Parsis need reservations in educational institutes: chairman, Bombay Parsi Punchayet Bombay Parsi Punchayet (BPP) is the world’s largest Parsi-Zoroastrian institution. It administers affairs of the Parsi Irani Zoroastrian community. Geetanjali Minhas spoke to its newly elected chairman, Yazdi Desai, on the Jiyo Parsi Scheme and other matters that bother this unique community. The Jiyo Parsi Scheme (JPS) seems to be
Read moreUdvada Samast Anjuman was proud to co-host the ‘Iranshah Udvada Utsav’ (IUU) with Foundation for Development of Udvada (FDU). Going by responses gathered from all over the world, IUU held on 25th to 27th December 2015, was undoubtedly a stupendous success. Over the past few weeks, post the Iranshah Udvada Utsav, various write ups, comments and views, both positive as
Read moreKahaan, 9, and Kabir, 7, add their mite to a 3,000-year-old faith My grandsons had their Navjote ceremony last Saturday, initiating them into Zoroastrianism. Getting two little boys to sit still and memorise a set of prayers in an ancient language difficult to pronounce let alone understand seemed uphill, but they did it in two months. The significance of the
Read moreZOROASTRIAN VOICES WANTED FOR FILM FESTIVAL. The Parzor Film Festival is looking for short films from the perspective of the Young Zoroastrian Diaspora. Films can explore on any aspect or perspective that is relevant to someone from the Zoroastrian Diaspora (Iranian or South Asian). We are looking for all voices and perspectives from the diaspora. Each film represents a voice
Read moreWhen Hormuz Javat was 8 years old, he faced a pretty serious decision: did he want to begin training as a Zoroastrian priest? He’d have to begin soon because the training took four years, building up to his ordination at age 12. Hormuz is a Parsi, a follower of the Zoroastrian faith. His ancestors fled Persia after facing religious persecution and settled in the Indian
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Read moreDear friends and followers – Early Bird Registration officially opens for the 15th Zoroastrian Games, this Monday, Jan. 25. We invite you to learn more about one of the most popular Zoroastrian events around the world by reading more in the news release below, visiting http://www.zgames2016.com and by ‘Like’ our page on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/zgamesChicago2016 Z Games 2016 is brought
Read moreThe beautiful and heartwarming story of an old man and his Mawa Cake….Watch it and feel a surge of emotions run through you..
Read moreHindi movies over the decades have offered many hoary old stereotypes of minority communities. There are the Parsis, who used to be offered as comic relief, arriving in a grand old car packed with kids and piloted by a bespectacled little man in a black conical hat. There are the Christians, often embodied in plump, stern nurses, saintly priests, or
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