Dear Friends, Many of you in India will have personally met and known Farah Rustom in Mumbai and followed her unique personal story. Farah has just released a book, titled “Becoming Farah”. I encourage you to buy and read it. It is available on Amazon in the paperback and/or kindle version. Thank you. Amazon introductory text: “Farah’s cutting-edge gender reassignment
Read more‘More than a designer, I see myself as a keeper of stories,’ says Ashdeen Lilaowala on completing a decade Ashdeen’s latest collection is called ‘The Birth of Venus’ A piece from the collectoion ‘The Birth of Venus’ Designer Ashdeen Lilaowala recently celebrated a milestone of 10 years as a Parsi Gara revivalist. We talk to Ashdeen about his journey in
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Read moreVintage, yet exquisitely classy, our collection of Authentic hand embroidery Parsi gara sarees will always make you stand out and feel like royalty. Having maintained the Authenticity of the art, we at ZS designs are delighted to showcase our collection of exquisite hand embroidered Parsi gara sarees, lehengas, indo-western outfits, gowns, frames and more at the Maitreiyi 2023. HOTEL SEA
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Read more‘Pakistan’s Museum of Food’ is the largest and most comprehensive exploration of Pakistani cuisine online, featuring over 9000 Images, 90 videos and 100 stories that capture the vibrant culinary tapestry of Pakistan’s five provinces and beyond. This project aims to preserve and celebrate the culture and heritage of Pakistani food, as well as to document its dynamic evolution and progression. We
Read moreWhen Delhi-based professor Shernaz Cama told the Parsis about the disgrace in which historical accounts were lying at the Meherjirana library, it became an emotional discovery for them. Parsis now don’t know how to read old Parsi text, including the priests. They rely on texts written in Gujarati | Manisha Mondal/ThePrint Navsari/New Delhi: There were tears in Shernaz Cama’s eyes
Read moreThis book explores how theatre enabled Parsis to negotiate the growing challenges of colonialism In ‘The Colonial Public and the Parsi Stage’, Rashna Darius Nicholson is particularly interested in exploring how theatre impacted the life of Parsi women. Murali Ranganathan Parsi theatre company at Ramprakash Theatre, Jaipur, 1880. In 1969, when the last vestiges of Parsi theatre could still
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Read more‘The Parsi Theatre’ is an important addition to the sparse information available on the matter Somnath Gupt’s book is an immensely readable account of the history and development of the Parsi theatre and its influences on early Hindi cinema. Actor Sohrab Modi (left) and playwright Agha Hashr Kashmiri (right). | Public domain. The history of Indian theatre and Hindi
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