Sepandarmazgan, day of love in Persian culture
Press TV
The Zoroastrian tradition is named after Sepandarmaz, Earth Guardian Angel, which is the symbol of passion, friendship and modesty. ...

Zoroastrianism in Greater Boston
Dr. Khojeste Mistree, these scholars played a critical role in inspiring Boston- area families to form an organization. At the time, a few Zoroastrian ...

Why Mumbai belongs to all of us
mydigitalfc.com
History has forgotten this but the first Parsi settler came to Bombay in 1640, he was Dorabji Nanabhoy Patel. In 1689-90, a severe plague epidemic broke out ...

Learning how to listen to a symphony
The News International
This is reflected in the audience, which is mainly Parsi. South Bombay has 50000 Parsis, and many if not most of them would have listened to this music at ...

Bapsi Sidhwa
National
One such person, a Parsee priest who was so poor that he slept on a bench in a temple in Bombay, visited Lahore at the invitation of my mother. ...

AFP

Indians get particular about online marriage
AFP
... consultant in Mumbai, runs www.theparsimatch.com, one of a number of websites for the dwindling community of followers of the ancient Zoroastrian faith. ...

Changing his stripes
Hindustan Times
The wonderful Marathi film, Harishchandrachee Factory, nominated for the Oscars, has been co-produced by Ronnie Screwvala, a Parsi who, like millions of ...

Sounds can be therapeutic
Daily News & Analysis
Among spiritual sounds, Shenaz connects most to her Parsi prayers recited in Avesta, an ancient language.She says, “Just the sound of the prayers brings a ...

Mainstream Religion of Zoroastrianism and Its Influence on Later ...
Student Operated Press
The ancient Greek philosophers who used to study Prophet Zarathushtra`s teachings pronounced his name like Zoroaster, hence the anglicized name of Zoroaster ...

The Parsi community in the city continues to play a vital role in ...
Indian Express
While the dictionary defines them as members of Zoroastrian origin who came to India from Pars or Persia - but the small yet fun loving community of Parsis ...

Parsi widow escapes 17-year confinement
Times of India
SURAT: For 17 years, Parvin Jungalwala, 40, a Parsi widow, allegedly spent her life in home confinement. However, she decided to end her torture and the ...

Parsis more prone to cancer: Study
Daily News & Analysis
An alarming statistic emerging from the Mumbai Cancer Registry indicates that Parsis are at a higher risk of getting cancer than those from other ...

Mainstream Religion a Unifying Thread: Part VI Zoroastrianism
Student Operated Press
Today, we will be moving the lens forward in time again "towards Zoroastrianism. Zoroastrianism must be regarded as an important world religion, ...

Achaemenid K'aba of Zoroaster On The Verge Of Collapse
The Circle of Ancient Iranian Studies
LONDON, (CAIS) -- The Achaemenid dynastic structure known as the Ka'aba of Zoroaster is on the verge of collapse due to escalating earth sinkage at the ...

Dubai, Highlights of the 9 World Zoroastrian Congress | Parsi News ...
Khorshidian, BPP chair Dinshaw Mehta and trustees Khojeste Mistree, Armaity Tirandaz, Jimmy Mistry and Arnavaz Mistry, FEZANA President Bomi Patel, and ...

Herodotus, and the Parsis at Thermopylae
The News International
The Persians of course were Zarathushtrians, and their descendants are the Parsis of Bombay, Surat, Navsari and Karachi. It is strange to think that one of ...

Iranians Celebrate Ancient Persian Fire Fest
NPR
by AP Enlarge AP An Iranian Zoroastrian priest sets fire on an already prepared pile of wood, where Zoroastrians gather in a ceremony to mark Sadeh, ...

Travel blog: That Burning Feeling
TravelBite.co.uk
Really, who would want to come and see a Zoroastrian Fire Temple with no fire? Well, that's when you get the state owned gas company to install a pipeline ...

The link between cricket and Mahatma Gandhi
Times of India
However, in the second match against the Parsees, the committee included all brothers, naming Baloo vice-captain. The 1920 Quadrangular was their most ...

The big fat Indian wedding
indiablooms
... the social circuit of Kolkata, recently attended wedding of dancer Tanushree Shankar's daughter Sreenanda Shankar with her Parsee groom Gev Satarawalla. ...

University of Tehran restoring Ferdowsi statue
Tehran Times
A gift from the Parsee and Zoroastrian communities of India, the statue was erected at Ferdowsi Square on October 1, 1945. In 1959, the statue was replaced ...

Centre will help Parsis to boost count
Daily News & Analysis
Concerned about the dwindling Parsi population in the country, the ministry of minority affairs is trying to come up with a concoction to reverse the trend. ...

Pay Rs 1L for 'botched' piles operation, surgeon told
Times of India
The court took into account the opinion given by a BD Petit Parsee General Hospital doctor; it said Pastakia was admitted to the hospital with profuse ...

Return to the fold
Mumbai Mirror
The latest subject of debate in the Parsi-Zoroastrian community has been the ban on two priests from praying for the dead at the Towers of Silence. ...

Old man by the sea
The Hindu
There is the story, true, about how he and other former students of Karachi's BVS Parsi School were asked to rescue a bust of Gandhi during the Hindu-Muslim ...

A Man With a Mission
Khaleej Times
Though born in a Parsi family, he takes pride more as a humanist than aligning to any sect or religion. Irrespective of the fact that he belongs to a ...

For this 86-year-old, everyday is Uttarayan
Times of India
Since he was seven years old at a Parsi orphanage in Surat, to this date, Homi Pestonji Ghadiyali, 86, has been flying kites. He has a huge fan following ...

Guest Voices: Zoroastrianism's decline toward zero - On Faith at ...
Khojeste Mistree, a self-proclaimed conservative member of the community, spoke in Dubai about retaining Zoroastrianism's "ethnic-religious-identity" and ...

Glad tidings for tying the knot
Daily News & Analysis
But her school love Carl Mistry, a Parsi, was commitment phobic. “He proposed to me but said that he didn't know where the relationship would head,” Mistry, ...

Parsis hear chants of holy change
Daily News & Analysis
Belonging to a family of Parsi priests, Bhesania chose a different path for himself. f I had stepped into my family's footsteps, I would have lived in ...

Being BOMAN IRANI
Khaleej Times
We discuss Zoroastrianism next and his talk at the World Zoroastrian Congress, which took place in Dubai last month. “I talked about two simultaneous ..

Setting the Record Straight On NIAC
Payvand
As far as NIAC's associations go, the group's founder, a Zoroastrian by the name of Trita Parsi, has been accused of ties with two Iranian businessmen. ...
 

HC refuses to stay ban on 2 Parsi priests
Times of India
MUMBAI: The Bombay Parsi Punchayet got a shot in the arm on Thursday with the Bombay high court declining to stay its ban on two priests from performing ...
 

Iran unrest is a struggle for justice
Examiner.com
The prophet Zoroaster preached the first monotheistic religion on Earth sometime between the 18th and 10th century BC. The large range of years is simply ...

The Myth of the Three Wise Men
Consortium News
Zoroastrianism was the dominant religion of the Near East beyond Palestine. ... Zoroastrianism was the religion of the area until the arrival of Mohammed ...

Iran and the Spirit of the Airyanem Vaejah Nation
OpEdNews
I can see the spirit of Prophet Mehabad and Prophet Zoroaster and many of his faithful followers here as well. Before Islam conquered the land of the ...

Mumbai Parsis divided on intermarriage
GlobalPost
The group, Zoroastrian Youth for the Next Generation (ZYNG), was launched in ... Zoroastrianism is the religion that the cultural group Parsis follow. ...

Is Cricket Going Global? An Examination.
Keeda of Sports (press release) (blog)
The Parsis were the first to take to cricket in India and they formed the Oriental Cricket Club in 1848. Since then, cricket has come a long way in India. ...

Where are they now?
The Nation, Pakistan
It was a city where Sikhs, Hindus, Christians and Parsees coexisted ... This was the Sethna residence - home to two unforgettable Parsee ladies, ...

World Zoroastrian Congress Opens in Dubai Today
Khaleej Times
The 9 th World Zoroastrian Congress will mark a reunion of Zoroastrians (Parsees) from six continents, culminating in a New Year Eve party. ...

World Zoroastrian Congress Opens in Dubai Today
Khaleej Times
DUBAI - The global Zoroastrian diaspora will converge in Dubai for a four-day congress, starting today. The 9 th World Zoroastrian Congress will mark a ...

Bawa As Barmecide
Outlook
The first line is clear in its implication: Parsis eat crabs, pork, beef, anything. The second line associates them with a vague westernisation—calling for ...

Dadar Parsi Colony to stay 'exclusive'
Times of India
This led the Parsee Central Association Cooperative Housing Society to approach the court in 2003. The society was formed at the turn of the last century ...

The changing face of Santa Claus
Richmond News
Biblical scholars believe these three "magi" were Zoroastrian priests possibly from Persia, ... Zoroastrians were renowned for their knowledge of astronomy. ...

Dadar Parsi Colony to stay 'exclusive'
Times of India
MUMBAI: Residents of the landmark Dadar Parsi Colony, the largest Zoroastrian enclave in the world, have won a six-year-long legal battle to allow only ...

Celebrate Winter Solstice today
Examiner.com
The birthday of the god Mithras was celebrated on December 25 (Birthday of the Unconquered Sun); and the Persian prophet Zoroaster (“Ram of God who takes ...

At home with a Tea Pot
Mumbai Mirror
What's on the menu: Burgers, sandwiches, pasta, waffles, eggs, a few Parsi specialities such as dhansak, a soup of the day and a few drinks and desserts. ...

Quo Vadis, Hyderabad?
Outlook
Knowing my father was a Parsi, Morarjibhai asked him where he came from. “Mool vatni kyan na? (What is your hometown?),” he asked him, only to receive what ...

Roots Search pdf Ebook Download
Khojeste Mistree of Mumbai (Bombay) is a known Zoroastrian scholar and historian . ... zoroastrians.pdf - Search search roots zoroastrians their ...

Baug flats won't be a burden on Parsis
Daily News & Analysis
Mumbai: The Bombay Parsi Punchayet (BPP) and the Alert Zoroastrian Association (AZA) on Friday resolved the flat allotment issue for poor Parsis at Panthaky ...

The Many Menus of Mumbai
Wall Street Journal
Parsi cuisine mixes Middle Eastern ingredients with Indian spices. The Persian origins of Parsi food are reflected in the chicken berry pulav, whose recipe ...

Our land, yet not allowed to inspect American Center: civic leaders
Expressindia.com
The 1338-acre prime plot had been leased to Parsi Hormosjee Battiwala in 1901 for 99 years, then sub-leased in 1933 to the American Center. ...

The romance of old Bombay
Hindu - Chennai,India
A picture of our prophet Zoroaster hung on the wall. Prayer books and chairs awaited the faithful. Sad to state, there was none, except myself, ...

Ancient site found in southern Iran
Press TV - Tehran,Iran
Primary studies showed that the fortress was built during the Sassanid era and the jar was part of the Zoroastrian burials once containing the remains of ...

Some old favourites and new!
Sakaal Times - Pune,India
Zal and I being hardcore Parsis, we believe in serving meals king size, Bawaji style,” adds Khodu with a smile. Vegetarians may not have a wide variety in ...

Singed by the sea
Times of India - New Delhi,India
It was in 1393 that a handful of Parsis fled Iran to protect their religion and landed at Sanjan in Valsad district on the Gujarat coast. ...

Dictator-lit: The Tajiks in the Mirror of History
guardian.co.uk - UK
Rahmonov also notes that the Avesta of Zoroastrianism is superior to the works of ... He placed Zoroastrian symbols on the national flag; the government's ...

Rings of Fire: Zoroaster Interviewed
The Quietus - London,UK
So are you Zoroastrians? Or are you named in honour of the late, great Farrokh Bulsara of Zanzibar, aka Freddie Mercury? WF: Hahaha... we used to get that a ...

Mehta: 40 Years of Making Music in the Holy Land
The Jewish Journal of greater L.A - Los Angeles,CA,USA
Mehta, a Zoroastrian who retains strong connections to his native India, calls the Jewish state “my beloved Israel.” He was there, in 1991, ...

TRIVIA - TOI's Powai Connection
Planet Powai
Powai - 29 November 09 : The Mumbai Parsi who dug the Powai Lake was also the founder of Times of India's forerunner called 'Bombay Times and Journal of ...

Parsi children return to their roots
Times of India - New Delhi,India
Every year, the Zoroastrian Children's Foundation (of which Kapadia is a ... On Sunday, over 2000 Zoroastrian kids converged at Shanmukhananda Hall, Sion, ..

Flavours Of The Past
Outlook
Dorabjee's is known for its Parsi food: their chicken farcha and sali boti are recommended, but their speciality is Parsi biriyani, bittersweet with the ...

Of an Edwardian India
The Hindu - Chennai,India
We were Parsis, yet we looked forward to Bakri Eid more eagerly than any Muslim household. Years ago, Grandpa had won an important case for Mr. Karim Khan. ...

Sreenanda Shankar's perfect match
Times of India
Introducing the glowing bride, Sreenanda Shankar and her dashing Parsi groom, Gev Satarawalla. “We were the best of friends for nearly eight months before ...

Sunday, 29. November 2009 - IndianFootball.Com reporter
IndianFootball.Com - Calcutta,India
An exhibition match was organized between a Parsee All Star Team versus Sports Journalist & Reporters which kept the audience glued. ...

It's Siesta Time
Times of India - New Delhi,India
... in the 10th century soon realised that the only way to conquer Zoroastrian warriors was to attack after the traditional Sunday lunch of Dhansaak. ...

Freddie Mercury memorial a beacon for British Asians
AFP
Mercury was born Farrokh Bulsara on the east African island -- now part of Tanzania -- in 1946, but his Parsi Zoroastrian family hailed from Gujarat in ...

Parsis seek seat in state assembly
Daily News & Analysis - Mumbai,India
Mumbai: The Parsis have decided to ensure that, like other communities, they too have a representative in the Maharashtra assembly. ...

MINORITY RELIGIONS
Herald Sun - Melbourne City,Victoria,Australia
One of the oldest monotheistic religions, Zoroastrianism was founded by the prophet Zoroaster about 3500 years ago. It was once one of the world's most ...

36 years later, HC dismisses petitions
Times of India
One of the properties belonged to the wellknown Parsi family of CRH Readymoney, who died in November, 1969, leaving behind an estate, valued at more than Rs ...

Encounters with the Unexpected
Jamaica Observer
The Parsi guide shared that: "In the Parsi religion we continue to hold the elements of Earth, Wind, Fire and Water as sacred. ...

Featured Editor: Onnik Krikorian
Global Voices Online (blog)
Onnik: OK, one of my favorite Global Voices posts in fact was, actually again, from Azerbaijan and it was about Novruz which is the Zoroastrian new year The ...

Identity issues
Daily News & Analysis - Mumbai,India
He tells me that he was even more impressed with the musical works of a Parsi composer called Kaikushru Sorabji who wrote an interminable piece for piano ...

At 63, this grandfather is oldest man to slam T-20 ton
Times of India
No Parsi player has represented the Indian cricket team after Farookh Engineer. Now, he cannot but still Wadia's effort is good enough to make the cricket ...