Seth Maneckji Limji Hataria & Zoroastrian Civil Rights in Iran Zartoshty Brothers Hall, Zoroastrian Centre, London, UK Saturday 13th February 2010 @ 5.30pm Dear ZTFE Members & Friends Seth Maneckji Limji Hataria, popularly known amongst the Iranian Zoroastrians as Arbab Maneckji passed away in Tehran, Iran on 15th February 1890. When Hataria was sent from India to Iran in
Read moreDear Friend, My first novel SOCIETY will hit all the major book shops next friday in India , Pakistan, Bangladesh and Srilanka. Please let me have your feedback after reading it. Warm regards mehernosh kapadia mehernovel@gmail.com The Book is now available for sale online – Click Here A drug addict, Dalit prostitute is accused of murder of the only son
Read moreLiterary Review NATURE Truly precious jewels ZERIN ANKLESARIA A veritable treasure trove on Indian flora and fauna. Living Jewels from the Indian Jungle; Edited by Ashok S. Kothari and Boman F. Chhapgar, Bombay Natural History Society and Oxford University Press . Courtesy : K.F.Keravala
Read moreIran has severed all cultural ties with the British Museum in protest at the delay of the loan of an ancient Persian treasure. Click to read the article.. Courtesy : K.F.Keravala
Read moreThis is Iran, Yazd, the Senior Home of Yazd. A happy world for the older generation. Porouchista2. Click below to see their happy environment and content faces ! The Senior Home of Yazd Courtesy : Phil Masters
Read moreBy: Ryszard Antolak, April 2005 A review of the article by Mary Boyce Sometimes old buildings possess the virtue to express far better than words the fears and uncertainties of nations or religious groups. The old Zoroastrian houses of Yazd are one such example. Civil and religious persecution have dictated the style and pattern of their unusual architecture. Memories of
Read more(This is the success story of a Parsi youth who was knighted a century ago. A teen age journalist became a merchant prince and founded Hong Kong University. It is written with the hope that it would inspire our youths – Marzban J. Giara) His family originally hailed from Surat but is different from that of Davar Mody family. His
Read moreCotton, Climate and Camels In early Islamic Iran: A Moment in World History, by Richard Bullet, New York: Columbia University Press, 2009. PP22 “The rise and fall of bourgeois Iranian society does not feature in anyone’s narrative of world history,” notes Richard Bullet, author of Cotton, Climate and Camels In early Islamic Iran. “Should the extraordinary flourishing of Iran’s highland
Read more01/31/10 Photos: Iranians Celebrate “Sadeh” Ancient Persian Fire Fest Photos by Sajjad Safari, Mehr News Agency Thousands of Iranians gathered at dusk against a snowy mountain backdrop to light giant bonfires in an ancient mid-winter festival dating back to Iran’s pre-Islamic past that is drawing new interest from Muslims. Saturday’s celebration was the first in which the dwindling remnants of
Read moreAftab Yazdani: I remember, in my childhood, what Seti Pir meant for me. This shrine was a place full of trees with the aroma of incense everywhere. A Pir that had three Pir’s in itself. The whole place was built of plaster made of clay and straw and gave the familiar odor of mud. In those days, whenever we got
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