Monthly Archives: February 2009
“Five Parsi Films”
In my last post I spoke about Kaevan Umrigar’s research links for his films. He has kindly sent me the link where we can view his 5 Parsi films and here it is: http://www.geocities.com/naveak99/films.html The films are definitely worth seeing, … Continue reading
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Parsiworld
There’s an interesting blog where I came across these links about Kaevan Umrigar, a film-maker from FTII, Pune, India. He travelled around to numerous small towns and villages in Maharashtra and Gujarat as part of research for his film on … Continue reading
Parsis in Pakistan
Once upon a time there was quite a large Parsi population in Pakistan, especially in Karachi. They contributed significantly to the urban landscape of the city, and many buildings, institutes and hospitals are named after them. I think now there … Continue reading
Parsi fire-temple open to all
Yesterday I heard some really surprising news. A fire-temple, or agiary, as we Parsis call it has been opened to public for a one month duration for the first time ever!! The fire-temple was built 85 years ago in Vadodara … Continue reading
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