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NCM Champions Landmark Seminar On Parsi Community’s Survival And Growth – Full Report with all presentations

– Berjis Desai And Dinshaw Tamboly Deliver Compelling Calls For Reform And Revival – In a significant move to safeguard one of India’s most influential yet numerically vulnerable groups, the National Commission for Minorities (NCM) hosted a high-level national seminar titled, ‘Parsis in Modern India: Navigating Cultural and Socio-Economic Pathways.’ Held at Mumbai’s Yashwantrao Chavan Centre, on 9th May, 2026, the high-level gathering

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Parsiana 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

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Our Community lost a Gem – Nariman Mehta

A true social worker to the core. A man of his words. A person you can rely on. A true Karma Yogi. Selfless devotion for 70 years helping people. An innovator of ideas for social schemes. That was Nariman Mehta (lovingly called Naju uncle by all who knew him), he breathed his last at the age of 93 on Friday,

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Dr. Behshid Barkhordar – Representative of the Zoroastrian Community in Iran’s Majlis – March 2024

Dr. Behshid Barkhordar, elected as the representative of the Zoroastrian community, will be the first woman to represent religious minorities in Iran’s Majlis. At this stage (before the second round of elections), only 11 women have managed to secure seats in the next Majlis, none of whom are from Tehran (compared to the 16 women MPs in the current Majlis).

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St Andrews Prize for the Environment – 2024 Winner – Restoration Mission Natasha Zarine Percy Bahamani

  2024 winners – Kham River Restoration Mission The winners of the 26th St Andrews Prize for the Environment are awarded the $100,000 prize for their work to restore a seasonal river in India. Find out more about the award – https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/st-andrews-prize/

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Zoroastrian Bank Wins Dual Honors for Product Innovation and Leadership

The Zoroastrian Co-operative Bank Ltd., a leading urban co-operative bank known for its stability and customer-focused approach, was recognized for its innovation and leadership at the Cooperative Banks Top 100 CXO Summit- Iconic Leader Awards 2026.   The Bank has been presented with two prestigious awards— “Best Bank of the Year – Innovation in Product Development” award reflecting its steady

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Dr. Cyrus Poonawalla donates Rs. 10 crores to Global Council of Zoroastrians Trust (GCZT)

We are delighted to announce the first major contribution by Dr. Cyrus Poonawala, a sum of Rs. 10 crores towards the corpus of Global Council of Zoroastrians Trust (GCZT). The Trustees are delighted at the generosity of Dr. Cyrus Poonawalla that will enable GCZT to start enabling its vision. “We have several plans in the making like Free Insurance for

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Parsi Guardians Of The Constitution Of India

Parsi Guardians Of The Constitution Of India India’s seventy-seventh Republic Day will be celebrated on 26th January, 2026, as a tribute to the day our Constitution came into force, shaping India into the world’s largest democracy. It is a day to honour the ideals that define the Republic of India and to celebrate the progress ‘We the people of India’ continue

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B. Merwan finally closes down

After serving bun maska and chai for 112 years, Mumbai’s iconic Irani cafe B Merwan & Co closes, leaving Grant Road without its morning ritual Mumbai has a peculiar way of measuring time. Not by calendars or clocks, but by places. By the tea stall you stopped at before college. By the bakery where your parents queued on Sunday mornings.

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Even ‘good girls’ wear makeup in India. Thanks to Simone Tata

Whether you’re a Gen-Z shopper whose fashion staples are incomplete without Westside and Zudio, or a Gen-X or Millennial who grew up watching India’s changing relationship with makeup, Simone Tata has touched your life in more ways than you may realise. Simone Tata died on Friday (December 5). She was 95. (Photo: India Today Archives) Dig into any Indian woman’s

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