In the West, Zarathustra, or Zoroaster, is a name meaningful chiefly to crossword-puzzle addicts and readers of Nietzsche. To the 100,000 Parsis of India who last week celebrated their New Year, the ...

A government-funded IVF programme that aims to help save India's shrinking Parsi community from extinction is delivering bundles of joy and controversy. Some 120 children have been born through the ...

Veteran Indian journalist Coomi Kapoor, who herself is a Parsi, has penned a definitive book about her community, The Tatas, Freddie Mercury & Other Bawas: An Intimate History of the Parsis, which is ...

Less ubiquitous is an author who merges the two, swiveling a mirror to look at both themself and their ancestral background.

Parsis brought their Zoroastrian faith, and unique funeral rituals, to India from Iran a thousand years ago. Parsis believe burying or cremating... Vanishing Vultures A Grave Matter For India's Parsis ...

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The Parsis are about to make a comeback on the cricket field. Parsis, India s Zoroastrian community, dominated the game in Mumbai for over a hundred years. But the sport has waned in the community ...

They were few, but far ahead of their time. In a country still grappling with child marriage and female illiteracy, Parsi ...

Years ago, local and international gourmets in search of ethnic fare did not come back from Mumbai raving about Parsi food. More often than not, its home, the Dadar Parsi Colony—a neighborhood in the ...

The brown walls are peeling at all ends. Giant paint chips cake the ceiling. And the cash register — if you can call it that — is just a series of old wooden drawers. "I'm going to put up a sign that ...

For any religion, keeping up traditions in the modern world can be a challenge. The Parsi community in India, however, faces a unique obstacle. Parsis, who came to India from Persia (Iran) a thousand ...