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‘They don’t eat lettuce’: Youtuber explores a misunderstood community protecting 7,000-year-old tradition in northern IraqA new documentary by Sonny Side introduces the Yazidi people, an ancient religious minority. The film explores their unique faith, traditio...
Tata Trusts to amend Bai Hirabai Trust deed, trustee eligibility clauses under reviewTata Trusts trustees will seek to change rules in the Bai Hirabai Trust deed. These rules previously barred non-Zoroastrians from becoming ...
Tata Trusts row deepens as vice-chairmen allege concealment, forced resignationTata Trusts is in the spotlight as CEO Siddharth Sharma demands the resignation of vice-chairmen Venu Srinivasan and Vijay Singh. The two m...
Religion is no disqualification for trustees: Tata Trusts noteTata Trusts has opened its doors wider, confirming that non-Zoroastrians are eligible to serve as trustees of the Bai Hirabai JN Tata Navsa...
Tata Trusts row deepens as Venu Srinivasan exits Bai Hirabai Trust amid eligibility challengeVenu Srinivasan has resigned from the Bai Hirabai Jamsetji Tata Navsari Charitable Institution. This move follows a dispute over his eligib...
- Kaleidoscope of festivals
March brought together Christian Lent and Muslim Ramzan. Hindu festivals Ugadi, Gudi Padwa, and Ramanavami also occurred. Persian New Year,...
Parsi community divided over sale of historic Sanjan SanatoriumA proposed sale of a historically significant Parsi sanatorium in Sanjan has ignited a community debate. While the World Zoroastrian Organi...
Pakistan's Parsi community dwindles as young migrateFrom a gated community for her Zoroastrian faith in Pakistan's megacity Karachi, 22-year-old Elisha Amra has waved goodbye to many friends ...
Happy Parsi New Year 2023: Best messages, quotes, and wishes to share on NavrozThe Parsi New Year, or Navroz, will be celebrated on August 16, 2023, and holds deep cultural and historical importance for the Parsi commu...
Know how Parsi New Year Nowruz is celebrated, its historyParsis prepare traditional dishes like Farcha, Berry Pulao, and Jardaloo Chicken to celebrate the New Year Nowruz. They also believe it to ...
Former Tata Sons chairman Cyrus Mistry cremated in MumbaiMistry, 54, who headed the salt-to-software conglomerate Tata Sons from 2012-16 before an unceremonious exit, and his friend Jahangir Pando...
Happy Parsi New Year 2022: From food to gifts, a look at the origin of NavrozThe festival is considered to be an auspicious occasion by Parsis around the globe.
View: The beginning and end of using religionHistory books encourage us to see Romans as conquerors, as as brute oppressors and hedonists, but not as tolerant rulers, who allowed relig...
View: Islam’s contribution to agricultureFrom the 8th to the 15th century, the ‘Islamic corridor’ between Europe and Asia improved agricultural practices across Spain, North Africa...
My religion is nobody else's business, says CJI TS Thakur"In this world, more lives have been lost in religious wars than on political ideologies. More humans have killed each other because they t...
More business leaders needed from Parsi community: Finance Minister Arun JaitleyJaitley was speaking at the maiden 'Iranshah Udvada Utsav', a global congregation of the minority Parsi community, at this tiny coastal ham...
Why the world's Parsis are heading to this Gujarat townUdvada is a nondescript hamlet in Gujarat of 5,897 people. Next weekend it is expected to host 5,000 Parsi and Irani Zoroastri ans from Ind...
Not willing to work on Good Friday, Justice Kurian Joseph writes to PM Modi; cites need to protect secular identityAfter complaining to CJI Dattu, Justice Joseph takes up issue with PM, stresses need to ensure India safeguards secular credentials.
Stay connected to keep the faith, babyDelivering a speech at an institutional gathering recently on the topic of ‘Rethinking religions’, Arun Shourie, MP, said that by the middl...
- Sonia buries 'drug' for Parsis
Of Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s intrepid letter writing activity, one particular missive - in no way as contentious as her interventio...