Dhansak is a well-known Parsi delicacy, which is made up of meat, lentils, vegetables, and various spices, served along with ...

Parsis brought their Zoroastrian faith, and unique funeral rituals, to India from Iran a thousand years ago. Parsis believe burying or cremating... Vanishing Vultures A Grave Matter For India's Parsis ...

LOS ANGELES, June 11 (UPI) -- Last year, a Miami psychotherapist visited a Sydney database administrator's Web site for help in finding the girl of his dreams, who turned out to be a flight attendant ...

In my culture, every gathering, celebration, religious occasion, and even loss is marked by food. Join me at the table. Sabrina Medora is a food writer and editor based in San Diego. Medora is the ...

Hundreds of Parsis gathered in Sanjan, Gujarat to commemorate the arrival of their ancestors 1,300 years ago. After escaping religious persecution in Iran, the Parsis arrived in Diu before eventually ...

Parsis, a group of Zoroastrians who emigrated from Persia to India more than a thousand years ago, celebrate their new year, or Navroz, on Monday. The first Parsis arrived in the western Indian state ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The gara is a type of embroidery that is unique to Parsi saris. Traditional hand-embroidered garas are considered heirlooms and ...

MUMBAI: A government-funded IVF programme that aims to help save India's shrinking Parsi community from extinction is delivering bundles of joy and controversy. Some 120 children have been born ...

The Indian government wants to facilitate Parsi matchmaking with online dating. But some Parsis say the demographic problem is rooted in traditional definitions of Parsi identity that exclude women.

MUMBAI, India — Fifteen years after vultures disappeared from Mumbai’s skies, the Parsi community here intends to build two aviaries at one of its most sacred sites so the giant scavengers can once ...

MUMBAI, India (RNS) — With steadily declining numbers, some of India’s Zoroastrians are looking to reduce the strain of becoming a priest in order to encourage more young men to devote themselves to ...