Monthly Archives: January 2010

What is Religion?

WHAT IS RELIGION? HOW IS IT THAT THERE ARE MORE THAN ONE RELIGIONS? Friends,  Many reformists do argue that the freedom to choose any religion they fancy of, is their birth right, than does it mean that the religion in which they are born is bad. If God has made all religions and if as per Gatha Ha 31.11 leads to

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For this 86-year-old, everyday is Uttarayan

AHMEDABAD: For almost the past eighty years he has been flying kites every day. There are very few people who manage to live their passions. Dada, happens to be one of them. Since he was seven years old at a Parsi orphanage in Surat, to this date, Homi Pestonji Ghadiyali, 86, has been flying kites          

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Parsi Surnames !!

This article appeared in The Tribune, Chandigarh, on the 6th of Jan 2010. We all are intrigued by the Parsi names.  http://www.tribuneindia.com/2010/20100106/edit.htm#5 OK tata bye-bye by Pushi Chowdhry While most surnames in India reflect caste and lineage, the Parsis had a delightfully modern streak having landed without caste, history and context, theyy created identities through professions and urban streets. Read

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Iranian Film Screening

Posted by Kamron Jabbari (Mazda Publishing), Orange County, Southern California   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Please mark your calendar & circulate A Reminder   The Iranica Institute, Irvine, California, Chapman University, Center for Global Education, and Mazda Publishers, Inc. are proud to present: A Lecture, Book Signing and Screening of the Films “Grass” and “King Kong” Trailer   By Mr. Bahman

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Zoroastrian Community of New Zealand

Zoroastrians living in New Zealand now number nearly 900, which is over 200 families. The major migration has taken effect post year 2001. Zoroastrians living in Auckland meet and have functions on a regular basis at community centres or school halls. Mainly for the children’s prayer classes and other Religious and Social functions. Unfortunately, because of restrictions and bookings by

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Conference on Women in Iran

Friends,                 The following flyer (see below) informs about talks on Women in pre-Islamic and Islamic Iran , scheduled for January 15, 2010 from 3pm – 6 pm, at the Humanities Gateway Building 1030, at the University of California, Irvine, CA.  It is open and free to the public.  The program is organized by the Samuel Jordan Center for Persian

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New discoveries made about Cyrus cylinder

  New theories about the history of the Cyrus cylinder have postponed the Achaemenid clay document’s exhibition in Iran. Click to read Courtesy K.F.Keravala

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Life and Works of Dastoorji Firoze Kotwal

Dastur Dr. Kotwal: An Interview By Dr. Shernaz Cama Dastur Dr. Firoze Kotwal is a High Priest of the Parsi Zoroastrians of India and perhaps their greatest scholar in the Priestly tradition. From the age of 19 he has spent many hours each day studying Zoroastrian Manuscripts, particularly at the Meherjirana Library, Navsari, Gujarat. He has been Advisor to the

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“Dini Avaz” Articles Online

This is to infrom all Mailing Group members that “Dini Avaz” magazine english articles are online on the Traditional Zoroastrism Web Page.The URL for the home page is given below.[1] Reference: [1] Articles from “DINI-AVAZ” – “THE VOICE OF THE RELIGION” Instructions to view the Pdf files: If the links do not directly open in the web browser they should

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