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OF CABBAGES AND KINGS | Why Many Parsis Celebrate Navroz, Or Their New Year, Thrice Every Year! | Farrukh Dhondy

OF CABBAGES AND KINGS | Why Many Parsis Celebrate Navroz, Or Their New...

I’ll tell you gentle reader, when I’ve recounted two memories of India’s Independence Day: It was 1962. I lived with my...

22 Aug 2025 10:34 PM IST

OF CABBAGES AND KINGS | If ‘Regime Change’ Looms In Tehran… Give Zoroastrians A Chance At Power | Farrukh Dhondy

OF CABBAGES AND KINGS | If ‘Regime Change’ Looms In Tehran… Give...

Nehemiah was the Emperor Cyrus’ cup-bearer and conveyed to Cyrus his distress at the enslavement of the Jewish people by...

18 July 2025 10:56 PM IST

OF CABBAGES AND KINGS |Are citizens really ‘blind’ to poverty, sense of hierarchy in India’s society? | Farrukh Dhondy

OF CABBAGES AND KINGS |Are citizens really ‘blind’ to poverty, sense...

So, Parsis celebrate two days as new year. The one which is stable at the vernal equinox on the 20th or 21st of March,...

22 March 2025 12:09 AM IST

Zoroastrians Celebrate Navroz

Zoroastrians Celebrate Navroz

Hyderabad: The unique style and traditions of the Zoroastrians, one of the oldest communities in the city, come to the...

15 Aug 2024 11:50 PM IST

Pre-Islamic Zoroastrianism was the official religion of Persia (now Iran) from 600 BC to 650 AD.

Cabbages & Kings: Persians & the Islamic state of Iran

If there was a survey today in Iran, 80 per cent of people would say they want to follow the Zardushti religion.

16 Jun 2018 1:03 AM IST

A still from the movie Mangal Pandey

Cabbages & Kings: The unfortunate cinematic distortions of history

The Indian soldiers who perpetrated the uprising were let's face it mercenaries of the East India Company.

25 Nov 2017 12:22 AM IST

Blasphemy is a hugely sensitive issue in Pakistan, where even unproven allegations can stir mob violence and lynching. (Representational Photo: AFP)

Cabbages & Kings: Blasphemy & the licence to kill

Blasphemy is the verbal avatar of heresy.

13 Aug 2016 12:27 AM IST

Cabbages & Kings: Jiyo Parsi - How not to be extinct

Cabbages & Kings: Jiyo Parsi - How not to be extinct

Now there is a well-funded organisation called Jiyo Parsi which has been given responsibility for refreshing the numbers...

30 July 2016 12:36 AM IST