Wielding a green thumb
Afternoon Dispatch &
Courier - Bombay,India
Now the city's Parsi heritage-cum-religious site is
besieged by controversy again and this time, the environment
is under threat. Pictures of a three-tiered ...
A Quest for Recognition By Maria Antonova Special to The Moscow Times White-robed men around a bonfire who leave their dead atop towers for birds of prey are not the sort of people you'd expect to meet in Moscow. http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2007/04/17/026.html
No
court ruling against CHTHO in Naqsh-e Rustam case: Talebian
MehrNews.com -
Tehran,Iran
... train vibrations would eventually damage the Naqsh-e
Rustam monument and would cause the destruction of
Zoroaster's Kaba in less than ten years. ...
On
Parsi heritage, the environment and brickbats... all in
...
Afternoon Dispatch &
Courier - Bombay,India
Not only is he an eco-friendly architect, but a fiercely proud
Parsi and a self-made man with a passion for bikes. The
better part of the Parsi community ...
Protests against hoarding on the premises of Tower of Silence
Mumbai Newsline -
Mumbai,India
World Alliance of Parsi, Irani and Zoroastrian (WAPIZ)
too has objected to the hoarding. Yezdi Desai, founder trustee
of the alliance, said it should not ...
I've married at the right Time: Perizaad Zorabian
SantaBanta.com -
Chandigarh,India
The beautiful Parsee babe, Perizaad Zorabian is rocking
post marriage. She says that she has married at the right time
and wants to enjoy life to the ...
Life in the fast lane
Calcutta Telegraph -
Calcutta,India
Looking back through the years, both these Parsee
gentlemen agree that those were beautiful times and that
nothing in life can compare to the thrill of ...
Vulture breeding plan shelved
Down to Earth
(subscription) - New Delhi,India
Parsis are traditionally laid to rest in Mumbai Tower
of Silence where vultures (now endangered) devour their dead
bodies. But scientists from the Bombay ...
Whatever happened to our open society?
Times of India - New
Delhi,India
But once in Hollywood, and after Gone With The Wind she forgot
her Parsi mother and claimed to be a natural born
American. So did Merle Oberon who was born ...
Community on the move: Navroze Mubarak, Parsis
MITHI CHENOY
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/572582.cms
No shortcuts for Karan Bilimoria
Times of India - New
Delhi,India
The first thing that strikes you about Lord Karan Faridoon
Bilimoria - the first Parsi to have made it to the
House of Lords - is his politeness. ...
Plan for vultures at Tower of Silence grounded
Hindustan Times - New
Delhi,Delhi,India
A last resort plan worth Rs 1 crore to breed vultures to
consume the Parsis' dead in traditional last rites at
the Tower of Silence has flown straight into ...
2 yrs on, Parsi body takes stock
Daily News & Analysis -
Mumbai,India
When 2500 Parsis gathered at the Mahalaxmi racecourse
on Saturday evening, the main topic of discussion was the
birth and death rates of the community, ...
India-Iran ties
INDOlink - San
Ramon,CA,USA
India also has a significant minority of Zoroastrians or
Parsis (as they are called) who fled Persia and sought
refuge in India. This migration would not ...
WAPIZ turns two
Afternoon Dispatch &
Courier - Bombay,India
More than two and a half thousand Parsis had gathered
on the grounds. There was a frank discussion and debate amidst
all those present in the great event. ...
TIFR ex-chairman Jamshed Bhabha passes away
Economic Times - India
Though a Parsee, he was cremated at Chandanwadi
electric crematorium in South Mumbai. Those present at the
crematorium includeed industrialist Ratan Tata, ...
How
Keki Gharda stunned the MNC giants
Rediff - India
We Parsis consider the Spring Equinox as important, so
we had an inauguration on March 21st. It is not a university
at the moment. ...
Delhi Minorities Panel plans to meet Parsi families
Hindu - Chennai,India
"But unlike other minority communities such as Muslims and
Punjabis there is no adequate information about their (Parsis)
economical and health status," ...
LAHORE LAHORE AYE: The Parsis of Lahore
Daily Times -
Lahore,Pakistan
These men are the descendants of Parsis who originated
from Iran four thousand years ago when Iran was called Paras.
They were known as fire worshippers ...
Are you recovering from a surgery?
Times of India - New
Delhi,India
"This is because', says Dr Kainaz Cooper, clinical
psychologist at BD Petit Parsee General Hospital,
Mumbai, "You have taken a break from your work and you ...
Under 15 minute MEALS
Mid-Day Mumbai -
Bombay,India
It run by Parsis, but it not technically a Parsi
restaurant. And that because it known as much for its
wholesome Scotch Broth and Mutton Samosas, ...
Inheritance of loss
Expressindia.com - New
Delhi,India
Mumbai, at that time, was already home to another Zoroastrian
community, the Parsis. A couple of Iranians worked in
Parsi homes as caretakers and met in the ...
From
Oddball Osip to an ogre
The Observer - UK
... the site of an ancient Zoroastrian temple
where magi once tended 'holy oil-fuelled flames', Montefiore
is just about equal to the imaginative challenge. ...
Minoo Jokhi is so passionate about calculations that he
teaches ...
Mumbai Newsline -
Mumbai,India
He also has to his credit some international shows like the
7th World Zoroastrian Congress and International
Medical Congress where he performed. ...
Islamic Terrorism ?Is it a New Threat?
Global Politician -
Brooklyn,NY,USA
The utter barbarity of Khalid was displayed in May, 633, when
he defeated the Zoroastrian Persians at the Battle of
Olayis in Southern Iraq (between Hira ...
Ferdowsi's "Epic Masterpiece of Shahnameh"
Persian Journal - Iran
... defeat of the last Sassanian Zoroastrian
king by barbaric invasion of Arabs and start of Islamic infamy
in Iran which resulted slaugther of Zoroastrians.
Shahnameh
Ferdowsi, World of Heroics
Cultural Heritage News -
Tehran,Tehran,Iran
... Zoroastrians in the world, because it traces the
beginning of Zoroastrianism to the defeat of the last
Sassanian Zoroastrian king by invasion of Arabs. ...
Popular Saudi Short Story Website Hacked
Arab News - Jeddah,Saudi
Arabia
The hackers?statement said that the website was attacked as
part of their plan to elete all Shiite and Zoroastrian
websites.?The statement concluded by ...
UNDER THE CHADOR OF THE NEW RADICALS
Tehelka - India
Iran has long persecuted its Zoroastrian minority,
large numbers of whom fled to India, Central Asia and the
West. But it is fiercely proud of the ...
Iranian
makes documentary on Persia
PRESS TV - Tehran,Iran
The film is based on extensive research conducted by Iranian
experts and corroborated by Zoroastrian sources.
Accounts given by Herodotus, Plutarch, ...
Unterman
tips: 'Bombay Kitchen,' La Cocina
Examiner.com - USA
With pervading wit and droll sense of humor, she tells us what
it means to be part of the 3000-year-old Parsi culture,
and how this plays out in a crazy ...
Religion historians will explore Zoroastrianism, ancient,
Persian ...
University of Chicago
Chronicle - USA
Most experts consider the oldest Zoroastrian texts to
have been composed sometime between 1700 and 1000 BC, although
it is difficult to be certain, ...
Meanwhile: Lose the vultures, and lose the soul
International Herald
Tribune - France
MUMBAI: As an Indian Parsi Zoroastrian, I'm proud to
belong to a tiny minority widely admired for its material
success and its philanthropy. ...
Traditional
Zoroastrianism: Parsees and adoption - opinion by ...
Mr. Khojeste Mistree's views, 3. Mr.
Homi Ranina's views ... Khojeste Mistree's views
on the recent attempt to adopt into the Parsee fold ...
A subcontinent's influence on London
Malaysia Sun - Malaysia
... MP for Finsbury Central in 1892, to the first
Zoroastrian Parsi to take a seat sit in the House of Lords
in July last year, Lord Bilimoria. ...
Capturing
reel and real life in every frame
The exhibition organised by Tasveer, an
organisation promoting Indian photographers and their works in
collaboration with Foss-Gandi, has already been held
...
UK
to publish Persian philosophy
PRESS TV - Tehran,Iran
Volume 1 is dedicated to the earliest Zoroastrian
writers and thinkers from the early Islamic period, while
Volume II details the work of the Isma'ili and ...
Yazd
preparing for enlistment
PRESS TV - Tehran,Iran
Located on a desert plateau, Yazd is the capital of Yazd
province, one of the most ancient and historic cities in Iran
and a center of Zoroastrian culture. ...
Here is the latest edition of the Parsee Voice
Parliamentarians and media to view 'Parzania' soon
India eNews.com -
Gurgaon,Haryana,India
Parliamentarians and members from the media would soon get to
view Rahul Dholakia's controversial film 'Parzania' depicting
the plight of a Parsi family ...
Parsi maternity home on the block
Times of India - New
Delhi,India
"Virtually an entire generation of Parsis was born in
this hospital," a community member said. But over the years,
the hospital fell into disuse, ...
Pioneering
potter is back at her kiln
Calcutta Telegraph -
Calcutta,India
With the typical self-deprecatory humour of her people, she
says Parsis were always ery visible? though ounted in
numbers they were never more than a ...
Bringing up the mediums
Times of India - New
Delhi,India
But last year, parents of 30 Parsi children decided
that the cause of serving the community was worthy enough. So
they packed them off, some of them only ...
The
tree of life and death - the cypress
Turkish Daily News
(subscription) - Ankara,Turkey
The myth of the sacred tree is imputed to Zoroaster,
the founder of Zoroastrianism, a religion that is primarily
based in northeast Iran and Afghanistan. ...
Activist refused to accept a woman's lot in India
Montreal Gazette
(subscription) - Montreal,Quebec,Canada
25, 1926, into a high caste Parsee family. Her father
drove a train and she was one of eight children raised as
Zoroastrians. Even as a child, ...
World Watch Sunflashes Column
Canoe.ca - Canada
The student-led protesters carried banners with symbols from
Iran's pre-Islamic Zoroastrian religion and rallied two
days after authorities started flooding ...
he Space Between Us,?Thrity Umrigar
Open Democracy -
London,UK
Sera Dubash is an upper-middle-class Parsi widow, who
devotes herself to her family, spending much of her time
caring for her pregnant daughter, Dinaz, ...
Parzania
goes to New York
Rediff - India
Starring Naseeruddin Shah and Sarika, Parzania revolves around
a Parsi family in search of their lost son. This was
based on the story of a friend of his, ...
Finally, Gujarat gets to see 'Parzania'
Monsters and Critics.com
- Glasgow,UK
Ahmedabad, April 24 (IANS) Rahul Dholakia's film 'Parzania'
about the plight of a Parsi family during the communal
violence of 2002 in Gujarat has finally ...
Australia's most diligent workers
Daily Telegraph -
Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
With just two religious holidays a year, the followers of the
prophet Zoroaster are four times as diligent as
Muslims, five times more than Hindus, ...
My
role in Maayka is of a hero: Vivan Bathena
SantaBanta.com -
Chandigarh,India
A: Though I am a half Parsi and half Maharashtrian it
was not so difficult for me. As it is a Hindi show, the
beautiful sets and a different subject, ...
See all stories on this topic
Separate religion from politics, pleads Pakistan lawmaker
India eNews.com -
Gurgaon,Haryana,India
A Parsi lawmaker in Pakistan pleaded that religion be
kept away from politics, creating an uproar in the country's
National Assembly and forcing the speaker ...
Non-arty Sunday
Daily News & Analysis -
Mumbai,India
It either a good Parsi Dhansak or prawn/fish curry
with rice. Team it with beer and you just have to sleep! So a
good nap due ...
COOKERY with FRANCIS BISSELL
Wood & Vale -
London,England,UK
We came across The Parsee, unfamiliar to us, but
immensely tempting. Having just returned from the
subcontinent, we are still in "been-to" mode and ...
Cops to probe Mumbai link in Gujarat child adoption scam
Mumbai Newsline -
Mumbai,India
SP Navsari, Mayank Chadwa, however, told The Indian Express: ne
child was sold to a Parsi family in Mumbai but it was
through official procedure and the ...
T Thomas: Mumbai as a global financial centre
Business Standard -
India
In this evolution of the city the Parsis, who are the
smallest community in India, have played a very significant
role. They came to India fleeing the ...
Best Selling Novels on Ancient Persian-Greek Wars
Persian Mirror - USA
He has served three Persian kings and traveled to India and
China ; himself the grandson of Zoroaster, he has met
Buddha, Gosala, Lao Tse and Confucius! ...
Book Review: Dakhmeh by Naveed Noori
Blogcritics.org -
Aurora,OH,USA
Dakhmeh is a Persian word meaning, tower of silence, referring
to a complex on top of a hill where Zoroastrian funeral
rites were performed. ...
Iran's President: 'I Will Stop Christianity in This Country'
AINA - Modesto,CA,USA
Last week a Zoroastrian representative in the Iranian
Parliament protested a slur against non-Muslims on November 20
by a top aide to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei ...
Rugman.com Celebrates Arbor Day as a Time of Reflection
PR Web (press release) -
Ferndale,WA,USA
As it is documented in the Tree of Life Persian rugs, legend
has it that a cypress tree planted by request of a
Zoroastrian Prophet, this tree grew to be so ...
Using
Bollywood Ideas to Portray Today’s India
New York Times - New
York,NY,USA
“Parzania,” based on a true story of a Parsi boy who
disappeared during the riots in the western state of Gujarat,
is an accomplished, evenhanded drama ...
Circle of Wellness
Daily News & Analysis -
Mumbai,India
The Bihikaji Behram Well opposite Flora Fountain is worshipped
by Parsis and has been declared a heritage structure.
Fountains were another source of water ...
Pune's 'Young' Medical Architect
Express Healthcare
Management - Mumbai,India
He had never known a Parsee to cheat on anybody," he
beams. Dr Grant rolls with laughter while narrating his
interface with the owner of RBH, MC Patel. ...
Mistresses
of Crossover Cinema
The Tribune -
Chandigarh,India
You get a rather detailed look into the world of the
marginalised or the outsider in movies like Salaam Bombay
(street children), Earth (Lenny, the Parsi ...
Foster hits faster lane
Daily News & Analysis -
Mumbai,India
... minorities like Christians, Parsis and
Muslims adhere to the Guardians and Wards Act (GWA), 1890,
which permits adoption of a child till he turns 18. ...
Jimmy
Engineer’s paintings out on print
Daily Times -
Lahore,Pakistan
The artist was born to a Parsi family in Loralai,
Balochistan, in August 1954. He got his education in Lahore
and was then married and settled in Karachi. ...
A modern-day twist on Oliver
Minneapolis Star Tribune
(subscription) - Minneapolis,MN,USA
Irani, who himself is neither Hindu nor Muslim but
Zoroastrian, does a much better job of creating a Mumbai
peopled with multiple languages and ethnicities ...
From opium to outsourcing
Salon - USA
The House of Tata was founded in the 19th century by Jamsetji
Nusserwanji Tata, the scion of a family of Zoroastrian
priests who had fled persecution in ...
Zoroastrianism dying out in modern times
Hamilton Spectator -
Hamilton,Ontario,Canada
Rayan is one of 30 boys enrolled in Dadar Athornan Madressa, a
boarding school for future Zoroastrian priests. The
school, in Mumbai, India, is one of only ...
A Quest for Recognition
The Moscow Times -
Moscow,Russia
A year later, a ceremony for one more person was performed in
Minsk by Yury Lukashevich, whose Zoroastrian name is
Jamshid. Lukashevich, who was inducted in ...
THE AVIARY PROJECT: By Khojeste Mistree
Instead of acting positively and encouraging
Mr. Khojeste Mistree, a religious scholar and an avid
proponent of the Aviary, you have condemned it to die ...
MP calls on France to declare its investigations into two
...
Islamic Republic News
Agency - Tehran,Iran
Meanwhile, Boroujerdi sympathized with the families of the two
assassinated Iranians and their Zoroastrian countrymen.
One of the two Iranian citizens, ...
Study to build Genetic, Genealogical & Medical Database of
Parsis
Express Healthcare
Management - Mumbai,India
... of the Avestagenome, a unique project to build a
complete genetic, genealogical and medical database of the
Parsis, who now number about 69000 in India. ...
Iran's ancient site weaved on to carpet
PRESS TV - Tehran,Iran
It covers an area of 124000 square meters and includes the
remains of a Zoroastrian sanctuary, a Sassanid fire
temple and a stone battlement belonging to ...
NUIG lecturer hits out at controversial film 300
Galway First -
Galway,Ireland
There is no historical justification for most of the
representations of Persians in the film, such as when Xerxes,
a monotheistic Zoroastrian, ...
Iranian Americans concerned about '300'
Earthtimes.org - USA
... it is extremely unfortunate for the Iranian
American community," said Trita Parsi, president of the
Washington-based National Iranian American Council.
University Celebrates The Persian New Year
Cornell University The
Cornell Daily Sun - Ithaca,NY,USA
The celebration was first instituted by the prophet
Zoroaster, who created many such ceremonies to honor the
seven creations. There are several traditional ...
Taking
a crack a fresh coconut leads to delicious results
San Francisco Chronicle
- San Francisco,CA,USA
... Indian-born wife and the author of the forthcoming
"My Bombay Kitchen: Traditional and Modern Parsi Home
Cooking" (University of California Press). ...
LEADER
ARTICLE: Minority Matters
Times of India -
New Delhi,India
... the government had notified five religious
communities — Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists and
Parsis — to be regarded as minorities. ...
These
books need special care
Afternoon Dispatch &
Courier - Bombay,India
... Venice publisher Antonio Zatta in the year 1757-55
discourses of the sects of Banias and the sect of Parsees
the ancient of the Persia, by Henry Lord. ...
Circle of Wellness
Daily News & Analysis -
Mumbai,India
Godrej Dotivala, PRO, Bombay Parsi Punchayet says, t
is not required by our religion that there should be a well or
a tank next to our place of worship. ...
Zoroastrianism
dying out in modern times
Hamilton Spectator -
Hamilton,Ontario,Canada
Most are Parsis, descendants of Zoroastrians who fled
persecution in Iran and landed on the shores of India 1000
years ago. Following the three tenets of ...
SOUTHERN NEWS - TAMIL NADU
Newindpress
(subscription) - Chennai,India
Born in Amritsar to Parsi parents, Manekshaw was
commissioned from the Indian Military Academy, Dehradun, in
December 1934. ...
From
Salaam Bombay to Little Zizou
Rediff - India
As an author, she's written and shot for a coffee table book
-- Parsis: the Zoroastrians of India -- A Photographic
Journey -- that fellow Parsi and ...
A war is but a loser? game
Daily News & Analysis -
Mumbai,India
I say, hoping to provoke a political incident with the
Parsees of Dadar rising up in martial pride and
surrounding the American and Greek consulates.
From the director to the directed
Times Now.tv -
Mumbai,Maharashtra,India
I will be playing a character called Adi Contractor in the
film, so I've tapped into my Parsi side and drawn on
these resources. Now that you've done both,
The
Twenty-Five Hundred Years??War
AMERICAN.COM -
Washington,DC,USA
Zoroaster, founder of ancient Persia? religion 600
years before Christ and a millennium before Mohammed, painted
a binary world of light against darkness ...
Coalition helps Afghans ring in New Year
Blackanthem.com -
Clinton Township,MI,USA
This holiday has been celebrated for the last 3000 years and
is originally rooted in the rituals and traditions of the
Zoroastrian religion. ...
RELIGION & ETHICS NEWSWEEKLY PROGRAM LISTINGS FOR MARCH 23,
2007
Religion News Service -
Washington,DC,USA
Belief and Practice: "Zoroastrian New Year" ??Farzad
Aidun shares his family's celebration of the Zoroastrian
New Year (Norooz) from their home in ...
Zoroastrians, Divided Over Conversion, Face a Shrinking Future
Beliefnet.com - New
York,NY,USA
Donning a "sudra," or sacred white shirt tied with a chord,
Peterson began to dress, pray and think of himself as a
Zoroastrian. He was unaware, however, ...
Meymand, living antiquity
PRESS TV - Tehran,Iran
Mithraism was the dominant religion believed and practiced in
pre-Zoroastrian Iran and it even lingered a good while
after the dawn of Zoroastrianism. ...
Muslim Violence ??Crime or Jihad?
Global Politician -
Brooklyn,NY,USA
Boyce has written definitive assessments of those
Zoroastrian communities which survived the devastating
jihad conquests of the mid 7th through early 8th ...
A
Small but Mighty Religion; What we Believe: Zoroastrianism
North County Times -
Escondido,CA,USA
One of the world's oldest religions, Zoroastrianism is based
on the teachings of the prophet Zarathustra (in the ancient
Avestan language) or Zoroaster (in ...
The King of Cobra is in town
Times of India - New
Delhi,India
He wanted his two sons to have their Navjot (the Parsi
rites of initiation) in the same place where he had it and
"run round the dharamasala in the same way ...
300
Reasons To Get Mad
Buzzle - Costa
Mesa,CA,USA
Parsis (Zoroastrians) ??in India and abroad - are up in
arms over the unflattering portrayal of ancient Persians in
the recently released movie ??00?? ...
Setting Straight the Historical Facts about the fictitous
movie 300
Persian Mirror - USA
Cyrus was a follower of the teachings of Zoroaster (Zarathustra),
the founder of one of the world’s oldest monotheistic
religions. ...
300 comments on 300 — another battle brews over Thermopylae
Delhi Newsline -
Delhi,India
“I am surprised the Parsis in India, for whom the
Persian Emperor Xerxes and his father Darius are such
important figures, have not objected.” ...
king a barbarian: Parsis are not amused
Times of India - New
Delhi,India
Little do they realise the profound contribution that
Zoroastrianism and the Magii (Zoroastrian priests) had
on Greek philosophers such as Plato and ...
Navruz: An evening crammed with joy
Daily News & Analysis -
Mumbai,India
It the day before Navruz, and the city Zoroastrian
community is preparing for a day of eating, drinking and
making merry. ...
Norouz,
Celebration of Universal & Timeless Values and Ideals
Cultural Heritage News -
Tehran,Tehran,Iran
Many Iranian festivities such as Norouz festival have been
inherited from the Zoroastrian era and embody the
optimistic philosophy of the Zoroastrian ...
Last of the original Baklava makers
Daily News & Analysis -
Mumbai,India
Hassan adds that he used to receive bulk orders of over 100kg
from Zoroastrian and Shia patrons. But, things have
obviously changed. ...
Persian king a barbarian: Parsis are not amused
By SS
Khojeste Mistree, a religious scholar who conducts
tours to Iran every year, said, ?s they say, history is
written by the victors not the vanquished. Yet again, we have
another Hollywood blockbuster showing Hellenic triumph and
glory. ...
Take a Break in Orissa
Times Now.tv -
Mumbai,Maharashtra,India
The temple didn allow non-Hindus to enter so what does a
Parsi like me, who wanted to take some pictures of the
temple do? He paid small gift?of one ...
Parsi food fest for a cause
Afternoon Dispatch &
Courier - Bombay,India
The Parsis organising this festival are encouraging
people to wear the traditional Parsi dresses that includes,
the ?aras??for the ladies. ...
Persian New Year's celebration includes cleansing by fire
Greensboro News Record -
Greensboro,NC,USA
Most of his followers live in India and are known as Parsis,
which means Persian. Fewer followers live in Iran, because
most Iranians now follow Islam.
The Persian king who is remembered every year
Afternoon Dispatch &
Courier - Bombay,India
On 21st March, Parsis and Iranis the world over
celebrate Jamshedi Navroze named after the Persian king
Jamsheed of the Peshdadian dynasty who ascended the ...
Avesthagen initiates Parsi genome project
Business Standard -
India
"The comprehensive database arising out of the project will
provide invaluable information on these linkages for all of
humanity and not just for the Parsi ...
Kurd's - Persian New Year and its Assyrian - Babylonian origin
Assyria Times -
CA,USA
Bas-reliefs of that era show Sassanian kings receiving their
crown from the Mobed Modbedan ie the Zoroastrian high
priest. It is interesting to note that ...
Mumbai:
Parsi community celebrates Navroze
NDTV.com -
New Delhi,India
The Zoroastrian community in India, particularly those
in
Mumbai, is all set to celebrate the beginning of the
New Year or Navroze. ...
Norouz, the Ancient New Year lasts through centuries
Kazinform -
Astana,Kazakhstan
According to Zoroastrian belief, the month of Farvardin
(the first month of the Iranian solar calendar) refers to the
Faravashis (spirits) which return the ...
IRAN:
IRANIANS CELEBRATE THE NEW YEAR 1386
AKI -
Rome,Italy
Festivities for the new year start on the first Tuesday of the
year with the chaharshanbeh suri, jumping on fire, a symbol of
the Zoroastrian religion, ...
Ghazvin Grand Mosque inscriptions
PRESS TV -
Tehran,Iran
The Mosque, to the west of
Tehran, dates back to the 8th century and like other
mosques in
Iran was built on a Zoroastrian fire-temple.
...
Inbred Investment Eyes Genomes
Red Herring - CA,USA
The Avesthagenome project will study the Parsis people
of the Zoroastrian community to gather data for a genealogical
and medical database. ...
Interview with Ardeshir Cowasjee - The Grand Old Man of
Karachi
Blogcritics.org -
Aurora,OH,USA
There are not many Parsis in Pakistan, and they are
concentrated chiefly in Karachi. The late Parsee gentleman
Jamshed Nusserwanjee Mehta was Karachi's ...
Avesthagen launches AVESTAGENOME
Moneycontrol.com (press
release) - Mumbai,Maharashtra,India
Parsis have been known to contribute towards the good
of society at large and, once again, they are poised to make a
momentous contribution. ...
Happy Nowrooz - World Equinox
Persian Journal - Iran
Most present day Parsis and Iranian Zoroastrians say
that this reform was necessary or be totally wiped out by
monotheistic religions.
Forgot Nowrooz
Persian Journal - Iran
Every Iranian can lay claim to be the son of Zoroaster
and Cyrus the Great. Your analysis was completely wrong when
you stated that the Shah sent Khomeini ...
Humour never ever dies!
Economic Times - India
... that unforgettable first line Behram Contractor
came up with when writing about his community: he first
Parsees I met in my life were all statues.?...
Urban Studies | Soaring A Time to Mourn, a Time to Leap
New York Times - New
York,NY,USA
Fire-jumping, a hallmark of the Zoroastrian new year,
had special resonance this year after the Highbridge fire. In
a celebration of the Zoroastrian new ...
king a barbarian: Parsis are not amused
Times of India - New
Delhi,India
Little do they realise the profound contribution that
Zoroastrianism and the Magii (Zoroastrian priests) had
on Greek philosophers such as Plato and ...
(Patrick Zeller/Special to the Express-News)
San Antonio Express -
San Antonio,TX,USA
Yazd is a Zoroastrian city. Most of ancient Persia was
Zoroastrian for thousands of years until the rise of
Mohammed and the spread of Islam in the 600s. ...
The Big Fat Indian Photo Op
Times of India -
New Delhi,India
One of them is French, the other is Parsi — same
difference. In the heavily encroached art bazaar they've found
an under-built-up niche, ...
Parsis to import, breed vultures
CNN-IBN - New
Delhi,India
Mumbai: The Parsi tradition of cremation by keeping the
bodies in the Tower of Silence to be devoured by vultures was
under threat as birds of prey had gone ...
Tehran Condemns Persian Pride
New York Sun - New
York,NY,USA
... who filled me in on the celebration of
Charshambeh-Souri, an Iranian festival dating to at least the
early Zoroastrian era, 1700 years before the common
...
Persian king a barbarian: Parsis are not amused
Times of India - New
Delhi,India
Parsis in Mumbai said they are not surprised ?Western
history has always portrayed their ancestors as "barbarians".
King Xerxes of the Achaemenian dynasty ...
Settling scores
Hindu - Chennai,India
This was PE Palia, a left-arm swing bowler and attacking
batsman who had played in India's first ever Test team (at
Lord's in 1932), for the Parsis in the ...
City
heritage structure shrouded with dust
Afternoon Dispatch &
Courier - Bombay,India
Located on an island at a Fort junction is a Parsi
heritage structure that has long since fallen to disuse. If
once upon a time, this structure looked grand ...
What's
In a Name?
Written by Dylan Callaghan
India Puts Life on Hold
TIME - USA
Cricket arrived here in the 19th century, when the Parsi
community in Mumbai picked up the game from English
settlers. The game soon spread around the ...
Ratan Tata: One of India's most powerful magnates on social
...
Independent -
London,England,UK
So, if Ratan Tata, the 70-year-old Parsi who chairs
the Tata Group, is true to his word, the death of a teenage
girl called Tapasi Malik must lie heavy with ...
A
Parsi girl sent to America for grrl power acquires a Jewish
...
Houston Press -
Houston,TX,USA
The trouble is, the family is Zoroastrian, an ancient
religion that does not allow girls to marry outsiders. If
Feroza marries this non-Parsi boy, ...
Persian New Year full of symbolism, savory foods
North County Times -
Escondido,CA,USA
"We like to have a good time," said Mehlii Bhagalia of
Carlsbad, a Zoroastrian from India who also
celebrates Norouz with his family. ...
Zoroastrian Bank Automates Core Banking
CXOToday.com -
Mumbai,India
Zoroastrian Co-operative Bank is automating and
integrating core banking solutions across all its 12
branches in
Mumbai and
Pune. ...
Parsis
to import, breed vultures
CNN-IBN -
New Delhi,India
Now, six months after the controversy, the
Bombay Parsi Panchayet has decided to import and
begin breeding vultures, on which Parsis rely dispose
off their ...
Harvard
Magazine: Godmothers of THE NAMESAKE
http://www.harvardmagazine.com/2007/03/godmothers-of-the-namesa.html
JRD, a man of steely values
India eNews.com -
Gurgaon,Haryana,India
Born on June 29 1904, in a pretty house in Rue de Halevy in
Paris to French girl Sooni and Indian Parsi RD Tata, JRD
was named Jehangir - conqueror of the ...
Late-breaking letters: Warring over '300'
OCRegister - Orange
County,CA,USA
It shows cowardice and ignorance about the Zoroastrian
religion and complete disregard for its followers. In today's
age of diversity awareness and ...
Moneycontrol.com (press release) - Mumbai,Maharashtra,India
As part of the deal, IBS Bespoke Solutions will offer Zoroastrian Co-operative Bank Consultancy services, Complete Hardware Infrastructure and Annual ...
Achaemenid
Soil Dam Discovered in Fars ProvinceCultural Heritage News - Tehran,Tehran,Iran
... remained from that time including Darius inscription in which he had asked Ahuramazda, the Zoroastrian God to protect his people against famine. ...
Iranian cyber attack against American movie
Taliya -
Tehran,Tehran,Iran
Based on the Zoroastrian doctrine, it was the strong
emphasis on honesty and integrity that gave the ancient Persians
credibility to rule the world, ...
Let there be light
Columbia Daily Tribune -
Columbia,MO,USA
Zoroastrian: Once practiced by much of Persia, the religion and
philosophy are based on the teachings of the Prophet
Zoroaster. ...
Comics You Should Own flashback - 300
comic Book Resources - USA
... God-believing peoples who most were Zoroastrians and
followed the teachings of Zoroaster or Zarathustra about
one true God and the battle with evil. ...
Seven Indian Americans Awarded Soros Fellowships
San Leandro India
West - San Leandro,CA,USA
Brought up in
Portland, Ore. by a Zoroastrian Persian mother and
a Christian Indian father, Williams is also a Truman Scholar and
is currently working on ...
'Fearless Nadia' a Bollywood megastar
The Age -
Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
The Wadias were devotees of the minority Parsee religion,
which had a very liberated approach to women's rights. JBH in
particular loved to invest his ...
Intute harvester - Search results
Western scholars Wilson and Haug Their
Detrimental influence on our religion By Khojeste Mistree
Fellow Traditional Mazdayasni Zarathushtris, ...
Take a Break on a bike!
Times Now.tv -
Mumbai,Maharashtra,India
The fire temple there is one of the most sacred pilgrimage sites
for Parsis like me. Sadly, only people from the
Zoroastrian faith can enter the temple, ...
“Little World of Bahador” becomes box office hit in France
MehrNews.com -
Tehran,Iran
TEHRAN -- An exhibition of photos of Zoroastrian
ceremonies opens today/tomorrow at Tehran’s Melal Cultural
Center. The exhibition will run until March 7 at ...
Spiegel Online - Berlin,Germany
Parsis, who worship the prophet Zoroaster, depend on vultures for the environmentally friendly disposal of the remains of members of their religious ...
Zoroastrianism
exhibition in Tehran
PRESS TV -
Tehran,Iran
An exhibition of photos, paintings and traditional garments
representing Zoroastrian rituals is to open Tuesday at the
"Melal" Cultural Center in
Tehran. ...
AsiaNews.it - Italy
That is the day of Norouz or Persian New Year, an ancient Zoroastrian celebration that is so popular than in the land of the mullahs everything stops for ...
Woodstock
notable soars in spite of the oddsThe Bee - Portland,OR,USA
Williams is also a Zoroastrian by faith, a little-known religion in the US Zoroastrian members are dedicated to a three-fold path, as shown in their motto: ...
New York Times - New York,NY,USA
Umrigar’s piercing second novel examines the class divide in Bombay through the complex relationship of two women, a middle-class Parsi widow and her ...
Theatreport.com - Houston,TX,USA
... and a slyly irreverent tone which gently pokes fun at the mishaps and misunderstandings of Parsees trying to figure out their place in the larger world. ...
Spread
Your Wings
Soonews.ca - Sault Ste. Marie,Ontario,Canada
In accordance to the Zoroastrian religion, memorial
services were private. On April 20, 1992 the public shared in the
mourning of the singer’s passing in a ...
New
priest for old faith
Rocky Mountain News -
Denver,CO,USA
The Persia-born prophet Zoroaster broke from the worship of
many gods to found what believers say is the first monotheistic
faith. ...
Esfangan, the feast of love and modesty of women
PRESS TV - Tehran,Iran
In the Zoroastrian religion this day belongs to the Amesha
Sepanta; the angel of love and humility in the spiritual world and
the guardian of the earth in ...
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Beating
the boys from Brazil
Business Online - London,UK
A Parsee who neither smokes nor drinks, Tata lives with his
beloved pet dogs in a beach house in Mumbai. He joined the family
business in 1962 after ...
I have never made but one prayer to God: 'O Lord, make my enemies
...
ProgressiveU.org -
San Mateo,CA,USA
Zoroastrianism is one of the world's oldest monotheistic religions
It was founded by the prophet Zoroaster (or Zarathustra) in
ancient Iran approximately ...
Mary
Lambie travels in Iran
TVNZ -
New Zealand
Visit the sacred Zoroastrian fire temple in this ancient
town of wind-catchers, fine silks and ancient religions. Our local
guide leads us through the ...
A goat curry for Queen and country
Telegraph.co.uk -
London,England,UK
... a little caf?called Britannia & Co, whose raison d'皻re
seems to be the restoration of imperial rule in India through the
selling of yummy Parsi food. ...
The Age - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
"Few distilleries in the world, even the high-end ones in Scotland, produce 20-year-old malts," said Minnoo Bhandara, the Parsee businessman whose family ...
The
Nation's Consciencevala
Outlook (subscription) - New
Delhi,India
Though outwardly not deeply religious, he cherished the noble
ideals of his Zoroastrian creed and believed in a destiny
which shaped the lives of men. ...
Parsis open their doors to others
Daily News & Analysis -
Mumbai,India
But welcoming the liberal move, Rizina Chaterji, a school teacher
said, ? am a Parsi married to a Hindu, but we want our child to
grow as Parsis. ...
Esfandgan: A feast devoted to women and mothers
Payvand - Iran
In the Zoroastrian religion, the day belongs to the Amesha
Spenta Spandarmaz, the symbol of love and humility in the
spiritual world and the guardian of the ...
Parsi theatre academy in Surat
Times of India - New
Delhi,India
Karanjia admitted that with the number of Parsis at large
dwindling, the number of Parsi theatre artistes too has declined
and theatre activities are ...
Business Tomorrow: Meet Perses Bilimoria
Financial Express -
Bombay,India
Says the Zoroastrian businessman, “My vision is to create a
corporate identity which respects nature, is genuinely sustainable
and above all leaves behind ...
Parsi Khabar
On Monday, the high court witnessed an all-out
legal fight between three prominent Parsis??b>Khojeste Mistree,
Hoshang Wania and Yazdi Desai?nd the over ...
Sonia buries 'drug' for Parsis
Economic Times - India
But many of the conservative Parsis could not come to terms
with it. The Zoroastrian faith sees the vulture as an important
religious symbol and not as ...
Recreating Persian empire in Mumbai
Times of India - New
Delhi,India
It intends to reintroduce present generation Parsis and the
general people to the rich cultural heritage of the empire. Mistry,
who is a Paris, ...
'I love playing mean'
Rediff - India
People say I am Parsi so it was easy for me to play Farookh.
I hope I am not like that horrible guy in the film! He was so
uncouth, vicious and murderous. ...
A Forgotten Empire
New York Sun - New
York,NY,USA
For 1000 years after the imposition of Islam, the deeds of the
Zoroastrian Sasanids were celebrated, above all in Ferdowsi's
"Sh殠n滵eh," the Iranian ...
A
Glimpse of Things to Come
Afternoon Dispatch & Courier
- Bombay,India
?he Parsi youth today have become much dissociated from
their culture; I want to bring it back to them,??is the ambitious
and passionate statement of ...
Z is for Zoroaster
Anderson Independent Mail
(subscription) - Anderson,SC,USA
529 BCE) was king of Persia when Zoroaster (c628 - c551
BCE), or Zarathustra, as he was later called by the Greeks, began
to preach that a battle between ...
India's
first woman photo journalist
News Today - India
Her father was an actor from the Urdu-Parsi theatre. The
family was poor and her parents packed her off to
Bombay for further school and college studies. ...
SHAMAN: What would Angra Mainyu do?
Daily Free Press
(subscription) - Boston,MA,USA
It was founded by this man known as --hold on, I'll give you a few
seconds to guess -- Zoroaster. Luckily, there are still
about 200000 adherents to this ...
Kurdish nationalism
Today's Zaman -
Istanbul,Turkey
It is not a coincidence to see that the militants prefer
Zoroaster and Jesus. Extreme Kurdish nationalists -- just like
Turkish nationalists -- maintain ...
HC verdict on Parsi trust row soon
Times of India - New
Delhi,India
MUMBAI: Come Thursday and the Parsi community will know
whether most of the trustees including chairperson Minoo Shroff
can continue on the Bombay Parsi ...
Dwindling but defiant
Hindustan Times -
New Delhi,Delhi,India
Parsis came to India from
Iran 1100 years ago “for a better way of life”, as Parsiana
editor Jehangir Patel puts it, and to escape religious
persecution. ...
Civil Liberties in India
ZNet -
Woods Hole,MA,USA
The community that Mr Palkhivala hailed from was first given
refuge within what is today known as
Gujarat when the Parsis migrated to India, from
Persia. ...
Parsi Punchayet trustees can continue to hold posts
Hindustan Times - New
Delhi,Delhi,India
The Bombay high court on Thursday ruled that the withdrawal of
resignation of the four trustees of the Bombay Parsi
Punchayet (BPP) was valid and they still ...
This is a sustainable business competition open to any MBA students/entrepreneurs you know who may be potential participants. The competition is financially supported by an fellow Parsi. http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/070208/clth203.html?.v=3
Parsi Punchayet trustees can continue to hold posts
Hindustan Times - New
Delhi,Delhi,India
Three Parsis ??Khojeste Mistree, Hoshang Wania and Yazdi
Desai ??had approached the High Court questioning whether the act
of the trustees was valid and ...
AI? facelift fails to go down well with designers
Economic Times - India
(An intriguing rumour suggests he may have been influenced by its
vague resemblance to a farohar, the Zoroastrian winged man
symbol that represents a ...
India lies in America's blind spot
San Francisco Chronicle -
San Francisco,CA,USA
Ratan Tata, the company's chairman and a descendant of a founder
who was himself descended from a long line of Parsee
priests, said that outbidding a ...
Zoroastrianism a universal religion
Afternoon Dispatch & Courier
- Bombay,India
The hall was packed to capacity ??most men were clad in white
daglies and Paghdies while lovely Parsi ladies were in
their traditional Parsi Korwali Sarees ...
Dear Friends,
http://www.theparsichronicle.com/Flyer.doc
http://www.theparsichronicle.com/Iran_Experience.doc
The Parsee Voice-Vol.IV.3 & 4-Part-II
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Sorabji Byramji Sanatorium residents allege harassment from BPP
Afternoon Dispatch & Courier -
Bombay,India
The 46 Parsi families residing there live in deplorable
conditions and according to them the BPP Trust does nothing about
it. Instead they want them to ...
Zo Child Day for Zorastrian children only!
Afternoon Dispatch & Courier -
Bombay,India
Organized annually by marital arts expert Kyoshi Vispi Kapadia, Zo
Child Day is one of the most awaited events in the Parsi
calendar. ...
The Two Modi(y)s of Gujarat
CNN-IBN - New Delhi,India
Driving around in his two wheeler across the city, he is a
god-fearing Parsee, soft spoken and rather shy. Television
cameras are unlikely to follow him, ...
Exclusive: Being Boman Irani
CNN-IBN - New Delhi,India
Anuradha SenGupta: Frequently, you have news about the community,
how it? dying out, how the Parsi panchayat is encouraging
families to have more children. ...
Tata
- integral part of Indian life
BBC News - UK
So how does an enterprising mid-19th Century group formed by a scion
of a Mumbai (Bombay)-based Parsee priest born in a stifling
and sclerotic economy ...
Who
is Meher Baba?
Asian Tribune -
Bangkok,Thailand
1894 at 5.00 am to Zoroastrian parents of Persian descent.
His father Sheriar was an ardent seeker of God, who, at age twelve,
left his family and began ...
Islamic Pakistan to get its own whiskey
CNNMoney.com -
USA
Named after a town in the Himalayan foothills near where it
initially operated, the company is owned by a Parsi family.
Its chief executive, MP Bhandara, ...
Tanaaz and Bakhtyaar to tie the knot... finally!
Times of India - New
Delhi,India
"The food too will be Parsi," says the groom-to-be. And
there'll be loads of fun too, he promises. "We're planning a boxing
ring concept, where the Iraanis ...
A
Country’s Cultural Centerpiece Comes Calling
New York Times - New
York,NY,USA
The current music director, Zubin Mehta, a Zoroastrian from
India, is beloved for conducting a concert during the Persian Gulf
war of 1991, ...
See pirated Parzania in Gujarat
Times of India - New
Delhi,India
The CD mafia says the movie — based on the real life story of a
Parsi boy who disappeared from Gulbarg Society here during the
post-Godhra riots of 2002 ...
Stepping
ahead in tune with success
Calcutta Telegraph -
Calcutta,India
28: The phone hasn’t stopped ringing at the Antia residence in
Parsee Colony for a couple of days. Not that anybody minds.
After all, one of their kin, ...
Parsis:
dogmatic theology or pragmatism
By mike the lumper
Managing trustee of the Zoroastrian Studies Institute in
Mumbai, Khojeste Mistree, says people are free to
dispose of their dead in whatever manner they deem suitable but it
is unfair to ask the governing council to legitimise something
...
Iranian Farm Stay
Persian Mirror - USA
I toured the Zoroastrian fire temple with an eternal flame
and was puzzled by wind towers on top of many buildings in this
city. Saheed explained that these ...
Jinnah-House to be resurrected into new vista for SAARC
Hindustan Times - New
Delhi,Delhi,India
His parsee wife Ruttie had hosted many an elegant gathering
here. So too the Deputy High Commissioner — making the house
deeply entrenched in the annals. ...
Declamation contest at Mama Parsi School
The News - International -
Pakistan
... and linguistic prowess in the annual declamation contest
organised by the English Literary Society of the Mama Parsi
School at its premises on Thursday. ...
Parzania won't be screened in Gujarat
Times of India - New
Delhi,India
AHMEDABAD: Parzania, the film based on a real life story of a
Parsi boy lost in the Gujarat riots of 2002, has hit a roadblock
in Gujarat. ...
For him passion matters, not limelight
Daily News & Analysis -
Mumbai,India
This 71-year-old Parsi Zoroastrian’s tenure with the club
reaches a full circle with the
Mumbai season this year. A former textile technician with
Bombay ...
india:
Poor man’s bakery fights inflation, globalization
Monday Morning -
Beirut,Lebanon
But Irani, a descendant of Zoroastrian Persian immigrants
to India who puts himself at “over 65 and still fighting fitâ€,
is one of the last of Bombay’s ...
Parzania cleared by 14 member censor board jury
Business of Cinema -
Mumbai,Maharastra,India
The film shows how a 10 year old Parsi boy who went missing
during the communal conflagration is yet to be found by his
family. Says Dholakia, "It took six ...
JASMINE’S
JUICE
The Voice - UK
... marble slates and jewelled mirrored bars and my family
have a Parsi/Zoroastrian background it was recommended to
be “really my thingâ€. ...
Woman challenges death rite
Kansas City Star - MO,USA
BOMBAY, India | When her mother died last year, Dhun Baria
followed the religious practices of most Parsis, leaving
the body in the Towers of Silence to be ...
Best of TO
National Post -
Don Mills,Ontario,Canada
You would think it would be relatively easy to find a book on the
practices of Zoroastrian mysticism in relation to Eastern
philosophy in your local mall or ...
Lord Bilimoria's Cobra looks at buying Indian brewery
Monsters and Critics.com -
Glasgow,UK
... cases per annum,' said Bilimoria, who in July became
one of the youngest peers in Britain and the first Zoroastrian
Parsi to sit in the House of Lords. ...
The
shy architect
Economist -
UK
Add the fact that the ruling family are Parsees, a small
Zoroastrian sect who have been intermarrying in India for over
a thousand years, and the odds of ...
Beer baron sees business brewing in India
Financial Express -
Bombay,India
... India in the next couple of years, shopping for
breweries and establishing a greenfield plant in Andhra Pradesh
from where this Parsi beer baron hails. ...
Jinnah House may be given to Pak
Daily News & Analysis -
Mumbai,India
The relationship between Jinnah and daughter deteriorated when
Dina decided to marry Neville Wadia, a Parsi who converted
to Christianity. ...
It is stupid if you are not in Gujarat: Ratan Tata
Gujarat Global.com -
Ahmedabad,Gujarat,India
He recalled the association of Parsi community with
Gujarat from the beginning of arrival of Parsis in
the country and said that
Gujarat was a happening
The meeting of east and west
Jamaica Gleaner -
Kingston,Jamaica
However, a much more fundamental revelation arose when my readings
led me to references from the Book of Mithra and the Holy Book of
Zoroaster - the basis ...
We
do not want to fan flames, says Naseeruddin Shah
nowRunning.com - India
"It is not important to play these characters as Parsis,
which is why we didn't not think it right to meet Dara Modi and
his wife. ...
Parsi parents pin hopes on 'Parzania'
Times of India - New
Delhi,India
AHMEDABAD: It has been five years since Parsi couple Roopa
and Dara Modi lost their son Azhar (14) in the conundrum of 2002
post-Godhra riots in Gujarat. ...
Homi Irani college donated to KPE Society
Newindpress (subscription) -
Chennai,India
GULBARGA: The Homi Irani family, the lone Parsi family
here, has donated the beautifully constructed Pillo Homi Irani
Women’s College of Arts and Science to ...
Cena: The Three Kings as Agent of Change
Sun.Star - Philippines
Also known as the Magi, the Three Wise Men or the Kings from the
East, these men are believed to be Zoroastrian judicial
astrologers from Ancient Persia. ...
Ancient
religion may face extinction
Boston Globe - Boston,MA,USA
They retreated to India, where most of their descendants, called
Parsis, still live today. Zoroastrian priests are divided
between traditionalists who ...
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'Parzania' releasing Jan 26
Monsters and Critics.com -
Glasgow,UK
New Delhi, Jan 2 (IANS) Rahul Dholakia's critically acclaimed 'Parzania',
depicting the suffering of a Parsi couple - played by
Naseeruddin Shah and Sarika ...
Johnny
Depp to play Freddie Mercury?
Rediff - India
Meanwhile, there is no news on the fate of the big budget movie
project Shantaram inspired by the life of an Australian fugitive
Gregory David Roberts, ...
As vultures die off, Parsee rite in peril
Chicago Tribune - United
States
... Those photos gave her strong evidence that the vultures
were gone, near extinction, and no longer fulfilling their roles
for India's Parsee community. ...
Tata`s bid for Corus reflects growing biz ties with Britain
Zee News - Noida,India
... While Kiran scooped the Booker Prize, Hyderabad-born
Karan Bilimoria, founder of Cobra Beer, became the first
Zoroastrian Parsi to sit in the House of Lords. ...
Quaintances headed for trial
Eastern Arizona Courier -
Safford,AZ,USA
... The Quaintances contend their church practices the
Zoroastrian faith, but Rustom Kevala, a Zoroastrian
leader, told the Eastern Arizona Courier in July that ...
Discovered
Stone Slab Proved to be Gate of Cambyses' Tomb
Payvand - Iran
According to Yazdani, the new findings together with the fact that
a similar structure to the mausoleum of Cambyses, Zoroaster's
Kaba, was built also by ...
Talking with Bapsi Sidhwa
The Daily Star -
Dhaka,Bangladesh
... No matter where they are the Parsis are a
minority, and the tension this creates compells one to express
feelings, ideas, politics etc. ...
Dan David: Prizes in 3 time dimensions
Ynetnews - Israel
... across the world. Zubin Mehta, who is one of the world’s
leading conductors, was born into a Parsee family in April
1936. He is ...
The
Fêted Leader of the 20th Century: Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Pakistan Times -
Islamabad,Pakistan
... When the Parsi leader Dadabhai Naoroji, a
leading Indian nationalist, ran for the English Parliament, Jinnah
and other Indian students worked day and night for ...
Ibad lauds role of Parsis in development
Daily Times -
Lahore,Pakistan
KARACHI: Sindh Governor Ishratul Ibad has said that the services
rendered by Parsis in the development of Pakistan and
particularly Karachi and their welfare ...
Telugu Portal - Hyderabad,Andhra Pradesh,India
... industrialist Lord Swraj Paul was appointed the inaugural chancellor of University of Westminster; and Lord Karan Billimoria became the first Parsi to enter ...
Dr
Michele Karim found deadDaily Times - Lahore,Pakistan
... Michelé was born to a Parsi father, Curt Hilfram, of the Victoria furniture fame and a German mother, according to her former husband Azhar Karim. ...
Daily News & Analysis - Mumbai,India
... savory dishes. This is a very Persian thing, and in India the Parsi Jardalu Ghost is an example of this kind of cooking. Thirdly ...
Remembering Upasni Maharaj
Asian Tribune -
Bangkok,Thailand
It was during December 1915 that the young Zoroastrian from
Poona to whom Sai Baba had uttered "Parvardigar," wandered in a
dazed state to the Khandoba temple ...
John
Abraham – The Most Happening Man of 2006desiFans.com - Assam,India
... Born to a Malayalee father and a Parsi mother, John surely has made a mark for himself although he acted in his first movie when he was 30! Good luck John. ...
Chapman marks 20 years of puttin' on the Ritz
Daily Pilot - Costa
Mesa,CA,USA
... Wait, wrong story. They were Zoroastrian
astrologers from Persia, which is a job title you don't run into
much anymore. Seriously. ...
Father
of the Nation still inspires 58 years on
Gulf Times - Doha,Qatar
... He married a Parsi woman, despite being Muslim,
because he understood that religion is just one factor among
thousands others that are more important than ...
Provident
Fund Commission seals Parsi Dairy Farm
Afternoon Dispatch & Courier
-
Bombay,India
The workers of the over 90 year-old Parsi Dairy Farm at
Princess Street, left with little option over getting their dues
from the company have started to ...
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Karate
champs
Afternoon Dispatch & Courier
-
Bombay,India
... The latest sport to be in the limelight is karate and
two young Parsi girls from Vadodara are doing the miniscule
community proud by winning medals at ...
'Old Turkey Buzzard'...
Times of India - India
... forests. Measures such as these hearten people like
Khojeste P Mistree of the Zoroastrian Studies, KR Cama
Oriental Institute. "I ...
Was The Star Of Bethlehem Really One Star, And Was Christ Really
...
PR Web (press release) -
Ferndale,WA,USA
... First of all, why would Zoroastrian dignitaries
from a rival culture and religion care about the birth of a Jewish
king, especially since Judea was merely a ...
Bye bye Cyrus Oshidhar
Daily News & Analysis -
Mumbai,India
... It was in 1997—the company’s early days. Being
Parsis we made the fundamental mistake of showing up on time
for our meeting. ...
'Parsis
love their bikes more than their wives!'
Afternoon Dispatch & Courier
-
Bombay,India
BY ZEENIA BARIA | Monday, December 18, 2006 10:55:29 IST.
Parsis have a certain love affair with their two wheelers,
which only they can fathom. ...
Christmas:
What's it all about?
The Northern Echo -
Darlington,UK
... The Magi were from Persia, and probably members of the
Zoroastrian religion. In the Middle Ages they were given
names: Gaspar, Melchior and Balthasar. ...
Or Your Holiday of Choice
Persian Mirror - USA
... It is also interchangable with “Shab-e Chelehâ€, the
Zoroastrian celebration of Winter Solstice, the longest
night of winter, which falls around December ...
Nativity scene investigators
Guardian Unlimited - UK
... recognise in the more radical forms of Judaism that
flourished in the years before Christ, many direct echoes of
Persian Zoroastrian beliefs (particularly ...
The Bone Ticklers
Expressindia.com - New
Delhi,India
It's not difficult to figure out the wild and wacky sense of
humour so typical of Parsis. Oh! Hu Bhuli Gayo, a Gujarati
play written ...
I
still can't believe he married me...
SantaBanta.com -
Chandigarh,India
... He was very real and sensible. Yeah, he's a Parsi,
just like me. ... I hardly ever met a Parsi, except
Boman Irani the actor, in the industry. ...
Redevelopment doesn’t enthuse all
Daily News & Analysis -
Mumbai,India
“I love my building and am proud of it,†says RR Bharucha,
landlord of four-storey Ahunavar building on Jame Jamshed Road at
Parsi Colony. ...
Out with the Old
Daily News & Analysis -
Mumbai,India
... A similar situation exists across the 120-foot Road at
Parsi Colony where as many as 45 out of 225 four-storey
building plots have been cleared. ...
Heads
of UNESCO National Commissions to Finalize Norouz File
Cultural Heritage News -
Tehran,Tehran,Iran
... by countries of the Persian origin. The tradition has
its roots in Zoroastrian Persia. Norouz dossier had
previously been turned ...
Rangoli
Indian Restaurant
Times Online - Auckland -
New Zealand
... brothers and business partners, Boman and Najmi Rustom
have gone to great lengths to create an elegant setting with just
a hint of their Parsi heritage in the ...
New Indian restaurant lights up Auckland
India eNews.com -
Gurgaon,Haryana,India
... last week and has become an instant hit. The owners are
Parsi brothers Boman and Najmi Rustom. 'We decided to take
a look at Australia ...
BMC has no permit, says heritage panel
Daily News & Analysis -
Mumbai,India
... The structures under consideration are the St Peters
Church, the Parsi Agiary, which is more than 100 years old,
and the graves and grotto on the premises of ...
Parsi youths come together
Expressindia.com - New
Delhi,India
The Parsis are here to stay and pave way for their next generation
through their innovative Parsi Resource Group (PGR)
programme. ...
Perizaad
Zorabian gets married to Boman Irani
IndiaFM - Bombay,India
... Irani. No not the actor Boman but an estate developer
based in Mumbai. The couple got married in a typical Parsi
way. The wedding ...
Mumbai's
Parsis do a Dhoom 2
CNN-IBN - New Delhi,India
BIKERS' DAY OUT: Over a thousand Parsi bikers came to
participate in the Parsi Youth in Mumbai rally. Mumbai: Big
boys like playing ...
Bawa
Bikers on a roll for a good cause
Afternoon Dispatch & Courier
- Bombay,India
On Sunday morning when the roads of Mumbai are still sleepy,
around 300 Parsi bikers will don their helmets, stride onto
their vehicles and zoom around Paris ...
Parsees protest redevelopment on Tardeo agiary land
Hindustan Times - India
... put up their resignation a few months ago following a
dispute over the flat allotment in the Baugs (Parsi colonies)
highlighting tiffs among Parsees due to ...
Sweet Dadi, younger brother of Behram is here, all the way from
...
Afternoon Dispatch & Courier
- Bombay,India
... He was happy to go for a Parsi wedding and
enjoyed the Lagan-nu-bhonu, exclaiming with glee, "Ah, ma Rotli",
as the bearer half chucked it onto his patra and ...
Listen to this
St. Petersburg Times - St.
Petersburg,FL,USA
... A Parsi hunk born Farrokh Bulsara, Mercury is
celebrated here with a double-disc beauty including cuts culled
from his solo albums plus 15 remixes. ...
Some Christmas ‘magi’ may have done a disappearing act
Evening Observer -
Dunkirk,NY,USA
... audience.’’. These magi were followers of an
eastern religion founded by Zoroaster who was the prophet
that originated Zoroastrianism. ...
Christmas stories
Manila Standard Today -
Philippines
... The prophet Zarathustra (aka “Zoroaster†to
the Greeks who could not pronounce his name correctly), whose
birth is placed by current scholars to be any ...
Parsi apex body seeks universal franchise
Times of India - India
But for the past 350 years, a vast majority of them in Mumbai had
no stake in appointing trustees to the powerful apex body—the
Bombay Parsi Punchayat (BPP ...
Lokmat Group’s Cymbal Media launches ‘G2’ magazine, to roll
...
agencyfaqs.com - New
Delhi,India
... The content of ‘G2’ is 70 per cent interviews with
Gujaratis and Parsis across the globe and their
achievements, success, art and culture. ...
Transportation
Ministry Obliged to Change Fars Railway Path
Cultural Heritage News -
Tehran,Tehran,Iran
... becomes operational, the rumbling of the trains would
devastate the unique Achaemenid monuments of Naqsh-e Rostam and
would cause Kaba of Zoroaster to collapse ...
George, the son of Reverend Edalji, a Parsee convert to Christianity and vicar of a parish in South Staffordshire, was a practicing solicitor in Birmingham at the time of his arrest. ‘Conan Doyle and the Parson’s Son: The George Edalji Case’ This is the only non-fictional account of the George Edalji miscarriage of justice case and covers the period from 1876 until 1914.This new work, researched and written by Gordon Weaver, was recently published by Vanguard (Pegasus Elliot Mackenzie) and is available from good bookshops, wholesalers, Amazon Books, internet, Pegasus publishers. For a synopsis of this work visit www.theplebeian.net.
Karachi was a sweet Bombay
Daily News & Analysis -
Mumbai,India
... Lokram Dodeja, Sohrab Kavasji Hormuzji Katrak and Anita
Ghulam Ali reminisce about the pre-partition Karachi from their
unique Hindu, Parsi and Muslim ...
Helping humanity
Washington Times -
Washington,DC,USA
... A Parsee who can trace his lineage back to ancient
Persia, Mr. Mehta was born in Bombay (now Mumbai), India in 1936
during a time of great upheaval on the ...
CHTO threatens to sue Marvdasht prosecutor over Naqsh-e Rustam
...
MehrNews.com - Tehran,Iran
... Experts have said that the rumbling of the trains will
damage the monuments at Naqsh-e Rustam in the future and will cause
Zoroaster’s Kaba to collapse in ...
PERSIAN PLEASURE
Now Toronto -
Toronto,Ontario,Canada
By GRAHAM DUNCAN. PARSI (141 Spadina, at Richmond,
416-598-3900) Complete meals for $23 per person including all taxes,
tip and a fresh-squeezed juice. ...
Minority Panel backs Hill Road heritage drive
Daily News & Analysis -
Mumbai,India
... Vilasrao Deshmukh and officials of the Urban Development
Department in December asking them to remove St Peters Church, the
100-year-old Parsi Agiary and the ...
Making
Hrithik, Ask look super hot
Rediff - India
... "I love realism, and there was a very strong does of that
in Being Cyrus. Besides, being a Parsi, I could relate to the
film. Dimple ...
Zoroaster’s
Kaba, a Potential Victim of Railway Construction
Cultural Heritage News -
Tehran,Tehran,Iran
... close to the historic site of Naqsh-e Rostam in Fars
province show that it would for sure result in destruction of
Achaemenid monument of Zoroaster’s Kaba in ...
Row over move to widen road
Gulf News -
Dubai,United Arab Emirates
... of local residents met Municipal Commissioner Johnny
Joseph on Monday to tell him, "We will not give an inch of the land
belonging to the Parsi Agiary, a ...
See all stories on this topic
Miyamoto Makes Time Asian Hero List
Kotaku.com -
New York,NY,USA
... Other things I learned from the feature include
discovering that Freddie Mercury (aka Farrokh Bulsara) is Parsi
and that Chinese actress Gong Li is smokin' hot ...
Iranian Harvesting Celebration
Persian Mirror - USA
The prophet, Zoroaster created many feasts and celebrations
to pay homage to many deities and yazata (Eyzads) who symbolized all
forces beneficial to humans. ...
Padded up for the nation
Hindustan Times - India
... fairly. Indeed, that famous first Test team, captained by
the legendary CK Nayudu, also had in the playing XI two Parsees
and a Sikh. ...
Railroad jeopardizing Zoroaster’s Kaba
MehrNews.com -
Tehran,Iran
29 (MNA) -- Experts say that Zoroaster’s Kaba at the
Achaemenid site of Naqsh-e Rustam in Fars Province will collapse in
less than ten years if the railroad ...
Lord Bilimoria makes maiden speech in House of Lords
DailyIndia.com -
Jacksonville,FL,USA
... Lord Bilimoria, who is the first Zoroastrian Parsi
to sit in the upper house of the British
parliament, Monday also spoke of his pride at being a Parsi.
...
Bandra
residents want BMC chief’s written promise
Expressindia.com -
New Delhi,India
Mumbai, November 27: The Bandra Hill Road Citizen’s Committee
movement to save old heritage structures, including the Tata
Parsi Agiary, St Peter’s Church ...
Perizaad Zorabian’s wedding is around the corner
Apun Ka Choice - Berkeley,CA,USA
... a couple of years back to eke out an acting career in
Bollywood, says she had never imagined that she would one day marry
someone from the Parsi community to ...
Photos: Scott McNaughton
The Age -
Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
... Australia-wide there are believed to be more than 2000. -
Zoroaster, sometimes referred to as Zarathushtra, was a prophet
in ancient Persia. ...
Parsis
come together to protect temple
NDTV.com -
New Delhi,India
It's a small but powerful community and Parsis in
Mumbai are joining hands to protect a 123-year-old community
temple. Built by ...
Times of India - India
... All Parsis are requested to assemble at the agiary at 10 am to protest against the demolition of our community's heritage," read the SMS. ...
1500 turn up to save agiary
Daily News & Analysis - Mumbai,India
Following an urgent SMS campaign, Parsis from all over the city and members of the Catholic Association gathered in front of the agiary. ...
Daily News & Analysis - Mumbai,India
... The BMC has served notices to 300-year-old churches (St Andrews and St Peters) and the 150-year-old Parsi Agiary contending that they came in the way of the ...
Why not make Hill Road a one-way street?
Afternoon Dispatch & Courier - Bombay,India
... Khambatta. The Panthakis, however, have not been contacted by any of the seven Vada Dasturs who head all Zoroastrian priests. Nor ...
Fourth
ZoChilday being celebratedAfternoon Dispatch & Courier - Bombay,India
If you're a Zoroastrian or even know one, chances are you must have heard about 'Zoroastrian Child-ren's Day', which is celebrated every year in the month of ...
Afternoon Dispatch & Courier - Bombay,India
... Instead of removing the hawkers who have made Hill Road their very own, the BMC planned the demolition of the porch of the 122-year-old Parsi Tata Agiary ...
Times of India - India
Municipal commissioner Johny Joseph said he has deferred Saturday's planned demolition of the porch of the 122-year-old Parsi Tata Agiary opposite the Bandra ...
Passion play: The game that sways a billion
Financial Express - Bombay,India
... Organised cricket in India, Majumdar’s research reveals, did not
begin with the formation of the Parsee Oriental Cricket Club in Bombay in
1848, but in ...
http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=146816
He
gave much to cricket
Hindu - Chennai,India
... me. His physical frame was awesome. His Parsi complexion was stunning.
He was a picture of dignity that was far from contrived. ...
http://www.hindu.com/mag/2006/11/19/stories/2006111900160500.htm
Parsi reformists to send legal notice to BMC
Hindustan Times - India
Dhun Baria and a group of Parsi reformists supporting her would soon send
a legal notice to the BMC’s health department for carrying out shoddy
inspection of ...
http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1848014,000600010004.htm
‘I’m not Semi Girebaal because I’ma Bawa!
Afternoon Dispatch & Courier - Bombay,India
... despite being a Parsi, he says! ... It’d be crazy to assume that a
person is comical incessantly. And many people think I’m this way
because I’ma Parsi. ...
http://www.cybernoon.com/DisplayArticle.asp?section=fromthepress&subsection=inbombay&xfile=
November2006_inbombay_standard11417
On top of the world
IT Week - London,UK
... He was educated in India, but is a Zoroastrian – followers of an
ancient religion that started in Iran but fled to India when the Arabs
invaded in the ...
http://www.itweek.co.uk/computing-business/features/2169333/top-world
Tower of Silence gets clean chit
Times of India - India
MUMBAI: Setting to rest the controversy over the Parsi Towers of Silence
at Malabar Hill, the health department of the Brihanmumbai Municipal
Corporation (BMC ...
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/NEWS/India/Tower_of_Silence_gets_clean_chit/articleshow/461441.cms
Artist embraces Buddhism through art
Radford University The Tartan Online - Radford,VA,USA
... photography. A photograph entitled “Tower of Silence, Hanging
Garden†depicts a moving Zoroastrian religious ritual performed in
India. ...
http://www.thetartan.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/11/16/455caec4594f9
Baby cameo to fetch $2,000 for charity
Times of India - India
MUMBAI: Parsi businessman Viraf Chiniwala, whose new-born child has been
roped in for Angelina Jolie's movie, is an overwhelmed man. ...
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Baby_cameo_to_fetch_2000_for_charity/articleshow/463032.cms
Parsi baby is Jolie's reel love
Times of India - India
... meet me. I thought they wanted a donation from me since I had got a
child after 26 years," said the Parsi businessman. However, Chiniwala ...
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Mumbai/Parsi_baby_is_Jolies_reel_love/articleshow/463011.cms
Parsis celebrate Sanjan day
Afternoon Dispatch & Courier - Bombay,India
To commemorate the historic landing of the Parsis on the Indian soil at
Sanjan, 1290 years ago, the Parsi residents of Sanjan will be celebrating
Sanjan Day on ...
http://www.cybernoon.com/DisplayArticle.asp?section=fromthepress&subsection=inbombay&xfile=Novemb
er2006_inbombay_standard11407
Ryan Hardy & Jackie Linton
Strand (subscription) - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
... But as much as I like the Swedish girls, I also like the dancers with
animal heads, the tortured romantic subplot and the cameo by gay
Zoroastrian Swedish pop ...
http://www.thestrand.ca/home/news/2006/11/16/Features/You-Tube-2461411.shtml
Bomi
Dotiwala, the complete man!
Afternoon Dispatch & Courier - Bombay,India
... him on the street. Living in the Parsi colony at Lalbaug, Bomi
Dotiwala is no stranger to the world of entertainment. He’s acted ...
http://www.cybernoon.com/DisplayArticle.asp?section=fromthepress&subsection=inbombay
&xfile=November2006_inbombay_standard11332
Fire `em up
Business Standard - India
... fruit. You could also visit Dahanu’s small fort, the hand-built
Asavli Check Dam and the Bahrot Caves, a holy spot for Parsis. ...
http://www.business-standard.com/lifeleisure/storypage.php?leftnm=5&subLeft=2&ch
klogin=N&autono=264456&tab=r
Only 23 Parsi families left in the capital
Daily News & Analysis - Mumbai,India
... According to the Delhi Minorities Commission's annual report 2004-05,
which has been tabled in the Delhi Assembly, there are only 23 Parsis
families staying in ...
http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1063694
Polly Umrigar
Guardian Unlimited - UK
... company. Parsis have played a pivotal role in the growth of cricket in
India since 1886, when they organised the first overseas tours. ...
http://sport.guardian.co.uk/cricket/story/0,,1942857,00.html
From
Iran to Karachi: taking a look at Parsi migration
Daily Times - Lahore,Pakistan
... Hinnells studies some eleven diaspora communities beginning in Chapter
2 with the Bombay Parsis post-Indian Independence. Bombay ...
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006%5C11%5C11%5Cstory_11-11-2
006_pg12_8
75-yr-old teacher donates kidney to auto
driver
Times of India - India
... held in Goregaon on Sunday. A Parsi teacher from Nowroze Baug in
Lalbaug, Katy Gundevia is one such example. The 75-year-old was ...
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/421301.cms
Mumbai
nights
The Australian - Sydney,Australia
... Outside his room at the Taj, lined along the corridor, are "a Parsi
bookmaker, a Persian jewel merchant, a Koja merchant, two dealers in
curios, both Gujerati ...
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,20731706%255E33835,00.html
Nesting ground
Mumbai Newsline - Mumbai,India
... of prime relevance today. Like the essay he wrote on the nesting
habitat of vultures at a Parsi Tower of Silence. “Even when he ...
http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=209675
One
Me or many Me's
Calcutta Telegraph - Calcutta,India
... “It’s all about colour,†asserted Azmeen Dangri, a young Parsi
entrepreneur, who says she is often thought to be a “foreignerâ€. ...
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1061109/asp/calcutta/story_6975730.asp
A giant in more ways than one
Daily News & Analysis - Mumbai,India
At Polly Umrigar’s funeral yesterday afternoon, commentator Harsha
Bhogle pointed out that as many as four Parsis had played for India in the
1962 series ...
http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1063020
On the road with Richler: Vancouver's
sensual side
Globe and Mail - Canada
... “A woman asked me to sign a book today,†says Irani in his
mellifluous Bombay-accented English (Irani is Parsi, and arrived in Canada
in 1998). ...
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20061110.wrichl
er11/BNStory/specialTravel/home
EMBASSY LISTINGS
Embassy - Ottawa,Ontario,Canada
... Contemporary Ukrainian Politics.". Lecture: "Zoroastrian Rituals of
Purity" Room 200B, Bancroft building, University of Toronto. (905-569 ...
http://www.embassymag.ca/html/index.php?display=story&full_path=/2006
/november/8/listings/
Comings and goings for diners
Times Online - Auckland - New Zealand
... in good hands — Faranak is a well known guest chef on Triangle
Television and some people may be familiar with her special knowledge of
Parsi cooking which ...
http://www.times.co.nz/cms/lifestyle/out_and_about/2006/11/art100013892.php
Former Indian cricket captain Polly Umrigar
dead
Telugu Portal - Hyderabad,Andhra Pradesh,India
... at Sholapur in Maharashtra. Apart from India, he turned out for the
Gujarat, Bombay and Parsees sides. Debuting against the West ...
http://www.teluguportal.net/modules/news/article.php?storyid=20636
Gloom in Sportsfield
Daily News & Analysis - Mumbai,India
... in the same building, former left-arm spinner and batsman Bapu
Nadkarni watched in grief as Umrigar’s body was taken away a Mumbai
Parsee Panchayat ambulance ...
http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1062826
A true servant of the game
Times of India - India
... He later played for Parsi Cyclists and ACC and, when in his 50s, for
Garware Clubhouse too. A cricketer's worth is what his senior colleagues
think about him. ...
http://cricket.indiatimes.com/Polly_Umrigar_passes_away/articleshow/364027.cms
Here is the latest edition of The Parsi
Voice
http://www.theparsichronicle.com/TPV.Vol.IV.1_2.pdf
From Iran to Karachi: taking a look at Parsi
migration
Daily Times - Lahore,Pakistan
... The Zoroastrian Diaspora marks the culmination of over thirty years of
research and scholarship by John Hinnells on the Zoroastrian and Parsi
communities of ...
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006%5C11%5C11%5Cstory_11-11-2
006_pg12_8
Remembering a legend
The Statesman - Kolkata,India
... Gavaskar paid his respects today, before the last rites for Umrigar
were performed at the Parsi Tower of Silence at Warden Road in south
Mumbai. ...
http://www.thestatesman.net/page.news.php?clid=5&theme=&usrsess=1&id=136123
Fond farewell for 'Polly kaka'
Indiatimes - New Delhi,India
... the cricketing community lessened the pain for the family of Indian
cricket stalwart Polly Umrigar whose funeral was held in the traditional
Parsi manner at ...
http://cricket.indiatimes.com/Sections/Features/Fond_farewell_for_Polly_kaka/articlesho
w/377726.cms
Sofreh
Nazr - An Iranian Shia Tradition
Payvand - Iran
... The Sofreh-e Haft-Sin celebrates the coming of the Norouz or New Year.
It is one of oldest Iranian traditions left to us from Zoroastrian times.
...
http://www.payvand.com/news/06/oct/1283.html
Spouse stealing
The Tribune - Chandigarh,India
... legal battle ensued in which Sindhi barrister Ram Jethmalani fought on
behalf of the murdered Ahuja, a Sindhi, and Karl Khandalawala, a Parsi
legal luminary ...
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2006/20061029/society.htm
Hall of Fame: Farokh Engineer
sportnetwork.net - UK
... Modi, like Engineer, was a Bombayite and a fellow Parsi. According to
Modi, a good wicketkeeper needed courage, physical fitness and
concentration. ...
http://www.sportnetwork.net/main/s119/st106860.htm
Persian
Pilgrimage
New York Times - United States
... it — and about the consequences of the Arab conquest of the seventh
century, which turned Iran (then known in the West as Persia) from a
Zoroastrian into a
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/29/books/review/de_Bellaigue.t.html?em&ex=
1162270800&en=5c69595e56b60e16&ei=5087%0A
Paper Chef #22 and More Pumpkin « A Mad Tea
Party
And this time’s Paper Chef event seemed to be calling out for a version
of the delectable Parsee Dhansak. The Parsees have contributed to the
variety in ...
http://madteaparty.wordpress.com/2006/10/16/paper-chef-22-and-more-pumpkin/
Parsis
split over disposal of dead
BBC News - UK
... There are only 130,000 Parsis left around the world, of whom about
43,000 reside in Mumbai. With deaths outweighing births, Parsis ...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6079870.stm
Parsis reap fruits of labour
Mumbai Mirror - India
In June, four of the six trustees of the Bombay Parsi Punchayat (BPP), the
largest representative organisation of the community resigned,
precipitating an ...
http://www.mumbaimirror.com/nmirror/mmpaper.asp?sectid=14&articleid=103
020062211679610302006215954218
Discovering some curiosities in Mumbai
Independent Online - Cape Town,South Africa
... evening. Nearby is the Parsi Tower of Silence. ... dead. Instead they
lay the body on top of the Parsi tower for the vultures to pick clean. ...
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=14&click_id=418&art_id=vn2006103016
0546552C568292
Open letter to Canada's PM over Iranian
mullah's "blood money" ...
Persian Journal - Iran
... Inviting Honorable Prime Minister of Canada HARPER to the good ancient
Zoroastrian faith and its good book Avesta, and this faith has three
imperative ...
http://www.iranian.ws/iran_news/publish/article_18595.shtml
Iranian
threat exaggerated
Ynetnews - Israel
... The Islamic conquest 1,300 years ago did not manage to erase the basic
Zoroastrian principles (mainly because Islam is conducted solely in the
Arab language, a ...
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3318946,00.html
Restoring
the old world!
Afternoon Dispatch & Courier - Bombay,India
... The quaint Parsi colony at Hughes Road, Khareghat Colony, has more
than just the peace loving community residing there. Nestled ...
http://www.cybernoon.com/DisplayArticle.asp?section=fromthepress&subse
ction=inbombay&xfile=October2006_inbombay_standard11163
Now, watch Pannyan’s acting skills
Newindpress (subscription) - Chennai,India
...
Set against the Parsi background, the film will make
http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IEO20061025012033&Page=O&Tit
le=Thiruvananthapuram&Topic=0
NRI Karan Billimoria felicitated
Times of India - India
... community, the London-based India International Foundation has
felicitated Karan Billimoria, founder of Cobra Beer, for becoming the
first Parsi and youngest ...
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/161392.cms
What does the Urantia Book say about hell
and judgment day?
By Ad
p1050:4 95:6.8 But it is a far cry from the exalted teachings and noble
psalms of Zoroaster to the modern perversions of his gospel by the Parsees
with their great fear of the dead, coupled with the entertainment of
beliefs in ...
http://www.truthbook.com/spiritual_advice/2006/10/what-does-urantia-book-
say-about-hell.html
Zubin, Freddie, Ratan: The Parsi conquests
Hindustan Times - India
... Diwali-eve announcement to pitch for India's biggest overseas
acquisition yet, he sent a unique cultural message with a trait so typical
of his Parsi community ...
http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1829481,0002.htm
New and old money fuels India's boom
Guardian Unlimited - UK
... The Tatas and their biggest shareholder, the Mistrys, are shrewd
businessmen from the Parsi community, who fled to India from Persia in the
10th century and ...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/india/story/0,,1928053,00.html
Tata instigates new age of empire
Times Online - UK
... The story goes that Jamshedji Tata, a Parsi textiles trader and the
founding father of India’s foremost industrial house, was so angry to be
turned away at ...
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,16614-2414288,00.html
It’s also about trust, say Tata Steel shareholders
Financial Express - Bombay,India
... “My Tata shares were given to me by Dad who bought it in the 50s and
I am sure he bought it for the Parsi factor backed by the fact that the
management is ...
http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=144135
Book
Review: Such a Long Journey by Rohinton Mistry
Desicritics.org - Bangalore,Karnataka,India
... The book is also an interesting insight into the ancient beliefs of
the dwindling Parsi communities with a moving description of Parsi funeral
rites in the ...
http://desicritics.org/2006/10/19/081507.php
Faith Matters: Old, monotheistic religion on the way to extinction
Northwest Explorer - Tucson,AZ,USA
... coast of India. They came to be known as Parsis and built what was
then Bombay into the world capital of the religion. As time went ...
http://www.explorernews.com/articles/2006/10/18/columnists/columnists01.txt
Lt-Gen Sethna, minorities panNew and old money fuels India's boom
Guardian Unlimited - UK
... The Tatas and their biggest shareholder, the Mistrys, are shrewd
businessmen from the Parsi community, who fled to India from Persia in the
10th century and ...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/india/story/0,,1928053,00.html
Gujaratis the shining feather in market cap
Times of India - India
... community. And we are talking about even the Kutchhi Azim Premji and
Parsi Ratan Tata in this Gujarati-speaking lot. A detailed. ...
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/2201337.cms
Yadegary And Religious Freedom In Iran
Scoop.co.nz (press release) - New Zealand
... People who already belong to the Jewish, Zoroastrian, or Christian
faiths are able to live their lives with some degree of freedom, although,
somewhat as ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0610/S00336.htm
BOOK REVIEW: THE FIRE, THE STAR, AND THE CROSS
Persian Mirror - USA
... When Maraba, a Zoroastrian, converted to Christianity and became the
head of the Nestorian Church at Ctesiphon , the Christians pleaded with
Khusraw I to spare ...
http://persianmirror.com/Article_det.cfm?id=859&getArticleC
ategory=52&getArticleSubCategory=43
1700-Y-Old
Sassanid Watermill Discovered in Takht-e Soleiman
Payvand - Iran
... Takht-e Soleiman is located by a lake with the same name which
indicates that both fire and water were highly respected by the
Zoroastrian Sassanids. ...
http://www.payvand.com/news/06/oct/1178.html
Crow idols appear in midst of declining bird
population
Zee News - Noida,India
... Like Hindus, the miniscule Parsi community in the country is also
facing difficulties to cope with their dead, since India's vulture
population suffered a ...
http://www.zeenews.com/articles.asp?aid=329785&sid=ZNS
Zoroaster. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
http://aol.bartleby.com/65/zo/Zoroaste.html
Dar-e-Meher, place where Parsis worship
Hindustan Times - India
... Thus the fire is also known as Iranshah," said Dhondy. Asho Zarthost
or Asho Zoroaster is the prophet of the followers of Zoroastrian religion.
...
http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/5922_1818026,0015002500010000.htm
Boman
Irani's mission in Don
Rediff - India
... But I'ma Parsi. Someone told director Rajkumar Hirani, "Parsi hi mila
kya? ... And I went for it. There was not even an iota of a Parsi in that
role. ...
http://inhome.rediff.com/movies/2006/oct/12boman.htm
Scholar focuses on women in Indian fiction,
cinema
Abbotsford News - BC, Canada
... Bharucha's areas of specialization are postcolonial literature, Indian
film, the writings of the Parsis, and the literature of the Raj. ...
http://www.abbynews.com/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=38&cat=23&id=749890&more=
Letter From India: Second steely punch
New Straits Times - Persekutuan,Malaysia
... reforms. Ratan has innovated and pushed the group ahead. Tata is a
Parsi, practising the ancient Zoroastrian faith of Iran. His ...
http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/nst/Monday/Columns/20061016081327/Article/index_html
An
Iranian Tradition That Goes Beyond Religion
Persian Mirror - USA
The history of Persian weddings goes back to times of Zoroaster and
traditions that have been celebrated for centuries. As such ...
http://persianmirror.com/Article_det.cfm?id=834&getArticleCatego
ry=56&getArticleSubCategory=26
For Name's Sake: Ten Years Since Bombay Became
Mumbai
Desicritics.org - Bangalore,Karnataka,India
... Amongst other things, Aungier even ceded land to Parsi workers for the
Towers of Silence, so they could bury their dead according to tradition.
...
http://desicritics.org/2006/10/06/005740.php
Perizaad to tie the knot in December
Times of India - India
... The wedding is slated to be a small, typical Parsi affair in Mumbai.
... The saving grace is that Boman also understands the Parsi ways.". ...
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/2108894.cms
War
Gods of Babylon / War Goddess
digitallyOBSESSED - IL,USA
... Wandering prophet Zoroaster (Arnoldo Foa) takes Mira to Nineveh,
capital of the Assyrian Empire, ruled over by King Sardanapolos (slumming
veteran Howard Duff ...
http://www.digitallyobsessed.com/showreview.php3?ID=8852
Ratan Tata Builds Indian Behemoth Into Global Player
Wall Street Journal (subscription) - New York,NY,USA
... Mr. Tata's ancestors, who are traced back to Iran and are among the
tiny number of adherents to the obscure Zoroastrian faith, have indeed
moved modern India. ...
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB116018616173585754.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
//
Other Ex-USSR Countries
Kommersant - Moscow,Russia
... It was said that methane flares shooting out of the earth around
Absheron made such an indelible impression on Zoroaster (who was a native
of the area), that ...
http://www.kommersant.com/t351303/r_2/n_11/Azerbaijan/
The Sea, The Surf
Outlook (subscription) - New Delhi,India
... His last novel, Shalimar the Clown, was utterly contrived and
downright silly. Then there was a clutch of Parsi novelists??ll settled
abroad. ...
http://www.outlookindia.com/full.asp?fodname=20061016&fname=Books+Khushwant+(F)&sid=1
Non-Hindus get an adoption fillip
Daily News & Analysis - Mumbai,India
The D??ouzas adopted Surabhi under the Guardians and Wards Act, 1890,
which governs adoption for non-Hindus (Christians, Muslims, Parsis and
Jews). ...
http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1057357
Vada
Dasturji celebrates 50 yrs at Anjumanna Atash Behram
Afternoon Dispatch & Courier - Bombay,India
Yesterday was a very memorable day for Dr. Kaikhusroo Dastur Minocherji
Jamasp Asa, as he completed 50 years of being a Parsi high priest. ...
http://www.cybernoon.com/DisplayArticle.asp?section=fromthepress&s
ubsection=inbombay&xfile=October2006_inbombay_standard10959
Parsi high priest achieves fifty years of service
Daily News & Analysis - Mumbai,India
The Vada Dastur (high priest) was felicitated by the World Alliance of
Parsi Irani Zarothoshtis (WAPIZ), at a gala event attended by over 600
members of the ...
http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1056639
Iran's
last Zoroastrians worried by youth exodus
Middle East Times - Cairo,Egypt
... large number of Zoroastrians fled Iran, where the faith had been
national religion, and settled in India, where they were tolerated and
became known as "Parsis ...
http://www.metimes.com/storyview.php?StoryID=20061004-074915-3276r
Mumbai: a fairyland dressed up in pink
Independent Online - Cape Town,South Africa
... Freddie Mercury is history’s most famous Zoroastrian, but as a rule,
they go for discreet magnificence rather than flamboyance. ...
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=14&click_id=418&art_id=iol1160023759103M515
Have
a laugh with Irani
The Asian News - UK
... film ‘Khosla Ka Ghosla.’. The former talented photographer is a
Parsi and his character was a crooked Punjabi. But says Irani ...
http://www.theasiannews.co.uk/entertainment/bollywood/s/218/218188_have_a_la
ugh_with_irani.html
Ancient
religions clash in modern Iran
Guardian Unlimited - UK
... fire symbolises God's light, they worshipped the credo of "good
thoughts, good speech, good deeds" which the faith's founding prophet,
Zoroaster - also known ...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/elsewhere/journalist/story/0,,1887288,00.html
Tata: the Indian industrial giant with a core of
steel
Independent - London,England,UK
... The opium was grown in India and exported, for many decades quite
legally, to China by Tata and other Parsi and Baghdadi Jewish merchant
families. ...
http://news.independent.co.uk/business/analysis_and_features/article1813622.ece
Mumbai's Irani hotspots
Hindu Business Line - India
... hygienic. Britannia at Ballard Estate largely serves authentic Parsi
meals and is on the hot-list for corporate executives. The ...
http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/life/2006/10/06/stories/2006100600020100.htm
New age, old classics – a delight to read
GreaterKashmir.com (press release) - Srinigar,India
... The Book of Zoroaster- Zend Avesta, is the sacred book of Parsees and
the Vedas are the most sacred scriptures of Hindus and all of them are in
the form of a ...
http://www.greaterkashmir.com/full_story.asp?Date=6_10_2006&ItemID=3&cat=12
Book
Review: Family Matters by Rohinton Mistry
Desicritics.org - Bangalore,Karnataka,India
... Family Matters is the story of a Parsi family living in modern Mumbai,
dealing with the day to day gravities of youth, age, duty and desire. ...
http://desicritics.org/2006/09/28/101427.php
World in Brief
Times Online - UK Bombay
The Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology aims to rescue the ancient
Zoroastrian practice of corpse disposal (writes Ashling O??onnor). ...
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-2381428,00.html
No bar to adda, food & shopping...
Kolkata Newsline - New Delhi,India
... Zarine Choudhary, a Parsee from Mumbai, has made Kolkata her home for
30 years now. She is a freelance teacher who coaches student in speech and
drama. ...
http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=203143
September Diary National Review
Online Blogs - New York,NY,USA
... That ??arathustra??caught my eye. Is this guy Zoroastrian? Or ...
Well, he might have been Zoroastrian. They??e not that rare. Back ...
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=ODVlNGY4OTMwNmRkYzBj
NTVjMWVmNTM3NGM5YjBmNzY=
Tata Tea, Godrej vie for local brands
Financial Express - Bombay,India
MUMBAI, SEPT 27 : Two of India?? top business houses owned by Parsis ??he
Tatas and the Godrej group??re eyeing some of the strongest regional tea
brands ...
http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=141767
Parsi
girl weds Hindu boy
IndiaPost.com - Union City,CA,USA
... Americans here. They were referring to a marriage between Hindu boy,
Gautam Ullal and a Parsi (Zoroastrian) girl Rohena Elavia. Iranians ...
http://www.indiapost.com/members/story.php?story_id=5578
Munnabhai
Motorbikes In Mumbai!
Afternoon Dispatch & Courier - Bombay,India
... stopped in the 1950s. One day in 1992, Choksi spotted this bike,
belonging to a Parsee named Italia. ??he registration number ...
http://www.cybernoon.com/DisplayArticle.asp?section=fromthepress&subsec
tion=specialreport&xfile=September2006_specialreport_standard178
Christian and Ahmadiyya Communities were targeted
in Pakistan: US ...
Pakistan Christian Post - Karachi,Pakistan ...
Parsis, who practice the Zoroastrian religion, had no regularly scheduled
congregational services except during a ten-day religious festival in
August called ...
http://www.pakistanchristianpost.com/articledetails.php?artid=375
Belief in brief: Zoroastrianism
Columbia Missourian - Columbia,MO,USA
... found themselves in Bombay seeking the religious freedom established
by the British, receiving the new name Parsi, which means ??ersian.??Parsis
now make ...
http://columbiamissourian.com/news/story.php?ID=21791
Iran: International Religious Freedom Report 2006
All American Patriots (press release) - Taeby,NA,Sweden
... The Government estimated the Zoroastrian population had approximately
30,000 to 35,000 adherents; however, Zoroastrian groups claim an estimated
60,000 ...
http://www.allamericanpatriots.com/m-news+article+storyid-16294.html
TEMPLE OF ZOROASTER
Iranian religious reformer and founder of Zoroastrianism, or Parsiism, as
it is known in India. Site offers information about His life, teachings,
books, ...
http://www.sangha.net/messengers/zoroaster.htm
Bury
funeral ritual: Parsi woman
This is a CNN-IBN video. VIDEO HAS DISTURBING CONTENT
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/bury-funeral-ritual-parsi-woman/20608-3-1.html
CCMB to breed vultures for Parsis
Times of India - India
... Sources in the Parsi community say that not only in Mumbai but even in
Hyderabad there could be a pile up of bodies in the two 'Towers of
Silence' (or dakhmas ...
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1996448.cms
Reform and the Towers
Delhi Newsline - Delhi,India
... of her mother?? corpse rotting at Mumbai?? Towers of Silence, the
gritty 65-year-old managed to spark off a flaring debate within the Parsi
community. ...
http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=201545
Falling Parsi populace gets 'roof' of hope
Times of India - India
... from apartments in Bai Bamasipore Memorial Zarthosthi building in
Saiyedpura in Surat have begun to raise the hopes of the local Parsi
community, dogged by a ...
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1998639.cms
Doongerwadi crises-Educational
The Parsee Voice
...Friends, There is a very decided attempt being made by certain Deen
Dushmans and their cohorts to spread disinformation about Dokhmenashini
and its functioning...
http://www.theparsichronicle.com/dokhmenashini.doc
http://www.theparsichronicle.com/Dokhmenashini _Spl.pdf
http://www.theparsichronicle.com/Dokhmenashini-Signatures.pdf
State's cluster plan for reconstruction
Times of India - India
... Four areas??irgaum, Bora Bazaar, Null Bazaar and Dadar Parsee colony??ave
been selected for the pilot project, revealed AK Jain of AIILSG. ...
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1967689.cms
Neither
Arabic language, flag nor political Islam in South ...
KurdishMedia - UK
... This is perhaps due to several factors: one being, many of us still
feel some connection with the ancient Zoroastrian faith, and feel it
as an original Kurdish ...
http://www.kurdmedia.com/news.asp?id=13233
Civic body stirs a hornet?? nest in Dadar
Mumbai Newsline - Mumbai,India
... The controversial building under construction at plot number 795
at Jame Jameshed Road is ????imed at becoming a Zoroastrian landmark
of Mumbai???? ...
http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=200320
Vulture decline affects ancient ritual
Monsters and Critics.com - Glasgow,UK
... Much of the world`s Parsi population lives in India where they sought
refuge after fleeing what is now Iran about 1,000 years ago. ...
http://science.monstersandcritics.com/news/article_1200797.php/Vulture_decline_affects_ancient_ritual
Conflict behind a true Queen
The Herald - Glasgow,Scotland,UK
... More unusually still, Freddie was born into the Zoroastrian faith
??a religion whose central tenet is "Good thoughts, good words, good
deeds" ??in Zanzibar ...
http://www.theherald.co.uk/69878.shtml
A
Book Lover Sets Out for Pakistan
Blogcritics.org - Aurora,OH,USA
... If there are seedy lanes of Heera Mandi to explore, then there are
also elegant addresses where rich, sophisticated, English-speaking Parsee
people once used ...
http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/09/14/050603.php
The right and wrong
Screen Weekly - India
A print media front page story on the Towers of Silence in Mumbai aroused
the collective heckles of the Zoroastrian community. Not ...
http://www.screenindia.com/fullstory.php?content_id=13469
Parliamentary debate over ??deology of Pakistan??disallowed
India eNews.com - Gurgaon,Haryana,India
... The Nation newspaper reported. Bhandara, who is Parsi by faith,
owns the country?? only private brewery. Explaining the reason ...
http://indiaenews.com/2006-09/22274-parliamentary-debate-ideology-pakistan-disallowed.htm
Zoroastrianism in Uzbekistan
http://www.sairamtour.com/uzbekistan/uzbekistan_zoroastrianism.html
The silence of the towers
Lucknow Newsline - Lucknow,India
... Understandably, the 65-year-old Parsi lady was hurt by the fact
that weeks after her mother?? demise, her body might still be languishing
in the Towers ...
http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=199977
On
blind spots
GetReligion - Washington,DC,USA
... Despite, or because of, the high intermarriage rate, some Zoroastrian
priests refuse to accept converts or to perform initiation ceremonies
for adopted ...
http://www.getreligion.org/?p=1871
Mumbai woman's photos of burial ground stirs trouble over
... International Herald Tribune - France
MUMBAI, India Pictures of rotting corpses piled at a centuries-old Zoroastrian
funeral ground in western India, secretly snapped by a Parsi woman,
have sparked ...
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/09/07/asia/AS_GEN_India_A_Dignified_Death.php
What's in a Name...
Patna Daily - India
... Some Parsee last names indicate the profession of the person in
a rather graphic manner. Merchant, Engineer, Mistry, Screwwalla and
even Daruwalla!...
http://www.patnadaily.com/readerswrite/2006/sep/aarcee1.html
Photos of Funeral Ground Stir Anger
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
... Baria and other reformists are demanding that the Parsi Panchayat,
or council governing the community's affairs, permit burial or cremation
within the funeral ...
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/09/07/international/i111956D04.DTL
Zoroastrians
Keep the Faith, and Keep Dwindling
New York Times - United States
... Despite their shrinking numbers, Zoroastrians ??who follow the Prophet
Zarathustra (Zoroaster in Greek) ??are divided over whether to accept
intermarried ...
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/06/us/06faith.html?hp&ex=1157515200&en=d972f2
f8011535ef&ei=5094&partner=homepage
Turn on your speakers and enjoy this slide show from the New York
Times.
http://www.nytimes.com/packages/khtml/2006/09/02/us/20060906_ZOROAS
TRIAN_FEATURE.html
Where have all the vultures gone?
Times of India - India
MUMBAI: A recent shocking revelation by a 60-year-old Parsi woman in
Mumbai exposed to the world that the vulture population had actually
declined drastically. ...
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1960217.cms
Freddie
Mercury 60th Birthday Special links in no particular order: http://www.soonitaraporevala.com/books/chp04_2.html from Sooni Taraporevalas
book on Parsis.
60th birthday parties:
http://www.londontheatrebookings.com/wewillrockyou.html
http://www.queenonline.com/index2.php
http://www.brianmay.com/queen/queennews/queennewsaug06a.html
http://www.queenworld.com/artman/publish/article_418.shtml
http://www.therockradio.com/2006/07/freddie-mercurys-60th-birthday-to-be.html
Zanzibar muslims controversy news from western press
http://www.365gay.com/Newscon06/08/082806mercury.htm
http://uk.gay.com/headlines/10310
http://www.washtimes.com/entertainment/20060827-100249-8601r.htm
http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7004654030
http://www.thestage.co.uk/news/newsstory.php/13659/itv1- http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/5291582.stm
http://www.queenarchives.com/viewtopic.php?t=596
http://www.queenworld.com/artman/publish/article_439.shtml
Music tributes:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/proginfo/radio/wk35/sat.shtml
http://www.contactmusic.com/new/home.nsf/webpages/freddiemercuryx23x08x06
http://www.ilikemusic.com/features/The_Very_Best_of_Freddie_Mercury_Solo_album-2819
Playing with Fire
Afternoon Dispatch & Courier - Bombay,India
... The Towers of Silence, that final resting place of the genteel Parsee
community at Doongerwadi on Malabar Hill, lay far beneath. ...
http://www.cybernoon.com/DisplayArticle.asp?section=features&subsection=gues
tcolumn&xfile=September2006_markmanuel_standard138&child=markmanuel
Grim pics of rotting dead ignite row in India
Independent Online - Cape Town,South Africa
... horrified the orthodox wing of the community which condemned her
for making public a sacred place for the Parsis, part of the 3500-year-old
Zoroastrian religion ...
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=24&art_id=qw1157196241108W643
Dwindling vultures spark row over Parsi tradition
Gulf Times - Doha,Qatar
... the orthodox wing of the community which condemned her for making
public a sacred place for the Parsis, part of the 3,500-year-old Zoroastrian
religion...
http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.aspx?cu_no=2&item_no=105741&versio
n=1&template_id=40&parent_id=22
The
war within: Images spark debate amid Parsi community
NDTV.com - New Delhi,India
... But the 350-year-old Bombay Parsi Panchayat, the most influential
body for the Zoroastrian community in the city, was clear that it will
have none of this. ...
http://www.ndtv.com/features/showfeatures.asp?slug=Images+spark+debate+amid+Pa
rsi+community&Id=1417
Matheran draws up its heritage list
Expressindia.com - New Delhi,India
... The automobile-banned Matheran, 64 km from Mumbai, was once the
favoured retreat of Bombay?? wealthy mercantile and industrial families,
notably the Parsis. ...
http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=199878
Demanding
reform: Raging debate over Parsi death rites
NDTV.com - New Delhi,India
Caught in the middle is a silent majority of Parsis who say they would
prefer the Towers. But the argument goes that the clergy ...
http://www.ndtv.com/features/showfeatures.asp?slug=Raging+debate+over+Parsi+dea
th+rites&Id=1416
Looking for some answers
Mumbai Mirror - India
... Another visiting scholar from the 19th century, Monier Williams,
a professor at Oxford University had remarked: ??he Parsee method of
disposing their dead ...
http://www.mumbaimirror.com/nmirror/mmpaper.asp?sectid=14&articleid=94200621123
384394200621125625
Body rotations: Indignities of death in overcrowded cities
NDTV.com - New Delhi,India
... Watching the Tower of silence controversy, many say that at least
the Parsis are privileged that they have a huge tract of land in the
heart of Mumbai. ...
http://www.ndtv.com/features/showfeatures.asp?slug=Indignities+of+death+in+overcro
wded+cities&Id=1418
Parsi woman asks community to bury funeral ritual
CNN-IBN - New Delhi,India
DIGNITY FOR THE DEAD: The Parsi community want to bury their dead instead
of letting them rot in the Towers of Silence. New Delhi ...
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/parsi-woman-asks-community-to-bury-funeral-ritual/20608-
3.html
In the hope of deliverance
Mumbai Newsline - Mumbai,India
... Armed with a basket of offerings, Khurshid Mcwan too needs the Lord??
benevolence. A devout Parsee, she asks around for reassuring anecdotes
of miracles. ...
http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=199566
A new home for Senior Citizens at Parsee General Hospital
Afternoon Dispatch & Courier - Bombay,India
... The Jasan had just got over and members of the Parsee community
were gathered around Patsy and Pallonji Mistry, congratulating them
for their noble ...
http://www.cybernoon.com/DisplayArticle.asp?section=fromthepress&subsection=inbomb
ay&xfile=September2006_inbombay_standard10696
Rotting body row as India mourns missing vultures
GG2.net - UK
About three bodies a day from the dwindling Parsi community in India
are left to be stripped clean at a private 45-acre (18-hectare) complex
in Mumbai but the ...
http://www.gg2.net/viewnews.asp?nid=4573&tid=breaking_news&catid=Breaking%20News
Playing with Fire
Afternoon Dispatch & Courier - Bombay,India
Behram Contractor and Khushro Rustamji, two of my idols ??and both Parsees,
had expressed in their wills that their mortal remains be cremated and
not left ...
http://www.cybernoon.com/DisplayArticle.asp?section=features&subsection=guestcolumn
&xfile=September2006_markmanuel_standard138&child=markmanuel
Parsee Voice first issue of `The Parsee Voice', it was mentioned
that,
... properties of the Parsee Punchayet, my duty is clear-cut. One is
really at a loss, ...
http://tenets.zoroastrianism.com/Parsee_Voice_I_2.pdf
Fans Celebrate Freddie Mercury Anniversary
Undercover Music News - Australia
... include an infant Freddie in a flowered dress being held by his
mother, and of a four-year-old Freddie wearing the skull cap of his
family?? Zoroastrian faith ...
http://www.undercover.com.au/news/2006/sep06/20060905_freddiemercury.html
Vanishing Vultures: Parsi burial tradition hit
NDTV.com - New Delhi,India
... had gone down. Then some action could be taken," said Firoza Punthakey
Mistree, Specialist in Zoroastrian Studies. But the problem ...
http://www.ndtv.com/features/showfeatures.asp?slug=Parsi+burial+tradition+takes+a+
hit&Id=1415
Howard Gensler | Self-promotion Lesson 1: You can't trump Trump
Philadelphia Daily News - Philadelphia,PA,USA
... Mr. Khalid, haven't you heard of a crazy little thing called love?
And, uh, Freddie wasn'ta Muslim, he was a Zoroastrian. Simai ...
http://www.philly.com/mld/dailynews/living/15413945.htm
Sunday last, Parsi youth had a ball!
Afternoon Dispatch & Courier - Bombay,India
... on Sunday. Three sports - football, throw ball and tug-of-war, were
played with great gusto among the Parsi community. Sixteen teams ...
http://www.cybernoon.com/DisplayArticle.asp?section=fromthepress&subsection=inbom
bay&xfile=September2006_inbombay_standard10685
Parsis at odds over burial practice
NDTV.com - New Delhi,India
Mumbai's small but influential Parsi community is divided over the issue
of disposing off their dead. What sparked off the controversy ...
http://www.ndtv.com/morenews/showmorestory.asp?slug=Parsis+at
+odds+over+burial+practice&id=92377&category=National
Kurdistan:
Zoroastrian Temple discovered in Duhok
Kurdish Aspect - Denver,CO,USA
Duhok's Director of Antiquities, Hasan Ahmed Qassim, has announced the
discovery of a Zoroastrian temple near Jar Ston Cave, a famous ancient
site. ...
http://www.kurdishaspect.com/doc822104.html
Rains put Parsi Navroze mela on the back-burner
Pakistan Link - Inglewood,CA,USA
KARACHI: There was resignation in Parveen M?? voice as she answered
how she celebrated Navroze or Parsi New Year Sunday. As a ...
http://www.pakistanlink.com/Headlines/Aug06/21/14.htm
Zoroaster | The Agonist Zoroaster.
I just finished Paul Kriwaczek's short travel-history book "In Search
of Zarathustra" and for those of you out there who are, like me, ...
http://agonist.org/sean_paul_kelley/20060824/zoroaster
COLLECTION PLATE
Houston Chronicle - United States
... Lecture Series: Historian Rashna Writer of London will present "When
Iran Was Zoroastrian: From the Medes to the Muslims," 10 am-noon and
2-4 pm Sept. ...
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/life/religion/4142083.html
Couple in drug case say marijuana is sacrament
AZ Central.com - AZ,USA
... In the teachings of Zoroaster, the plant, the drink and the god
are the same. The Quaintances believe cannabis, hemp or marijuana is
haoma. ...
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0825marijuanasacrament25-ON.html
From many faiths grows greater understanding
Honolulu Star-Bulletin - Honolulu,HI,USA
... teacher) clarified the pathway for purification of the soul; Shakyamuni
Buddha (founder of Buddhism) emphasized meditation and humility; Zoroaster
(founder of ...
http://starbulletin.com/2006/08/27/editorial/special2.html
Islamic Clerics: Ban Freddie Mercury Birthday
365Gay.com - USA
... Mercury was not Islamic. His parents adhered to the Zoroastrian
faith and Mercury was cremated according to their beliefs. Recently
...
http://www.365gay.com/Newscon06/08/082806mercury.htm
My pictures are so shocking that no parsi wants to see them
Mumbai Mirror - India
... of naked, rotting bodies piling up and a recently-shot 15-minute
video of the same at the Towers of Silence have a created a huge furore
in the Parsi community ...
http://www.mumbaimirror.com/nmirror/mmpaper.asp?sectid=1§name=
Lead%20Story&sess=962139231
Springtime for Kurdistan
KurdishMedia - UK
... is pinch-yourself magnificent, the site of thousands of impromptu
family picnics throughout the week of Nowrouz, the Zoroastrian-derived
celebration of spring. ...
http://www.kurdmedia.com/news.asp?id=13124
Pot church's religion status hangs in the balance
Eastern Arizona Courier - Safford,AZ,USA
... According to the same article, Jehan Bagli, a Zoroastrian priest
and retired scientist, testified that "the mind is considered a priceless
gift. ...
http://www.eacourier.com/articles/2006/08/29/update/tuesday/news02.txt
Another new year dawns for the Parsis
Daily News & Analysis - Mumbai,India
Had Parsis forgotten to insert 30 days every 120 years in their calender,
throwing their calendar out of sync with other Eurasian ones, they would
celebrate ...
http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1048248
Jamir extends greetings on Parsi New Year
Herald Publications - Panaji,Goa,India
PANJIM, AUG 19 ??Governor SC Jamir has extended warm greetings to people
on the occasion of Parsi New Year Day. In his message ...
http://oheraldo.in/node/18102
?? need to let go of a beautiful past??/a>
Daily News & Analysis - Mumbai,India ...
It?? Shakespearean????bove all, to thine own self be true.??I imbibed
that from Behram, my husband, a Parsi, who in his thoughts, words, and
kindnesses ...
http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1048240
Yummy! Navroz is not about one day
Hindustan Times - India
JUST STEP into a Parsi household on Navroz and you will smell oh-so-yummy
food, greet smiling faces and admire their sparkling clean home. And
why not? ...
http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/5922_1773477,0015002500010002.htm
Zoroastrianism is a way of life for Parsees
Afternoon Dispatch & Courier - Bombay,India
The message of Zarthushtra is an ancient revelation concerning spiritual
life, full of descriptions of the ideal archetypal day-to-day living,
in our illusory ...
http://www.cybernoon.com/DisplayArticle.asp?section=features&subsection=guestcolumn&xfile=
August2006_rubylilaowala_standard144&child=rubylilaowala
The girl who was a town
Times of India - India
...They were all so provincial, tacky country cousins of their namesakes
in our urbane community. Parsis nail their original village to their
nameplate. ...
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1908521.cms
Celebrating India-style
Sun-Sentinel.com - Fort Lauderdale,FL,USA
... year Sunday. Under their 3,000-year-old calendar, Sunday marked
the year 1376 since the last Zoroastrian king of Iran. The Sikh ...
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/palmbeach/sfl-pindia21aug21,0,1839914.story?
coll=sfla-news-palm
Saal
Mubarak, dikra!
Afternoon Dispatch & Courier - Bombay,India
... A typical day on Navroze sees Parsi families going to the agiary
in the morning to offer prayers, eat piping hot sev or rava for breakfast,
followed by ...
http://www.cybernoon.com/DisplayArticle.asp?section=fromthepress&subsecti
on=inbombay&xfile=August2006_inbombay_standard10564
Pray, atone and feast
Daily News & Analysis - Mumbai,India
If you plan to wish your Parsi neighbours ??appy Pateti??on Saturday,
don??. That is, unless, you believe that penitence is a joyful event.
...
http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1048074
This Navroze, it?? about Lily Don?? be Silly
Mumbai Newsline - Mumbai,India
... scene from Dinyar Tirandaz?? new potboiler Lily Don?? be Silly comes
with a high cringe quotient on any given Sunday, but on August 20, Parsi
New Year, the ...
http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=197348
Quote
Martial
Outlook (subscription) - New Delhi,India
... earth? If it’s my last meal, I would like it to be home cooking.
Good old Parsi dhansak, thin white sariya wafers, Parsi achaar. I ...
http://www.outlookindia.com/full.asp?fodname=20060821&fname=VTrivia&sid=1
An era ends — quietly
Daily News & Analysis - Mumbai,India
... actor and producer Kumar (the sculptor in Mughal-e-Azam, opportune
beggar in Shri 420) and finally taking on a live-in companion, Parsi
film director, Nari ...
http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1047880
The Parsis and Iranis of Surat and south Gujarat have suffered a calamity
of catastrophic proportions in the recent floods . Incessant rains and
hurricane like winds, have destroyed homes, businesses and crops. The
waters rose to nearly 20 feet in height in some places. Dead bodies
are lying everywhere. The entire population of some villages have been
rendered homeless. Many of our community members have sought shelter
in our dharamsalas. Water has become the most precious commodity. Please
help.
http://www.theparsichronicle.com/SuratFloods.doc
Capturing golden moments
Afternoon Dispatch & Courier - Bombay,India
... IST. Armaity Bamanbehram is no stranger in the world of videography.
And is quite a renowned name among the Parsi community. After ...
http://www.cybernoon.com/DisplayArticle.asp?section=xtras&subsection=wom
ensextra&xfile=August2006_extraspecial_standard717&child=extraspecial
An era ends ??quietly
Daily News & Analysis - Mumbai,India
... actor and producer Kumar (the sculptor in Mughal-e-Azam, opportune
beggar in Shri 420) and finally taking on a live-in companion, Parsi
film director, Nari ...
http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1047880
Pakistan minister upsets media over parliament spending
Indian Muslims - San Diego,California,USA
... The row followed official statistics trotted out by MP Bhandara,
a Parsi community MP who alleged that Rs.3 billion ($50 million) is
spent every year on ...
http://www.indianmuslims.info/news/2006/august/10/muslim_world
_news/pakistan_minister_upsets_media_over_parliament_spending.html
Parsis
remember their dear departed
Afternoon Dispatch & Courier - Bombay,India
... There are also a few fire temples, which have Mukhtad for
18 days, which end after Khordad Sal (Prophet Zoroaster’s
birthday),”said Dr Kotwal. ...
http://www.cybernoon.com/DisplayArticle.asp?section=fromthe
press&subsection=inbombay&xfile=August2006_inbombay_standard10521
Memories of another day… long ago
Afternoon Dispatch & Courier - Bombay,India
Muktaad are the ten days preceding the Parsi new year which
are devoted to intense prayers and elaborate rituals for the
departed souls...
http://www.cybernoon.com/DisplayArticle.asp?section=features
&subsection=guestcolumn&xfile=August2006_rubylilaowala_
standard143&child=rubylilaowala
Pakistan Assembly Speaker sees 'conspiracy' in criticism of ...
DailyIndia.com - Niskayuna,NY,USA
... are a section of the media that has trotted out what it claims
are official statistics and MP Bhandara, a parliamentarian who
is the only Parsi, a microscopic ...
http://www.dailyindia.com/show/50049.php/Pakistan_Assembly_
Speaker_sees_conspiracy_in_criticism_of_Parliaments_spending
Remembering
Jamshed Nusserwanjee Mehta...
Afternoon Dispatch & Courier - Bombay,India
... Describing Mehta as an ideal theosophist, a true Zoroastrian
and a great philanthropist, the speakers extolled his virtues
and fondly remembered his ...
http://www.cybernoon.com/DisplayArticle.asp?section=xtras&
subsection=bombayfirst&xfile=August2006_extraspecial_
standard709&child=extraspecial
Lost Persian Empire video
http://edge.channel4.com/news/2005/09/week_2/06_persian.wmv
Lebanon’s cause and effect: the view from Pakistan
Open Democracy - London,UK
... The only dissenting voice was that of Bhandara, a Parsee
member of parliament who demanded that Hizbollah too
should be condemned for firing rockets at Israeli ...
http://www.opendemocracy.net/conflict-middle_east_politics/united_3799.jsp
Indian market is booming: Bilimoria
Hindustan Times - India
... organised by CB Patel, Editor-in-Chief of Asian Voice and
Gujarat Samachar, a bilingual weekly here on Thursday on
his becoming the first Parsi to be the ...
http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/5967_1760502,001600060001.htm
Islam,
The greatest threat to humanity worldwide
Persian Journal - Iran
According to Stephen Van Eck, the influence of the prophet
Zarathushtra (or Zoroaster in English) upon Judeo-Christian
beliefs and all of Western Civilization ...
http://www.iranian.ws/iran_news/publish/article_16992.shtml
The 'SAP' of life
CIOL - Bangalore,India
... education. There is also the interesting bit about his ancestry.
Sedghi is a Zoroastrian or better known as a Parsi. “Ours was ...
http://www.ciol.com/content/developer/2006/106080301.asp
Munnabhai
2 will get a thumbs up: Boman Irani
SantaBanta.com - Chandigarh,India
... Otherwise we were dictated to. I'ma blessed child. Q:
Anything else…Are you having an affair? A: Sorry. I'ma
boring old Parsee. No affairs for me. ...
http://www.santabanta.com/cinema.asp?pid=11413
More
good news for nature's waste managers
Environmental Data Interactive - UK ... dogs," said the RSPB
spokesman. "It is also having a cultural impact, in particular
among the Parsi. In their sky burials vultures ...
http://www.edie.net/news/news_story.asp?id=11796&channel=0
Takht-e Rostam is pride of Karaj
Islamic Republic News Agency - Tehran,Iran
... The pedestal at the foothill was used by the common people
while the one at the peak was exclusively for Zoroastrian priests
and religious leaders. ...
http://www.irna.ir/en/news/view/menu-234/0607308313201854.htm
New
volume of Baha'i sacred writings is published
Baha'i World News Service - Israel
... contains five "tablets" ? letters ? written by Baha?u?llah to
individuals of Zoroastrian background in the 1800s. As such,
these ...
http://news.bahai.org/story/466
India's Bilimoria appointed to the House of Lords
Moneycontrol.com - Mumbai,India
... of Lords. He is the first ever Parsi to be appointed to the upper
chamber and is also one of the youngest peers in Britain. While ...
http://news.moneycontrol.com/india/news/business/karanbilimoriaindobritish/
indiasbilimoriaappointedtohouselords/12/33/article/231105
It’sa life-changing moment: Lord Bilimoria
Financial Express - Bombay,India
... Now, straddling a century and geographies apart, Bilimoria is in
the Upper House too, one of the 10 youngest and the first Parsi
member of the House of Lords. ...
http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=135695
Eye
of the seer
Newindpress on Sunday - India
... just 17 hospital beds and one operation theatre, both the
Medical Research Foundation (MRF) and the hospital unit
began functioning from a Parsi gentleman’s ...
http://www.newindpress.com/sunday/sundayitems.asp?id=
SEJ20060728051720&eTitle=Health+Care&rLink=0
Fire
Chief Mehervanjee given fond farewell
Afternoon Dispatch & Courier - Bombay,India
... to an end.”. Meanwhile, prominent Parsis in the city were
also taken aback by the news of Mehervanjee’s death.
Minoo Shroff, chairman ...
http://www.cybernoon.com/DisplayArticle.asp?section=from
thepress&subsection=inbombay&xfile=July2006_inbombay_
standard10386
The
essence was courage
Hindu - Chennai,India
... Tutored by Homi Vajifdar, that well-known Parsi star,
Kunderan blossomed into a star of national stature by
the weight of his unconventional, cavalier approach ...
http://www.sportstaronnet.com/stories/20060729001701900.htm
The burden of a song
Daily News & Analysis - Mumbai,India
... It was obvious even then that these were compositions of a
different culture from that of the Parsi household in which I was
born and grew up, but I couldn?™t ...
http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1044097
A
Parsi who was a fire fighter!
Afternoon Dispatch & Courier - Bombay,India
... As a Parsi, he worshipped the fire; but now as a professional
fireman, he was required to fight it all the time. ... A Parsi, and
still a fireman. ...
http://www.cybernoon.com/DisplayArticle.asp?section=fromthepress
&subsection=inbombay&xfile=July2006_inbombay_standard10385
Reader views
Eastern Arizona Courier - Safford,AZ,USA
... religion claiming that marijuana was not the plant used
for the sacramental haoma, the reality of the matter is
this: The American Zoroastrian community itself ...
http://www.eacourier.com/articles/2006/07/26/opinion/opinion02.txt
A
grand biryani treat beckons
Hindu - Chennai,India
... "Biryani is prepared keeping in mind the Indian taste.
Biryani is derived from the Parsee word `birian', which
means `fried before cooking'. ...
http://www.hindu.com/2006/07/25/stories/2006072512940200.htm
Ancient Persian drawing found in Afghan Buddhist cave
Middle East Times - Cairo,Egypt
The team unearthed an image of what appears to be a
Simorgh, the giant and powerful bird that figures
prominently in Zoroastrian-era Iranian legends. ...
http://www.metimes.com/articles/normal.php?StoryID=20060725-093424-3557r
Zoroastrian MP proposes changing name of the month of Mordad to ...
MehrNews.com - Tehran,Iran
TEHRAN, July 24 (MNA) -- On Saturday, MP Kurosh Niknam,
who represents the Zoroastrian community in the Majlis,
presented a proposal to the Iranian parliament ...
http://www.mehrnews.ir/en/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=357618
Much
Tut, Tut And A Holding Forth
Outlook (subscription) - New Delhi,India
... He liked living well and enjoyed the company of women.
After his marriage to his English wife broke up, he had a
Sri Lankan mistress, followed by a Parsi one. ...
http://www.outlookindia.com/full.asp?fodname=20060731
&fname=Booksa&sid=1
Aamir
gets house as payment for film role
radiosargam.com
- Mumbai,India
... well in the backyard. In all the house has a typically Parsi
feel to it. It is thought that the house is worth about Rs.7
crore.
http://www.radiosargam.com/news/stories/july2006/022d.html
MHADA wants to rebuild in clusters
Mumbai Newsline - Mumbai,India
... project in a week, will be looking at buildings in four areas?
irgaum, Nal Bazaar and Bora Bazaar near Chhatrapati Shivaji
Terminus and in Dadar Parsi Colony. ...
http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=194143
Ten
Photos of Zoroastrians in Kerman, IRAN
With attached explanatory notes.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/picture_
gallery/05/middle_east_zoroastrians_in_iran/html/1.stm
Karan Bilimoria to enter House of Lords
Navhind Times - Panjim,India
... Bilimoria follows in the footsteps of three other illustrious
Parsis who have served in the British Parliament - though
all of them were elected to the House ...
http://www.navhindtimes.com/articles.php?Story_ID=072446
You have to sweat it out: John Abraham
Daily News & Analysis - Mumbai,India
... calories. Thanks to my roots, the must-have items on my
menu are fish and rice... My dad is a Malayalee while mom
is Parsi. So there ...
http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1043003
Church of Cognizance out of line with zoroastrian religion
Eastern Arizona Courier - Safford,AZ,USA
Members of the Zoroastrian faith are prepared to defend
their religion against claims made by those in Pima's Church
of Cognizance. ...
http://www.eacourier.com/articles/2006/07/20/update/thursday/news01.txt
Religion used as cover for drug use by church members
Eastern Arizona Courier - Safford,AZ,USA
... indeed refer to the use of ?œhaoma??in the past,
there is no record as to the specific plant used, nor is
haoma included in Zoroastrian religious practices ...
http://www.eacourier.com/articles/2006/07/19/opinion/opinion03.txt
Reader offended by claims of Church of Cognizance
Eastern Arizona Courier - Safford,AZ,USA
As a member of the Zarathoshti Faith (called Zoroastrian in
the West), I wish to point out that we do not have any
connection with these perverts in question. ...
http://www.eacourier.com/articles/2006/07/19/opinion/opinion02.txt
In
a league of his own!
Zee News - Noida,India
... After watching ?˜Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyun Ata Hai?? ?
˜Pestonjee??and the more recent ?˜Being Cyrus?? the
brilliant movies on Parsi background, who ...
http://www.zeenews.com/articles.asp?aid=310266&sid=ZNS
Funny Irani
Mumbai Newsline - Mumbai,India
From the hero?™s bete noir in Munnabhai MBBS, to a mean
Parsi son in Being Cyrus, Irani has come full circle. ?˜â€˜In
Bollywood, you have to learn to say no. ...
http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=193405
Vulture numbers are cut to the bone
Guardian Unlimited - UK ...
In addition, the Parsees of India, who leave their dead on
'towers of silence' to be picked clean by vultures, have had
to develop alternatives. ...
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/world/story/0,,1821631,00.html
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
World Socialist Web Site - Oak Park,MI,USA
... Parsi Diary Farm employees picketed the company?™s head
office at Marine Lines in Mumbai on July 10, protesting the late
payment of salaries and the non ...
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2006/jul2006/labo-j15.shtml
The
Parsi orthodontist who writes Urdu poetry!
Afternoon Dispatch & Courier - Bombay,India
BY A STAF REPORTER | Monday, July 17, 2006 11:27:27 IST.
Dr.Navroze S. Kotwal is a qualified orthodontist but his true
passion lies in writing Urdu ghazals. ...
http://www.cybernoon.com/DisplayArticle.asp?section=from
thepress&subsection=inbombay&xfile=July2006_inbombay_
standard10280
Restored and ready for President Kalam...
Afternoon Dispatch & Courier - Bombay,India
... The convocation hall was constructed thanks to the generous
donation of Rs. 1 lakh by a Parsi philanthropist Sir Cowasji
Jehangir. ...
http://www.cybernoon.com/DisplayArticle.asp?section=fromthe
press&subsection=inbombay&xfile=July2006_inbombay_standard
10288
The
Son Rises
Reading Little India - Reading,PA,USA
... But my mom like the true Parsi woman that she is was the
one determined to make her son a successful, well rounded
man, and she knew when I needed what, to ...
http://www.littleindia.com/news/153/ARTICLE/1166/2006-07-15.html
Parsees.
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
Parsees. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05.
Aamir buys house he got married in for Rs7 crore
Daily News & Analysis - Mumbai,India
... swings and a well in the backyard. In all the house has a
typically Parsi feel to it. ?œWhile negotiations between Aamir
and Adajania ...
http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1042342
Here is the latest installment of the WAPIZ page http://www.wapiz.com/onlinepage.htm
The page is updated every other Thursday.
Pima couple uses freedom of religion to fight drug charges
Eastern Arizona Courier - Safford,AZ,USA
... Dan and Mary Quaintance of Pima are the founders of the
Church of Cognizance, which practices the Zoroastrian religion.
According ...
http://www.eacourier.com/articles/2006/07/13/local_news/news01.txt
Parsis,
Zoroastrianism, Zoroaster, Zend Avesta
In India the Zoroastrians are called the Parsis (Persians), they
acquired vast fortunes, in the cotton and steel industries, they
have the highest literacy ...
http://www.religion-cults.com/Eastern/Zoroastrianism/parsis.html
??lt;b>Parsi Mecca??Udvada on tourism map of State soon
Ahmedabad Newsline - Ahmedabad,India
Surat, July 12: UDVADA, a small town in Valsad district bordering
the Union Territory of Daman is considered as the mecca of the
Parsi community. ...
http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=192583
Cong serves notice on producer of Sonia film
Times of India - India
... For the male lead role, they are considering British-Parsi actor Zubin
Varla. The ambitious project, however, has already set off a controversy.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1733345.cms
HK's Star Ferry surrenders to urbanization
Reuters - USA
... The ferries, established by a prominent Parsee businessman in the
1880s, rate as one of the territory's biggest tourist attractions, offering
visitors the best ...
http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&story
ID=2006-07-13T012312Z_01_HKG159103_RTRUKOC_0_US-HONGKONG-
STARFERRY.xml&archived=False
Iran's
Gholam Shire'i: Religious Minorities in Iran have an ...
Persian Journal - Iran
Iran's mullah-run majlis spokesman among Zoroastrian priests said
he firmly believed that religious minorities in Iran had an honorable
and praiseworthy life. ...
http://www.iranian.ws/iran_news/publish/article_16571.shtml
Khaleb Khazari-El: Sufism and the Struggle Within Islam
Infoshop News - USA
... The Persian sufi Abu Yazid (also rendered Bayazid) Bistani (804-874),
grandson of a Zoroastrian, traveled from Delhi to Damascus, conversing
with scholars of ...
http://www.infoshop.org/inews/article.php?story=2006070713220541
Towers
of Silence - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
[1] RealAudio recording of a BBC Radio program about the
decline of the vultures and their effect on the funeral rites
of the Parsees. ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Towers_of_Silence
Rockefeller chapel plans old sculptures' salvation
Chicago Tribune - United States
... Among the next figures to be conserved will be the
Jewish prophet Amos and the Persian prophet Zoroaster,
a mix of religious diversity intended to reflect the ...
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/northshore/chi-
0607050125jul05,1,771528.story?coll=chi-newslocalnorth
shore-hed&ctrack=1&cset=true
The grand dame of CP
Delhi Newsline - Delhi,India
... ?˜â€˜During Partition, we were seven or eight Parsi girls
who worked for the Delhi Province of Women for Social Work,
and nursed the injured who came in ...
http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=191893
Parsi Dairy workers protest, demand dues
Mumbai Newsline - Mumbai,India
Mumbai, July 10: The head office of Parsi Dairy Farm at
Marine Lines saw hundreds of workers protesting the late
payment of their salaries on Monday afternoon. ...
http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=192185
Mittal bid shows how growth brings Indians into conflict with ...
Pittsburgh Post Gazette - Pittsburgh,PA,USA
... The Tatas, who are members of the Parsi community,
have minimal ownership in the firm and a more professional,
rather than family-oriented approach to ...
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06191/704783-28.stm
Ancient Christian inscriptions found in Uzbekistan
UzReport.com - Tashkent,Uzbekistan
... century. A Zoroastrian temple Jar-Tepe and a temple of a
pagan deity Aspan who could be the protectress of Urgut
were located nearby. ...
http://culture.uzreport.com/news.cgi?lan=e&id=14562
Chain of mayors linked to rich tapestry of belief
Ilford Recorder 24 - UK
... appointed. Cllr Maravala is a Zoroastrian - one of the minority
faith groups in Redbridge, with just over 10,000 followers across
Europe. ...
http://www.ilfordrecorder.co.uk/content/redbridge/recorder/news/
story.aspx?brand=RECOnline&category=newsIlford&tBrand=north
london24&tCategory=newsilford&itemid=WeED06%20Jul%202006
%2009%3A18%3A32%3A153
Vroom...
and it?™sa goal
Afternoon Dispatch & Courier - Bombay,India
... But then we decided to wait until the World Cup, and then
have an all Parsi football competition with two wheelers,??
said Rustam Patel. ...
http://www.cybernoon.com/DisplayArticle.asp?section=from
thepress&subsection=inbombay&xfile=July2006_inbombay_
standard10108
Now,
football lovers bend it on wheels
Daily News & Analysis - Mumbai,India
As the crowd cheered on, 14 teams from all over Mumbai?™s
Parsi colonies participated in a novel event that required them
to play football on scooters. ...
http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1039235
Dope
on dope
HardNews Magazine - New Delhi,India
... The more enlightened Indian business families, notably
the Parsi families from western India, gave up the opium
business altogether, once it became a declared ...
http://www.hardnewsmedia.com/portal/2006/07/502
Parsees on Encyclopedia.com
PARSEES [Parsees] see Parsis . Author not
available, PARSEES. , The Columbia
Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2006.
The original clash of empires
Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA
... of treating Darius and Xerxes as purely reactionary despots,
he focuses on the role in their worldview of a (relatively) new
outlook: the Zoroastrian belief in ...
http://www.newsday.com/features/booksmags/ny-b4791168jun
25,0,3543557.story?coll=ny-books-print
UCAN: New Indian Catholic commission nominee promises
end to ...
Catholic Online - Bakersfield,CA,USA
... Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi, represents
Muslims, and AM Sethna, a former member of the commission,
has been renominated as the Parsi representative ...
http://www.catholic.org/international/international_story.php?id=20367
Mumbai's
pioneering Gujarati newspaper completes 184 years
Gulf News - Dubai,United Arab Emirates
... On July 1 1822, a Parsi scholar and priest Fardoonji
Murazban, a pioneer in journalism in western India, started
publishing the newspaper as Bombay Samachar. ...
http://archive.gulfnews.com/articles/06/06/30/10050432.html
Sports Brief
The Statesman - Kolkata,India
... Hospital spokesperson, Dr Ashish Tiwari, said in
Mumbai on Wednesday, that the Parsi cricketer had
been readmitted to the hospital to undergo the second phase ...
http://www.thestatesman.net/page.news.php?clid=5&theme=&usrsess=1&id=121600
Iran,
Tajikistan, Afghanistan Ink Cultural MoU
Fars News Agency - Tehran,Iran
Speaking to FNA's social desk on Tuesday,
Rahmonov said that the MoU sets the stage
for the Parsi, Dari and Tajik Languages, as
the three daughter languages of ...
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8504070223
Roundup: DNA tests reveal China's first foreign worker
People's Daily Online - Beijing,China
... Most of the bodies were males aged from 15 to 55,
said Duan. "We found one sample had genetic features
commonly associated with the Parsi in India and Pakistan ...
http://english.people.com.cn/200606/28/eng20060628_278224.html
On
the brink
Hindu - Chennai,India
... Garbage and carcasses pile up and the Parsi community is
going through a crisis of how to bid farewell to their dead,
with the vulture population crashing by a ...
http://www.hindu.com/mag/2006/06/25/stories/2006062500170400.htm
Rekha Samant sues Merwanji Bawa!!
Afternoon Dispatch & Courier - Bombay,India
... For the next seven days, on NCPA?™s TV news,
Merwanji became the most famous Parsi in India as
the liplock was shown 24x7 by the channels. ...
http://www.cybernoon.com/DisplayArticle.asp?section=
features&subsection=guestcolumn&xfile=June2006_rubylilaowala
_standard138&child=rubylilaowala
Going to London to get a degree?
Afternoon Dispatch & Courier - Bombay,India
... ?œWhat is really a matter of interest is that out of
the 500 Indian students that join our colleges every
year, not even one is a Parsi,??he rues. ...
http://www.cybernoon.com/DisplayArticle.asp?section=
fromthepress&subsection=inbombay&xfile=June2006_
inbombay_standard10060
The
Tomb and Prison of Cyrus the Great Eternalized
Iranian Cultural Heritage News Agency - Tehran,Iran
... According to Adl, the monument which is known as the prison of
Cyrus is something similar to Zoroaster?™s Kaba which is in
Naqsh-e Rostam historical site. ...
http://www.chn.ir/en/news/?section=2&id=6455
One for the road
TMCnet - USA
... Interestingly, Lawyer is not a member of any of the official
Presley clubs in India! Coming from a Parsi family, I grew up
with Beethoven, Chopin and Bach. ...
http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2006/06/22/1693145.htm
BPP trustees quit over clash in management styles
Afternoon Dispatch & Courier - Bombay,India
So says 350-year-old Parsi Panchayat?™s chairman who just
resigned; but is more to it than meets the eye? The Bombay
Parsi Panchayat ...
http://www.cybernoon.com/DisplayArticle.asp?section=from
thepress&subsection=inbombay&xfile=June2006_inbombay
_standard10030
Parsi?™s to use solar panels for disposing of dead
bodies
Canada Free Press - Canada
Ahmedabad, India--Zoroastrianism, the religion
followed by Parsi?™s was once spread across the
western part of the Iranian plateau to the Persian Gulf
. ...
http://www.canadafreepress.com/2006/india062206.htm
Indian meals new at Whole Foods
Sun-Sentinel.com - Fort Lauderdale,FL,USA
... behind the meals. We got together at the Plantation store, where I
learned Desai grew up in Bombay in a Zoroastrian family. Living in ...
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/features/food/sfl-fdhartzjunejun22,0,68
37983.column?coll=sfla-features-food
?˜Indian
Cowboy??to come to life in DreamAcres barn
Bluff Country Reader - MN,USA
... 1930s. I was born in India, but my Zoroastrian ancestors
were themselves immigrants to India from Iran in the 10th
century. The ...
http://www.hometown-pages.com/main.asp?SectionID=14
&SubSectionID=23&ArticleID=12386
Extremist Image Masks Iranians' Many Faiths
AINA - Modesto,CA,USA
... Until its founder, Zoroaster, emerged as early as
the 14th century BC -- the date is disputed -- people
were paying tributes to pagan gods and grappling ...
http://www.aina.org/news/20060619102342.htm
In
Iran, Matters of Faith Are Complex
Washington Post - United States
As told by followers of the Zoroastrian faith that was
on the run along with the princess, the tale nurtures
not so much hope for the return of royalty as the ...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/
article/2006/06/17/AR2006061700824.html
No non-veg fare for a month
Afternoon Dispatch & Courier - Bombay,India
BY A STAFF REPORTER | Monday, June 19, 2006 11:46:53
IST. The Parsi community is known to be extremely food
-loving. Unlike a majority ...
http://www.cybernoon.com/DisplayArticle.asp?section=
fromthepress&subsection=inbombay&xfile=June2006_
inbombay_standard9989
A Photographic Journey - Parsis - The Zoroastrians of
India by ...
Parsis - The Zoroastrians of India - A Photographic
Journey | A book by Sooni Taraporevala.
http://www.parsijourney.com/chapters/intro/intro.html
Shaking The Foundations
TIME - USA
... its foundation. The son of a Parsi trader from Bombay, group
founder Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata knew how to turn a profit.
But JN ...
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1205539,00.html
John:
Diet Pepsi is not harmful to health
Rediff - India
... about anything! He also surprised audiences by
speaking in Gujarati and Malyalam (his father is
Malyalee; his mother, Parsi). "Maari ...
http://inhome.rediff.com/movies/2006/jun/16john.htm
Two
women, one man and a piano!
Afternoon Dispatch & Courier - Bombay,India
... this aspect of the triangle in my play,” said Pestonji
who has written a collection of short stories titled
Mixed Marriage and Other Parsi Stories, followed ...
http://www.cybernoon.com/DisplayArticle.asp?section=
fromthepress&subsection=inbombay&xfile=June2006_
inbombay_standard9956
To house or not to house?
Rediff - India
... well. The Parsi fire temple (agiary) is currently the
object of contention in a tug-of-war between its
trustees and the community. ...
http://inhome.rediff.com/money/2006/jun/12spec.htm
A year of VICTORIES
Mumbai Newsline - Mumbai,India
Mumbai, June 11: For a year, they’ve been battling the
odds—a group of senior Parsis trying to keep the
community alive. But ...
http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=187423
To house or not to house?
Business Standard - India
Open land in Mumbai's Parsi fire temples are the latest targets
for re-development. How is the community reacting? It may be
all ...
http://www.business-standard.com/lifeleisure/storypage.php?
leftnm=5&subLeft=2&chklogin=N&autono=94451&tab=r
Roots
of fear and hubris
Hindu - Chennai,India
... Persepolis is magnificent; spread over 125,000 sq.m.
Although smaller, monuments near by with Zoroastrian rock
carvings are stupendous. ...
http://www.hindu.com/mag/2006/06/11/stories/2006061100170200.htm
West always intends to foment tension in Iran: MP
Islamic Republic News Agency - Tehran,Iran
... in Iran for its political ends. Zoroastrian MP Kourosh
Niknam made the remark while speaking to IRNA. "The West
always seeks to ...
http://www.irna.ir/en/news/view/menu-234/0606106029162050.htm
Meet
Malabar Hill, senior-most citizen!
Afternoon Dispatch & Courier - Bombay,India
... Incidentally, according to botanists, the ficus tree being honoured
is around 150 years old and is located on the Parsi Panchayat land on
Malabar Hill which is ...
http://www.cybernoon.com/DisplayArticle.asp?section=fromthepress&subsection
=inbombay&xfile=June2006_inbombay_standard9868
Alternative endings
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom ...
India's Parsees also use this zero-emission method, exposing bodies on
the "towers of silence", but falling vulture numbers means there are not
enough birds to ...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/06/05/nbury105.
xml&sSheet=/news/2006/06/05/ixuknews.html
Photo Feature: The Bollywood Gandhi family
IndiaFM - Bombay,India
... However, he will be required to put on some weight. Another actor,
Zubin Varla, a Parsi-British theatre artist is being considered for Rajiv
Gandhi?? role. ...
http://www.indiafm.com/features/2006/06/06/1267/
Ties that bind
Pune Newsline - Pune,India
... already been selected. Through this hostel, we aim to retain the Parsi
culture and develop strong bonds amongst students.?? One of ...
http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=187080
Monica agrees to play Sonia
Times of India - India ...
Gandhi. "I've heard of a Parsi-British actor called Zubin
Warla who has done a lot of theatre. I believe he resembles
Rajiv. But ...
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1593002.cms
Zoroastrian ruins: Muslims innocent
East African - Nairobi,Kenya
The fact is that the Parsi temple was built during the 19th
century with the full blessing of the then Muslim ruling dynasty
and the Zoroastrians were able to ...
http://www.nationmedia.com/eastafrican/current/Opinion/comment290520063.htm
Jamaica Observer - Kingston,Jamaica
... People do some strange things in the name of religion, but
India's Parsis have one of the strangest. The Parsis came from
Persia ...
http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/columns/html/20060526T230000-0500_
105444_OBS_WHERE_HAVE_ALL_THE_JOHN_CROWS_GONE_.asp
British
University to Hold a Seminar on the Sassanid Dynasty
Iranian Cultural Heritage News Agency - Tehran,Iran
... Philip Kreyenbroek, Professor of Iranian Studies in University
of Gottingen, will give a lecture on ??lt;B>Zoroastrian in the
Early Sassnian Period??in which he ...
http://www.chn.ir/en/news/?section=2&id=6405
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?œNon
Islamic clothes??in Tehran lead to arrests, fines ...
AsiaNews.it - Italy ...
Amir Taheri said the law being debated included provisions
for an item of clothing or distinctive emblem for Jewish,
Christian and Zoroastrian minorities, so ...
http://www.asianews.it/view.php?l=en&art=6293
Let vul tures live for our death: Parsis
Daily News & Analysis - Mumbai,India
... pet subject, vulture conservation. The topic, of
course, was close to the heart of the city?™s Parsi
community. The ?œgarbage man ...
http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1031729&CatID=1
A Few Stray Thoughts
Afternoon Dispatch & Courier - Bombay,India
... Can?™t understand that type. At Qi the other day,
another good Parsi informed me about something new
that NAB was doing. Training ...
http://www.cybernoon.com/DisplayArticle.asp?section=
features&subsection=straythoughts&xfile=May2006_straythoughts_standard111&child=
A
year later, Wapiz continues to do its bit for
Zoroastrians
Afternoon Dispatch & Courier - Bombay,India
Tomorrow, the World Alliance of Parsi Irani Zarthostis
(WAPIZ) completes a year riddled with controversies.
But not one without achievements though. ...
http://www.cybernoon.com/DisplayArticle.asp?
section=fromthepress&subsection=inbombay&xfile=May2006_inbombay_standard979
'Builders want temple land'
Times of India - India
MUMBAI: The World Alliance of Parsi Irani
Zarthoshtis (Wapiz) on Friday warned that fire temple
lands in the city were under threat from unscrupulous ...
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1577251.cms
A Moment With�Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Moment Magazine - USA
... A German Jew whose family fled the Nazis, she grew up in
London and moved to New Delhi with her husband, the Parsi
architect Cyrus SH Jhabvala. ...
http://www.momentmag.com/books/jun06/MOM-2006-06_jhabvala.html
Narcotics
and empire
Frontline - India
... On the Indian side of the story, Farooqui provides empirical
details to delineate how the opium trade was not just a "Parsi
affair" and was, in fact, quite ...
http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/stories/20060602000307600.htm
Pakistan's rich and famous MPs are homeless
NewKerala.com - Ernakulam,Kerala,India
... Among those having shared houses included Chaudhry
Shujaat Hussain, who heads the Pakistan Muslim League
(Quaid-e-Azam) and MP Bhandara, the Parsi MNA who owns ...
http://www.newkerala.com/news2.php?action=fullnews&id=64347
Drug
ban could save vultures
Environmental Data Interactive - UK
... their livelihoods. And the 50,000-strong Parsi community
can no longer depend on vultures for the sky burials of their
dead. They ...
http://www.edie.net/news/news_story.asp?id=11488&channel=0
National Post apologizes for fabricated story on Iran
Islamic Republic News Agency - Tehran,Iran
... the paper had claimed on its page one that according to a
bill on dress code ratified by Iranian Majlis, the Jewish,
Christian and Zoroastrian minorities are ...
http://www.irna.ir/en/news/view/menu-236/0605267053102953.htm
Iran: Firmness and 'Trust but Verify'
National Ledger - Apache Junction,AZ,USA
... Iran views itself to be an “Islamic Republic.�When the
lone Zoroastrian member of the Iranian Parliament challenged
Jannati’s comments he faced charges ...
http://www.nationalledger.com/artman/publish/article_27265994.shtml
A gaffe, or deliberate disinfo?
MehrNews.com - Tehran,Iran
... source. Our colleagues at the Tehran Times laughed when
the story came out, even one who is Christian and another who
is Zoroastrian. ...http://www.mehrnews.ir/en/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=330537
A new faith for the 21st century
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom
... There is no such 'time', for these four sages were
almost certainly not contemporaries. Lao-Tse probably
lived as long after Zoroaster as we are from Luther. ...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/
2006/05/21/boarm15.xml&sSheet=/arts/2006/05/21/bomain.html
Shrinking
flocks of vultures spoil ancient culture's funeral ...
Globe and Mail - Canada
... Because they harness the power of the sun, Dr. Dhalla
believes the solar concentrators, though an innovation, suit
the tenets of the Zoroastrian religion. ...
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20060523.
VULTURES23/TPStory/TPInternational/Asia/
The Yellow Badge of Denial
American Thinker - Berkeley,AZ,USA
... The bizarre, humiliating, and enduring nature of the dress
regulations imposed upon the Zoroastrian community of
central Iran (Yezd) were captured in this ...
http://www.americanthinker.com/articles.php?article_id=5519
Ban on cattle drug offers hope of saving India's
vultures from ...
Independent - London,England,UK
... The image of vultures slowly wheeling over the
"towers of silence", where India's Parsees expose
their dead, was one of the most iconic in the television series ...
http://news.independent.co.uk/environment/article570196.ece
Check out Shayan Anitalia and his music at his site www.shayanitalia.com
Iran May Require Non-Muslims to Wear Badges
Beliefnet.com - New York,NY,USA
... US govenrment statistics indicate that 98 percent of Iranians
are Islamic. Other faiths are Zoroastrian, Jewish, Christian,
and Baha'i. ...
http://www.beliefnet.com/story/191/story_19187_1.html
View trailers for
"Zoroastrians
Today"
Mirrors of the Unseen: Journeys in Iran By Jason Elliot
Independent - London,England,UK
... Plato and Plotinus were influenced by Zoroastrian
ideas, while later scholars fled Roman persecution and
took refuge in Persian universities. ...
http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/books/reviews/article496491.ece
"Reports Iran to tag non-Muslims, totally false"
IranMania News - Iran
... MPs representing Iran's Jewish, Christian and
Zoroastrian minorities sit on all parliamentary
committees, particularly the cultural one, he said. ...
http://www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=43028&NewsKind=Current%20Affairs
Why
are so many Parsis unmarried?
Mid-Day Mumbai - Bombay,India
One third of Parsis do not marry, according to a yet-to-be published study
initiated by the Bombay Parsi
Panchayat (BPP) in coordination with the Tata ...
http://web.mid-day.com/news/city/2006/may/137652.htm
The Parsee Voice-Vol.III.7-March06
http://www.theparsichronicle.com/TPV_Vol[1].III.7_March06.pdf
AlexanderTheGreat (alexanderthegreat info)
read further down on this link for a summary of Zoroastrians.
http://alexanderthegreat.en.xanax-prescription.be/
First Chapter
New York Times - United States
... The old Zoroastrian calendar had been resurrected a half
century earlier by the first self-appointed shah in the Pahlavi
line, Reza Khan, in an effort to graft ...
http://www.nytimes.com/glogin?URI=http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/14/books/chapters/0514-1st-bowd.html&OQ=_rQ3D1&OP=7b2be0f3Q2FHoacHQ5Dz_.YzzEQ20HQ20XXQ23HXeHOQ24Hczzf.H_VQ3CQ7BEaY.
HXeOQ24LO.ELczoQ5DnVEWw
Parsi Platter
Delhi Newsline - Delhi,India
... Apart from writing two popular books, Traditional
Recipes of India and Parsi Food and Customs, she has just
completed her latest assignment ??providing ...
http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=182697
Festival celebrates culture's food, art
Daily Mail - Charleston - Charleston,WV,USA
... Zoroastrianism is a religion founded by the ancient Persian
prophet Zoroaster who encouraged good works and foretold of
the divine birth of Jesus Christ. ...
http://www.dailymail.com/news/Life/200605037/
German MP meets representatives of religious minorities in Majlis
Islamic Republic News Agency - Tehran,Iran
According to a report released by Majlis Media Department, at the meeting
the
MP representing the Iranian Zoroastrian minority, Kourosh Niknam, briefed
Polenz ...
http://www.irna.ir/en/news/view/menu-234/0605031600151918.htm
Volunteering: Beyond tokenism
Young People Now
- London,UK ... "They feel they're being judged," he says. "It is
not seen as
cool to volunteer.". AYRA DHOLOO, 22, is Zoroastrian and
from Nuneaton in the West Midlands. ...
http://www.ypnmagazine.com/news/index.cfm?fuseaction=full_news&ID=10236
Run Lola Mumbai Newsline
- Mumbai,India ... soon. Of all her celebrity guests so far, she?™s loved
chatting with the Parsis?”Boman Irani, Homi Adajania and
Perizaad Zorabian. ...
http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=181649
Book of Short Stories called "The Mother and Other Short Stories" by
Khorshed Javeri. It has creased a history of sorts since there has been
a reprint in 9 months of a Book by a first time fiction author. www.khorshedjaveri.com
Umpires as coat hangers?
Daily News & Analysis - Mumbai,India
... Behind the umpire?™s sense of humour was a complete understanding
of authority. My favourite umpire was Piloo Reporter, the spunky Parsi
from Thane. ...
http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1028753&CatID=6
ABOUT THAT LETTER
New York Post - New York,NY,USA
... He dictated letters to Khosrow Parviz, the Persian king of
kings (a Zoroastrian), and to Emperor Heraclius of Byzantium
and the Ethiopian monarch Negus both ...
http://www.nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/65803.htm
'I can't forget the killers' faces'
Times of India
- India MUMBAI: A little after 8 pm on a wet night in June two years
ago, inside a ground floor apartment in Dadar's quaint Parsi Colony,
Keiki Karai's life changed ...
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1528096.cms
Age of Compassion
Washington Post - United States
... The Axial Age was anticipated, Armstrong writes, by the
prophetic priest Zoroaster. Outraged at the violence of the Aryan warrior
...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/04/AR2006050401671.html
Parsis
Visit New Advent for the Summa Theologica, Church Fathers,
Catholic Encyclopedia and more.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11508b.htm
Parsis of India
Learn about the origin of Zoroastrianism, Parsi reform
movements, and Parsi sects.
http://www.culturopedia.com/Religions/zoroastrianism.html
NPR : Photo Collection Tells Stories of Parsis in India
Detail from the cover of 'Parsis: the Zoroastrians of India' ...
There are only 100000 Parsis in the world today, mostly in India,
particularly in Bombay. ...
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4223182
Parsis, Zoroastrianism, Zoroaster, Zend Avesta
In India the Zoroastrians are called the Parsis (Persians), they acquired
vast fortunes,
in the cotton and steel industries, they have the highest literacy ...
http://religion-cults.com/Eastern/Zoroastrianism/parsis.html
Parsis-Settlers
in Bombay
The Parsis are intimately connected with the history of Bombay.
... By 1800, Parsis owned half of Bombay and were even renting out
their magnificent houses ...
http://www.the-south-asian.com/April2001/Parsis-Early%20settlers%20in%20Bombay.htm
Water Reborn After Mobs Shut Down the Shoot in India
New California Media - San Francisco,CA,USA
... He acted in some flops before hitting it big with Dhoom
(2004). His unusual good looks come from his Keralite
Christian father and Parsi mother. ...
http://news.ncmonline.com/news/view_article.html?article_id=f09f04b56753ba656cf62432c02a1cd8
Man binds Parsis online
Asian Age
Mumbai, April 26: The Parsi community in the city has
applauded the efforts of Mr Ader Gandi, a Parsi from the US...
http://www.theparsichronicle.com/asianage.html
History of God' author wants readers to 'rediscover the Axial Age
... Asheville Citizen-Times - NC,USA
... Fury and raiding, cruelty and might hold me captive.'
" Lord Mazda replied that Zoroaster, a priest, would
protect her, and the cow's response was something ...
http://www.citizen-times.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060507/LIVING07/605070307/1031/ENT