CA,USA
Vira Santoke , President of the Zoroastrian Association described him as a good Parsee, upholding the principles of the Zoroastrian trinity of good thoughts ...

Heritage status: Parsis pen support for BMC's plan
Times of India - India
On Wednesday, prominent citizens and civic activists gathered at a public meeting organised by the World Alliance of Parsi Irani Zarathushtris (WAPIZ) to ...

Ruling: No religious right to marijuana
Arizona Daily Star - Tucson,AZ,USA
A church official said the religion, founded in 1991, is based on "neo-Zoroastrian tenets" and marijuana provides a connection to the divine mind and ...

To: United Nations Excellency Ban Ki-moon,Secretary-General,United Nations,New York, New York Your Excellency, For several millenniums many nations have celebrated the first day of spring as their new year. Today, nearly 300 million people around the world celebrate the first day of spring as their new year, better known as Norouz (New Day). Nearly all of these celebrants live in UN member nations. Unfortunately, none of the UN calendars or affiliated agencies commemorate this important date as has been done for different celebrations of member nations. We, the undersigned, request from your Excellency, bearer of the highest office of the United Nations, to kindly authorize the relevant agencies to correct this oversight for the upcoming calendars throughout the UN agencies. Please accept our best wishes and thanks for your attention to this important request. Persian Cultural Center, San Diego, California - USA Sincerely, Do your part. Sign the petition The Undersigned

(i) Amendment of explanation to Section 6 of the Hindu Succession ...
Press Information Bureau (press release) - New Delhi,India
There is discrimination in respect of wills made by Hindus, Buddhists, Sikhs, Jainas or Parsis, where such wills are made within the territories of the ...

Oral property partitions may be legalised
Howrah News Service - Howrah,West Bengal,India
... of the Indian Succession Act 2002 which prevented Hindus, Buddhists, Sikhs, Jainas and Parsis from executing wills far from the location of properties. ...

SO Cal mourns Manekshaw's passing
IndiaPost.com - Union City,CA,USA
Organized by Zarir Bhandara the meeting brought together a large cross section of the community including members from the local Parsee Zoroastrian ...

Shenaz : I was called a fat piggy
Times of India - India
Two mad bawis (Parsi for girls), they couldn’t have made a better decision,” she chuckles. She also maintains that Navjot Singh Sidhu is the life of the ...

World Zoroastrian Chamber of Commerce Mumbai meeting http://www.mid-day.com/news/2008/jul/290708JumboKing.htm

Writer for National Geographic Story on Iran
Persian Mirror - USA
... a filmmaker, a Zoroastrian priest, cultural heritage officials from the government, a Nobel laureate, an aikido sensei, an engineer, a locksmith, ...

Every day is special - 26.07.2008
Today's Zaman - Istanbul,Turkey
As the Parsi community is especially tight-knit, Khordad Sal is an occasion for gathering together. It is also seen as an opportunity for individual ...

Oldest Living Iranian
Persian Journal - Iran
(1) There is a legend that Zoroaster planted two famous cypresses in Khorassan, both of which grew to enormous proportions: the Cypress of Kashmar (near ...

The Devil you know
VUE Weekly - Edmonton,Alberta,Canada
... chiefly in Iran and India—a Persian religion founded by Zoroaster (sometimes called Zarathustra) that’s important for two particular reasons: it was ...

Loyalty is a meter of Mehta
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
The conductor is a Parsee Indian, brought up in Bombay, trained in Vienna and living in Los Angeles. The orchestra is a band of refugees who maintain a ...

Iran: History and Civilization
Islam Online - Doha,Qatar
This can be deducted from the story of Yima that appear in the first two chapters of the Vendidad, which constitutes one part of the Zoroastrian holy book, ...

How to rise above your station
Times of India - India
As a Parsi child in Calcutta, I always heard of someone or the other going on the Bombay Mail via Nagpur; as a working adult in Bombay, my annual ticket ...

Secular blunders
Hindustan Times - India
I had to tell him that in India, behind their back, we refer to Parsis as Bawajis. “And what are you doing in Pakistan?” was my next question. ...

Rare Mahatma Gandhi Recording Discovered
San Leandro India West - San Leandro,CA,USA
All the old sages are from the East, he said, mentioning Zoroaster, Buddha, Jesus and Moses. “What I want you to understand — if you can — that the message ...

Karachi was a replica of Paris’
The News - International - Pakistan
Recalling the past blissful days he spent in Karachi, Bhatia says, “Karachi looked like a replica of Paris, it was being developed by Hindus, Parsis and ...

Two-day ghazal festival at Mumbai
Hindu - Chennai,India
The charity programme will feature maestros like Bhupinder and Mitali Singh, Anup Jalota, Talat Aziz, Ahmed and Mohammed Hussain, Penaz Masani, ...

Rusté: A historic village of Kurdistan Region
Kurdish Globe - Erbil,Kurdistan,Iraq
There are several Zoroastrian cemeteries in the villages of Piri Bakh, Piri Mat, and Piri Baw. (A pious person is called a "Piri" in Zoroastrianism. ...

Apro Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy changed the city’
Daily News & Analysis - Mumbai,India
At the meeting, there were Parsis from all over the city, most of whom couldn’t stop talking of “apro Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy”. ...

They Hanged Her for Teaching Love
Cleveland Indy Media - Cleveland,OH,USA
Our great Zoroaster, the luminous ancient prophet of Persia, spoke of the ongoing battle between the forces of good under Ahuramazda—God, and the forces of ...

On the Shahnameh millennium concert: A conversation with Master ...
Payvand - Iran
... is so emphatically associated with Zoroastrianism, and yet who in versions of his story not used by Ferdowsi, he is actually an anti-Zoroastrian figure. ...

Google Earth Community: Parsis- The World's Smallest "Nation"

Soon, heritage status for fire temples
Expressindia.com, India - Jul 3, 2008
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has listed 47 Parsi structures to be included in the city’s Heritage list. While 17 of these structures were already ...

IMPORTANT: Please read the above article. Then help us with your individual statement on the importance of preserving our cultural heritage sites. Please send your statements to Ader@Gandi.com and they will be included in further dealings with the heritage preservation authorities. The more statements we have, the stronger will be our case to have the authorities decide to preserve our sacred sites for the future. For example, below is my statement. Yours can be in your own words.

To, Chief Engineer, Development Plan, Mumbai Municipal Corporation, Mahanagarpalika Road

Annexe Building, 4^th Floor, Mumbai – 400 001.

Re: Parsi Fire Temples on Heritage list Ref : CHE/578/DP/General dated 26/6/2008

Thank you for including my Parsi - Zoroastrian religions sacred sites in the city’s Heritage list.

It is my fervent wish and desire that all our Agiaries and Atash Behrams be upgraded to the highest status which will protect the structures and come under strict controls of important heritage rules.

This will preserve my religious and cultural heritage for future generations of my community to enjoy.

May God guide you with wisdom in making these important decisions for the future of the Parsi Zoroastrain sacred sites.

Sincerely,

Ader Gandi

Mumbai

Help for Parsi women to fight infertility
Times of India - India
MUMBAI: It was a casual request from Bombay Parsi Punchayet chief Minoo Shroff that resulted in gynaecologist Dr Anahita Pandole taking on the assignment of ...

TREASURES OF HAJJI BABA
Artnet - New York,NY,USA
Embroidery adds another dimension to pieces like a rare 18th- or 19th-century Tajikistan bridal veil with a rooster border that may point to Zoroastrian ...

Iran to restore Takht-e-Rostam temple
PRESS TV - Tehran,Iran
Iranian archeologists are slated to excavate the Zoroastrian fire temple of Takht-e-Rostam in the Shahriar County of Tehran Province. ...

ABOUT VARIOUS LOCATIONS CITED IN THE POEM OF MY IRAN
Persian Journal - Iran
Undoubtedly, the most ancient historical monument in Karaj is the stone built Zoroastrian fire temple of Takht-e Rostam which dates back to the Sassanid Era ...

Grant Rd agiary caught between two sets of trustees
Daily News & Analysis - Mumbai,India
One of the most frequented Parsi agiaries in the city is embroiled in a conflict among its trustees over control of the temple management and funds. ...

Faith in the Fox Valley: Mark your calendars
The Courier News - Elgin,IL,USA
July 1 marks Jashan-e Tiragan or Tishtar Festival, the Fasli Zoroastrian celebration of the yazad Tishtar, who presides over the star Sirius and the ...

Soon, heritage status for fire temples
Expressindia.com - New Delhi,India
Co-editor of the book Zoroastrian Tapestry, Firoza Punthakey Mistree, said members of the community had met various ministers and even municipal ...

What is the secret behind the Parsi-Zoroastrians’ longevity?
Expressindia.com - New Delhi,India
Bangalore-based biotech company Avesthagen Ltd, which is carrying out a large-scale study to decipher the riddle behind the Parsi-Zoroastrians’ longevity, ...

Inter-faith service held for Manekshaw
Hindu - Chennai,India
Parsi, Hindu, Muslim, Sikh, and Christianity priests offered prayers. Mr. MR Shroff, president of the Parsi Panchayat shared anecdotes about the Field ...

Zoroastrian prayer, the Ashem Vohu British Library Or. 8212/84 (Ch.00289)
http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/themes/asianafricanman/prayer.html

Remove the discrimination against Hindus: Law panel
Hindu - Chennai,India
But, in a similar situation, Hindus, Buddhists, Sikhs, Jainas or Parsis can execute the will only in Chennai, ie within the original civil jurisdiction of ...

Sandal integral to Indian culture
NDTV.com - New Delhi,India
The Parsis offer sandalwood sticks each time they visit the Fire Temple. In religion sandalwood becomes a symbol of purification. In science its medicinal ...

Zoroastrians invite Hindu leader Zed for Unity Walk
NewsBlaze - Folsom,CA,USA
Zoroastrianism, the religion of the followers of prophet Zoroaster/Zarathustra, is the world's oldest prophetic religion. FEZANA serves as coordinating body ...

Compelling 'Pathway' tells story of local doctor
StarNewsOnline.com - Wilmington,NC,USA
... "Zarathustra" is an alternate spelling for Zoroaster, a poet and prophet in Persia - as Iran was once known - before the time of Jesus. ...

Here's my pistol, now come on shoot me'
Rediff - Mumbai,Maharashtra,India
When the Parsis had a felicitation for him at the Tata Theatre (in Mumbai), I was asked to rally all the ex-service officers. I told them to come wearing ...

The last of the Punjabi Parsis
Daily News & Analysis - Mumbai,India
It was more than a century ago that a handful of Parsis found a home in the heart of the Sikh religious capital. Since then, the relation between Amritsar ...

Manekshaw, a great soldier and a true gentleman
IBNLive.com - New Delhi,India
... served as a director of numerous companies and remained a lifetime patron of Unesco's Paarzor project for conserving the Parsi and Zoroastrian culture. ...

Mcleodganj’s famous Parsi shop on its last legs (Letter from ...
Thaindian.com - Bangkok,Bangkok,Thailand
Owned by a Parsi family, it is almost on its last legs commercially and otherwise. The shop used to be at the centre of all activity during the British ...

Admission fee policy for schools
PakTribune.com - Pakistan
One is amazed that Sindh Education Minister Mazharul Haq should make such an issue about the Rs20,000 admission fee charge levied by Mama Parsi School, ...

NCM’s pill for falling Parsi numbers: no family planning http://www.indianexpress.com/story/322653.html

Zoroastrian's "Tower of Silence"
Persian Journal - Iran
A "Tower of Silence" is the place where Zoroastrians laid their dead to rest in the life-giving power of the sun. Zarathustra is the ancient Persian prophet ...

Zoroastrians of India may be Silenced by Success
The Circle of Ancient Iranian Studies - London,England,UK
According to the 2001 census, India has less than 70000 Parsis, a 40% drop from 1941, when their population peaked at nearly 114900. ...

India's first English cricket play launched
Indiatimes - New Delhi,India
... protagonist 'Shapoorji', a senior cricketer representing 'Parsee Cyclists' a famous Mumbai club and Sokajee, a veteran 'Prabhu Jolly Young' cricketer. ...

Iran as a nation of negotiation, through the eyes of Romanian ...
HotNews.co - Bucharest|,Romania
But there is another dimension in Iran: the heritage of Zoroastrianism. For example, the Zoroastrian calendar is the most important for holidays. ...

Discovery of Sasanian Wall Surrounding the Khosrow Hunting Ground ...
The Circle of Ancient Iranian Studies - London,England,UK
590-628) is being crowned by a Zoroastrian deity. There are also bas-reliefs of the Sasanian king of kings Ardeshir II (r. 379-383) and Shapur III (r. ...

Bouncers 'got off light'
Manly Daily - Manly,NSW,Australia
Mr Conaghan said Mr Bucia would continue to work for ANZ financial services and was an ordained priest in the Zoroastrian community, an ancient Persian ...

Tiny Apricots with a Ton of Flavor
Gapers Block - Chicago,IL,USA
(Incidentally, this excellent Parsi cookbook by Niloufer Ichaporia King, just won this year's James Beard award.) As she explains Parsi's long love affair ...

Bringing Parsi culinary traditions to the fore
Economic Times - Gurgaon,Haryana,India
Niloufer Ichaporia King’s My Bombay Kitchen: Traditional and Modern Parsi Home Cooking won the Asian Cooking award, beating out two Chinese food books. ...

MP Bhandara passes away
SINDH TODAY - Sindh,Pakistan
Minoo was an active representative of the Minority community and a Parsi by faith. In the Assembly of which he was a Member until last year, ...

Short profiles on the nation's top chefs
WRAL.com - Raleigh,NC,USA
By VICTORIA BRETT For AP Each year the James Beard Foundation selects the chefs it considers the best from 10 regions across the nation, honoring them with ...

Bollywood takes on the West
Times Online - UK
The Screwvalas are Parsis, members of India’s small and close-knit Zoroastrian community. Parsis have long held influential positions in Mumbai’s business ...

Murder she wrote
Daily News & Analysis - Mumbai,India
I come from a generation when the Nanavati case involving a Mumbai-based Parsi naval officer shooting his wife's alleged Sindhi lover brought the chattering ...

Margao park to get new look
Times of India - India
The park was named in the honour of Aga Khan the revered spiritual guru of the Parsis to which late Mavani belonged. The park evokes fond memories of the ...

A look beneath the glitter of the metropolis
Daily News & Analysis - Mumbai,India
In his introduction, Shroff says his short stories chronicle the mental life of the citizens — “their conflicts, their betrayals, their realisation and ...

Editorial:Real meaning of Afghan threat
Daily Times - Lahore,Pakistan
A prominent Parsi leader, Mr MP Bhandara, passed away at the age of 71 as a model Pakistani citizen who manfully defended the democratic right of the ...

Mama Parsi threatens to shut down after being ‘harassed’ by ...
The News - International - Pakistan
By By Shamim Bano The Mama Parsi School has threatened to shut operations after serving the educational sector for more than 90 years due to what the school ...

A Forbidden Journey
Persian Mirror - USA
In their own words they reveal the true essence of Persian, Iranian or Parsi culture, the characteristic that has become an endangered species around the ...

When it comes to the crunch
Times of India - India
Parsis make ribbon-like rectangular "saarias" out of sago and rice, says Kurush F Dalal. They are served as an appetiser at a traditional wedding feast. ...

Shehnaz Treasurywala's Big Secret Revealed!!
India-Forums.com - Mumbai,Maharashtra,India
Giving out a big secret, the Parsi beauty says, “When I was abroad, one of my favorite recreation places happened to be the Comedy Clubs. ...

Sachin buys bungalow in Bandra for Rs 39 cr
Sify - Chennai,Tamil Nadu,India
Built in 1920, Dorab Villa was orginally owned by a Parsi family. It is a one-storey building measuring between 9000 to 10000 square feet. ...

MA Jinnah’s better half
Etalaat - Srinagar,Jammu and Kashmir,India
It was all very sudden and caused terrible agitation and anger among the Parsis; but I think the child has made far bigger sacrifices than she yet realises. ...

Bonding over bytes
Pune Newsline - Pune,India
Keeping the Zoroastrian community of Poona updated and the activities that may interest them, the website www.poonazoroastrians.org makes sure that Parsis ...

Iranian Activist Faces Imminent Execution
FrontPage magazine.com - Los Angeles,CA,USA
... have made common cause in recent years to preserve Persian heritage sites, Persian names, as well as symbols of Iran’s pre-Islamic Zoroastrian culture.

Come on, be honest
Management Today - London,UK
Tata was founded nearly 140 years ago by Jamsetji Tata, a Zoroastrian who committed himself to building an ethical business that would never resort to ...

Discovery of a Greek Inspired Structure at Sasanian Estakhr
The Circle of Ancient Iranian Studies - London,England,UK
The city fell to the Arab army in 649 and after the Zoroastrian high priests moved the 'holy fire' to safety from extinguishment the Arab invaders converted ...

Zoroastrian Fires and Temples
Persian Journal - Iran
Fire, the source of heat and light is not only revered in ancient Indo-Iranian rituals but also in modern day Zoroastrianism and Hinduism. ...

CHATTER BOX
Mumbai Newsline - Mumbai,India
Sources in the industry tell us that many in the cast and crew of The Great Indian Laughter Challenge 4 strongly believe that a Parsi being the host of the ...

Rising sea threatens to gulp Iran Shah, Bapu's Dandi
Times of India - India
Besides, waters were not too far away from Iran Shah, where the Parsis have kept the Holy Fire at Udwada. Seawater also entered some coastal villages of ...

Indian cuisine and the magic touch of vinegar
Economic Times - Gurgaon,Haryana,India
Parsis are the other Indian community to use vinegar in their cooking, perhaps a link to the many sour flavours of Persian cooking, and Kolah’s is their ...

Winners of the 2008 James Beard Foundation Awards
The Associated Press -
... "Couscous and Other Good Food from Morocco" _ Asian Cooking Niloufer Ichaporia King, "My Bombay Kitchen: Traditional and Modern Parsi Home Cooking" _ ...

Tao cafe of Kashmiri militancy
Etalaat - Srinagar,Jammu and Kashmir,India
The cafe structure was built around 1905 by a Parsi settler as his residence. Yasir Iqbal/Etalaat Srinagar, June 08: It may not have anything to do with the ...

Two interpretations
The Nation, Pakistan - Karachi,Pakistan
Here it was helped by the existence of a community theatre among the Parsis. They were also traders. They commercialised the new theatre, first in Gujrati ...

Roshan’s typewriter ticks no more
Sunday Times.lk - Columbo,Sri Lanka
Hailing from a distinguised Parsee family - the Dadabhoys which had famous physicians and businessmen, Roshan, with a degree from the University of Ceylon ...

OZCF - Ontario Zoroastrian Community Foundation - Events
Khojeste Mistree Talk Date: May 24, 2008 Location: University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM) Time: 7:00 pm Further details from H Bhumgara via email ...

A Corner of a Foreign Field
CricInfo.com - UK
... by an incomparably rare source: Shaporjee Sorabjee's A Chronicle of Cricket Among Parsees and The Struggle: European Polo versus Native Cricket (1897). ...

My favourite hangout is my boyfriend’s place
Daily News & Analysis - Mumbai,India
The most aesthetic structure/area in Mumbai is: Dadar Parsi Colony. Mumbai’s biggest eyesore: The way spaces are utilised. Green open spaces are devastated

Waking up in Lahore: The idea of Pakistan
Livemint - Delhi,Delhi,India
Parsis in Pakistan? Sure, peel the layers of Pakistani society and the unfairly-held perceptions of this being a monochromatic culture slowly disappear. ...

Highlands alum follows in mother's footsteps
Community Press & Recorder - Florence,KY,USA
Next year, Dan is spending nine months in India to translate Zoroastrian writings from the ancient Indian language to English. ...

Naqsh-e Rostam, sepulcher of Persian kings
PRESS TV - Tehran,Iran
The reliefs above the openings are similar to those at Persepolis with the kings standing at the Zoroastrian fire altars supported by figures representing ...

Couple find spicy mix works
Camden Advertiser - Sydney,NSW,Australia
Mr Seervai, a Mumbai Parsee by birth and a musician by training, met his wife in an Indian resort hotel where he was a keyboardist with the in-house band. ...

"Atossa", The Celestial and Terrestrial Lady of Ancient Iran
Persian Journal - Iran
Zoroaster called on Hutaosa of righteous deed and dignity to orient her thinking trend and her words and behavior towards religion and to convert to Mazda's ...

‘My vision is to get 85 percent of India into cities’
Tehelka - New Delhi,India
... house — including some Parsi ones, notwithstanding the fact that she is a Parsi — who told her that you are very qualified but we would prefer a male. ...

I need a role which has meat: Perizaad Zorabian
SantaBanta.com - Chandigarh,India
"It's very important to strike a balance between your family and work" says the elegant Parsi. Although films will continue to be her first love, ...

With cricket as their religion, they walk the extra mile
Mumbai Newsline - Mumbai,India
All that changed this summer when Mukund was selected for the free cricket coaching camp for BMC school kids - an initiative by the Dadar Parsee Zorastrian ...

PRIDE AND PAIN AT PARSA-POLIS: What Iran Has Given to the World ...
Payvand - Iran
The Zoroastrian Magi gradually changed the original message of its founder, Zoroaster and became what was known as Zurvanism —the institutionalized version ...

Archaeologists discover Achaemenid predecessor of Yazd city
MehrNews.com - Tehran,Iran
There are many Zoroastrian religious sites in the modern city of Yazd and the nearby regions, which make it a center for the followers of the ancient ...