A Parsi Song –
#DEVOTIONAL GUJARATI #SONG ON #MIRACULOUS LANDING OF PARSIS AT #SANJAN. FROM THE FAMOUS WELL KNOWN GUJARATI SONG ON ” #KISSE-E- SANJAN”. SEE THE ENDING FOR ADVISE TO YOUNG PARSIS BY OUR PROPHET !
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Kavas Jamas Badshah
Kavas Jamas Badshah Kavas Jamas Badshah, 1898, in official photograph of senior officers of the Post Office of India Kavas Jamas Badshah (also Kavasji Jamasji Badshah) OBE, (1858 Mumbai – 1931) was a senior officer of the Indian Civil Service who retired to Ipswich, Suffolk where he contributed to civil life and served as Mayor of Ipswich.[1] Ipswich is in the process of placing a Blue Plaque in Ipswich to
Read moreParsis of Ancient India – Hodivala – 1920
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Read moreThe First Oil Tanker – Zoroaster
The first oil tanker ever in the history of the world, which was launched in 1878, was named after the Parsi Prophet “Zoroaster”. It was designed & built by Sven Alexander Almqvist for the Nobel brothers, in Motala Verkstad. ● It was commissioned for the Nobel brothers, Ludvig and Robert, to transport kerosene across the Caspian Sea. ● The Zoroaster
Read moreParsi woman who changed the dynamics of social work when funds were at a premium
Mary Clubwala Jadhav was born in Udhagamandalam on June 10, 1908. At the age 27, she lost her husband and joined the Guild of Service. Realising the need for professionals to continue social work, she visited various countries. The result was the Madras School of Social Work that she founded on the lines of the Tata Institute of Social Sciences Icon of service: Mary Clubwala
Read moreFIRES – Oral History Project
FIRES Oral History Project Preserving the Voices of Zoroastrian Migration The FIRES Oral History Project is a heartfelt initiative dedicated to capturing and preserving the migration stories of first-generation Zoroastrians across North America. Rooted in the powerful foundation built by the Zoroastrian Association of Houston (ZAH) and their oral history archives housed at Woodson Research Center at Rice University, this project seeks to expand
Read moreThe Parsee Family that saved the TATAs
Did you know that one of India’s biggest business empires was once saved by a single loan? 💰 In the 1920s, Tata Sons was struggling financially. A wealthy landowner, financier, and strong promoter of education, Framroze Edulji Dinshaw, stepped in to help. He loaned them ₹1 crore—a staggering sum at the time. In today’s terms, that would be approximately ₹454
Read moreThe birth of Lakme
The Last of the Parsees
NOTE: This is the instrumental theme music to the very popular soundtrack from the movie – “The Last of the Mohicans” and it is performed superbly (my personal favorite) by this Artist – MetalHawk and I attempt to play the cover of the cover :D. Please do check out his video here – • The Last of the Mohicans TURNS METAL Well, now coming to my part,
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