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Mehernosh Mullan, a fifth-generation shop owner on Princess Street, sells sandalwood sticks to a woman preparing to offer them to the Parsi sacred fire. (Rahul Patel)

The last word: Parsiana’s end and the uncertain future of the Parsis of Bombay

September 25, 2025 5:04 pm

The closure of Parsiana marks more than the end of a magazine — it signals the fading voice of a community long central to Bombay’s cultural and civic life.

Parsi New Year 2025 Date, Theme, History, and Significance:

Parsi New Year 2025: Date, history, significance, celebrations and all you need to know

August 15, 2025 7:31 am

Parsi New Year 2025 Date, Theme, History, and Significance: This year, the Parsi New Year in India will be observed on Friday, August 15, 2025, with the festivities focus on the 'Four Fs': fire, fragrance, food, and friendship/

Natasha Poonawalla takes Parsi heritage to Met Gala 2025 with traditional Gara outfit

May 08, 2025 12:08 pm

Ashdeen Lilaowala, one of India’s most respected Gara designers, hailed Natasha Poonawalla for making the smart move of showcasing the classic Parsi embroidery at Met Gala

Parsis of Delhi: How the small community survived, thrived and made the Capital their home

April 19, 2025 10:41 am

The first set of Parsis, who started settling in Delhi in the 19th century, were mostly shopkeepers and traders. Historian and author William Dalrymple mentions that during the Delhi siege of 1857, Parsi merchants undercut the prices of beer of their English competitors. By 1912 the population had increased from 27 to 74

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Despite the engaging vignettes of Parsi life it offers, Berjis Desai's novel 'Towers of Silence' suffers from a convoluted storyline

September 23, 2022 2:52 pm

The book, whose recurring theme is the spirit world, recounts the whimsical and weird tale of a clan over 140 years

BJP minority morcha appoints Parsi, Sikh, Christian conveners

December 09, 2021 3:12 am

The three social conveners include Dayzad Chothia from the Parsi community, Dr Romesh Niven from the Christian community, and Bobby Singh Mendhiratti from the Sikh community.

‘A Parsi could belong to any religion or none’: Coomi Kapoor

August 01, 2021 9:32 am

Journalist and writer Coomi Kapoor on feminist Parsi women and lines of separation in the community

Booked for ‘hiding religion’, Parsi man granted anticipatory bail by Gujarat High Court

April 11, 2021 2:24 am

An FIR was filed in August last year against Parsi Vadodara resident Feroz Contractor, following the sale of a plot of land in the Samarpan Housing Service Co-operative Society in the Tandalja area of Vadodara to one Muslim man, Firoz Patel.