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FALL FOR THE KINDNESS OF STRANGERS
Calcutta Telegraph - Calcutta,India
Nor does Bhima, whose life, and its many points of intersection with that
of her affluent Parsi mistress, Sera Dubash, is captured in Thrity Umrigar's
second ...
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1060210/asp/opinion/story_5825025.asp
Going with the flow
Brisbane Courier Mail - Queensland, Australia
... She's a Parsee, a follower of Zoroastrianism that claims to be the
world's oldest religion, having originated in Persia (contemporary Iran)
3500 years ago. ...
http://www.thecouriermail.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,18102260%255E17102,00.html
Family Matters Rohinton Mistry
Hindustan Times - India
... manifold consequently. The story is about a septuagenarian Parsi,
Nariman Vakeel, who lives with his middle-aged son and daughter. A ...
http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/5922_1622853,0087.htm
Up
The Rapids
Outlook (subscription) - New Delhi,India
In Pakistan, two minority groups of slightly different kinds catch the
eye. The first is the minuscule, highly respected and socially visible
Parsi community. ...
http://www.outlookindia.com/full.asp?fodname=20060220&fname=Pak+Swimming+(F)&sid=1
What if Sonia had to face her father-in-law
Indian Express - New Delhi,India
What if Feroze, a Parsi patriot who went to jail for India's freedom,
had a surname other than Gandhi? What if his name were, let's say, Feroze
Batliwala? ...
http://iecolumnists.expressindia.com/full_column.php?content_id=87726
Cupid's crusaders
Toronto Star - Canada
... homeless and low-income women. "This is our upbringing," says Hutoshi.
"And part of our (Zoroastrian) religion. Charity is not when you ...
http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Artic
le&cid=1139611813290&call_pageid=968332188492&col=968793972154&t=TS_Home
A Homage to Homai
Delhi Newsline - Delhi,India
At the end of this month, the Parzor Foundation, an organisation which
documents Parsi and Zoroastrian cultural heritage in India, will release
a book titled ...
http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=169651
Too old to live, too young to die
Afternoon Dispatch & Courier - Bombay,India
... And the second was the death of my friend Jennifer Sadri's grandfather,
Jehangirji Rustomji Sadri, at the Parsi General Hospital. ...
http://www.cybernoon.com/DisplayArticle.asp?section=features&subsectio
n=guestcolumn&xfile=February2006_markmanuel_standard120&child=markmanuel
Conflict over control of prime property
Times of India - India
SURAT: A prime piece of land belonging to the Surat Parsi panchayat in
Bhata village on the outskirts of the city, near Hazira, has sparked off
a major ...
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1413446.cms
A tribute to Parsees of the city
The Statesman - Kolkata,India
KOLKATA, Feb. 13. -- "It is nice to see the recognition that Parsees have
got for their contribution to this city. From the renowned ...
http://www.thestatesman.net/page.news.php?clid=22&theme=&usrsess=1&id=106734
London Post
Organiser - New Delhi,India
... A Parsi, he refused to take the oath in the House on the Bible as
he was not a Christian, but took the oath of office in the name of God
on his small book of ...
http://www.organiser.org/dynamic/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpa
ge&pid=118&page=20
Sanskrit in English
Organiser - New Delhi,India
... here. In Iran, the Zoroastrian scripture is written in the Avestan
language, which is just a phonetic variation of Sanskrit. As ...
http://www.organiser.org/dynamic/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpa
ge&pid=118&page=12