Hindi 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

Parsi theatre will last till the last Parsi, says Yazdi Karanjia     The scenes take the audience directly in the middle of a Parsi household and witty dialogues leave them in splits as actors present relationships and societal issues in trademark Parsi Gujarati. One immediately gets sucked into the world of Parsi theatre. However, with only a few performers

Mistry’s ‘A Fine Balance’ was an Oprah’s Book Club pick in 2001. Rohinton Mistry Member of the Order of Canada This author may be Canadian, but when he puts pen to paper, he often pays homage to his birthplace, India. His short stories, Tales from Firozsha Baag, and novels — Such a Long Journey, A Fine Balance and Family Matters

    I am delighted  to inform all the members of our community that Neville Z.Bharucha  has won the 24th Ennio Porrino International Piano Competition held in Cagliari, Italy last month in a tie with Russian pianist Evgeny Starodubtsev. This is yet another distinction to the many already earned by this very talented and skilled pianist. The Parsee community is proud

Woman with ties to Gainesville starring in movie about Mother Teresa   When Mahabanoo Mody-Kotwal was a little girl, she loved being on stage. But she set aside her passion for almost 40 years, out of respect for her father’s wishes. The Mumbai, India, native whose family now resides in Gainesville, is co-star of “The Letters,” a feature film being released Friday

Were he with us, puckish humour and wacky wit intact, Parsi theatre’s finest writer-director Adi Marzban would have been 101. Generations of ardent fans agree no Navroze celebration was complete without watching his wonderful plays. With the community set to celebrate New Year this week, Meher Marfatia treads her way through the legend’s haunts in a delightfully stage-struck Bombay, not