TISS-PARZOR – Next Module – Parsis in India- a historical Perspective beginning on 15th June
Next module Parsis in India- a historical Perspective beginning on 15th June every Monday and Friday 6pm to 8pm IST
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Zoroastrian Stories of Migration
✨BBC Radio London – Shiraz Sethna, Project Lead spotlighting Zoroastrian Stories of Migration Heritage Project! ✨ Following the recent BBC News TV coverage, we are thrilled to let you know that our very own Shiraz Sethna, Project Lead for Zoroastrian Stories of Migration, will be interviewed at 8:40pm on Monday 1st June 2026 on the Bobby Friction Show BBC Radio
Read moreAncient texts reveal how Persian and Greek rule shaped language in Central Asia
A new study by historian Rachel Mairs brings together written evidence from ancient Central Asia to examine how language and script changed across the region during the Achaemenid and Hellenistic periods. The research focuses on areas such as Bactria, Sogdiana, Arachosia, and Gandhara, which today fall within Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Pakistan. The study appears in a recent Cambridge University
Read moreHow a Parsi saved Mumbai
The Son of the First Parsi Family of Mumbai along with the Original Inhabitants of Mumbai who are the Kolis had saved the Isle of Bombay, the Fort of Bombay and the City of Mumbai from an Invading Force which had taken all the Islands of Mumbai except for the Isle of Bombay This Reel Covers The First Parsi Family
Read moreParsiana Archives
Dear Parsiana readers / former subscribers Effective May 4th 2026 all the Parsiana digital archives are be available free of charge on our website www.parsiana.com . One has only to log in to our website www.parsiana.com to access issues from November 1964, when Parsiana started, to October 2025 when the journal ceased publication. If you have any quires regarding the archives please do email us
Read moreThe Parsi Arch at Breach Candy
The ‘Parsi Arch’ at Breach Candy frames ‘Lincoln House’ (Wankaner Palace earlier) in this photo, taken in the last quarter of 20th Century Bombay. Pedestrian eye level view, looking west in the morning hours, highlights these two memorable vintage structures. Born separately over two generations apart and differing in historic identity, each complements the other, much alike the cosmopolitan mix
Read moreNariman Point
You Know Nariman Point — But Do You Know Mr Nariman? Khurshed Framji Nariman (1883–1948), popularly known as Veer Nariman, was one of Bombay’s most outspoken nationalist leaders and civic reformers. Though widely remembered today because of places like Nariman Point and Veer Nariman Road in Mumbai, the story of the man behind the name is far less known. Born
Read moreHow the Ancient Persian Religion of Zoroastrianism Shaped Early Judaism
Rock relief of Ardashir I receiving the ring of kingship by the Zoroastrian supreme god Ahura Mazda. Credit: Wojciech Kocot / CC BY-SA 4.0 A new study suggests that the ancient Persian religion of Zoroastrianism influenced Jewish communities living under the Achaemenid Empire. The research, published in the journal Iran, provides evidence that Zoroastrian religious ideas and practices reached regions far beyond
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