Monthly Archives: May 2016
Encounters with Zoroaster at the National Museum
Delhi residents, and visitors lucky enough to be in the city right now, have a week left to visit a once-in-a-lifetime exhibition at the National Museum. The Everlasting Flame: Zoroastrianism in History and Imagination, a landmark exhibition in more ways than one, closes on 29 May. One of the key ideas of the exhibition, Sarah Stewart said, was to
Read moreDr. Adenwalla – Smile Maker
Smile Train partner surgeon Dr. Hirji S. Adenwalla is, quite possibly, the only surgeon in the world who has been exclusively performing cleft surgeries for the last 15 years. He is the head of The Charles Pinto Cleft Centre at Thrissur’s Jubilee Mission Hospital in south India, the very first hospital to apply for Smile Train’s partnership in the country
Read moreIndia’s First Dedicated Education Loan Company
http://www.credila.com/ Credila, an HDFC Ltd. Company, is India’s First Dedicated Education Loan Company. Credila Financial Services pioneered the concept of specialist Education Loan lender and became India’s First Dedicated Education Loan Company.Credila’s brand purpose is to contribute towards Transforming Lives and Building the Nation! Courtesy : Priyadarshan Pradhan
Read moreA quintessential Parsi gentleman
When Mozart and his wife danced to keep warm: the musical memories of Homi Dastoor. The Ninety-first Symphony
Read moreWho ordered demolition of Homi Bhabha’s iconic bungalow?
Race and religion
Does it even matter? I recall a certain adage: “Never judge a book By its cover” Zoroastrians are exactly As pure as driven snow Some of us (Zoroastrians) Do practice Racism Discrimination Racism towards are women folk Asho Zarathushtra doesn’t condone Racism Discrimination Bigotry Nor does He condone the Twisted messages down People’s throats High time the Zoroastrian Community Stood
Read moreWHAT DOES BOLLYWOOD HAVE IN COMMON WITH PARSI THEATRE?
Over the years, Parsi theatre has staged tales through dance and drama – and its productions have had an impact on Indian cinema The Buckingham Secret Think ‘theatre’, and the first name that comes to mind is Shakespeare; think of the Indian stage and you can’t ignore Parsi nataks. For whether it is the plays of Adi Marzban or the
Read moreLaxma Goud and Adil Writer
Laxma Goud and Adil Writer: Collaborators; conspirators; irreverent provocateurs; artists; impresarios and myth makers.” (Embracing Unpredictability, Aarti Vir, January 2016) In Collaboration, by Goud and Writer, on view at the Pundole Art Gallery, Colaba till the 20th of May, is a testament to the above statement. This alliance has lead to the emergence of a number of unique pieces each telling
Read moreThe Religion that the Iranian Mullahs Fear Most
Over the past few decades, Iran has seen a revival in the native religion that predates Islam—something that the ayatollahs desperately want to suppress. Ask someone about the Zoroastrian religion and—assuming they’ve heard of it—you will typically get three responses. Your interlocutor might inaccurately describe followers of the Zoroastrian faith as “fire-worshippers.” He or she may recognize Zoroaster, the priest
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