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07-Mar-2013

 
 

Editorial Viewpoint

  • Flight of fancy

    Community history is a mixture of myth and materiality. Imagination...

Readers' Forum

Events & Personalities

  • Rising from the Ashes - Sherene Vakil

    Located in the bylanes of Khetwadi in the heart of...

  • First right of refusal? - Sheren Vakil

    Should premises in a building owned by the Bombay Parsi...

  • “Very unfortunate” - Sherene Vakil

    The manner in which Afzal Guru, accused mastermind of the...

  • Appeal for medical help - Sherene Vakil

    The community worldwide has rallied to help Cherag Soli Desai,...

  • ZOSTA awards - Sherene Vakil

    "Get involved in public life — be it politics, bureaucracy,...

  • Ecologically unsafe crops - Sherene Vakil

    "Our farmers have shown that they are capable of more...

  • Ahead of her times - Sherene Vakil

    In the 1920s when girls did not even dream of...

  • Adopt a book initiative - Sherene Vakil

    When Zahra Vakil was a student of Cathedral and John...

  • Batha’s blog - Sherene Vakil

    In his blog "motheriran" (motheriran@wordpress.com) Bangalore-based journalist A. K....

  • Philately award - Sherene Vakil

    The International Collectors’ Society of Rare Items conferred its Life...

Zoroastrians Abroad

  • A haute haven - Parinaz M. Gandhi

    Be proud of your club. Protect it as you would...

Politics and Policy

Cover Story

  • Trills and Twirls - Mehroo Kotval

    At age five, the fraternal twins Pia and Tara Sutaria...

Sports

  • Speeding at seventeen - Parinaz M. Gandhi

    "Visualize a perfect race…Look for gaps… Never use negative words...

  • Wings over water - Hilla P. Guzder

    He has been participating in swimming competitions since the age...

  • On track in field - Hilla P. Guzder

    She is a talented footballer and plays as mid fielder....

  • Sister success - Hilla P. Guzder

    She set a new meet record (NMR) on January 8,...

  • Spotlights - Hilla P. Guzder

      "The Bombay Parsi Punchayet (BPP) has started a ‘Beginner’s...

Books

  • Initial attempt - FIRDAUS GANDAVIA

    FK by Jhangir Kerawala. Published in 2012 by Grey Oak...

  • Auspicious advent

    "Prophets are messengers of God and bring us this manual...

  • Facts and fun workbook - SHERENE VAKIL

    My Prophet Asho Zarathushtra Spitama, Primer and Activity Book by...

  • Blessing the book

      Passages from the children’s book Zarathushtra. The Story of the...

  • Mankind’s first Prophet - Sherene Vakil

    Mankind’s first Prophet Zarathushtra. The Story of the First Prophet on...

Milestones

  • Milestones - Roxan A. Driver

    Intercommunity as well as civil marriages among Parsis registered at...

In Memoriam

Comment

Awards

Observation

  • Happiness in the Himalayas - Dilnavaz E. Bhagwagar

        Ninety minutes flying time brings us from Calcutta to Paro,...

  • Elephant encounters - Text and photographs: Shireen C. Bharucha

    The flight from Bombay to Sri Lanka takes off at...

Quotes

  • So they say

      "I wish one day I could play in Kashmir. I...

Youth

  • Reaching for the stars - Mehroo Kotval

    Mom, you’re the bestest” – the grammatical blunder got Azhaan...

Food

Book Notes

  • Brief overview - Sherene Vakil

      Zoroastrianism. A Lofty Topic in a Small Volume by Capt...

  • Powerful prayers - Sherene Vakil

     Rusi Framroze Besania, the religious scholar from Surat, has authored...

  • An added dimension - Sherene Vakil

    Knowledgiate, Volume 3, No 6, December 15, 2012, the latest...

Philanthrophy

Adventure

  • Men in white - Text: Roxan A. Driver • Photos: Homiyar Mistry

    "Scouting, scouting is a game for a healthy boy,/There’s no...

Scholarship

Festival

  • Championing the chikoo - Text: Mehroo Kotval • Photos: Feroze Patch

    As you enter Dahanu town off National Highway 8, signage...

Humor

  • My wife’s dream - Jal S. Desai

    I was having breakfast with my wife, in our bungalow...