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IT IS not, at first sight, a marriage made in heaven. The conductor is a Parsee Indian, brought up in Bombay, trained in Vienna and living in Los Angeles.The orchestra is a band of refugees who maintain a pocket of the ultimate in Western culture in the..
Topics: Individuals, israel, israel philaharmonic, Music, sydney, sydney opera house, zubin mehta

Those Russians call it double - 10 from 10th October, when the Tsars were overthrown. We, Parsis, will call it the October Revolution. When a frustrated, fed up, angry, exasperated, irate, end of patience but determined community will vote, in thousands,.
Topics: AFP, Bombay, Issues, Mumbai, News

World-renowned music conductor Zubin Mehta will hold a charity concert at the Brabourne stadium in October. The Mehli Mehta Foundation, founded in 1995 in memory of Zubin’s father, confirmed that he is slated to hold a series of concerts in the...
Topics: Bombay, Events, Mumbai, Music, zubin mehta

Parsis from all over the city gathered to celebrate the 225th birth anniversary of the first baronet His initials are JJ. At 22, Jehangir Jejeebhoy is not just another law student. He has an ancestral connection with the Sir JJ Group of Hospitals, the...
Topics: Individuals

Kaevan Umrigar, a filmmaker, and good friend of Parsi Khabar runs his own blog. His latest article in on UranNext on my itinerary was Mora Bunder at Uran, a small fishing village across the harbour from Bombay. The agiary wasn’t far from the jetty, and.
Topics: Heritage, History, India