Zoroastrianism is fundamentally reflective and contemplative. It encourages conscious reflection that leads to ethical actions. The Gatha of Asho Zarathushtra lays great emphasis on thinking, questioning, discerning and choosing. While having faith is important, Zarathushtra encourages us to use our mind intelligently rather than surrendering judgment to blind faith. Our approach to every situation in […]
In Zoroastrianism, wrath is viewed as a destructive, chaotic reaction that stems from Angra Mainyu, which is our own dark or negative mentality. In later Pahlavi texts, wrath is viewed as a demonic force that stems from Ahriman the evil and destructive spirit. In fact, the presiding spirit or demon of wrath is called Aeshmain […]
-By Mehernaz Irani Every Parsi New Year begins with hope. We clean our homes, don fresh clothes, decorate our tables with the symbolic ses, visit the Agiary to offer prayers, exchange heartfelt wishes of Saal Mubarak and gather with family and loved ones to celebrate togetherness and festive delicacies. Yet at the heart of these […]
Caring For Vintage And Classic Motorcycles Through Monsoons -By Kerfegar Eduljee Every old motorcycle has a story. Some have crossed mountain passes, others have faithfully served families for decades, and a few have simply waited patiently in old garages until someone chose to bring them back to life. That is perhaps what makes classic motorcycles […]
If there’s one community that fully understands the importance of living life king size, celebrating the small moments, the big ones, the inane ones, it’s got to us Parsis! We don’t simply welcome a New Year, we celebrate it, guns blazing, firing on all cylinders. It doesn’t matter how the year started, it’s certainly not […]
Meher and Adil are a hard-working couple. At the end of a particularly challenging day, Adil recounts the story about the ‘Kalpvriksha Tree’, the divine wish-fulfilling tree – how anyone who sat under this celestial tree could have their wish fulfilled. Meher is fascinated. That night Meher has a dream: she’s standing under the most […]
-Dr. Kaiwan M. Randeria Navigating the choice between Robotic or Conventional Knee Replacement When it comes to robotic knee replacements, patients often imagine the robot strolling into the operating theatre, introducing itself and asking the surgeon to step aside. I assure you, the robot is far too well-behaved for any of that! In fact, if […]
As children, many of us first learnt reverence not from books, but by watching our parents and grandparents taking us to the Agiary, to bow before the Padshah Saheb. Heads instinctively covered. Voices softened. The hurried pace of life somehow left outside the door. Looking back, I realise those moments were teaching us something far […]
At a recent meeting of the Federation of Parsi Zoroastrian Anjumans of India (FPZAI), there was a proposal to include ‘Irani’ in the name of this body which is registered as a Society. Apart from the fact that any change in the name of this body would be a long procedure with the office of […]
Parsis who follow the Shahanshahi Zoroastrian calendar ushered the Holy month of Bahman on Thursday, 11th June, 2026 with much enthusiasm. Bah-man literally means good mind (Bah or Beh = Good and Man = Mind). In Avesta, Bahman is referred to as Vohu (good) Mana (mind), similar to Sanskrit Vasu Manas which represents a Supreme Mind that is completely free from […]
The Sasanians of ancient Iran (224–651 CE) went by land as far as Greece in the West and North-western India, in the East. By the 6th century, and well before the Arab invasion, they sailed to India’s western shores for trade, proceeding even further eastwards to China. In fact, Iranian contact with India goes much […]