Parsi Times

A Holistic Weekly for the Parsi Irani Zoroastrian Community

Pilgrimage to Iran 2024

PT special June 1, 2024 Noshir H. Dadrawala 0 Comments

Audentes Fortuna iuvat (Latin for ‘fortune favours the brave’) aptly sums up the collective sentiment of fifty-one fellow Zoroastrians, who travelled on the wings of faith and determination, with SVG (Social Voluntary Group), to Iran, from 10th to 24th May, 2024. All fifty-one of us had a hearty laugh about the misplaced fears and apprehensions […]

Rooster Rules The Roost!

Religion September 9, 2023 Noshir H. Dadrawala 0 Comments

Although Parsis love eating chicken farcha, as rule we do not eat the rooster. Long before broiler chicken came to India, my family and most Parsi families, rural or urban, considered eating chicken a luxury and therefore consumed murghi only on festive occasions. Mutton was consumed through the year. I remember accompanying my dad to […]