The pilao, Iranian style

The Zereshk Pilao is one of the most stunning rice dishes one can possibly serve. The dish has a warm ruby glow with the burberries studding the rice with colour and the saffron with fragrance. This gives this Pilao a superiority and magnificence that is not easily replicated. It is one of the great dishes [...]

Appeal for Khusru Daver

Dear friends, This is an appeal for my father who is a senior citizen in his mid 70s – Mr. Khusru Daver. He served at the Patel Dokhma (Tower of Silence) in Pune as a caretaker for 10 years and then had to resign as he was diagnosed with elephantiasis and since September 2009 he [...]

Encyclopaedia Iranica

WHAT IS IRANICA? The Encyclopaedia Iranica is a multi-disciplinary reference work and research tool designed to record the facts of Iranian history and civilization. It focuses on the land, life, culture and history of all Iranian peoples and their interaction with other societies. From the biographies of notable men and women in every field of [...]

Zoroastrianism: Its Stewardship for all Creation

Zoroastrianism: Its Stewardship for all Creation, the Animate and the Inanimate. Text of presentation by Pervin J. Mistry at the Parliament of Worlds Religions, Melbourne, December 5th, 2009. Click Here for the full document with diagrams

Hearty welcome to the 17th Dasturji Meherjirana

Roj Avan Mah Sherevar, 1379 Yz. I am happy to inform readers that the Bhagarsath Anjuman has elected Ervad Kaikhushroo Navroze Dastoor (more popularly known as K. N. Dastoor, or KND) as the 17th Dastur Meherjirana in place of Dastur Meherji Dastur Kekobad, who expired on 23rd January as reported earlier. It was the written [...]

A tribute to Dasturji Meherjirana

It is my solemn duty to inform readers of the sad demise of Vada Dasturji Meherji Dastur Kekobad Meherjirana, the Vada Dastur not only of the Navsari Bhagaria Mobeds but also the senior most Vada Dastur throughout India. Dasturji Meherjirana (or just Dasturji, as we used to call him affectionately and respectfully) was the 16th [...]

The Meherjirana Library

  THE UNESCO PARSI ZOROASTRIAN PROJECT  Click above to view images of the Meherjirana Library.

Excellence in Sports Scholarship 2010

The Excellence In Sports Scholarship (EXISS) is now accepting applications for 2010.     Created in 2005, the objective of the Excellence in Sports Scholarship is to provide financial support to young Zarathushtis (between the ages of 10-30) who are performing exceptionally and at highly recognized levels in all areas of Sports activity. The purpose of [...]

Imaging the World

At Imaging the World (ITW), we believe that all people deserve the health advantages of modern tools for diagnosing problems. ITW saves lives by providing diagnostic imaging to patients in rural communities around the world. In collaboration with local governments and healthcare providers, ITW uses a sustainable approach to train community members to capture medical images [...]

Oldest Parsi high priest is a lawyer, flautist

Perhaps for the first time in the more than 1,300-year history of the Parsis in India, the community’s oldest high priest at age 83, was anointed at Navsari in Gujarat on Tuesday. Kaikhusro Navroz Dastoor Meherjirana, a respected scholar priest, is interestingly also an advocate, author of two books on banking law and a student [...]

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